Arbuthnot Regulatory News (ARBB)

ARBUTHNOT BANKING GROUP PLC (THE "COMPANY")

Notification is given that pursuant to the authority granted at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 11 May 2011 to make market purchases of the Company's own shares, a market purchase of 5,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company was made on 12 January 2012 at a price of 355p per share.

These shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above, the Company holds 390,274 shares in treasury.

In accordance with DTR rule 5.6.1 of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company advises the market that the issued share capital consists of 14,889,048 ordinary shares of 1p each with voting rights. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculations by which they may determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Arbuthnot Banking Group under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

Henry Angest, Chairman and Chief Executive Tel: 020 7012 2400

Andrew Salmon, Chief Operating Officer James Cobb, Group Finance Director