St  Helen's  Capital  plc  ("the  Company")  has completed a private placing of 2,737,500  shares  at  8p  per share with two of the  Company's  Directors  and private investors to raise GBP 219,000 (before expenses).  The proceeds will be used to fund expansion of the business.

Barry Hocken, Chief Executive  Officer, has subscribed for 62,500 shares at 8p, taking his total holding to 202,500  shares,  representing  0.92%  of the total shares in issue.

Dick  Shand,  Finance  Director,  has  subscribed  for  62,500  shares  at  8p, representing 0.28% of the total shares in issue.

Surrey  Management  Services  Limited,  a  company  owned  by  Jon Pither, Non-Executive Director, has separately acquired from Tony Drury 500,000  shares  in the  Company  at  a  price  of 8p per share.  Jon Pither's resultant holding is 3,189,682 shares, representing 14.6% of the total shares in issue.

As a result of the above, and  further  to  Tony  Drury  stepping down from the Board,  as announced on 19 June 2006, the total number of shares  in  issue  is 21,886,433, of which the Directors hold 32.3%. 


The Directors of the Company accept responsibility for this announcement.

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ENQUIRIES:

ST HELEN'S CAPITAL PLC                        020 7628 5582
Mark Warde-Norbury, Chairman
Barry Hocken, Chief Executive                  
www.sthelenscapital.com

BISHOPSGATE COMMUNICATIONS LTD.               020 7430 1600
Maxine Barnes                              
Nick Rome                                               
www.bishopsgatecommunications.com


NOTES TO EDITORS

St Helen's Capital Plc is a FSA regulated, corporate advisory firm. It is the leading PLUS adviser and specialises in advising Small and Medium sized businesses (SMEs) on pre-IPO fund raisings and PLUS Introductions, which may be accompanied by capital raising through a Private Placing and/or an Offer for Subscription of new shares.