METRO BANK PLC

Share Issue/Capital Change • Mar 8, 2016

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Metro Bank PLC

08 March 2016

METRO BANK PLC

Block Listing Application

8 March 2016: Metro Bank PLC announces that an application has been made today to the UK Listing Authority ("UKLA") and the London Stock Exchange plc ("LSE") for the listing of 4,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.0001 pence each ("Shares") to trade on the LSE and to be admitted to the Official List. The Shares are being reserved under a block listing and will be issued as a result of the exercise of share options pursuant to Metro Bank's Long Term Reward Plans and/or Variable Reward Plan.

It is expected that the admission of the Shares will become effective on 11 March 2016. These Shares will rank pari passu with existing Shares of Metro Bank.

Enquiries

Metro Bank plc                                                                    

Michael Brierley

Company Secretary                                                                               020 3402 8900

About Metro Bank

Metro Bank operates retail hours, not banking hours. It is open seven days a week (8am- 8pm Monday to Friday, 8am - 6pm Saturday, 11am - 5pm Sunday and bank holidays), every day of the year apart from Easter Sunday, Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

Metro Bank PLC. Registered in England and Wales. Company number: 6419578. Registered office: One Southampton Row, London, WC1B 5HA. 'Metrobank' is the registered trade mark of Metro Bank PLC. Metro Bank is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (the "PRA") and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") and PRA. Most relevant deposits are protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme ("FSCS"). For further information about the Scheme refer to the FSCS website www.fscs.org.uk.

All Metro Bank products are subject to status and approval.

Metro Bank PLC is an independent UK bank - it is not affiliated with any other bank or organisation (including the METRO newspaper or its publishers) anywhere in the world. Please refer to Metro Bank using the full name.

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