Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

3rd July 2008

The Company announces that it has issued and allotted, subject to Admission to trading on AIM, the following new ordinary shares of 7.5p each in the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) under the Company’s Approved Executive Share Option Scheme (1996):

The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares of the Company. Trading is expected to commence on AIM on 9 July 2008. Following the issue and allotment of the new Ordinary Shares the issued share capital of the Company will be 61,713,019 Ordinary Shares.

The above figure of 61,417,819 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries to:

Majestic Wine PLC
Nigel Alldritt, Finance Director
Tel: 01923 298200