Over-Allotment Option

Hansard Global plc
15 December 2006



This announcement and the information contained herein is not for publication, 
distribution or release, in whole or in part, in, or into, directly or 
indirectly, the United States, Australia, Canada and Japan or any other 
jurisdiction where such publication, distribution or release would be unlawful.

15 December 2006

                         HANSARD GLOBAL PLC

          Announcement of Exercise of Over-Allotment Option

Hansard Global plc ('Hansard' or the 'Company'), the specialist long-term 
savings provider, announces that, in connection with the offer of ordinary 
shares in the capital of the Company (the 'Ordinary Shares') to institutional 
investors and management (the 'Offer') announced on 13 December 2006, Panmure 
Gordon (UK) Limited ('Panmure Gordon'), as stabilising manager, has exercised in 
full the over-allotment option in respect of 7,600,699 existing Ordinary Shares 
granted to it by Polar Cap Limited (the 'Selling Shareholder').

The Selling Shareholder will receive £19.8 million gross proceeds arising from 
the exercise of the over-allotment option. Including the exercise of the 
over-allotment option, the total size of the Offer becomes £151.5 million 
(58,272,025 Ordinary Shares), representing approximately 42.5% of the issued 
ordinary share capital of the Company at 15 December 2006. Excluding the 
5,368,529 Ordinary Shares acquired by management in the Offer, Hansard has a 
free float of 52,903,496 Ordinary Shares or 38.5% of the issued ordinary share 
capital of the Company as at 15 December 2006.

Important Information

The contents of this announcement have been prepared by and are the sole
responsibility of the Company.


Panmure Gordon is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services
Authority and is acting for the Company, the Selling Shareholder and Dr. Leonard
Polonsky and no one else in connection with the Offer and Admission and will not
regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement) as
their client, nor will they be responsible to anyone other than the Company, the
Selling Shareholder or Dr. Leonard Polonsky for providing the protections afford
ed to the clients of Panmure Gordon, nor for providing advice in relation to the
Offer, the contents of this announcement or any transaction, arrangement or
other matter referred to herein.


This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an
offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities of the Company
in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful
prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the
securities law of any such jurisdiction.


This announcement and the offer of the securities to which it relates are direct
ed only at persons outside the United Kingdom and persons in the United Kingdom
who have professional experience in matters related to investments or who are
high net worth persons within article 12(5) of the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2001 and must not be acted on or
relied on by other persons in the United Kingdom.

In addition, if and to the extent that this announcement is communicated in, or
the offer of the securities to which it relates is made in, any EEA Member State
that has implemented Directive 2003/71/EC (together with any applicable
implementing measures in any Member State, the 'Prospectus Directive') before
the publication of a prospectus in relation to the securities which has been
approved by the competent authority in that Member State in accordance with the
Prospectus Directive (or which has been approved by a competent authority in
another Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Member
State in accordance with the Prospectus Directive), this announcement and the
offer are only addressed to and directed at persons in that Member State who are
qualified investors within the meaning of the Prospectus Directive (or who are
other persons to whom the offer may lawfully be addressed) and must not be acted
on or relied on by other persons in that Member State.


This announcement and the information contained herein is not for publication,
distribution or release in, or into, directly or indirectly, the United States,
Australia, Canada or Japan and does not constitute, or form part of, an offer of
the securities for sale in or into the United States, Australia, Canada or
Japan. The Offer and the distribution of this announcement may be restricted by
law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose possession any document or
other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and
observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may
constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.


The securities referred to in this document have not been registered under the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act') and may not be
offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Company does not
presently intend to offer publicly any securities in the United States or to
register any securities under the Securities Act.





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