PLUS Markets Group PLC
17 October 2005



                             PLUS MARKETS GROUP PLC

                  Further details of its new trading service


Today, 17th October 2005, PLUS Markets Group plc ("the Company") announces
details of its new equity trading service for both listed and unlisted
securities.  This has been developed in response to demand from leading
financial institutions and brokers.  The Company intends to broaden markedly its
existing trading services to encompass an extended range of securities.  Many of
those requiring this service are the private client stockbroker members of
APCIMS, who have long sought a trading system tailored to the needs of their
clients.


Initially, the new trading service will trade a selection of smaller companies
admitted to the Official List, which do not benefit from an exclusively
quote-driven market. It is anticipated that the service will be operational by
early New Year at the latest.


The new trading service will have a distinct identity. It will be known as "the
PLUS service" and will trade certain listed and unlisted securities with
existing quotations elsewhere in London.  The Company has been working and
continues to work in close co-operation with the Financial Services Authority 
("FSA") to achieve this.


The PLUS service will offer an independent price discovery and trade reporting
mechanism.  It will provide choice and flexibility to brokers for whom a
quote-driven system is best suited. The Company believes that its system could
offer, also, an appropriate mechanism for Retail Service Providers ("RSPs") to
operate efficiently after the introduction of the Markets in Financial
Instruments Directive ("MiFID").


Notably, there will not be any trade reporting fees in respect of securities
traded on the PLUS service.



The PLUS service will have a distinct identity from the Company's existing
market offering.  It will be operated under the existing legal and regulatory
auspices of Ofex. Trading on the PLUS service will be subject to real-time
supervision and will come within the protection of the market abuse regime.
Investors in such securities will continue to benefit from any existing taxation
benefits. Securities traded on the PLUS service will benefit also from existing
stamp duty relief for intermediaries.



To ensure proper transparency for market users, leading data vendors will carry
information about trading in securities traded upon the PLUS service.



Over recent months, the Company has been investing heavily in upgrading its
trading platform and recruiting appropriate technical staff to give it the
capacity to trade substantially higher volumes. Whilst the Company re-iterates
that this investment will impact significantly its second half results, it
raised the additional #2.5m last month specifically to finance the development
and operation of the PLUS service.



The Company believes that the PLUS service will offer an attractive platform and
should both increase competition and reduce the costs of transactions in the
London equity markets.



Enquiries: Pam Spooner, Conduit PR                     020 7618 8760


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