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Dividend On 25 May 2012, F&C paid a dividend of 2.0 pence per share to shareholders on the register at 30 March 2012, of which the Company was one. The Company's Board, in turn, declared a dividend on 6 June 2012 of 1.9 pence per share which was paid on 18 July 2012 to shareholders on the register at 15 June 2012. Net Asset Value At 30 June 2012, the net asset value attributable to shareholders of the Company was £111,992,161 or 114.99 pence per share. The Company's net asset value was based on the closing price of 83.00 pence as at 29 June 2012 for the shares of F&C. We look forward to updating you on further developments at the time of the annual results. Ian Brindle, Chairman

Half-Yearly Report and Consolidated Financial Statements For the period from 1 January 2012 to 30 June 2012 CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT Our investment in F&C Asset Management plc (''F&C'') continues to progress following the announcement of the results of F&C's second phase of the strategic review on 15 May 2012. At 30 June 2012, we held an economic interest relating to 116,191,738 ordinary shares, or 21.41% of the outstanding shares in F&C, through a holding of 19.99% in ordinary shares and the balance in total return equity swaps. As at 30 June 2012 our investment cost basis, net of dividends received from F&C and gross gains realised on contracts for difference in prior periods, was £69,385,222, or 59.72 pence per share. As at the date of this letter our economic exposure to F&C remains unchanged. During the first half of 2012 the Company's investment subsidiary, SIGA, LP, also made purchases of shares in the Company. The shares were trading at a material discount to the market value of their net assets, which consisted substantially of cash and shares in F&C. As at 30 June 2012 SIGA, LP held 7,604,903 ordinary shares, or 7.24% of the outstanding shares in the Company. The shares remain outstanding and available for sale by SIGA, LP. However, for accounting purposes these shares are reflected as treasury shares in the Company's consolidated financial statements.

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Michael Greenlees, Chief Executive Officer of Ebiquity: "FirmDecisions is the first name in media financial compliance with experience across a wide range of global clients. This acquisition enables Ebiquity to bring increased transparency to the media transaction market-place and a higher level of advertiser confidence in contractual compliance."

Acquisition of FirmDecisions Ebiquity plc is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of FirmDecisions ASJP Group Limited, the holding company of the FirmDecisions group ("FirmDecisions" or the "Acquisition"). FirmDecisions is being acquired for an initial consideration of £1m which is being satisfied from existing banking facilities. The maximum total consideration is up to £7m, payable in cash, depending on the performance of the FirmDecisions business in the three financial years ending 30 April 2014. The Acquisition will be earnings enhancing in the first full financial year. FirmDecisions specialises in media and production cost auditing, with specific reference to the advertiser supply chain. FirmDecisions ensures that its advertiser clients benefit from contractual compliance by their agencies and transparency of transactional value. FirmDecisions is being acquired from its current and previous managers, including Stephen Broderick, one of FirmDecisions' founders, who will remain as Chief Executive of the FirmDecisions business. FirmDecisions' unaudited revenue for the year ended 30 June 2012 was approximately £2m and it generated an operating profit before highlighted items of approximately £0.3m. FirmDecisions employs approximately 20 people.

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By their nature, these transactional arrangements will yield their value and revenues over time while also increasing the Company's recurring revenues. The majority of these new revenues are beginning to materialize in H2 2012 and are expected to build materially thereafter. As a result of the continued growth of transaction-based sales in H1 2012 and the delivery in H1 2011 of the Company's largest-ever financial services on-premise license deal, it is expected that revenues for H1 2012 will be lower than those realized in the comparative period of 2011.

Silanis International Limited (the "Company") and its sole investment, Silanis Technology Inc. ("Silanis") Trading Update The Company (AIM: SNS) is pleased to provide a trading update. The Company's sole investment is a 24.98% interest in the outstanding shares of Silanis, from which the value of the Company is derived. The Company expects to announce H1 2012 results for both companies in September 2012. Since 2010, Silanis has invested in delivering its solutions on a transactional basis through service providers and its e-SignLive™ (e-SL) software as a service (SaaS) to complement its continuing strong position with its on-premise license based offering. Today, Silanis is the only major provider of electronic signatures to the enterprise that can deliver its solutions as SaaS, both multi-tenant and as a dedicated private instance on the Cloud, or on-premise. We are pleased to report significant progress in the current financial year with our transactional initiatives: · Since the beginning of 2012, e-SL has added new named paying customers at a month over month growth rate greater than 25%; · Insurance carriers using our private cloud offerings have more than doubled their commitments going forward; and · Service providers running our solutions are experiencing material growth in their user transactions.

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Andrew Wyllie, Chief Executive of Costain, said: "We are delighted to have been awarded these two contracts. They demonstrate, not only the breadth of our service offering, but also our ability to deliver strategically vital infrastructure projects from the initial design stage, through consultation and project feasibility, to this stage enabling project delivery to commence; as we continue to meet the national needs." "Our focus continues in working closely with our partners to deliver excellent outputs for our customers."

Costain Awarded Two Contracts Costain, a leading engineering solutions provider, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two contracts. Firstly, in Joint Venture, a £102m Northern Ireland Roads Service contract awarded for the design and construction phase of the A8 Belfast to Larne Dualling, split equally between the Joint Venture partners, Costain, Lagan Construction and Ferrovial Agroman. The Joint Venture will design, construct, and provide aftercare for the whole of the A8 Dualling Belfast to Larne Works. The A8 is a strategically important road within Northern Ireland, servicing the port of Larne and carrying in excess of 17,000 vehicles daily. The award follows on from the successful completion of the Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) consultancy phase of the scheme, announced on 28 January 2010. The work will begin immediately and is expected to complete in winter 2015. Separately, Costain has also been appointed as preferred bidder design and build contractor by Severn Trent Water to replace its largest covered service reservoir sited at Fritchley, near Ambergate, Derbyshire, in a project worth around £27 million. Ambergate reservoir is an asset of key strategic importance to Severn Trent Water with the capacity to supply mains water to approximately 590,000 customers across the East Midlands. The scheme will see the construction of two covered reservoirs of 90 and 50ML capacity, to replace the current 128ML reservoir. A planning application has been submitted and is currently under consideration by the local planning authority. Once approved work is due to begin on site in January 2013 for four years, with some early enabling works taking place in coming months.

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Outlook The Company continues to drive growth through expansion of strategic partnerships and maintaining focus on its stated strategic initiatives. The revenue growth in our primary operating segments in H1 2012 is encouraging and we believe acceleration of our product and technology innovation will create opportunities for sustained growth. We are encouraged by our progress in 2012 to date, as well as the prospects for H2 2012 and beyond as we gain traction across all aspects of our business. The current commercial agreements executed with Perfect and SIGSA as well as contracts currently being negotiated are evidence of the potential that already exists in the Company's markets. The Company continues to make significant progress towards improving its capacity to execute and we are building commercial strengths and leadership in all geographies.

Martin Coles, President and Chief Executive of HaloSource, said: "Since joining as chief executive officer in October 2011, we have made major positive changes in Sales, Marketing, Business Development and other operating functions around the world. This has significantly increased the capacity of local commercial leadership while shortening decision making time and improving our ability to act on local opportunities. HaloSource has focused on organizing the business to have commercial leadership in the geographies it operates in, further increasing its knowledge of local customer needs. "The Company has been focused on building deeper, more meaningful partnerships and to this end our partner pipeline continues to grow to include some of the world's largest consumer durables companies. We continue to focus our technology innovation efforts on new products that will differentiate us in the marketplace and drive continued revenue growth in all segments of our business."

Subsequent Events Since the Close of June · Signed a global agreement with multi-national consumer products company for supply of HaloPure® cartridges and filters for gravity water systems. We received our first purchase order for 10,000 units under this contract in July 2012 · Executed an exclusive supply agreement with RST Environmental Solutions Limited ("RST") for sales of the Company's HaloKlear™ products in New Zealand for construction and dairy industries · Ongoing negotiations for supply of HaloPure® cartridges and filters to major international consumer products company with targeted launch of gravity-fed water purifier in China in Q4 2012

Operational Highlights · 2012 first-half results show solid improvement in core business segments, including Water Purification and Water Clarification · Supply agreement signed with Perfect Water Purification Manufacturing Co. Ltd to supply HaloPure® cartridges for use in pressurized water purification devices sold by Perfect throughout over 6,000 outlets in China. · Joint development and exclusive supply agreements entered into with Servicios de Ingeniería Geosintética, S.A. ("SIGSA") for deployment of HaloKlear™ Dual Polymer System water treatment technology for projects in Latin America and Spain. To maintain exclusivity, SIGSA is required to purchase a minimum of $0.5 million of products in the initial contract year § Supply agreement with PT. Basuki Water, Indonesia for sales of the Company's HaloKlear™ products throughout the Indonesian market with expected first year sales of $0.5 million

Interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2012 Seattle, U.S.A. - HaloSource, Inc. (HALO.LN) the clean water and antimicrobial technology company traded on London's AIM, today announces its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2012. Financial Highlights · Group revenue up 7% to $5.8 million (2011 H1 $5.4 million): - Water Clarification (Recreational and Environmental) revenue up 8% to $4.9 million (H1 2011 $4.6 million). The Company's HaloKlear™ products were a primary driver with growth in excess of 200% over H1 2011 in the rapidly expanding environmental water business - Water Purification revenue (Drinking Water) revenue up 37% to $0.7 million (H1 2011 $0.5 million) - Antimicrobial Coatings revenue down 53% to $0.2 million (H1 2011 $0.3 million) · New customer wins driving solid growth in revenues during second half of period. Revenues for the full year are expected to be in line with current market expectations · Cash burn reduced by 50% to $5.4 million for H1 2012. Cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and restricted cash of $8.0 million at June 30, 2012

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