PLUS Markets Teams With PR Newswire to Deliver Disclosure and Investor Communications Solutions

PLUS Markets Teams With PR Newswire to Deliver Disclosure and Investor Communications Solutions

October 23, 2007

    LONDON, Oct. 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- PLUS Markets
Group plc ("PMG") today announced a collaboration
with PR Newswire, the world's leading disclosure and
corporate news distribution service, which will provide
companies listed or quoted on the PLUS market access to PR
Newswire's disclosure and investor communications
services.
 
    PMG chose to partner with PR Newswire to help their
listed and quoted companies increase their profile as well
as fulfil their regulatory disclosure obligations, through
the use of PR Newswire's Disclose service. Disclose helps
companies fulfil UK and Transparency Directive regulatory
disclosure requirements by distributing price sensitive
announcements to official Secondary Information Providers
(SIPS) in the UK - Reuters, Bloomberg, Thomson Financial,
AFX, Perfect Information and Dow Jones - and key media in
all EU member states.
 
    PMG was recently granted "Recognised Investment
Exchange" status by the Financial Services Authority,
conferring on it exactly the same rights and privileges as
other recognised exchanges in the UK. 

    "Companies listed or quoted on PLUS and their
corporate advisers require an approved Regulated
Information Service that is fast, easy to use, and offers
good value," said Cyril Theret, Business Development
Director at PMG. "Disclose already offers such a
service to more than 800 public companies in the UK and we
are delighted to provide access to Disclose to companies
listed or quoted on our market."
 
    In addition to disclosure compliance, PMG and PR
Newswire intend to work together to offer wider
communication solutions to PLUS-listed and PLUS-quoted
companies. These will include services that send critical
company information to institutional and retail investors
in Europe and the US, supporting issuers' IR programmes and
boosting liquidity. 

    "We are delighted to have reached this agreement
with PMG," said Lisa Ashworth, CEO of the PR Newswire
European business, "It will provide PMG companies with
a world class service of investor communications, and add to
the already very strong partnerships that PR Newswire has
developed around the world." 

    PMG will cease to provide the in-house "Newstrack
PLUS" service that it has historically provided to
PLUS-quoted companies. 

    Notes to Editors:

    About PLUS Markets

    PLUS Markets is a fully competitive stock exchange in
London, offering a deep pool of liquidity by supporting
small order flow at low transaction cost and able to offer
a full range of trading and listing solutions. It has
recently been granted "Recognised Investment
Exchange" status by the Financial Services Authority.
Over 1,000 small and mid-cap company shares currently trade
on the PLUS market, representing a combined market
capitalisation of nearly GBP200 billion. 

    About PR Newswire 
 
    PR Newswire ( http://www.prnewswire.com and
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk ) provides electronic
distribution, targeting, measurement and broadcast services
on behalf of tens of thousands of corporate, government,
association, trade, non-profit, and other customers
worldwide. Using PR Newswire, these organizations reach a
variety of critical audiences including the news media, the
investment community, government decision- makers, and the
general public with their up-to-the-minute, full-text news
developments. 

    Established in 1954, PR Newswire has offices in 13
countries and routinely sends its customers' news to
outlets in 135 countries and in more than 40 languages.
Utilizing the latest in communications technology, PR
Newswire content is considered a mainstay among news
reporters, investors and individuals who seek breaking news
from the source. PR Newswire is a subsidiary of United
Business Media plc of London. 






    For more information, please contact:

    Press Queries for PLUS Markets Group
     John Parry
     Rostron Parry
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

    Press Queries for PR Newswire
     Rachel Meranus
     Vice President
     Public Relations
     PR Newswire
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]