Offer Price Announcement

Record PLC 28 November 2007 NOT FOR PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN. Embargoed until 7am This announcement is an advertisement and not a prospectus and investors should not subscribe for or purchase any shares referred to in this announcement except on the basis of information in the prospectus expected to be published by Record plc today in connection with the admission of the ordinary shares in the capital of the Company to the Official List of the Financial Services Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities (the 'London Stock Exchange'). Copies of the prospectus will, following publication, be available from the Company's registered office at Morgan House, Madeira Walk, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1EP and from the offices of Macfarlanes, 10 Norwich Street, London EC4A 1BD. 28 November 2007 RECORD plc (the 'Company', the Company and its subsidiaries being 'Record' or the 'Group') ANNOUNCEMENT OF OFFER PRICE AND APPLICATION FOR LISTING ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE Record plc, a specialist currency investment manager and provider of currency hedging services for institutional clients, today announces the price (the 'Offer Price') of its initial public offering of ordinary shares (the 'Ordinary Shares') to certain institutional investors in the United Kingdom and elsewhere outside the United States (the 'Offer') and its application for the Ordinary Shares to be admitted to listing on the Official List of the UK Financial Services Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities ('Admission'). JPMorgan Cazenove Limited ('JPMorgan Cazenove') is acting as sponsor to the Company and sole bookrunner and broker in relation to the Offer. Highlights of the Offer • Offer Price of 160 pence per Ordinary Share. • Based on the Offer Price, the market capitalisation of the Company at the commencement of dealings will be approximately £354 million. • The Offer comprises 55,345,200 existing Ordinary Shares (excluding any exercise of the over-allotment option), which represents approximately 25 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. • The gross proceeds of the Offer are expected to be approximately £88.6 million (before any exercise of the over-allotment option). The Company will not receive any proceeds from the Offer. • The selling shareholders (the 'Selling Shareholders') have granted an over-allotment option to JPMorgan Cazenove in connection with the Offer which may result in the sale of additional shares up to a maximum of 10 per cent. of the total number of shares comprised in the Offer at the Offer Price. • Conditional dealings are expected to commence on the London Stock Exchange at 8.00am today under the ticker symbol REC. Admission to the Official List of the Financial Services Authority and commencement of unconditional dealings is expected to take place at 8.00am on 3 December 2007. Commenting on today's announcement, Neil Record, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Record said: 'We are delighted that we have successfully completed our IPO in this challenging market environment. We will continue to focus on building our business in managing currency for absolute return both in the UK and overseas and we look forward to updating our shareholders on our progress'. For more information contact: Record plc Tel: + 44 (0)1753 852 222 Neil Record, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Peter Wakefield, Chief Operating Officer Mike Timmins, Chief Financial Officer JPMorgan Cazenove Tel: +44 (0)20 7588 2828 Nick Garrett Laurence Hollingworth James Wood-Collins Hogarth Tel: +44 (0)20 7357 9477 Nick Denton Julian Walker Notes to Editors Background to Record plc Record plc is a specialist currency investment manager and provider of currency hedging services for institutional clients. Founded in 1983, Record has established a market leading position as a currency asset manager. Specifically, the Group has a leading position in managing currency for absolute return for institutional clients, a new asset class which the Directors expect to continue to increase in popularity with institutional investors, including defined benefit pension schemes, both in the United Kingdom and overseas. The Group has three principal product lines: - currency for absolute return, in which Record enters into currency contracts for clients with the objective of generating positive returns; - active hedging, where Record seeks to eliminate the impact of currency movements on elements of clients' investment portfolios that are denominated in foreign currencies when these movements are expected to result in an economic loss to the client, but not to do so when they are expected to result in an economic gain; and - passive hedging, where Record seeks to eliminate fully the economic impact of currency movements on elements of clients' investment portfolios that are denominated in foreign currencies. Record managed $54.7 billion in assets under management equivalents ('AuME') as at 30th September 2007. Of this total, $28.5 billion was in respect of currency for absolute return, $4.2 billion in respect of active hedging and $18.6 billion in respect of passive hedging. As at 30th September 2007, Record also managed $3.4 billion of client cash and futures positions held by clients' custodians and/or banks to support currency management activity for those clients. For the year ended 31st March 2007, Record had revenue of £35.2 million and operating profit of £19.4 million. For the six months ended 30th September 2007, Record had revenue of £42.6 million and operating profit of £26.2 million. Any allocations under the Offer will be conditional on Admission. All dealings on the London Stock Exchange between commencement of conditional dealings and the commencement of unconditional dealings will be on a 'when issued' basis. If the Offer does not become unconditional, all such dealings will be of no effect and any such dealings will be at the sole risk of the parties concerned. In connection with the Offer, JPMorgan Cazenove, acting as stabilising manager, may, for stabilisation purposes, over-allot shares up to a maximum of 10 per cent. of the total number of shares comprised in the Offer. For the purposes of allowing JPMorgan Cazenove to cover short positions resulting from any such over-allotments and/or from sales of shares effected by it during the stabilising period, the Selling Shareholders will grant to it an option (the 'Over-allotment Option') pursuant to which, JPMorgan Cazenove may require such Selling Shareholders to sell additional shares up to a maximum of 10 per cent. of the total number of shares comprised in the Offer at the offer price. The Over-allotment Option is exercisable in whole or in part, upon notice by JPMorgan Cazenove, for 30 calendar days after the commencement of conditional trading of the shares on the London Stock Exchange. Any shares sold by such Selling Shareholders following the exercise of the Over-allotment Option will be sold on the same terms and conditions as the shares being sold and issued in the Offer and will form a single class for all purposes with the other shares. In connection with the Offer, JPMorgan Cazenove, as stabilising manager, or any of its agents, may (but will be under no obligation to), to the extent permitted by applicable law, over-allot or effect other transactions intended to enable it to support the market price of the shares at a level higher than that which might otherwise prevail in the open market. The stabilising manager is not required to enter into such transactions and such transactions may be effected on any stock market, over-the-counter market or otherwise. Such stabilising measures, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time and may only be taken during the period from commencement of conditional trading of the shares on the London Stock Exchange and ending no later than 30 days thereafter. Save as required by law or regulation, neither the stabilising manager nor any of its agents intend to disclose the extent of any over-allotments and/or stabilisation transactions under the Offer. This announcement constitutes an advertisement within the meaning of the Prospectus Rules of the Financial Services Authority ('FSA') and is not a prospectus. This announcement does not constitute or form part of any offer of securities, or constitute a solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for securities. Investors should not purchase shares in the Company except on the basis of information contained in the Prospectus which it is intended will be approved by the FSA in accordance with the Prospectus Rules made under section 73A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 in connection with the Offer and any supplement to that Prospectus. The Prospectus will contain detailed information about the Company and its management as well as financial statements and other data. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is made or given by or on behalf of the Company, JPMorgan Cazenove or any of their respective affiliates or any of such person's directors, officers or employees or any other person as to the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the information or opinions contained in this announcement and no responsibility or liability is accepted by such persons for any such information or opinions. 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, Japan or to US persons. 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 Record and no one else in connection with the proposed Offer and will not be responsible to any other person for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients or for providing advice in relation to the Offer. This announcement does not constitute a recommendation concerning the Offer. The value of securities can go down as well as up. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Potential investors should consult a professional adviser as to the suitability of any Offer for the individual concerned. The securities under the Offer are not being 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 announcement includes forward-looking statements which are or may be deemed to be 'forward-looking statements' . These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms 'targets', 'believes', 'estimates', 'anticipates', 'expects', 'intends', 'may', 'will' or 'should' or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual events or results may differ materially. The Company does not intend to update these statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Many factors could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in projections or forward looking statements of the Company, including risks specifically related to the Company and its operations. 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