Exercise of Options & Director Shareholding

4 March 2013
API Group Plc
 ("API" or the "Company")

Exercise of Options & Director Shareholding

The Company was informed on 1 March 2013, that on the same date Chris Smith, a director of the Company, exercised 163,800 nil cost options (the "Options").

The Options will be satisfied pursuant to the rules of The API Group plc 2006 Share Performance Plan and 163,800 ordinary shares in the Company will be transferred to Chris Smith from existing issued share capital.

Following satisfaction of the Options, Chris Smith will own 232,035 ordinary 1p shares and will have a total beneficial interest in 1,432,035 ordinary 1p shares representing 1.87 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.

API Group plc	Tel: [phone]
Andrew Turner, Group Chief Executive
Chris Smith, Group Finance Director
Cairn Financial Advisers - Nominated Adviser	Tel: [phone]
Tony Rawlinson
Avi Robinson
Numis Securities - Broker	Tel: [phone]
James Serjeant
Abchurch Communications - Financial PR	Tel: [phone]
Henry Harrison-Topham
Quincy Allan

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