NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF THAT JURISDICTION
THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FALLING UNDER RULE 2.10 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS (THE "CODE")

21 October 2013 Abbey Protection plc Rule 2.10 Announcement Relevant Securities in Issue

In accordance with Rule 2.10 of the Code, Abbey Protection plc (the "Company") announces that, following the transfer of 10,272 ordinary shares of one pence each in the capital of the Company ("Abbey Protection Shares") from treasury to satisfy awards under the Company's Savings Related Share Option Scheme (2007) on 21 October 2013:

there are 99,994,773 Abbey Protection Shares in issue and admitted to trading on AIM;

the ISIN of the Abbey Protection Shares is GB00B293ZK84;

a total of 15,466 Abbey Protection Shares are held in treasury; and

excluding Abbey Protection Shares held in treasury, there are 99,979,307 Abbey Protection

Shares in issue.
In accordance with Rule 30.4 of the Code, a copy of this announcement will be available on the
Company's website at www.abbeyprotectionplc.com.

For more information, please contact:

Abbey Protection +44 (0) 845 217 8293
Colin Davison Chris Ward Adrian Green
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Financial adviser to Abbey Protection plc) Simon Boadle
Jon Raggett
+44 (0) 20 7583 5000
Shore Capital and Corporate Ltd (Nominated adviser and broker to Abbey
Protection plc) Bidhi Bhoma Toby Gibbs

Further information

+44 (0) 20 7408 4050
PwC, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting exclusively for Abbey Protection and for no-one else in connection with any offer for the
Company and will not be responsible to any person other than Abbey Protection for providing the protections afforded to clients of PwC, nor for providing advice in relation to any offer for the Company or any other matters referred to herein.
Shore Capital and Corporate Limited and Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited (together "Shore Capital"), which are authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, are acting exclusively for the Company and for no-one else in connection with any offer for the Company and will not be responsible to any person other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Shore Capital, nor for providing advice in relation to any offer for the Company or any other matters referred to herein.

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