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Price	Market	Sector	Market Cap
170.00p (0.00p) 0.00%	AIM	Insurance	£69.12m

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Commentary

Specialist Lloyd's insurer

Recent Articles

Interim setback for Advent	28/07/2008
Deals in store for AIM insurers	03/03/2008
Rates continue to weaken	03/03/2008
Advent sees smoother ride	22/02/2008
It’s an ill wind	01/11/2005
Struggling to change Lloyd's landscape	03/08/2005
Deals surge	01/06/2005
2nd Lloyd’s insurer targets AIM	20/05/2005

Recent Announcements

Incentive Scheme	25/11/2008
Holding(s) in Company	04/11/2008
Holding(s) in Company	03/11/2008
3rd Quarter Results	29/10/2008
Notice of Results	15/10/2008
Incentive Scheme	30/09/2008
Director/PDMR Shareholding	30/09/2008
Holding(s) in Company	17/09/2008
Response to Offer Update	12/09/2008
Offer Update	11/09/2008
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Financial History

Financial Year End	31/03/2004	31/12/2004	31/12/2005	31/12/2006	31/12/2007
Currency	GBP	GBP	GBP	GBP	GBP
Turnover	0.17	74.75	108.29	106.22	113.40
Operating Profit	-0.03	8.22	0.00	26.41	29.72
Pretax Profit	-0.03	4.51	-74.84	22.85	25.16
Earnings After Tax	-0.05	2.70	-52.58	16.01	19.19
Profit Available For Dividend	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Ordinary Dividends	0.00	-2.90	-2.90	0.00	0.00
Retained Profit	-0.05	29.48	29.28	0.00	0.00
Shareholders Funds	11.95	52.53	34.58	88.99	108.40
Net Current Assets	1.21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Adjusted Earnings Per Share Undiluted	-0.20	0.00	0.00	4.30	4.70
Adj Earnings Per Share	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.30	4.70
Dividend Per Share	0.00	0.00	2.75	0.00	1.25

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Company Details
Address	10th Floor, 1 Minster Court, Mincing Lane, London, EC3R 7AA
Telephone	020 7743 8200
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Executives
Executive Chairman	Brian Caudle (4.30% holding)
Chief Executive	as above (0.00% holding)
Finance Director	Trevor Ambridge (0.10% holding)
Chief Operating Officer	Keith Thompson (0.60% holding)
Main Shareholders
	Fairfax Financial: 13% Avenir: 7.2% Zenith Insurance: 6% Mellon Nominees: 6%
Advisers
Nominated Adviser	Fox-Pitt, Kelton
Nominated Broker	Fox-Pitt, Kelton
Solicitors	Norton Rose
Auditors	PricewaterhouseCoopers
Registrar	Capita Registrars

Commentary
Specialist Lloyd's insurer
Company Data
Code	ADV
Sedol	GB00B2QBXL
Shares In Issue	40.657 m
Indices
Entry on AIM	02/06/2005
Interim Results	Jul
Final Results	Feb
Year End	Dec
Accounts Due	Mar
Int div payment	n/a
Fin div payment	Jul
Int net div per share	1.25
Fin net div per share	nil
Probable CGT relief