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1 AIM ALL SHARE FTSE ALL SHARE FTSE 100 SHARE 31/12/ /01/09 Movement % , , We are pleased to supply the Monthly for January. You will find, as well as a brief comment on the market, the Top 25 Most Actively Traded Securities, figures for Turnover by Sector, Top 25 Aim Companies by Market Capitalisation, Distribution of Equity and finally Admissions and Cancellations. MARKET COMMENT In December the UK stockmarket enjoyed its traditional Christmas rally and this seemed to continue into the new year as the FTSE 100 Index ran up to almost 4,700 at the beginning of January. This run took place on low trading volume so it was not surprising to see the Index fall below 4,000 once more, albeit it very briefly and the it now looks like it has established a trading range of between 4,000 and 4,500. The AIM All Share Index followed a similar course rising in early January then falling again, although unlike the FTSE 100 Index the FTSE AIM All Share ended the first month of the year higher than where it finished in The FTSE AIM All Share Index ended January at up 2.6% on the previous year close of Having fallen such a long way in 2008 this can not be seen as a significant recovery but there are signs that point to the fact that some investor confidence maybe beginning to trickle back into smaller companies. For the best part of 2008 any company on AIM releasing results saw its share price fall which generally had no bearing on the nature of their results. If the results were positive the share price fell and if the results were at all negative the share price took a hammering. Recently a number of companies have reported encouraging results and have seen their share price move in the right direction. On 26 January Helius Energy announced an impressive set of results for the year ended 30 September 2008 which were well received by the market and the company share price increased. This is another small but positive sign that confidence is returning to smaller companies. For those investors that are willing to adopt a high risk strategy, opportunities to invest in AIM are presently abundant and those with existing holdings should take time to re-examine their fundamentals for buying the shares in the first place. There is little point in holding an investment for recovery if the reasons for investing in the first place no longer hold up. The opposite is also true and if the company has seen its share price fall dramatically due to flight for quality, as people move to blue chip companies, and for no other reason it may be worth buying more shares and averaging down thus reducing the time it will take the holding to recover once the share price begins to move up. New Companies Market Money Number Market Money No. of value raised of value raised companies ( m) ( m) companies ( m) ( m) January 2009 Year to date New companies Transfer Relisting Totals Further Issues Other Total No. of Rights money No. of Money Money rights raised other raised raised issues ( m) issues # ( m) ( m) January Year to date # includes non-money raising issues 1

