Thursday 6 April 2017
London, UK

Small Cap Awards 2017
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCEMENT

The fifth annual Small Cap Awards nominations headline sponsored by Nex Exchange are announced as follows:

IPO of the Year
Accrol Holdings; Blue Prism Group; Franchise Brands; InnovaDerma

Company of the Year
DP Poland; Fulcrum Utility Services; Gear4Music; Harvest Minerals

Nex Exchange Company of the Year
Adnams plc; Capital for Colleagues plc; Chapeldown; Crossword Cybersecurity plc; Sandal plc

Social Stock Exchange Impact Company of the Year
Capital for Colleagues; Caretech; Impax Asset Management; Obtala

Executive Director of the Year
Stephen Moon, CEO, Science in Sports; Andrew Jacobs, CEO, Lok'nStore; Nick Jarmany, CEO, Quixant; Tim Mitchell, CEO, Sareum

Transaction of the Year
Amino Technologies; Keyword Studios (Synthesis Group); Marlowe ; SCISYS (Annova)

Analyst of the Year
Mike Allen - Zeus; Andrew Blain - Cenkos Securities; Eric Burns - WH Ireland;
Simon Strong - Cenkos Securities

Journalist of the Year
Paul Scott - Stockopedia; Jamie Nimmo - Evening Standard; Simon Thompson - Investors Chronicle

Advisor of the Year
Cenkos Securities; FinnCap; Panmure Gordon; Shore Capital; Stockdale Securities; Zeus Capital

Fund Manager of the Year
Paul Jourdan - Amati Global; Simon Knott - MI Discretionary Trust; Paul Mumford - Cavendish; Giles Hargreave and Guy Feld - Marlborough Fund

Lifetime Achievement Award
To be announced on the evening

The winners in each category will be announced on Thursday 22nd June at a black tie event held at The Montcalm Hotel, Marble Arch, 2, Wallenberg Place, Marylebone, London, W1H 7TN and will celebrate success for smaller quoted companies on Nex Exchange and AIM.

The Awards ceremony shines a light on the best companies and participants in the small and micro-cap community (sub £150m market capitalisation) across eleven categories.

This year the Small Cap Awards are sponsored by Nex Exchange and supported by the London Stock Exchange. They are a once-a-year opportunity to recognise outstanding achievement focused on smaller quoted companies.

Lord Young of Graffham, one of the UK's best known politicians, is returning for a second year as a bastion for UK SMEs to host guests and speak at the ceremony. Lord Young is a former Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. Until recently he was Enterprise Adviser to the Prime Minister with a brief to conduct a "brutal" review of the relationship of government to small firms. This resulted in a three-part review to the Prime Minister on enterprise and small business.

The event will be attended by institutions, fund managers, brokers, company directors, entrepreneurs and advisors, creating a chance for all attendees to network with those who have shown exceptional growth and performance in the small cap environment over the last year.

This year the Small Cap Awards is delighted to have secured headline sponsorship for a third year from Nex Exchange (formerly ISDX), a London based stock exchange providing UK and international companies with access to European capital through a range of fully listed and growth markets.

In addition, the event is co-sponsored by the highly respected commercial law firm Hamlins LLP; the Top 15 national audit and accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young; global leader in all aspects of digital corporate communications EQS Group; and the first regulated exchange dedicated to businesses and investors seeking to achieve a positive social and environmental impact through their activities, the Social Stock Exchange.

The nominations have been selected by a judging panel comprised of leaders in the Small Cap sector and is Chaired by Claire Noyce, Managing Partner at Hybridan LLP.

