("ST HELEN'S" OR "THE COMPANY")

  STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT, BOARD APPOINTMENTS AND PROPOSED SHARE PLACING

St  Helen's  Capital Plc ("St Helen's" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the appointment  of  a  number  of  key  individuals  as  part of the Company's strategy  to  develop  as  a leading adviser and broker to small-cap  companies across AIM and PLUS.

Ruari McGirr, Sebastian Wykeham  and David Johnson have joined the Company from Daniel Stewart & Co where they helped  it  develop  from  an  OFEX  (now  PLUS) focused business to an AIM small cap broker. Ruari McGirr and Sebastian Wykeham have both been appointed to the Board of the Company.

Ruari  McGirr, who has worked in corporate finance advising small-cap companies for 11 years,  joins St Helen's as Chief Executive.  Barry Hocken, acting Chief Executive, will remain on the St Helen's Board with specific responsibility for St Helen's PLUS activity.

Sebastian Wykeham  joins  the  Board of St Helen's and takes responsibility for the Company's Sales and Broking  activities.   He  has  11 years' experience in both Sales and Fund Management in the small-cap market.

David Johnson joins the Company to lead a new St Helen's  Research function and is a specialist small-cap analyst with particular experience of the information technology and engineering sectors.

The  appointments  of  Ruari McGirr and Sebastian Wykeham take  effect  from  5 February 2007, and David Johnson's from 6 February 2007.

St Helen's also announces  that it is proposing to raise additional working and investment capital of around  GBP2  million,  which  includes investment by the three  new  members of the team, through a private placing  to  strengthen  the balance sheet and finance the Company's expansion.

Mark Warde-Norbury, Chairman, comments: "St Helen's Capital's strategy is to be a full service  adviser  and broker to small-cap companies on AIM and PLUS, and these significant appointments will give us the opportunity to achieve that."

Ruari McGirr and Sebastian  Wykeham  have not been directors or partners in any companies or partnerships during the previous five years.


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THE DIRECTORS OF ST HELEN'S CAPITAL ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT

For further information please contact:

Mark Warde-Norbury (Chairman) or                     020 7628 5582
Ruari McGirr (Chief Executive)