Holding(s) in Company

Numis Corporation PLC
31 May 2002

                             FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                         Numis Corporation Plc ('Numis')
                 Sections 198-202 Companies Act 1985 disclosure


The Board of Numis announces that on 29 May 2002 it received notification from
David John Poutney that he had acquired 8,000 ordinary shares in the company at
309p per share, as follows:


Name                 Shares acquired      % of shares in issue Total no. of shares   % of shares in issue
                                                               now held

David John           8,000                0.05                 1,535,185             10.00
Poutney



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





31 May 2002



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