The nominations have primarily been chosen from the calendar year 2016. The judging panel consists of:

(Chair) Claire Noyce - Managing Partner and Chief Executive at Hybridan

Dale Bellis - Investment Manager on the private equity and AiM investment team at Maven Capital Partners

David Coffman - Corporate Finance Director at Cairn Financial Advisers

Andy Edmond - CEO at Equity Development

Richard Gill - Director at Align Research

Andrew Hore - HubInvest and Editor of AIM Journal

Judith McKenzie - Head of Downing UK Micro-Cap Growth fund

Miles Nolan - Associate Director at IFC Advisory

Joshua Northrop - Fund Manager at Hargreaves Hale

Gervais Williams - Managing Director of Miton Group plc

The fifth annual event follows the success of the Small Cap UK network (http://www.smallcapuk.com) founded by Lily & Piper, a specialist integrated Events Company talented in building niche networks. SmallCap UK is supported by Hamlins LLP, the leading central London commercial law firm along with Nex Exchange.

Since it started in mid-2012, the Small Cap Club has successfully enabled leaders and participants in the micro-cap sector to regularly meet together, based on the premise that meeting people builds trust and creates new areas of thinking and opportunity and the regular networking events have gone from strength to strength.

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For further details on the Awards, including judging, categories, sponsor, and partnership opportunities, please contact:

Melissa Gilmour
Director, Lily & Piper
melissa@lilyandpiper.com


About NEX Exchange

NEX Exchange helps companies reach investors and raise capital. Whether choosing to offer equity or debt products, once admitted onto our stock exchange, small and medium-sized companies have easier access to investors. Admission is straightforward and we fully support the transition to a public market environment. For the small and the ambitious, NEX Exchange is more than a source of capital - we are the platform for growth. And for investors, we offer simple access to a diverse range of dynamic companies. NEX Exchange is a NEX Group business.

For more information, go to www.nexexchange.com

About EQS Group

EQS Group is a leading international technology provider for Digital Investor Relations. More than 8,000 companies worldwide trust EQS's products and services to securely, efficiently, and simultaneously fulfil complex national and international information obligations to the global investment community.

EQS has a unique portfolio of digital solutions. From the distribution of regulatory news (an FCA-approved Primary Information Provider), to insider list management and digital IR services. These include IR and corporate websites, stock charts and newsfeeds, online financial and sustainability reports and corporate audio and video webcasts.

www.eqs.co.uk

About Hamlins LLP

Hamlins LLP is a commercial law firm renowned for its industry expertise, entrepreneurial approach, and quality lawyers who are recognised leaders in their fields. We have deep market knowledge of the media, digital, real estate, sport, retail and leisure industries.

http://www.hamlins.co.uk

About UHY Hacker Young

The UHY Hacker Young Group is one of the UK's Top 15 accountancy networks with more than 100 partners and 590 professional staff working from 27 locations around the country. The offices within the Group provide a wide range of audit, accounting and tax services, with a reputation for integrity and reliability within the financial community, and particularly with London's Stock Markets. UHY Hacker Young are ranked 12th in the ARL Corporate Advisers Rankings Guide amongst other UK audit firms for advising London Stock Exchange listed companies.

UHY Hacker Young is a founder member of the UHY International network with 320 offices across 92, with representation in all major financial centres. Further information can be found at www.uhy-uk.com.

http://www.uhy-uk.com


About the Social Stock Exchange

The Social Stock Exchange provides access to the world's first regulated exchange dedicated to businesses and investors seeking to achieve a positive social and environmental impact through their activities. All member companies must meet a rigorous set of criteria before joining, including the publication of an independently verified Impact Report.

http://socialstockexchange.com/

About Lily & Piper

Lily & Piper is an integrated event and branding agency, which specialises in placing brands in selected events around the UK, building campaigns and creating and developing niche networks.

Recent networks founded by the company include the Foreign Direct Investment Awards, Small Cap Network, Fast Growth Entrepreneurs and Impact Investor Club

http://www.lilyandpiper.com


Notes to Editors

The fifth annual Small Cap Awards will take place from 18.30 on Thursday 22 June 2017 at The Montcalm Hotel in Marble Arch, London

A standard table for 10 is priced at £1500+VAT to include a champagne reception, three course dinner and wine

Individual tickets are available for £200 +VAT

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