Issue of Equity

SCIENTIFIC DIGITAL IMAGING PLC ("SDI" or the "Company")

Issue of Deferred Consideration Shares

The Company announces that, further to the acquisition of Perseu Comercio De Equipamento Para Informatica E Astronomia SA on 15 October 2008, the Company is allotting and issuing 666,500 new ordinary shares of 1p each ("Ordinary Shares") to the vendors in deferred consideration. This is the second and final tranche of consideration due.

Application is being made for 666,500 Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. This is expected to take place on 19 October 2012.

Following this issue, the total number of SDI Ordinary Shares in issue will be 19,368,242, with each Ordinary Share carrying the right to one vote. There are no Ordinary Shares held in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 19,368,242. The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Scientific Digital Imaging plc 01223 727144

Ken Ford, Chairman

Mike Creedon, Chief Executive

www.scientificdigitalimaging.com

finnCap 020 7220 0500

Ed Frisby/Rose Herbert - Corporate Finance

Simon Starr - Corporate Broking

Note to Editors

Scientific Digital Imaging Plc (SDI) is focused on the application of digital imaging technology to the needs of the scientific community. Its principal subsidiary is Synoptics Limited, which designs and manufactures scientific instruments based upon digital imaging technology, mainly for the life science, microbiology and microscopy markets. The other subsidiaries are Artemis CCD Limited and Perseu Comercio De Equipamento Para Informatica E Astronomia SA (Perseu) (together, marketed under the brand Atik), companies that design and manufacture high-sensitivity cameras for astronomical and life sciences applications and whose products are used in instruments manufactured by Synoptics Limited.