20 March 2018

First Sentinel Plc

("First Sentinel" or the "Company")

Issue of shares

First Sentinel Plc ("First Sentinel" or the "Company") (NEX: FSEN), is pleased to announce that today it issued 192,308 shares to Winterflood Securities Limited at a price of 13p per share (the "Share Issue") to raise £25,000 to satisfy market demand for the shares.

Following the Share Issue, the Company will have 14,351,048 Ordinary Shares in issue, each share carrying the right to one vote.  The Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Share Issue will rank pari passu with existing Ordinary Shares.

The above figure of 14,351,048 should be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

About First Sentinel

First Sentinel is an alternative investment company focused on providing growth capital for public and private company investments. First Sentinel invests in a range of debt and equity instruments in target portfolio companies. Please visit the Company's website at www.first-sentinel.com

The Company is registered with the FCA as a small authorised UK AIFM.

Special note concerning the Market Abuse Regulation:

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 ("MAR"). 

For further corporate information, please contact:

Mr. Brian Stockbridge

Chief Executive Officer

First Sentinel Plc

Tel: + 44 (0) 7876 888 011

Email: brian@first-sentinel.com

For investor and shareholder inquiries, please contact:

Mr. Kris Kottmeier

VP Corporate Development

UK/Euro Tel: +44 (0) 20 3637 6522

North America Tel: +1 (604) 506-2502

Email:  Kris@first-sentinel.com

NEX Corporate Advisor

Beaumont Cornish Limited

James Biddle / Roland Cornish

Tel: +44 (0)20 7628 3396