AIM Admission

Immersion Technologies Intl PLC 12 April 2007 12th April 2007 Immersion Technologies International plc ('ITI' or the 'Company') Admission to AIM - First Day of Dealings The Admission: • ITI, the audio technology company, (formerly St James's Energy plc) announces the completion of its admission to AIM and that trading in its ordinary shares commenced at 8.00am today. • ITI will utilise the cash resources now at its disposal to finance the commercialisation of its high performance electrostatic loudspeakers and award-winning conventional cone loudspeakers. • Nabarro Wells & Co. Limited is the nominated adviser to ITI. • The ordinary shares of ITI have today been consolidated on the basis of seven old St James's Energy plc shares for one new ITI ordinary share. • Following admission, ITI's share capital consists of 213,419,614 ordinary shares with voting rights. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, ITI under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. • A further 11,450,000 ordinary shares (representing approximately 5.1% of the enlarged share capital) will be issued to shareholders of Immersion Technology International plc ('Immersion') when those outstanding shareholders accept the offer made to them by the Company ('the Offer'), or when ITI exercises its rights under sections 428 to 430F (inclusive) of the Companies Act 1985, as amended, to acquire compulsorily any remaining Immersion ordinary shares. Following admission, the Offer is unconditional in all respects and will remain open for acceptances until 1pm (London time) on Friday 20 April 2007. Chris Lambert, Chairman, said: 'Immersion's audio technology is highly impressive, as is its management team. We are therefore ideally placed to exploit a significant market opportunity, on a global basis. With revenues already flowing from the company's first product order, and with capacity to build on this platform, we can look forward to the future with a considerable degree of optimism.' Craig Evans, Chief Executive, said: 'We are very pleased to commence life as a listed company. We welcome our new investors and look forward to an exciting future together. The simple fact is that the consumer electronics market is looking for a provider of high quality sound to match the advances made in visual technology. We believe that Immersion can fill that gap. Given that Nakamichi have already placed a significant order, and that several other large global players are extremely enthusiastic about our audio technology, our confidence is well founded.' For further information please contact: Immersion Technologies International plc Craig Evans, Chief Executive +61 (3) 8554 6060 Blair Snowball, Finance Director +44 (0) 20 7016 5107 Nabarro Wells & Co. Limited Hugh Oram / Anthony Rowland +44 (0) 20 7710 7400 Pelham Public Relations Archie Berens / Hugh Barker +44 (0) 20 7743 6670 Information on ITI • Immersion is an audio technology company with patented and patent pending technologies relating to both its high performance electrostatic loudspeakers (''ESL'') and award-winning conventional cone loudspeakers (''CCL'') (herein referred to as 'Immersion Technology'). • The Immersion Technology has been researched and developed for over 10 years and has been designed with the intention to provide the highest possible audio reproduction characteristics and set a new standard to benchmark these characteristics. Immersion has achieved what the Immersion Directors consider to be a new level of high definition acoustics and has made an application to register the trade marks, HD-A(TM) or High Definition - Acoustics(TM), to reflect this standard internationally. • The Immersion Technology reduces audio distortion to extremely low levels thus enhancing clarity without compromising volume in both ESL and CCL loudspeakers. • Immersion has the ability to manufacture ESL devices in thin, small aesthetically pleasing designs. In addition, the technology is proven to be scalable and can be incorporated into speakers of almost any size or shape. The Immersion Directors believe that these factors will provide a significant marketing advantage in the competitive market for audio reproduction devices. • On 22 December 2006, Immersion signed a 3 year manufacture and supply agreement for the supply of audio speaker products with a premier audio-visual and multimedia equipment provider Nakamichi Corporation Ltd. The contract specifies a delivery schedule for one particular product range whereby Nakamichi indicates that it may order US$12.1 million during the first two years, with a minimum order quantity of US$5.5 million during the same period. It is also expected that Nakamichi will commission further products from Immersion. • Immersion has also signed licence agreements for the use of the Immersion Technology with Alpine Electronics of UK Limited, a leading supplier of mobile media systems, and with BSS Audio Limited, a Harman International group company. Harman is a worldwide leader in the manufacture of high quality, high fidelity audio and electronic products for automotive consumer and professional use. • The Immersion Technology has already achieved industry recognition and awards, for example, at the 2006 and 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and the Sound and Image Awards in 2004 in Sydney. - ends - Nabarro Wells & Co. Limited ('Nabarro Wells') which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority, are acting exclusively for the Company and no-one else in connection with the Admission and will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this document) as its customer or be responsible to any other person for providing the protections afforded to their customers nor for providing advice in relation to the transactions and arrangements detailed in this document. Nabarro Wells' responsibilities as the Company's nominated adviser under the AIM Rules are owed solely to the London Stock Exchange and are not owed to the Company or to any Director or to any other person in respect of his decision to acquire shares in the Company in reliance on any part of this document. Nabarro Wells is not making any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the contents of this document. The Company has issued an Admission Document in connection with the admission of its ordinary shares to trading on AIM. Copies of the Admission Document are available free of charge to the public on any weekday during normal office hours (Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays excepted) at the offices of Nabarro Wells, at Saddlers House, Gutter Lane, London EC2V 6BR and at the registered offices of the Company at 5th Floor, 22 Arlington Street, London SW1A 1RD until at least one month from the date of this announcement. 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