Annual Report & Accounts

ABCAM PLC

("Abcam" or "the Company")

Annual Report and Accounts

Abcam plc (AIM: ABC), a global leader in the supply of protein research tools, announces that its Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2012 has been posted to shareholders and is being made available at the Company's investor relations website, www.abcamplc.com.

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About Abcam plc

Abcam is a producer and distributor of high quality protein research tools. These tools enable life scientists to analyse components of living cells at the molecular level, which is essential in understanding health and disease.

Headquartered in Cambridge (UK), Abcam has subsidiary offices in Bristol (UK), Cambridge, MA (USA), Eugene, OR (USA), San Francisco, CA (USA), Tokyo (Japan), Hangzhou and Hong Kong (both in China), allowing it to serve a global customer base in over 130 countries. Abcam employs over 600 staff across its eight operating companies.

Abcam now has an online catalogue of more than 95,000 products sourced from more than 400 suppliers. The catalogue includes a growing range of non-primary antibody products such as secondaries, proteins, peptides, lysates, immunoassays and other kits. Products are available for life science research and distributed to academic and commercial users. A highly developed eCommerce platform, which includes regional websites for the Chinese and Japanese markets, allows customers to access up-to-date and detailed technical product data sheets at the Company's website, www.abcam.com.

Abcam was admitted to AIM in November 2005 and trades under the ticker symbol ABC. The Company's vision is to be the world's leading life science reagents company.