Exercise of Options

ALBEMARLE & BOND HOLDINGS PLC

"the Company"

Exercise of Options by an Employee

The Company announces that it received today, a letter of exercise from an employee in respect of an exercise of options over 5,000 Ordinary shares of 4p each at a purchase price of 107.5p per share granted under the Approved Executive Share Option Scheme

Application for Admission to Listing

The Company further announces that application has today been made for 5,000 new Ordinary 4p shares ("Shares") to be admitted to listing pursuant to the exercise of share options under the scheme detailed above. It is expected that dealings will commence in the Shares on 17th September 2010.

Following the exercise of share options and admission to trading of the shares, the issued share capital of the Company will be increased from 55,489,274 Ordinary shares of 4p each to 55,494,274 Ordinary shares of 4p each.

Date: 13th September 2010

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

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