Exercise of Options

ALBEMARLE & BOND HOLDINGS PLC

(the "Company")

Exercise of Options by Optionholder

The Company makes the following announcements in respect of exercises of options by two employees ("Employees") over an aggregate of 15,814 Ordinary shares of 4p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") granted under the Albemarle & Bond Holdings plc Company Share Option Plan, 14,814 of such shares at an exercise price of 202.5p per share and the remainder at 236.5p:

1. transfers of 15,814 Ordinary Shares have been approved from Albemarle & Bond Trustee Limited (the "Trustee") as Trustee of the Albemarle & Bond Pawnbrokers Limited Employee Benefit Trust to the Employees;

2. as a result of the transfer announced above, the Trustee now holds 564,226 Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company, equivalent to 1.02% of the Company's issued share capital; and

3. B J Stevenson and L K Moran are directors of the Trustee.

Date: 21 June 2012

Enquiries

Albemarle & Bond Holdings plc 0118 955 8100

Barry Stevenson CEO

Canaccord Genuity Limited 020 7523 8350

Mark Dickenson / Piers Coombs

Cardew Group 020 7930 0777

Tim Robertson / Shan Shan Willenbrock

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