by

LINCOLN INTERNATIONAL LLP

on behalf of

QA-IQ Investments (UK) Limited (“QA-IQ Bidco”)

a wholly owned subsidiary of QA-IQ Holdings Limited (“QA-IQ”)

to acquire

Xpertise Group PLC (“Xpertise”)

Notice is hereby given that, by means of the formal offer document dated and posted on 29 August 2008 (the “Offer Document”), a recommended cash offer (the “Offer”) by QA-IQ Bidco has been made to acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary shares of 8 pence each. QA-IQ Bidco is a company formed at the direction of QA-IQ. Terms defined in the Offer Document have the same meaning in this notice.

The Offer is 165 pence in cash for each Xpertise Share. The Offer values the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Xpertise, at approximately £9.6 million (assuming the exercise of all currently exercisable options which carry an exercise price of 165 pence or less per Xpertise Share).

The Offer is made by means of the Offer Document and is made to all holders of Xpertise Shares, save for those to whom the Offer Document is not being despatched.

This notice does not constitute, and must not be construed as, an offer to sell or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities or the solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for any securities, pursuant to the Offer or otherwise. The Offer is being made solely by the Offer Document and, in the case of Xpertise Shareholders holding Xpertise Shares in certificated form, the Form of Acceptance accompanying the Offer Document, which contain the full terms and conditions of the Offer (including details of how the Offer may be accepted). Xpertise Shareholders should read the Offer Document and, in the case of Xpertise Shareholders holding Xpertise Shares in certificated form, the Form of Acceptance as they contain important information. Xpertise Shareholders who accept the Offer may rely only on the Offer Document and, in the case of Xpertise Shareholders holding Xpertise Shares in certificated form, the Form of Acceptance for all the terms and conditions of the Offer.

The Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance relating to the Offer may be inspected, and copies thereof may be obtained, during normal business hours from Neville Registrars Limited, 18 Laurel Lane, Halesowen, West Midlands B63 3DA.

The Directors of Xpertise, who have been so advised by Daniel Stewart & Company plc, have stated that they consider the terms of the Offer to be fair and reasonable. In providing advice to the Directors of Xpertise, Daniel Stewart has taken into account the commercial assessments of the Directors of Xpertise. Accordingly, the Directors of Xpertise have unanimously recommended that Xpertise Shareholders accept the Offer. The Xpertise Directors and persons connected with them (other than Richard Last in respect of 110,000 Xpertise Shares held in a Small Self Administered Pension Scheme) have irrevocably undertaken to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings amounting in aggregate to 764,831 Xpertise Shares, representing approximately 13.6 per cent. of Xpertise’s issued share capital.

Acceptances of the Offer should be received by no later than 1.00 pm on 19 September 2008 (or such later time(s) and/or date(s) as QA-IQ BidCo may, subject to the Takeover Code, decide).

The Offer will not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into or by the use of the mails of, or any means or instrumentality (including, but not limited to, facsimile, e-mail or other electronic transmission, telex or telephone) of interstate or foreign commerce of, or of any facility of a national, state or other securities exchange of, the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan, nor any other jurisdiction where the making or acceptance of the Offer would constitute a violation of the laws of such jurisdiction or would require a registration, filing or other formality which QA-IQ Bidco regards as unduly onerous. Persons reading this notice or receiving the Offer Document, the Form of Acceptance and any accompanying document (including, without limitation, custodians, nominees and trustees) who have a contractual or legal obligation or who may otherwise intend to forward this notice, the Offer Document, the Form of Acceptance and any accompanying document must not distribute, mail or send it in, into or from the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan or any other jurisdiction where the making or acceptance of the Offer would constitute a violation of the laws of such jurisdiction or would require a registration, filing or other formality which QA-IQ Bidco regards as unduly onerous. The availability of the Offer to persons outside the United Kingdom may be affected by the laws of other jurisdictions. Such persons should inform themselves about and observe any applicable requirements of those jurisdictions.

Lincoln International LLP, who is regulated by the Financial Services Authority, is acting for QA-IQ Bidco and no-one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than QA-IQ Bidco for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Offer.

Daniel Stewart & Company Plc, who is regulated by the Financial Services Authority, is acting for Xpertise and no-one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than Xpertise for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Offer.

4 September 2008