Completion of Acquisition

Titanium Asset Management Corp 01 April 2008 1 April 2008 Titanium Asset Management Corp. Completion of Acquisition Board Changes Holding in Company Titanium Asset Management Corp. ('Titanium' or the 'Company') (AIM: TAM) is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the entire issued and outstanding capital stock of National Investment Services, Inc. ('NIS') following the approval of the acquisition (the 'Acquisition') at the Special Meeting of the Company held on 26 March 2008. The Acquisition constitutes a Qualified Business Combination under the terms of the Company's certificate of incorporation. Accordingly: • Stockholder approval will no longer be required for further acquisitions by the Company unless such acquisition constitutes a reverse takeover under the AIM Rules and Stockholders will have no further rights to require the Company to repurchase their shares of common stock ('Shares'); • the balance of funds held in the trust fund will be transferred to the Company and become unrestricted and available for general use; • the Company must use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement within 120 days of today's date; and • the warrants to subscribe for Shares ('Warrants') become exercisable. The Company also confirms that John Kuzan has today stepped down as Chairman of the Board of the Company to focus upon developing the Company's businesses, particularly Sovereign. Nigel Wightman, currently a director of Titanium has become Chairman and Robert Kelly, a founder and director of NIS, has joined the Board as an Executive Director. The Company has also been informed that Clal Finance Ltd. has entered into an agreement to acquire 385,400 Shares at US$4.80 per share and 385,400 Warrants at US$0.9000 per Warrant. Following this acquisiton, Clal Finance Ltd. will own 10,485,400 Shares, representing 51.3 per cent. of the issued Shares, and 10,485,400 Warrants. Nigel Wightman, Chairman, said 'I am pleased to welcome Bob Kelly and the rest of the NIS staff to Titanium. 'We now have an excellent range of investment products, some delivered internally and some by our new partners. NIS also provides us with excellent institutional distribution and a strong operational base. We continue to seek further acquisitions in the asset management industry, both in the United States and elsewhere, and look forward to reporting progress to Stockholders in the coming months'. For further information: Titanium Asset Management Corp. John Sauickie, Chief Executive Officer +1 941 361 2191 Nigel Wightman, Executive Director + 44 7789 277849 Seymour Pierce Ltd Jonathan Wright +44 20 7107 8000 Penrose Financial Gay Collins +44 20 7786 4888 Kay Larsen titanium@penrose.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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