2 MOST ACTIVELY TRADED SECURITIES Bargains Value Company Security ( m) Bargains Shares 1 PETER HAMBRO MINING PLC ORD GBP ,067,177 9,931 15,061,719 2 LANCASHIRE HLDGS COM STK USD ,149,157 8,060 34,900,204 3 PLAYTECH LTD ORD NPV 56,969,694 7,296 15,883,383 4 SIBIR ENERGY ORD GBP ,567,684 5,868 24,598,255 5 RENESOLA LTD ORD SHS NPV 9,265,572 5,533 6,647,146 6 AFREN ORD GBP ,985,432 5,129 70,199,358 7 GCM RESOURCES PLC ORD GBP ,196,301 4,781 20,702,472 8 ASOS ORD GBP ,862,210 4,725 18,516,044 9 BOWLEVEN ORD GBP0.1 10,019,808 4,587 26,309, TANFIELD GROUP GBP0.01 5,396,558 3,872 82,727, URALS ENERGY PUBLIC CO CYP0.0025(DI) 6,028,995 3, ,698, AERO INVENTORY GBP ,841,055 3,707 4,403, CENTRAL AFRICAN MINING&EXPLORTN CO ORD GBP ,762,900 3, ,484, HAMWORTHY ORD GBP0.05 9,876,623 3,146 4,029, NIGHTHAWK ENERGY PLC ORD GBP ,627,334 3,071 39,140, REGAL PETROLEUM ORD GBP ,395,656 2,991 41,744, CAPE PLC ORD GBP0.25 4,528,001 2,983 9,945, CLIMATE EXCHANGE ORD GBP ,515,062 2,803 3,368, CAMBRIAN MINING ORD GBP0.20 3,743,064 2,513 13,482, POLO RESOURCES LTD ORD NPV 8,993,310 2, ,127, UNITECH CORPORATE PARKS PLC ORD GBP0.01 3,139,180 2,171 29,369, HEALTHCARE LOCUMS PLC ORD GBP ,335,105 1,886 12,514, VATUKOULA GOLD MINES PLC ORD GBP ,421,007 1, ,415, CERES POWER HLDGS ORD GBP0.05 4,002,215 1,766 3,950, SPORTINGBET PLC ORD GBP ,086,846 1,631 26,476,370 Value 1 LANCASHIRE HLDGS COM STK USD ,149,157 8,060 34,900,204 2 PETER HAMBRO MINING PLC ORD GBP ,067,177 9,931 15,061,719 3 PLAYTECH LTD ORD NPV 56,969,694 7,296 15,883,383 4 ASOS ORD GBP ,862,210 4,725 18,516,044 5 SIBIR ENERGY ORD GBP ,567,684 5,868 24,598,255 6 SUMMIT GERMANY ORD NPV 29,918, ,220,670 7 CLIMATE EXCHANGE ORD GBP ,515,062 2,803 3,368,686 8 CENTAMIN EGYPT NPV 25,698,151 1,585 63,378,415 9 PUMA BRANDENBURG ORD NPV 24,854, ,385, OMEGA INSURANCE HLDGS LTD COM STK USD ,403, ,996, CHINA REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES PLC ORD NPV 22,319, ,765, TEPNEL LIFE SCIENCES ORD GBP ,036, ,616, TERRA CATALYST FUND ORD GBP ,958, ,855, AFREN ORD GBP ,985,432 5,129 70,199, REGAL PETROLEUM ORD GBP ,395,656 2,991 41,744, HEALTHCARE LOCUMS PLC ORD GBP ,335,105 1,886 12,514, ARC CAPITAL HLDGS LTD ORD SHS USD ,958, ,967, GOALS SOCCER CENTRES ORD GBP ,828, ,574, TRADING EMISSIONS ORD GBP ,188,419 1,052 16,569, SPAZIO INVESTMENT NV ORD EUR ,849, ,761, GCM RESOURCES PLC ORD GBP ,196,301 4,781 20,702, SPEYMILL MACAU PROPERTY CO PLC ORD USD ,054, ,350, EROS INTERNATIONAL ORD GBP ,993, ,159, NIGHTHAWK ENERGY PLC ORD GBP ,627,334 3,071 39,140, AMIAD FILTRATION SYSTEMS ORD ILS ,622, ,008,404 2

3 TURNOVER BY SECTOR - JANUARY No. of No. of No. of Market Cap Business sector Total Value ( ) Bargains Shares Companies ( m) (Equity only) Equities 0530 Oil & Gas Producers 178,061,858 50,844 1,447,932, , Oil Equipment, Services & Distribution 8,892,737 1,368 19,731, Total Oil & Gas 186,954,596 52,212 1,467,664, , Chemicals 3,690, ,671, Forestry & Paper 2,213, ,899, Industrial Metals 13,295,616 3, ,156, Mining 213,787,229 48,770 2,598,471, , Total Basic Materials 232,986,475 53,896 2,782,198, , Construction & Materials 16,125,888 1,356 47,663, Aerospace & Defence 13,505,375 3,792 7,626, General Industrials 10,206,873 1,095 25,425, Electronic & Electrical Equipment 30,045,412 10, ,464, Industrial Engineering 51,710,279 7, ,925, Industrial Transportation 3,123, ,006, Support Services 73,920,016 14, ,202, , Total Industrials 198,637,679 39, ,313, , Automobiles & Parts 284, ,612, Beverages 1,135, ,218, Food Producers 14,042,308 2,070 57,102, , Household Goods 1,206, ,063, Leisure Goods 1,157, ,001, Personal Goods 276, ,110, Tobacco Consumer Goods 18,103,163 3, ,110, , Health Care Equipment & Services 16,352,056 2, ,672, Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology 47,987,648 7, ,629, , Total Health Care 64,339,704 10, ,302, , Food & Drug Retailers 2,998, ,964, General Retailers 64,750,245 7, ,724, Media 32,006,144 3, ,822, , Travel & Leisure 55,653,143 5, ,190, , Total Consumer Services 155,407,707 16, ,702, , Fixed Line Telecommunications 9,357, ,294, Mobile Telecommunications 1,250, ,006, Total Telecommunications 10,608, ,300, Electricity 13,911,891 1,744 30,480, Gas, Water & Multiutilities 1,882, ,777, Total Utilities 15,794,098 2,260 35,258, Banks 1,514, ,389, Nonlife Insurance 177,647,979 8,448 53,834, , Life Insurance 3,121, ,587, Real Estate 180,969,306 9, ,777, , General Financial 143,432,507 14, ,844, , Equity Investment Instruments 88,621,758 2, ,523, , Nonequity Investment Instruments 79, , Total Financials 595,387,771 36,074 2,076,125, , Software & Computer Services 109,428,977 15, ,338, , Technology Hardware & Equipment 10,206,741 2, ,056, Total Technology 119,635,718 17, ,394, ,945.4 Total Equities 1,597,855, ,219 9,597,370,021 1,529 38, Total trading 1,597,855, ,219 9,597,370,021 3

