Issue of Equity

10 Jan 2008 10:00

Celtic PLC10 January 2008 CELTIC PLCIssued share capital10 January 2008 As a result of further conversions of Convertible Preferred Ordinary Shares of100p ("CPO Shares") in the capital of Celtic plc during December 2007, theCompany's issued share capital at 31 December 2007 was as follows: 88,494,622 Ordinary Shares of 1p each14,544,911 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Ordinary Shares of 100p each16,798,943 Cumulative Convertible Preference Shares of 60 p each438,603,210 Deferred Shares of 1p each Cumulative Convertible Preference Shares do not carry voting rights. DeferredShares are not listed, are not transferable and carry no voting rights orsubstantive economic rights. The above figures for Ordinary Shares and CPO Shares may be used by shareholdersas the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they arerequired to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest, under theFSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Between 1 September 2007, when the CPO Shares became convertible, and 31December 2007 3,454,257 CPO Shares have been converted into 7,184,853 newOrdinary Shares of 1p each and 338,240,847 Deferred Shares of 1p each. 7,145,887of the new Ordinary Shares have been listed to date, with application being madefor the remaining 38,966 Ordinary Shares to be listed with effect from 17January 2008. End. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange