Issue of Equity

2 May 2008 11:36

Celtic PLC02 May 2008 CELTIC PLC Issued share capital As a result of conversion of 2,000 Convertible Preferred Ordinary Shares of 100p("CPO Shares") in the capital of Celtic plc during April 2008, the Company'sissued share capital at 30 April 2008 was as follows: 88,602,901 Ordinary Shares of 1p each14,507,591 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Ordinary Shares of 100p each16,795,912 Cumulative Convertible Preference Shares of 60 p each443,736,791 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 is being made for the 4,160 new Ordinary Shares of 1p each arisingfrom the conversion of CPO shares to be listed with effect from 12 May 2008. End. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange