Additional Listing

Numis Corporation PLC
16 August 2004


                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Numis Corporation Plc ('Numis')


The Board of Numis announces that, today, it approved the issue and allotment of
81,800 (0.42%) new ordinary shares in Numis to the Numis Employee Share Trust ('
the Trust') at an average price of 256.5p per ordinary share.

This follows the surrender of options over 81,800 ordinary shares in Numis under
the Numis Unapproved Executive Share Option Scheme and the grant of options over
81,800 ordinary shares in Numis held by the Trust on the same terms, as follow:

Number of options over ordinary     Subscription price/p    Latest exercise date
       shares in Numis

                11,800                           107.50p         18 October 2006
                60,000                           292.50p         28 March 2010
                10,000                           216.50p         15 August 2011


The new ordinary shares in Numis will rank pari passu with all existing ordinary
shares.  Application will be made for admission of the new ordinary shares to
trading on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange and
dealings are expected to commence on 20 August 2004.

The ordinary shares referred to are Numis' ordinary shares of 25p per share and
the total number of shares in issue following the above is 19,500,053.

16 August 2004


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