Purchase of shares in Close Period

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE

3 OCTOBER 2012 AT 7.00 AM

Numis Corporation Plc ("Numis")Purchase of shares in Close Period

The Board of Numis announces that it has provided a recommendation (the "Recommendation") to EES Nominees International Limited (the "Trustee"), the independent trustee of the Numis Corporation Plc Employee Benefit Trust (No.2) ("EBT No. 2"), for EBT No. 2 to continue to purchase Numis shares in the market during Numis' forthcoming close period in relation to the publication of its annual results for the year ended 30 September 2012. The arrangement commences on 5 October 2012 and expires at the end of the close period in relation to the publication of Numis' annual results for the year ended 30 September 2012.

The Recommendation is irrevocable and non-discretionary.The specific purpose of the Recommendation is to allow EBT No. 2 to continue to purchase sufficient Numis shares, subject to a pre-agreed maximum price and availability in the market, to fund employee equity incentive awards in the same manner as it does outside of the close period.

 The Recommendation was approved by the Board of Numis on 25 September 2012.Numis confirms that it currently has no unpublished price sensitive information.As at 3 October 2012, EBT No. 2 is interested in 15,848,854 (13.81%) ordinary shares of the issued share capital of Numis.

The Numis shares referred to above are Numis' ordinary shares of 5p each and the total number of shares in issue is 114,728,057 with each ordinary share carrying the right to one vote. There are no shares held in treasury.

The total number of voting rights in Numis is 114,728,057   

3 October 2012

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Contacts

Numis Corporation:

Oliver Hemsley, Chief Executive 020 7260 1256Simon Denyer, Group Finance Director & Company Secretary 020 7260 1225

Brunswick:

Gill Ackers 020 7396 5382

Fiona Micallef-Eynaud 020 7936 7414

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Nominated Adviser):

Simon Boadle 020 7583 5000

Jon Raggett 020 7583 5000