Holding(s) in Company

Numis Corporation PLC
31 March 2004


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Numis Corporation Plc ('Numis')


The Board of Numis announces that, today, options over 67,094 (0.35%) ordinary
shares in Numis held by the Numis Employee Share Trust ('the Trust') were
surrendered. These options were at an average exercise price of 197.55p per
ordinary share and the latest exercise date was 9 May 2010.

Subsequently, today, the Trust disposed of 67,094 ordinary shares in Numis at
197.55p per ordinary share to a discretionary trust established by the
beneficiary who had surrendered options as set out above. Following the disposal
the Trust holds 953,474 (4.92%) ordinary shares in Numis.

The ordinary shares referred to are Numis' ordinary shares of 25p per share and
the total number of shares in issue is 19,372,091.


31 March 2004

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