NextGen Group PLC Directorate Change (7317J)

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NextGen Group PLC

10 August 2012

NextGen Group plc

("NextGen" or the "Company")

Directorate changes

Further to the announcement made on 27 June 2012, NextGen Group Plc (AIM: NGG), the AIM listed company developing its own diagnostics product pipeline and providing diagnostic biomarker development services, announces that Klaus Rosenau, Chairman, remains seriously ill and will now not be returning to the Company.

Accordingly, Mr Rosenau leaves the board with immediate effect and Leif Hamoe, currently the finance director, will become interim Chairman, pending a permanent appointment.

Lee McCracken, non-executive director, has also stepped down from the board.

The Company is continuing to explore ways to raise additional capital and is confident it will be in a position to update shareholders on progress shortly.

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For further details please contact:

Leif Hamoe

Interim Chairman

NextGen Group

Tel: +45 4033 4083

Barry McAleer PhD MBA

CEO

NextGen Sciences Inc and NextGen Sciences Dx Inc

Tel: +44 (0)7825 413 110

Jonathan Wright

Tel: + 44 (0)20 7107 8000

Seymour Pierce Limited

Notes to Editors:

NextGen Group Plc (AIM: NGG) is a developer of diagnostic markers and products through its US-based subsidiary, NextGen Sciences Dx Inc and is a provider of diagnostic biomarker development services for pharmaceutical and biotech companies globally through its second US-based subsidiary, NextGen Sciences Inc. Using advanced techniques, such as Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM) mass spectrometry analysis, the Company is developing a portfolio of robust assays for testing clinical samples for drug safety and efficacy, and the development of personalized treatment for patients.

NextGen Sciences Inc is a wholly owned, operational subsidiary of NextGen Group Plc and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. NextGen Sciences' range of services, which include biomarker discovery, assay development, validation and testing are employed by its customers as a key part of the biomarker-based drug and diagnostic development process.

NextGen Sciences Dx Inc is a wholly owned, operational subsidiary of NextGen Group Plc and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. NextGen Sciences Dx utilises the expertise of NextGen Sciences Inc to discover biomarkers and develop assays for point-of-care diagnostics, to assist in patient treatment, for selection of patients for clinical trials and to aid decision-making on efficacy determination for therapeutic development.

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