Blocklisting Interim Review

Name of scheme:

James Halstead Group Share Option Plan (1998)

Period of return:

1 July 2011 to 31 December 2011

Number and class of shares originally admitted and the date of admission:

Number and class of shares originally admitted and the date of admission:

500,000 ordinary shares of 10p each on 14 October 2003

1,000,000 ordinary shares of 5p each on 14 January 2011

Number and class of shares not issued under the scheme at the end of the last period (adjusted for conversion into ordinary shares of 5p each ("Ordinary Shares") and the bonus issue on 14 January 2011 of one Ordinary Share for every existing Ordinary Share):

1,819,116 ordinary shares of 5p each

Number of shares issued / allotted under scheme during the period:

266,694 ordinary shares of 5p each

Balance under scheme not yet issued / allotted at end of the period:

1,552,422 ordinary shares of 5p each

Total number of shares in issue at the end of the period:

103,181,674 ordinary shares of 5p each