Change of Record Date

3 November 2011

PORTA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Change of Record Date

Further to the announcement of the proposed acquisition of Threadneedle Communications Limited on 12 October 2011, which detailed proposals to be approved at a general meeting of the Company on 7 November 2011 including, amongst other things, a consolidation of Porta's current share capital (the "Capital Reorganisation"), the Company announces that the record date for the Capital Reorganisation has changed. The record date for the Capital Reorganisation will now occur at 6.00 p.m. on 7 November 2011.

About Porta Communications

The Group is led by David Wright, Chief Executive and Chairman. David is well known for establishing Citigate in late 1988. In 1997 he reversed Citigate into Incepta plc. and David became Chief Executive of the enlarged Group, later becoming Chairman. By 2003, when David left Incepta, he had built one of the largest international financial communications companies in the world, through a series of key acquisitions and an active recruitment programme. Prior to Citigate he was Managing Director of Streets Financial Strategy from 1986 to 1988. David began his career as a journalist.

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