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Knowledge Technology Solutions PLC 03 September 2007 Knowledge Technology Solutions plc ('KTS', 'the Company') Result of Placing Knowledge Technology Solutions plc, a provider of professional market information services in the finance sector, is pleased to announce that it has completed a placing of 111,111,111 new ordinary shares ('Placing Shares') of 0.1 pence each at a price of 0.9 pence per share to raise approximately £930,000 net of expenses ('the Placing'). As announced on 7 August 2007, the proceeds of the Placing will be used to provide additional working capital for the enlarged group following KTS' acquisition of Arcontech Limited ('Arcontech'). The Placing has been performed under existing share authorities agreed at the AGM held on 29 December 2006. KTS Directors Richard Last, Louise Barton (and her husband, Mr. Brian D. Newman) and Michael Levy have participated in the Placing and have purchased 2,600,000, 2,777,000, 277,000, new ordinary shares, respectively. In addition, Andrew Miller, who is currently a director of Arcontech and who will join the KTS Board of Directors as an Executive Director upon completion of the acquisition, has purchased 2,777,000 in the Placing. As part of the acquisition consideration, 45,000,000 new ordinary shares of 0.1 pence will be issued ('Consideration Shares') including 15,000,000 which will be paid to Andrew Miller. Of the remaining consideration shares, 15,000,000 shall be paid to Stephen Prout and 15,000,000 to Andrew Weber . Stephen Prout and Andrew Weber are directors of Arcontech and will not be joining the board of directors of KTS. Following admission, Stephen Prout and Andrew Weber will each hold 3.07% of KTS's total issued and voting share capital. The acquisition of Arcontech will be completed upon admission of the Placing and Consideration Shares to trading on AIM ('Admission'), which is expected to take place on 4 September 2007. Following Admission of the 156,111,111 new ordinary shares, which will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of the Group, KTS's total issued and voting share capital will comprise of 488,642,943 ordinary shares and Directors participating in the Placing will have the following interests in the Company: No of Shares % of total Share Capital Louise Barton (and her husband, Mr. Brian D. Newman) 29,597,000 6.06% Andrew Miller 17,777,000 3.64% Richard Last 5,100,000 1.04% Michael Levy 536,960 0.11% Disclosure: The following is disclosed in relation to Andrew Miller, 48, in accordance with Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules: Directorships in the last 5 years • Arcontech Limited (current) • Net Effect Limited (current) There is no other information that is required to be disclosed under Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules. - Ends - Enquiries: Dr Marc Pinter-Krainer, Knowledge Technology Solutions PLC Tel: + 44 (0) 207 256 2300 Katie Hunt / Will Henderson, Smithfield Tel: + 44 (0) 207 360 4900 Mike Coe / Marc Davies, Blue Oar Securities Plc Tel: + 44 (0) 117 933 0020 Notes to Editors About Knowledge Technology Solutions PLC Knowledge Technology Solutions PLC is an innovative provider of financial market data application services and the company is listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: KTS). Utilising its proprietary technologies, KTS focuses on developing and providing real-time market data services to the financial marketplace by delivering market data and news via cost-effective communications channels. KTS's products are designed to run on standard PCs and laptops without the need for any installation of dedicated hardware, software or infrastructure, as the application runs on the server side on powerful clusters of highly resilient and secure servers. Financial professionals can log on to KTS's services by using a standard Internet connection from any geographical location across fixed and wireless networks. KTS's 'zero-client' application service requires no client-side components and upgrades are automatic. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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