Exercise of options

ADVFN PLC (The 'Company')

Exercise of Options

The Company announces that a member of staff has exercised 50,000 options to subscribe for ordinary shares of one pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 4.6p per share. The 50,000 Ordinary Shares have been issued and allotted and application for them to be admitted to trading on AIM has been made to the London Stock Exchange. Admission of and dealings in these Ordinary Shares are expected to commence on 20 October 2010.

Following the issue of these Ordinary Shares, the Company will have 623,814,505 Ordinary Shares in issue, each carrying one voting right. The Company holds no shares in treasury.

Contacts

Francesca De Franco, ADVFN, 020 7070 0932 or email: [email protected]

Fiona Kindness, Grant Thornton Corporate Finance (Nominated Adviser), 020 7383 5100