Issue of Equity

Artemis Alpha Trust PLC 03 November 2005 ARTEMIS ALPHA TRUST PLC (the 'Company') Issue and allotment of shares in connection with the Artemis Alpha Trust Investment Plan The Board of the Company announces that it has today issued, conditional upon admission to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority, 530 ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company (the 'Shares') at a price of 188.5p per share to the Artemis Alpha Trust Investment Plan. The Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's existing ordinary shares of 1p each. The Shares are expected to be admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange on or around Friday, 11 November 2005. Following allotment the Company will have 33,321,329 Shares in issue. BNP Paribas Secretarial Services Limited, Secretary 3 NOVEMBER 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange PKNKNFBDDKDK
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