Director Shareholding

Numis Corporation PLC
15 December 2003


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Directors' dealings

Numis Corporation Plc ('Numis')


The Board of Numis announces that, today, it approved the issue and allotment of
ordinary shares to three directors, following the exercise of share options, as
follows:

Name        Title         Options   Exercise price   Total no. of    % of shares
                        exercised       per option     shares now       in issue
                                                             held

Oliver      Chief          17,000            105p       2,925,273        15.85
Hemsley     Executive

Duncan      Finance         3,400          107.5p          77,103         0.42
Sweetland   Director

Charles     Executive      28,500            105p         316,390         1.71
Crick       Director


These shares 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 19 December 2003.

The ordinary shares referred to are Numis' ordinary shares of 25p per share and
the total number of shares in issue following the exercise above is 18,460,749.


15 December 2003


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