Issue of Equity

    Ekay plc                                    

                           ("Ekay" or "the Company")                           

                                Issue of Equity                                

Ekay plc (AIM: EKY.L), a leading regional advertising and marketing agency,
announces that following the exercise of options by employees of the Company
under its EMI Option Agreement, it has issued and allotted 97,300 ordinary
shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an exercise price
of 2.14 pence per share.

An application to AIM has been made for the new Ordinary Shares, which will
rank pari passu with existing Ordinary Shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM
on 15 October 2008.

The Company's issued share capital now comprises 157,075,175 Ordinary Shares of
par value of 1 pence each. All of these Ordinary Shares carry voting rights and
this figure may be used by Ekay shareholders as the denominator for the
calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their
interest, or change to the interest in, Ekay plc, under the FSA's Disclosure
and Transparency Rules.

Contact:

Ekay plc

Stephen Latter, Financial Director Tel: [phone]

Daniel Stewart & Company plc

Simon Leathers/Tessa Smith Tel: [phone]



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