Interserve Plc                                 

                  Notification of Transactions of Directors/                   
      Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and Connected Persons      

Interserve Plc (the "Company") was notified on 9 August 2010 that the Trustees
of the Interserve Share Incentive Plan 2009 had purchased that day the
following Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company at a
price of 204.75 pence per share on behalf of the Executive Directors and
Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") listed below:

                         Partnership Shares          Total Holding following   
                              Purchased                   Notification         
                                                                               
Name                        Number    % of Issued         Number    % of Issued
                                    Share Capital                 Share Capital
                                                                               
Executive Directors                                                            
                                                                               
Mr S L Dance                    61     Negligible         63,302           0.05
                                                                               
Mr T C Jones                    61     Negligible        131,574           0.10
                                                                               
Mr A M Ringrose                 61     Negligible        203,999           0.16
                                                                               
PDMRs                                                                          
                                                                               
Mr T Bradbury                   61     Negligible         40,505           0.03
                                                                               
Mr D J Paterson                 61     Negligible         17,004           0.01
                                                                               
Mr D I Sutherland               61     Negligible         11,592           0.01

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4.

10 August 2010
Trevor Bradbury
Group Secretary
Tel: 0118 932 0123