Issue of Equity

RNS Number:6339T
Basepoint PLC
04 November 2005


Basepoint plc ("Basepoint" or "the Company")

Exercise of Options

Basepoint was notified yesterday that certain employees and directors of the
Company, exercised options over 705,225 ordinary shares of 10p each under the
Basepoint plc Approved and Unapproved Share Option Schemes.


Details of the options exercised by employees are as follows:

Approved/Unapproved                  Exercise Price     Number of
                                          per Share       Options
                                                        Exercised
Approved                                     117.5p        26,000
                                             158.5p        51,500
                                             148.0p        68,500


Details of the options exercised by certain directors of Basepoint are as
follows:

Name             Approved /   Exercise Price   Number of  Resultant   Percentage
                 Unapproved        per Share     options  number of   holding in
                                               exercised     shares      Company

The Viscount     Unapproved            50.0p      45,000    208,015        1.74%
Lifford

R J Cleaver*     Unapproved            50.0p     130,000
                                      166.5p     108,259    622,712        5.21%

T D Boakes       Unapproved            50.0p      75,000
                                      166.5p      72,173    291,373        2.44%

G N G Smith      Approved             117.5p      17,020
                 Unapproved           158.5p      14,083     36,103        0.30%

P A Stansfield   Approved             117.5p      14,480
                 Unapproved            93.5p      25,000
                                      117.5p       2,541
                                      158.5p      14,083     69,690        0.58%

R L Court      Unapproved              50.0p      45,000    254,769        2.13%


* In addition to the above, Mr Cleaver, together with Mr B S Keys, a former
director of the Company, is beneficially interested in the City of Birmingham
Securities Pension Scheme ("the Scheme").  The Scheme's current holding in the
Company is 43,250 ordinary shares representing 0.36% of the Company's issued
share capital.

An application has been made for the 705,225 new ordinary shares to be admitted
to AIM and trading is expected to commence on 10 November 2005.

The Company is required to disclose the following information in accordance with
Rule 2.10 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers:

Following the exercise of the options, the Company has 11,960,813 ordinary
shares of 10p each in issue. The International Securities Identification Number
(ISIN) for the ordinary shares is GB0007381295.

4 November 2005



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