Tanfield Group plc

("Tanfield" or the "Group")

Investment Update

The Tanfield Group plc Board is pleased to announce that Smith Electric Vehicles US ('Smith'), one of Tanfield's investments has acquired for consideration of $340,000 a shareholding of 85.3% in American Business Services Inc.  This is a company listed on the OTCBB in the USA. This is the first step in the process of Smith becoming a publicly listed company on the OTCBB as set out in the announcement of 20 May 2014.

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