Purchase of Numis shares

Numis Corporation PLC
25 May 2007


EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE ON



FRIDAY 25 MAY 2007 at 7.00 am



Numis Corporation Plc ('Numis')



The Board of Numis received notification on 24 May 2007 that the Numis
Corporation Plc Employee Share Trust ('the Trust') purchased 72,700 (0.07%)
Numis shares at a price of 338.75p per ordinary share. Following this purchase
the Trust now holds 10,686,294 (10.06%) Numis shares.

The Numis shares referred to above are Numis' ordinary shares of 5p each and the
total number of shares in issue is 106,252,148 with each ordinary share carrying
the right to vote. There are no shares held in treasury.



25 May 2007





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Contacts:





Contacts:


Numis Corporation Plc:

Oliver Hemsley, Chief Executive 020 7260 1000

Bill Trent, Chief Financial Officer


Brunswick:

Gill Ackers 020 7396 5382

Lucie-Anne Brailsford 020 7404 5959















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