Post-stabilisation announcement

Post-stabilisation announcement

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ROYAL MAIL plc

Stabilisation Notice and exercise of the over-allotment option

UBS Limited (contact: Gareth McCartney; telephone: 0044 20756 82227), in its capacity as stabilisation manager, hereby gives notice that it has not engaged in any stabilisation transactions in relation to the offer of the following securities during the stabilisation period commencing on 11 October and ending on 8 November 2013 and it has exercised the over-allotment option (as described in the Royal Mail plc prospectus) in full in respect of 78,260,870 ordinary shares in Royal Mail plc on 8 November 2013

This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for any securities of Royal Mail plc nor shall it (or any part of it) or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract therefor.

Neither this announcement, the publication in which it is contained nor any copy of it may be made or transmitted into the United States of America (including its territories or possessions, any state of the United States of America and the District of Columbia) (the "United States"). The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the applicable securities laws of the United States and, subject to certain exceptions, may not be offered or sold within the United States.

Neither this announcement, the publication in which it is contained nor any copy of it may be taken, transmitted or distributed, directly or indirectly, into Canada, Japan or Australia or to any persons in any of those jurisdictions or any other jurisdictions where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction.

The offer of the above securities and the distribution of this announcement and other information in connection with the admission and offer of the above securities in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and persons into whose possession any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about, and observe, any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

This announcement does not constitute an offer for sale of, or a solicitation to purchase or subscribe for, any securities in the United States. No securities of Royal Mail plc have been, or will be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. There will be no public offering of securities in the United States.