7th Feb 2008 15:00
Numis Corporation PLC07 February 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2008 at 3.00 pm Numis Corporation Plc ("Numis") Establishment of a new Numis Corporation Plc Employee Benefit Trust No.2 ("EBT No.2") A new Numis Corporation Plc Employee Benefit Trust No.2 ("EBT No.2") has beenestablished to enable the new Numis employee incentive plans (as approved andadopted at the Annual General Meeting held on 29 January 2008) to operate.Future awards will be funded by the allocation of Numis shares held by EBT No.2.Future share purchases made for the benefit of employees of Numis will be heldby EBT No.2. The original Numis Corporation Plc Employee Share Trust ("EBT No.1") will not,for the immediate foreseeable future, be used to fund future incentive awards,but will continue to hold those shares awarded to employees under the previousLong Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") until such time as these awards vest. On 6 February 2008, EBT No.1 sold (in an off market transaction) 4,424,837(4.12%) Numis shares to EBT No.2 at a price of 232.75p per share. The 4,424,837(4.12%) Numis shares will be used to fund future employee incentive awards. Pursuant to the Companies Act 2006, Numis Corporation Plc Employee Share Trust(EBT No.1) is deemed interested in 7,819,112 (7.28%) Numis shares, and the NumisCorporation Plc Employee Benefit Trust No.2 is deemed interested in 4,424,837(4.12%) Numis shares. The Numis shares referred to above are Numis' ordinary shares of 5p each and thetotal number of shares in issue following the above will be 107,367,344 witheach ordinary share carrying the right to one vote. There are no shares held intreasury. The total number of voting rights in Numis will therefore be 107,367,344. 8 February 2008 END Contacts Numis Corporation: Oliver Hemsley, Chief Executive 020 7260 1256Bill Trent, Chief Financial Officer 020 7260 1333 Brunswick:Gill Ackers 020 7936 5382Carole Cable 020 7396 7458 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Nominated Adviser): Simon Boadle 020 7583 5000Jon Raggett 020 7583 5000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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