Secure Trust Bank Regulatory News (STB)

PRESS RELEASE

For immediate release

18 July 2013

Secure Trust Bank PLC

Director's Dealing

In 2011, Secure Trust Bank PLC (the "Company") established a Share Option Scheme (the "Scheme"), with the main features summarised in the Company's Admission Document.

As set out in the Company's annual report and accounts, the Scheme is currently cash settled. The Board has exercised its discretion such that exercised options pursuant to the Scheme will now be equity settled. Effective today, ordinary shares (of 40 pence) in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") will be issued upon the exercise of options granted under the Scheme, with such Ordinary Shares ranking pari passu with the Company's issued Ordinary Shares on the date of exercise, save as regards any rights arising by reference to a record date prior to the date of such exercise. In all other respects the terms of the Scheme remain as previously disclosed.

Paul Lynam, Chief Executive Officer, Neeraj Kapur, Chief Financial Officer and Andrew Salmon, Non-Executive Director, directors of the Company are participants in the Scheme with respectively 283,332, 70,833 and 283,332 of Ordinary Shares subject to share options under the Scheme.