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Numis Corporation PLC
24 March 2005


                            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Numis Corporation Plc ('Numis')

Share options

The Board of Numis announces that, on 23 March 2005, it approved the issue and
allotment of 200,000 (0.19%) Numis shares to the Numis Employee Share Trust ('
the Trust') at a price of 43.3p per share.

This follows the surrender of options over 200,000 Numis shares and the grant of
options over 200,000 Numis shares held by the Trust on the same terms, as
follow:

 Number of options over 
      Numis shares            Subscription price          Latest exercise date

               200,000              43.3p                    15 August 2011

Long Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP')

The Board of Numis also announces that, today, it approved an award under the
LTIP in respect of 106,666 (0.10%) Numis shares at a price of 187.5p per share.
Numis shares for the awards under the LTIP will be provided through the issue
and allotment, today, of 106,666 Numis shares at a price of 187.5p per share.

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 1 April 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 103,609,016.

24 March 2005


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