PANTHER SECURITIES PLC - Scrip Dividend

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                                                                  6 August 2014                            Panther Securities PLC                                (the "Company")Additional Listing - Scrip DividendThe Company is pleased to announce that shareholders holding 11,305,326Ordinary Shares, representing 65.8 per cent. of the issued share capital of theCompany, have elected to take the scrip dividend in respect of the finaldividend of 9p per share for the year ended 31 December 2013. Accordingly, theCompany has allotted, subject to admission to trading as below, 301,008 newOrdinary Shares. Following the issue of these shares, the total issued sharecapital for Company will be 17,487,295 Ordinary Shares.An application has been made to the UK Listing Authority and London StockExchange for 301,008 Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading, in relation tothe operation of the Scrip Dividend Scheme for the final dividend for the yearended 31 December 2013. Dealings are expected to commence on 12 August 2014 andthe shares will rank pari passu with the existing issued ordinary shares of theCompany.Directors' ShareholdingThe following directors of the Company have elected to take the scrip dividendand will be issued with the following Ordinary Shares on 12 August 2014:                            Number of   Percentage of     Purchase         Date                             Ordinary    issued share        price                               Shares         capitalAndrew Perloff                 29,096            0.17       338.0p   12/08/2014Bryan Galan                     8,400            0.05       338.0p   12/08/2014Simon Peters                    4,586            0.03       338.0p   12/08/2014John Doyle                      1,645            0.01       338.0p   12/08/2014Significant shareholdersPortnard Limited, a company in which A S Perloff and his family trusts havebeneficial interest in its shares, also elected to take the scrip dividend andwill be issued with the following Ordinary Shares on 12 August 2014:                            Number of   Percentage of     Purchase         Date                             Ordinary    issued share        price                               Shares         capitalPortnard Limited              212,256            1.21       338.0p   12/08/2014Following the issue of the above Ordinary Shares on 12 August 2014, thedirectors and Portnard Limited will have the following holdings, respectively;                                        Number of Ordinary Percentage of issued                                                    Shares        share capitalAndrew Perloff                                   4,241,783                24.26Bryan Galan                                        323,902                 1.85Simon Peters                                       183,143                 1.05John Doyle                                          63,460                 0.36Portnard Limited                                 8,183,662                46.80For further information:Andrew Perloff, Panther Securities plc:                    Tel: 01707 667 300Simon Peters, Panther Securities plc:                      Tel: 01707 667 300David Worlidge, Sanlam Securities UK                       Tel: 0207 628 2200