Issue of Equity

1 Feb 2008 15:41

Celtic PLC01 February 2008 CELTIC PLCIssued share capital1 February 2008 As a result of conversions of Convertible Preferred Ordinary Shares of 100p("CPO Shares") and Cumulative Convertible Preference Shares of 60 p each (CCPShares) in the capital of Celtic plc during January 2008, the Company's issuedshare capital at 31 January 2008 was as follows: 88,555,061 Ordinary Shares of 1p each14,530,591 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Ordinary Shares of 100p each16,795,912 Cumulative Convertible Preference Shares of 60 p each441,484,631 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. Application has been made for the 60,439 new Ordinary Shares of 1p each arisingfrom these conversions ( 57,408 arising from conversion of 27,600 CPO shares and3,031 arising from conversion of 3,031 CCP Shares) to be listed, with effectfrom 11 February 2008. End. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange