3 May 2012

Abbey Protection plc

("Abbey Protection" or the "Group")

Director share dealing

The Board of Abbey Protection announces that it received notification today that the Group Finance Director, Mr Adrian Green, exercised an option to acquire 173,913 Abbey Protection ordinary shares from the Abbey Protection plc Employee Benefit Trust on 3 May 2012 for nil consideration. Mr Green then sold 126,913 Abbey Protection ordinary shares at a price of 77 pence per share. Following these transactions, Mr Green will be interested, as defined by the AIM Rules, in 1,832,528 ordinary shares in the Group, representing 1.83% of the Group's issued share capital.

Enquiries: Abbey Protection plc

Minories House
2-5 Minories London EC3N 1BJ
Colin Davison Chris Ward Adrian Green
+44 (0)845 217 8293

Shore Capital (Nomad & Joint Broker)

Bidhi Bhoma
Toby Gibbs
+44 (0)20 7408 4090

Numis (Joint Broker)

Charles Farquhar
+44 (0)20 7260 1233

FTI Consulting

Ed Gascoigne-Pees
Ed Berry
+44 (0)20 7269 7100
Notes to Editors:
Abbey Protection plc is an integrated specialist insurance and consultancy group, and the UK's leading supplier of legal and professional fees insurance products and services to small-to-medium sized enterprises. The Group's principal products provide protection against costs incurred as a result of legal actions and HM Revenue & Customs investigations.
Founded in 1992, the Group operates from offices in London, Rugby, Croydon and Milton Keynes and had 232 employees as at 31st December 2011. Abbey Protection distributes its products and services through the following divisions: Abbey Legal Protection, Abbey Legal Services, Abbey Tax Protection, Abbey HR, Accountax and After The Event Services.
Visit the Abbey Protection website at www.abbeyprotectionplc.comfor more information.

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