The Directors of St Helen’s Capital Plc (“the Company”) are pleased to announce completion of a placing of 5,435,272 ordinary shares of 5p to staff at 5p per share to raise GBP271,763. The funds will be used for working capital purposes.

Directors of the Company have subscribed as follows:

Ruari McGirr, Chief Executive, has subscribed for 1,457,636 shares at 5p per share representing 5.3% of the total shares in issue.

Sebastian Wykeham, Director, has subscribed for 1,457,636 shares at 5p per share representing 5.3% of the total shares in issue.

Barry Hocken, Director, has subscribed for 200,000 shares at 5p per share taking his total holding to 400,000, representing 1.5% of the total shares in issue.

David Johnson, an employee of St Helen’s Capital plc, has subscribed for 1,000,000 shares at 5p per share, representing 3.7% of the total shares in issue.

Roy Stanley, substantial shareholder, now holds 5,052,493 being 18.5% of the total shares in issue.

As a result of this placing St Helen’s Capital Plc now has 27,321,705 ordinary shares of 5p each in issue, of which the Directors hold 9,130,168 ordinary shares, representing 33.4% of the enlarged issued share capital.

The Directors of St Helen’s Capital Plc accept responsibility for this announcement.