Director/PDMR Shareholding

1 June 2010

ALBEMARLE & BOND HOLDINGS PLC

("the Company")

Employee Benefit Trust

The Company was notified on 28 May 2010 that Albemarle & Bond Trustee Limited as Trustee of the Albemarle & Bond Pawnbrokers Limited Employee Benefit Trust ("the EBT"), purchased on 28 May 2010 300,000 Ordinary shares of 4p each at a price of 235p per share. Following this purchase, the EBT is interested in 881,667 Ordinary shares representing 1.59% of the Company's total issued share capital.

B J Stevenson, D A L Page and L K Moran are directors of Albemarle & Bond Trustee Limited.

Enquiries

Albemarle & Bond Holdings plc 0118 955 8100

Barry Stevenson CEO

Collins Stewart Europe Limited 020 7523 8350

Mark Dickenson

Piers Coombs

Cardew Group 020 7930 0777

Tim Robertson

Shan Shan Willenbrock

Catherine Maitland

Date: 1 June 2010.

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