Application for Block Listing

NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, JAPAN OR AUSTRALIA

For immediate release                                          

26 July 2010

Ocado Group plc

Application for block listing

Further to its announcement on 21 July 2010, Ocado Group plc ("Ocado") announces that application has been made for 5,520,000 of its ordinary shares of 2 pence each (which may be issued in respect of the Ocado 2001 Executive Share Option Scheme and certain non-employee options), to be admitted (if and when issued) to trading on the market for listed securities of The London Stock Exchange and to The Official List of the UK Listing Authority.  Such ordinary shares shall, when and if issued, rank equally with the existing issued ordinary shares of Ocado.

Further information about Ocado is available on its website at www.ocado.com.

ENQUIRIES

For further information contact:

Ocado Group plc

Company Secretary
+44 (0)1707 228 000

email: company.secretary@ocado.com

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This announcement is not for distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States of America and the District of Columbia) (the "United States"), Australia, Canada, Japan or other excluded territories.  This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, any securities in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or other excluded territories.  The securities of Ocado have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and may not be offered or sold within the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The securities referred to herein have not been registered under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada or Japan and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be offered or sold within Australia, Canada or Japan or to any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada or Japan.