Arden Partners plc
08 November 2007


For Immediate Release                                            8 November 2006


                               Arden Partners Plc
                           ("Arden" or the "Company")

Pre-close period update for the year ended 31 October 2007

Arden Partners Plc (AIM :ARDN.L), the independent institutional stockbroking
business, today issues a trading update ahead of its close period relating to
the year ended 31 October 2007.

During the year Arden completed 22 transactions of which 3 were IPOs. Secondary
commissions and trading have continued to grow and Arden has made progress in
attracting new clients and quality people.

The Directors expect that profit before tax (and before the exceptional item of
£0.318m which was announced at the interims) will be in line with market
estimates. This is after charging a provision of approximately £0.5m against the
value of certain investments and warrants.

It is intended that the results for the year ended 31 October 2007 will be
announced on 8 January 2008.

For further information, please contact:

Arden Partners plc                                               0207 398 1630
Tony Bartlett - Chief Executive Officer
Jonathan Keeling- Executive Director
Trevor Norris - Finance Director

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Garry Levin
Tim Richardson

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Mark Edwards
Nick Melson

Notes to Editors

Arden Partners is a research-led institutional stockbroking firm, founded in
2002, which floated on AIM in July 2006.

The Company provides high quality research, institutional stockbroking,
corporate finance, sales, trading and market making services to corporate and
institutional clients, predominantly in the small and mid cap markets.

With offices in London, Birmingham, and Bristol, Arden is broker, Nominated
Adviser and/or financial adviser to 38 companies in a variety of sectors, 12 of
them are quoted on the Official List, with the remainder on AIM.




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