Minco's Share Capital and Major Shareholders

Ordinary Shares Issued and Fully Paid
Total issued at 1st May 2002   35,234,431
July 2003  Issued in connection with acquisition  100,000
 July 2003  Private placing for cash  2,466,580
 July 2003  Exercise of Options  4,415,000
 October 2003  Orca Acquisition   35,000,000
  Total Issued at 30th October 2003   77,216, 011
 December 2003   Private placing for cash  12,548,750
 December 2003   Private placing for cash  4,210,526
 February 2004  Issued on conversion of warrants  1,000,000
  Total Issued at 30th April 2004   94,975,287
 December 2004  Private placing for cash  40,909,091
  Total Issued at 31 December 2004  135,884,378
 January 2005  Exercise of Warrants  25,000
 February 2005  Exercise of Warrants  60,039
 March 2005  Exercise of Warrants  350,000
 May 2005  Exercise of Options  1,847,666
 May 2005  Exercise of Warrants  301,704
  Total issued at 31 July 2005  138,468,787
 September 2005 Exercise of Warrants 160,000
 October 2005 Exercise of Warrants 493,908
 November 2005 Exercise of Warrants 1,542,763
 November 2005 Exercise of Warrants 2,141,363
 December 2005 Exercise of Warrants 15,379,759
 December 2005 Exercise of Options 1,000,000
  Total issued at 31 December 2005 159,186,580
 April 2006 Issue of Shares 1,200,000
  Total issued at 31 December 2006 160,386,580
 May 2007 Issue of Shares 956,523
  Total issued at 31 May 2007 161,343,103
 July 2007 Issue of Shares 7,500,000
  Total issued at 31 July 2007 168,843,103

Options over Ordinary Shares

The total number of options outstanding at 31 December 2006 was 4,207,500.

Deferred Shares Issued and Fully Paid

There are 38,000,000 deferred shares in issue. These are non voting and have no right to dividends or conversion.

The Company’s issued share capital consists of 168,843,103 ordinary shares with a nominal value of €0.0125 cents each (“Ordinary Shares”), each share having equal voting rights, and 38 million on deferred shares of €0.0625 cents each.

The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury and therefore the total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights is 168,843,103.

Major Shareholders

As of 11 June 2007, the Company had been notified, in accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, of the following shareholdings amounting to 3% or more of the ordinary share capital of the Company:

Major Shareholders as of 11 June 2007
  Number Ordinary Shares %
RAB Special Situations LP 16,900,000 10.5
Barclayshare Nominees Ltd 7,658,623 4.8
Hoodless Brennan Plc 7,500,000 4.4
Juno Limited 6,000,000 3.7
L R Nominees Ltd 5,854,612 3.6
Goodbody Stockbrokers Nominees Ltd 5,601,220 3.5
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd 5,562,500 3.5
Richard Thornton 4,845,643 3.0

In accordance with the AIM rules (Rule 26), in so far as the Company is aware, the percentage of the Company’s issued share capital that is not in public hands is 23.86%. This percentage comprises the holdings of RAB Capital (including its funds under management) and the Directors of the Company.

Last updated 31 July 2007