Director Shareholding

Numis Corporation PLC
11 January 2002

NUMIS CORPORATION PLC ('NUMIS' OR 'THE COMPANY')

DIRECTORS SHAREHOLDING AND NOTIFIABLE INTEREST

The Board of Numis announces that on 10 January 2002 a director acquired
100,000 ordinary shares in the Company at 205p per share, as follows:

Director's Position in Shares     % of shares   Total No. of      % of shares
Name       Numis       Acquired   in issue      shares now held   in issue

Oliver     Chief       100,000    0.65          2,892,400         18.94
Hemsley    Executive

The shares purchased on 10 January 2002 are held for the sole beneficial
interest of Oliver Hemsley by his Personal Pension Plan.

                    Shares   % of shares in Total No. of shares  % of shares in
                    Sold     issue          now held             issue

Montrose Securities 900,000  5.89           220,000              1.44
Limited
M J Sinclair        723,392  4.74           Nil                  N/A


The Board of Numis also announces that it was informed on 10 January 2002 that
the following had disposed of ordinary shares in the Company at 205p per
share:

The ordinary shares of the Company referred to in this announcement are the
issued ordinary shares of 25p each in Numis.

11 January 2002


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