Shares in Issue and Major Shareholders

This page contains information about the number of securities in issue, the number of securities held as treasury shares and, insofar as NEOVIA Financial is aware, the percentage of securities that is not in public hands together with the identity and percentage holdings of significant shareholders.

NEOVIA Financial Plc currently has 119,920,953 shares in issue. The following interests in 3% or more of NEOVIA's existing ordinary share capital had been reported as of the most recent date of notification in the table below:

Shareholder Date of notification Number of Ordinary Shares

 % of issued share capital

 IIU Nominees Limited

12-Dec-08 31,220,494 26.03

 QVT Fund LP

04-Dec-09 13,913,714 11.60

 Franklin Templeton Institutional LLC

12-Jan-10 10,804,020 9.01

Standard Life Investments Limited

 21-Aug-09 5,398,598 4.50

 Cantor Fitzgerald Europe 

 30-Jan-09 4,770,106 3.98

 Mn Services N.V.

 16-Sep-09 4,666,854 3.89

Based on the above disclosures, 2.58% of the shares in issue are not in public hands, being the holdings of the founder shareholders. The Directors currently hold 0.13% of the shares in issue.

To notify NEOVIA Financial of a substantial share holding please email investorrelations@neovia.com or contact Andrew Gilchrist, VP Communications on +44 (1624) 698 713.

There are no restrictions on the transfer of shares in NEOVIA Financial Plc. For further information please contact Investor Relations.