4 TOP 25 AIM COMPANIES BY MARKET CAPITALISATION Company Business Market Name sub-sector Capitalisation m PLAYTECH LTD Software LANCASHIRE HLDGS Property & Casualty Insurance SIBIR ENERGY Exploration & Production GLOBE SPECIALTY METALS INC Nonferrous Metals PETER HAMBRO MINING PLC Gold Mining CLIMATE EXCHANGE Investment Services OMEGA INSURANCE HLDGS LTD Property & Casualty Insurance BOOKER GROUP PLC Food Retailers & Wholesalers CENTAMIN EGYPT Gold Mining LONDON & STAMFORD PROPERTY LTD Real Estate Holding & Development EUROPEAN GOLDFIELDS Gold Mining GREEN DRAGON GAS LTD Coal PURECIRCLE LTD Food Products PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORP Farming & Fishing DOLPHIN CAPITAL INVESTORS Real Estate Holding & Development TRADING EMISSIONS Specialty Finance KSK POWER VENTUR PLC Electricity UTILICO EMERGING MARKETS LTD Equity Investment Instruments DATACASH GROUP PLC Financial Administration YOUNG & CO'S BREWERY Restaurants & Bars INDUS GAS LTD Exploration & Production ACCSYS TECHNOLOGIES Diversified Industrials ORIGIN ENTERPRISES PLC Farming & Fishing ASOS Apparel Retailers JAMES HALSTEAD Building Materials & Fixtures DISTRIBUTION OF COMPANIES BY EQUITY VALUE Market Equity value No. of market range ( m) companies % value ( m) % Over 1, , , , , , , , , Unvalued securities Suspended Totals* 1, , More than 50m , Less than 50m 1, , Less than 25m 1, , *Excluding fixed interest securities 4

5 1st January 31st January 2009 ADMISSIONS Date Company Issue type Market Issue Money of Security Business activity capitalisation at price raised at Broker joining Region Origin admission ( m) (pence) issue ( m) Advisor 30/01/2009 IQ HLDGS PLC Placing Re-admission SVS Securities ORD GBP Business Support Services Grant Thornton UK LLP UK 5

6 1st January 31st January 2009 CANCELLATION OF ADMISSION Date Company Reason 16/01/2009 American Leisure Group Limited PURSUANT TO AIM RULE 41 05/01/2009 Axis Intermodal plc PURSUANT TO AIM RULE 41 19/01/2009 CEC Unet Plc PURSUANT TO AIM RULE 1 02/01/2009 Dietbrown Plc AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMPANY 05/01/2009 DragonWave Inc. AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMPANY 16/01/2009 EiRx Therapeutics Plc PURSUANT TO AIM RULE 41 05/01/2009 Equable Properties Plc PURSUANT TO AIM RULE 41 19/01/2009 Equity Special Situations Limited PURSUANT TO AIM RULE 1 30/01/2009 IQ Holdings Plc APPROVAL OF A REVERSE TAKEOVER 19/01/2009 IRF European Finance Investments Ltd TRANSFERRED TO OFFICIAL LIST 19/01/2009 ITIS Holdings Plc AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMPANY 23/01/2009 KSK Emerging India Energy Fund Limited AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMPANY 19/01/2009 Prestbury Holdings Plc PURSUANT TO AIM RULE 1 08/01/2009 QuestAir Technologies Inc. AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMPANY 05/01/2009 Redline Communications Group Inc AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMPANY 07/01/2009 Sheffield United Plc AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMPANY 05/01/2009 Stonemartin Plc AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMPANY 16/01/2009 Trust Property Management Group Plc AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMPANY 15/01/2009 Union Resources Limited PURSUANT TO AIM RULE 41 13/01/2009 Vianet Group Plc PURSUANT TO AIM RULE 1 07/01/2009 Wallgate Group Plc PURSUANT TO AIM RULE 1 All reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the information in this document was correct at the time of publication. However, Aim Listing Limited accepts no liability for decisions taken, based on information drawn from this document. Information sourced through London Stock Exchange's Market Information & Analysis unit. 6