Additional Listing

Numis Corporation PLC
23 March 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Numis Corporation Plc ('Numis')


Share options


The Board of Numis announces that, on 22 March 2005, it approved the issue and
allotment of 725,000 (0.70%) Numis shares to the Numis Employee Share Trust at a
price of 41.4p per share.


This follows the surrender of options over 725,000 Numis shares and the grant of
options over 725,000 Numis shares held by the Trust on the same terms, as
follow:


 Number of options over Numis    Subscription price      Latest exercise date
             shares
            725,000                  41.4p                 21 December 2010


The new Numis shares will rank pari passu with all existing Numis shares.
Application will be made for admission of the new Numis shares to trading on the
Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange and dealings are
expected to commence on 31 March 2005.


The Numis shares referred to above are Numis' ordinary shares of 5p per share.
The number of shares in issue following the above is 103,302,350.



23 March 2005



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