6 Mar 2009 13:49

ALBEMARLE & BOND HOLDINGS PLC
"the Company"
The Company announces that it received on 5 March 2009 a notice, from Mr Charles Nicolson, a director and the Chairman of the Company, relating to the exercise of options as follows:
| Name | Scheme | No. Exercised | Exercise price |
| C Nicolson | Unapproved | 50,000 Ordinary shares of 4p each | £0.745 |
Following the above transaction Mr Nicolson's beneficial interest in the Company's shares is 992,031 Ordinary 4p shares, which is equivalent to 1.80% of the Company's issued share capital.
Albemarle & Bond Trustee Limited is the Trustee of the Albemarle & Bond Pawnbrokers Limited Employee Benefit Trust ("the EBT"). The EBT is interested in 440,667 Ordinary 4p shares representing 0.80% of the Company's total issued share capital.
C L Nicolson, G V Nicholls, D A L Page and D P Pattinson are directors of Albemarle & Bond Trustee Limited.
The Company further announces that that application has today been made for 50,000 new Ordinary 4p shares to be admitted to listing pursuant to the exercise of share options under the unapproved share option scheme detailed above. It is expected that dealings will commence in the new ordinary shares on 13 March 2009. Following the exercise of share options the issued share capital of the Company will be increased from 55,042,891 Ordinary shares of 4p each to 55,092,891 Ordinary shares of 4p each.
Date:Â 6Â March 2009
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