Employee Incentive Plans

Numis Corporation PLC
22 February 2008


EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE


                       FRIDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2008 AT 7.00 AM



Numis Corporation Plc ('Numis' or 'the Company')


1.Numis Corporation Plc Revised Long Term Incentive Plan (2008) ('LTIP')


The Board of Numis today announces that it has approved awards of 1,090,942
(1.02%) Numis shares at a price of 232p per share under the Numis LTIP. Awards
under the LTIP will be funded entirely by the allocation of 2,181,884 (2.03%)
Numis shares, held by the Numis Corporation Plc Employee Benefit Trust No.2
('EBT No.2'). EBT No.2 currently holds 5,161,078 (4.80%) Numis shares
specifically for the Company's incentive award schemes.


Under the terms of the LTIP, employees are invited to subscribe for Numis shares
on the basis that for each Numis share purchased, they will receive, at no
further cost to them, one additional Numis share (each a 'matching share').


The awards under the LTIP of 2,181,884 (2.03%) Numis shares therefore consists
of 1,090,942 (1.02%) Numis shares purchased by employees and 1,090,942 (1.02%)
matching shares.


2. The Restricted Stock Unit Plan (2008) ('RSUP')


The Board of Numis also announces that it has approved awards under the recently
introduced RSUP, an equity share incentive scheme for UK employees of Numis. The
RSUP is a discretionary plan pursuant to which conditional rights to acquire
Numis shares ('Awards') may be granted to employees. The Awards will vest in
three equal tranches on the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of
the agreement relating to the Awards, provided the employee remains employed by
a Group company. On vesting of the Awards, it is expected that the Shares will
be delivered to employees by EBT No.2.


The Board of Numis announce that it has approved awards made under the RSUP of
869,147 (0.81%) Numis shares.


The total number of shares awarded under the LTIP and RSUP totals 3,051,031
(2.84%), representing 1,090,942 (1.02%) shares to be purchased by employees,
1,090,942 (1.02%), matching shares awarded under the LTIP and 869,147 (0.81%)
shares awarded under the RSUP. Subject to certain limited exceptions, employees
must remain in employment with the Numis Group for a minimum period of 5 years
to achieve the matching share benefit under the LTIP scheme. Under the RSUP,
awards will vest in three equal tranches on the first, second and third
anniversary of the date of the agreement relating to the Award, provided the
employee remains employed by the Group.





Director's Interest


Bill Trent, the Chief Financial Officer was awarded 43,103 (0.04%) Numis shares
pursuant to the Company's RSUP at a price of 232p per share. Mr Trent's total
holding in the Company is 141,198 (0.13%) Numis ordinary shares of 5p each.


The Numis shares referred to above are Numis' ordinary shares of 5p each and the
total number of shares in issue is 107,367,344 with each ordinary share carrying
the right to vote. There are no shares held in treasury


22 February 2008





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Contacts

Numis Corporation:

Oliver Hemsley, Chief Executive                    020 7260 1256
Bill Trent, Chief Financial Officer                020 7260 1333

Brunswick:

Gill Ackers                                        020 7936 5382

Carole Cable                                       020 7396 7458


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Nominated Adviser):

Simon Boadle                                       020 7583 5000

Jon Raggett                                        020 7583 5000







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