St  Helen's  Capital Plc, the small-cap focussed institutional stock broker and financial adviser,  is pleased to announce that it has acted as joint broker to AIM listed Tanfield Group  Plc  on  an  institutional  placing  raising  GBP115 million. The fund raising was conducted by the St Helen's Institutional Broking team led by Sebastian Wykeham.

Ruari  McGirr,  Chief  Executive  of  St  Helen's  said,  "Following our recent restructuring,  we  are  rapidly building a strong presence in  the  small  cap institutional broking arena.  We  have  an  experienced team in place which has demonstrated its ability through its participation in the Tanfield fundraising. We have an aggressive and focused growth strategy  and are currently working on a  variety  of  interesting  opportunities which I believe  will  underpin  our strategy and solidify our position in this market."

The Tanfield placing is conditional  upon, inter alia, the passing of a special resolution  at  an  EGM  to be held on 23  July  2007.   The  proceeds  of  the fundraising will allow Tanfield  to  complete  a  major acquisition and further develop their businesses. 

The Directors of St Helen's Capital Plc accepts responsibility for this announcement.

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