SHARE CAPITAL AND AIM ADMISSION:  INFORMATION AS AT 3rd APRIL 2008

 

·         First Artist Corporations plc's ordinary shares are traded on the AiM market of the London Stock Exchange and on PLUS Markets, which is an independent London-based equity market

 

·         The shares are not admitted or traded on any other exchanges or trading platforms.

 

·         Currently there are in issue 13,739,415 ordinary shares of 2.5p each in the capital of the Company.

 

·         No shares are currently held as treasury shares.

 

·         259,000 shares are held by the Employee Benefit Trust.

 

·         Insofar as the Company is aware, 33.9% of the shares currently in issue are “not in public hands” as defined by the AiM Rules.

 

·         Significant shareholders in the Company (ie. those with an interest in 3% or more of the issued capital) are as follows:

 

 

Shareholder

 

 

 

 

Number of Shares

 

 

Percentage of issued capital

 

 

 

 

Jon Smith (Director)

 

 

1,184,620

 

 

8.6%

 

 

 

 

Phil Smith (Director)

 

 

 

 

841,908

 

 

6.1%

 

 

Vincenzo Morabito (Director of subsidiaries)

 

 

821,878

 

 

6.0%

 

 

Squaregain

 

 

759,736

 

 

5.5%

 

 

Barclays Wealth

 

 

613,178

 

 

4.5%

 

 

TD Waterhouse Investment Services Europe

 

 

544,422

 

 

4.0%

 

 

Singer & Friedlander Investment Management

 

 

542,148

 

 

3.9%

 

 

Brewin Dolphin

 

 

524,988

 

 

3.8%

 

 

Herald Investment Management

 

 

400,000

 

 

3.0%

 

 

 

·         There are no restrictions on the transfer of the Company’s shares.

 

·         For further information on the Company’s share capital and AiM admission, please contact Julianne Coutts, the Company Secretary on 020 7993 0000 or at juliannec@firstartist.com

 

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