Exercise of Options

3 December 2007

                                 ArgentVive plc
                         ("ArgentVive" or "the Company")

                               Exercise of Options

ArgentVive was notified on Friday 30 November 2007 that Mrs. Mary Clifford, the widow of former Chief Executive Alan Clifford, has exercised options over 300,000 ordinary shares of 10p each, granted through the Company's Unapproved Share Option Scheme.

Accordingly, application has been made for 300,000 new ordinary shares to be admitted to trading. The new ordinary shares will rank pari passu with the existing issued shares of the Company and dealings are expected to commence on 7 December 2007.

Following this, the total number of voting rights in issue will be 27,616,016.
Enquiries:

ArgentVive plc                                        Tel:  01932 460 101
Kevin Fleming

Charles Stanley Securities                       Tel:  020 7149 6000
Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker Russell Cook Carl Holmes

IAF Securities                                        Tel:  020 7747 7400
Financial Adviser and Joint Broker Gary Pinkerton