Directorate Change

Albemarle & Bond Holdings PLC

2 December 2013

Albemarle & Bond Holdings PLC (the "Company")

Directorate Change

Albemarle & Bond Holdings PLC, the specialist retail financial services provider, has today accepted the resignation of Geoff Brady as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Geoff was the chairman of the Company's Nomination Committee and was a member of the Remuneration Committee and Audit Committee.

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Albemarle & Bond Holdings PLC

Chris Gillespie - Chief Executive Officer 0118 955 8100

Liam Moran - Chief Financial Officer

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