Over-Allotment Option

Record PLC 27 December 2007 NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN. 27 December 2007 RECORD plc ANNOUNCEMENT OF EXERCISE OF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: +44 (0)20 7588 2828 Greg Chamberlain Hogarth Tel: +44 (0)20 7357 9477 Nick Denton Julian Walker This announcement and the information contained herein is not for publication, distribution or release in, or into, directly or indirectly, the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.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. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange MSCUBVBRBNRUUAA