Interim Dividend

RNS Number : 3127H

Numis Corporation PLC

18 February 2010

 



7:00 am Thursday 18 February 2010

Numis Corporation Plc

Interim Dividend

Dividend and Scrip Alternative

The Board has approved an interim dividend of 4.00p per share (2009: 2.50p). This dividend will be payable on 31 March 2010 to all shareholders on the register at 26 February 2010.  Shareholders will be offered the option to receive shares instead of a cash dividend, the details of which will be explained in a circular which will be posted to shareholders on 5 March 2010.

Commenting on the dividend, Oliver Hemsley, Chief Executive, said:

"We are re-balancing our dividend payments to reflect more accurately the underlying profile of earnings of the Company, a process which was started in 2006. The interim dividend of 4.00p per share is intended to achieve this goal."

Contacts:

Oliver Hemsley, Chief Executive	020 7260 1256
Brunswick:
Gill Ackers	020 7396 5382
Carole Cable	020 7396 7458
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Nominated Adviser):
Simon Boadle	020 7583 5000
Jon Raggett	020 7583 5000

Notes to Editors:

Numis Corporation Plc

Numis Corporation Plc is the holding company of Numis Securities Limited, a leading independent investment banking and stockbroking business which offers a full range of research, execution, equity capital markets, corporate broking and corporate finance services to UK quoted companies and their investors.    The Group was voted Leading Brokerage Firm (2009 Thomson Reuters Extel survey for UK companies up to £1bn market capitalisation) for the second time in three years and also voted 4^th overall Broker across All UK Caps in the same survey.  Further details concerning the business are available on the Group's website www.numiscorp.com

 

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