Blocklisting Application

Hargreaves Services plc ('the Company')

10 February 2012

Blocklisting Application

The Company announces that, following a board meeting held on 2 February 2012, application has been made to AIM for a block listing of 544,688 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ('Ordinary Shares'). The application is in respect of Ordinary Shares to be allotted pursuant to the exercise of existing options granted under the following approved Hargreaves Services plc 2006 Performance Share Plan and 2005 Savings-Related Share Option Scheme ('Sharesave') :

2006 Performance Share Plan options granted 28 September 2006 72,286

2009 Sharesave Scheme 4 shares under option 182,867

2010 Sharesave Scheme 5 shares under option 152,565

2011 Sharesave Scheme 6 shares under option 136,970

Enquiries:

Hargreaves Services plc 0191 373 4485

Gordon Banham, CEO

Iain Cockburn, Group Finance Director

N+1 Brewin (NOMAD and Broker) 0131 529 0272

Sandy Fraser/ Nick Tulloch