AFH Financial Group Plc Exercise of Options (9729D)

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RNS Number : 9729D

AFH Financial Group Plc

02 November 2020

02 November 2020

AFH Financial Group plc

("AFH" or the "Company")

(AIM: AFHP)

Exercise of Options

The Board of AFH, a leading financial planning led investment management firm, announces that application has been made for 2,143 new ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the Company (the "New Ordinary Shares") to be admitted to trading on AIM.

1,115 New Ordinary Shares have been issued and allotted pursuant to the exercise of share options under the AFH Financial Group Plc Company Share Option Plan and 1,028 New Ordinary Shares have been issued and allotted pursuant to the exercise of share options under the AFH SAYE 2018 scheme. The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of the Company.

1,028 of the share options have an exercise price of GBP3.015 and 615 of the share options have an exercise price of GBP1.625 and 500 of the shares have an exercise price of GBP2.92. The New Ordinary Shares are expected to be admitted to trading on AIM on 6 November 2020.

Following the issue of the New Ordinary Shares, the issued share capital of the Company will comprise 42,983,638 ordinary shares of 10 pence each.

The total number of ordinary shares carrying voting rights in AFH is therefore 42,983,638. This figure will represent the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

For further information please contact:

   AFH Financial Group PLC                                                               01527 577 775 

Alan Hudson, Chief Executive Officer

Paul Wright, Chief Financial Officer

   Shore Capital NOMAD and sole broker                                         020 7408 4090 

Hugh Morgan / Daniel Bush / Sarah Mather

   Yellow Jersey PR Limited (Financial PR)                                07748 843 871 

Joe Burgess / Annabel Atkins / Dom Barretto

For the purposes of MAR and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055, this announcement is being made on behalf of the Company by Paul Wright, Chief Financial Officer.

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