Vipera Regulatory News (VIP)

ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2 OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM RULES")

COMPANY NAME:

RICMORE CAPITAL PLC (to be renamed VIPERA PLC)

COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, COMPANY TRADING ADDRESS (INCLUDING POSTCODES) :

REGISTERED OFFICE:

3 Hardman Square

Spinningfields

Manchester

M3 3EB

TRADING OFFICE:

Vordere Metzggasse 8

5400 Baden

Switzerland

COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION:

UNITED KINGDOM

COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY AIM RULE 26:

www.vipera.com (to be in place on Admission)

COMPANY BUSINESS (INCLUDING MAIN COUNTRY OF OPERATION) OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING POLICY). IF THE ADMISSION IS SOUGHT AS A RESULT OF A REVERSE TAKE-OVER UNDER RULE 14, THIS SHOULD BE STATED:

Ricmore Capital Plc, currently an investing company ("Shell"), has conditionally agreed to acquire the whole of the issued share capital of Vipera for £8.81m to be satisfied by the issue of 103,651,724 new Ordinary Shares.

Vipera is an Italian-based, provider of software that enables mobile access to personal financial services and offers multi-channel mobility solutions for banking and wallet functionality ready for the deployment of versatile mobile payment solutions. Vipera is currently concentrating its efforts in the Middle East and Italy, although due to a number of key relationships Vipera will look at other territories in conjunction with these partners. Current users include Mashreq Bank, the largest private bank in the United Arab Emirates, Maybank Group (the largest financial services group in Malaysia) and the Ministry of Interior of Qatar. The Directors believe that the Acquisition presents an opportunity to acquire a company that has the potential to increase shareholder value.

The Acquisition constitutes a reverse takeover under the AIM Rules and is therefore conditional inter alia upon the approval of Shareholders at the Annual General Meeting.

In addition, the Company has raised £55,000, before expenses, by way of the Placing to provide additional working capital for the Enlarged Group.

DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTIONS AS TO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES (i.e. where known, number and type of shares, nominal value and issue price to which it seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares):

117,609,517 Ordinary Shares of 1p per share.

Note: every 25 Existing Ordinary Shares of 1p each to become one ordinary share of 1p each following a proposed subdivision and consolidation.

CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (IF APPLICABLE) AND ANTICIPATED MARKET CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION:

£55,000 BEING RAISED ON ADMISSION.

MARKET CAPITALISATION (ASSUMING £55,000 RAISED) AT THE PLACING PRICE OF 8.5p: £10.00million

PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS AT ADMISSION:

92,837,673 New Ordinary Shares representing 78.9 per cent. of the Enlarged Share Capital are not in public hands.

DETAILS OF ANY OTHER EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM TO WHICH THE AIM COMPANY HAS APPLIED OR AGREED TO HAVE ANY OF ITS SECURITIES (INCLUDING ITS AIM SECURITIES) ADMITTED OR TRADED:

No others.

FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known):

John Richard Shaw FCA - Chairman*

Martin Henry Withers Perrin ACA - Non-executive Director

(*Following completion of the Proposals John Shaw will become a Non-executive Director)

John Kosta Defterios- Non-executive Chairman

Marco Casartelli- Chief Executive Officer

Roger Paul Mitchell ACA- Chief Financial Officer

Dr. Silvano Maffeis- Chief Technology Officer

FULL NAMES AND HOLDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL, BEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known):

As the Date of the Admission Document* Immediately following Admission

Number of Issued % Number of Issued %

Ordinary Shares Ordinary Shares

John Shaw 10,014,337 3.01 400,573 0.34

Alan McKeating 43,960,561 13.21 1,758,422 1.50

Philip Bellamy-Lee 31,624,965 9.50 1,264,999 1.08

Stephen Barclay 14,372,357 4.32 574,894 0.49

Gary Rimmer 13,123,068 3.94 524,923 0.45

Robert Hatton 12,495,679 3.76 499,827 0.42

Silvano Maffeis Nil - 24,494,959 20.83

Mobile World Srl Nil - 29,358,003 24.96

Neby & Jahrmann Srl Nil - 29,757,432 25.30

Roger Mitchell Nil - 5,562,043 4.73

Compagnia Fiduciaria Nazionale Nil - 3,784,586 3.22

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Note: The Company is proposing to complete a 25:1 Share Consolidation as part of the Proposals.

NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES:

Under an agreement dated 21 July 2010 Albachiara SARL, an associate of Roger Mitchell, agreed to provide general administration and Corporate Finance advice to the Company for a fee of £20,000.

(i) ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE

(ii) DATE TO WHICH THE MAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED (this may be represented by unaudited interim financial information)

(iii) DATES BY WHICH IT MUST PUBLISH ITS FIRST THREE REPORTS PURSUANT TO AIM RULES 18 AND 19:

(i) 31 DECEMBER

(ii) 31 DECEMBER 2009

(iii) Expected Accounting Timetable:

- by 30 September 2010, the Company's unaudited interim statement for the six months ended 30 June 2010;

- by 30 June 2011, the Company's audited accounts for the period ending 31 December 2010; and

- by 30 September 2011, the Company unaudited interim statement for the six months ended 30 June 2011.

EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE:

16 August 2010

NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER:

Beaumont Cornish Limited

2nd Floor, Bowman House

29 Wilson Street

London

EC2M 2SJ

NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER:

Daniel Stewart & Company Plc

Becket House

36 Old Jewry

London

EC2R 8DD

OTHER THAN IN THE CASE OF A QUOTED APPLICANT, DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES:

ADMISSION DOCUMENT AVAILABLE FROM THE OFFICES OF BEAUMONT CORNISH LIMITED, 29 WILSON STREET, LONDON EC2M 2SJ AND WEBSITE WWW.VIPERA.COM.

ADMISSION DOCUMENT PRODUCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIM RULES TO INCLUDE FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES.

DATE OF NOTIFICATION:

22 July 2010

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