ADVFN Regulatory News (AFN)

ADVFN PLC

7 January 2015

ADVFN Plc ("ADVFN" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for Equalities, Sajid Javid will be the opening speaker at the UK Investor Show 2015.

Sajid Javid MP will join 40 other speakers at UK Investor Show on 18th April.

The UK Investor Show, which is expected to be the top one day investor conference of 2015, is delighted to announce that the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for Equalities, Sajid Javid will be opening the show as a keynote speaker.

A former investment banker, Mr. Javid previously served as Economic Secretary from 2012 to 2013 and as the Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 2013 to 2014 and, according to commentator Iain Dale, is a potential future leader of the Conservative party.

Mr. Javid will share his views on the future of the City and UK Business as part of a pre-election briefing and what it means for AIM and small cap business.

At the ADVFN organised show, Mr. Javid joins a star studded line up of 40 top speakers including Britain's Buffett Nigel Wray, former C4 boss and food retailing entrepreneur Luke Johnson, The Web Sheriff Ben Edelman of Harvard, Quindell busting Tom Winnifrith, top fund manager Paul Jourdan of Amati, the Queen of Tech Vin Murria, mining gurus Dominic Frisbey and Amanda van Dyke, Ed Croft, Paul Scott and the UK's leading short sellers Evil Knievil, Matt Earl and Lucian Miers.The show, sponsored by SwissQuote, also features 110 PLC stands, the CEOs of 75 of which will be doing investor presentations throughout the day. As of today more than 90 of these stands have been booked and details can be found at www.UKInvestorShow.com 

Over 2,000 serious investors are expected to be attending the conference on 18th April at the QE2 Centre in Westminster, London, to hear Sajid and the other speakers and to meet the companies. Ticket sales are ahead of last year and all the indications are that the UK's premier investor show will be sold out well ahead of April.

The event will be co-hosted by Charlotte Argyle and Ben Turney of ShareProphets

Michael Hodges, the chairman of ADVFN said "The UK's leading investor show is delighted to welcome Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Financial Secretary to the Treasury up to 2014, to outline how the City and small business can be helped to grow. - we look forward to another scintillating event in Westminster on 18th April with our best speaker line-up ever."Notes:Confirmed speakers to date include:Nigel Wray (Britain's Buffett), Lucian Miers, Evil Knievil, Clem Chambers, Vin Murria, Luke Johnson, Sajid Javid MP, Tom Winnifrith, Ed Croft, Paul Jourdan, Paul Scott, Matt Earl, Ben Edelman, Marcus Hanke, Andrew Bell, David Lenigas, Jason Drummond, Cassandra Harris, Richard Poulden, Charlotte Argyle, Ben Turney, Amanda Van Dyke, Dominic Frisbey, John Wisbey, Stephen Streater, Matt Lofgran, Kevin Foo, Randy Connolly, Malcolm Stacey, Thierry Laduguie, Adam Reynolds, Chris Bailey, Robert Sutherland Smith, Steve Moore, Mike Hall, Lorne Daniel.

Enquiries

Clem Chambers clemc@advfn.com

Salmaan Khawaja / Ed Thomas 0207 383 5100

Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser)