Arden Partners plc

("Arden" or the "Company")

Arden Partners, the institutional stockbroker, is delighted that its equity brokerage and research teams ranked highly in Extel's 2010 UK Survey. 

Fund managers voted Arden No. 1 for broking Financials (Jeremy Grime, Sarah Spikes, Peter Lenardos) and No. 3 for broking Capital Goods (Ben Thefaut, Chris Thomas, David Larkam, and Graham Webster).

Individually, Jeremy Grime and Sarah Spikes were voted the No. 1 and No. 2 analysts in Financials.

Extel 2010 is based on record participation across the professional investment community, with data and processes independently verified by Deloitte.

Commenting on the result, Jonathan Keeling, CEO of Arden said;

"We are delighted that our teams and individuals have been recognised by the buy-side community at these awards. We have a strong capability in our research department across our specialist sectors and these awards demonstrate our commitment to recruiting and retaining quality analysts and salespeople to provide leading insightful analysis."

For further information, please contact:

Arden Partners plc                                                                                             020 7614 5900

Jonathan Keeling - Chief Executive Officer

Buchanan Communications                                                                                020 7466 5000

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