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ACP Capital Limited
12 July 2007



ACP Capital Limited (AIM:APL)

12 July 2007



ACP Capital appoints Citigroup joint corporate broker

ACP Capital Limited ("ACP Capital" or "ACP"; APL.LN), the merchant bank and
asset manager focused on European small and medium sized enterprise ("SME")
markets, today announces its appointment of Citigroup Global Markets Limited as
joint corporate broker alongside Collins Stewart, with immediate effect.

Separately, ACP Capital confirms it is in discussions with the relevant
authorities in regards to seeking a transfer of the Company's listing to the
London Stock Exchange's main board from AIM.





Enquiries:



Simon Atkinson, Collins Stewart Europe Limited
+44 (0) 20 7523 8350



Andrew Thompson and Robert Redshaw, Citigroup Global Markets Limited
+44 (0) 20 7986 4000



Rob Bailhache & Nick Henderson, Financial Dynamics

+44 (0) 20 7269 7200

(Media Relations)



For further information on ACP Capital, please visit www.acpcapital.com.





About ACP Capital


ACP Capital Limited (LSE AIM: APL) is a Jersey-incorporated specialist
integrated finance and asset management company focusing on both the
asset-backed and non asset-backed sectors in the European small and mid-sized
enterprise (SME) market. The company's shares were admitted to trading on AIM in
January 2006, raising approximately #50m before costs, followed by a further
#15m share placing in December 2006. In March 2007, the company completed a
further #150m capital raising in order to finance its intended development
plans, including the development of additional funding lines, managed vehicles
and strategic platforms to originate loans and assets in Germany, the UK, France
and Italy.

As an integrated finance specialist, ACP Capital offers a combination of equity,
mezzanine and senior debt to companies in niche markets, such as the German '
Mittelstand' (privately-owned SMEs), and for asset-backed transactions in
sectors like real estate and infrastructure. The company intends to put in place
levered loan and non-investment grade funding vehicles in order to complement
its current product base with a view to providing financing solutions across the
capital structure.

As an asset manager, ACP Capital manages a series of investment vehicles that
can provide the required funding for its integrated finance capabilities. ACP
Capital intends to launch at least two managed vehicles each year in specific
sectors in its target markets. These managed vehicles are intended to take
advantage of the planned flow of asset opportunities from the expansion of the
company's funding capabilities and strategic platforms. ACP Capital intends to
receive management and performance-related fees from these vehicles in addition
to any share price increase as a strategic equity investor. To date, ACP Capital
has launched two such vehicles, ACP Mezzanine Limited and IFR Capital plc. On 8
March 2007 ACP Capital announced that it had raised a committed leverage
facility of #125 million with Deutsche Bank for ACP Senior High Yield, a
soon-to-be-launched managed vehicle focusing on the acquisition of European
senior debt assets originated primarily through ACP Capital's SME-focused
integrated finance business, and through the primary and secondary markets.

ACP Capital's Board includes the highly regarded retail entrepreneur, Heiner
Kamps, the Director General of the international real estate investment and
development company Jesta Group, Francois Georges, the Managing Director of the
full service real estate private equity firm Presidio Partners LLC, Alan
Braxton, Derek Vago, Eric Youngblood, Nikolaj Larsen and two other Non-Executive
Directors.






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