Blocklisting Application

Hargreaves Services plc ('the Company')

16 April 2012

Blocklisting Application

The Company announces that, following a sub-committee meeting of the Board held on 13 April 2012, application has been made to AIM for a block listing of 167,715 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 options granted under the approved 2012 Sharesave 7 Scheme.

Enquiries:

Hargreaves Services plc 0191 373 4485

Gordon Banham, CEO

Iain Cockburn, Group Finance Director

N+1 Brewin (NOMAD and Broker) 0845 213 1000

Sandy Fraser/ Graeme Summers