Over-Allotment Option

Record PLC
27 December 2007




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AMERICA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN.


27 December 2007


                                  RECORD plc

               ANNOUNCEMENT OF EXERCISE OF OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTION


Record plc (the 'Company' or 'Record') announces that, in connection with its
initial public offering of ordinary shares (the 'Offer'), JPMorgan Cazenove
Limited ('JPMorgan Cazenove'), as stabilising manager, has today given notice to
exercise in part the over-allotment option in respect of 4,384,576 existing
ordinary shares at the offer price of 160 pence per ordinary share.

Following the exercise of the over-allotment option, 69,850,970 ordinary shares
will be held in public hands, representing a free float of approximately 31.6%
of the issued share capital of the Company.




For more information contact:

Record plc                                  Tel: + 44 (0)1753 852 222
Mike Timmins, Chief Financial Officer

JPMorgan Cazenove                           Tel: [phone]
Greg Chamberlain

Hogarth                                     Tel: [phone]
Nick Denton
Julian Walker


This announcement and the information contained herein is not for publication,
distribution or release in, or into, directly or indirectly, the United States,
Canada, Australia or Japan. The information contained herein does not constitute
an offer of securities for sale in any jurisdiction, including in the United
States of America, Australia, Canada or Japan.

This announcement, for which Record and its directors are solely responsible,
has been approved by JPMorgan Cazenove solely for the purpose of section 21 of
the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

JPMorgan Cazenove, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by
the Financial Services Authority, is acting for the Company and no one else in
connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to any other person for
providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in
relation to the Offer.

The securities under the Offer have not been and will not be registered under
the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended and may not be offered or
sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration.
No public offering of securities of the Company is being made in the United
States.



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