19 July 2006                                                                            LSE: AYM   

Directors' Interests in Shares

Following the exercise of share options announced on 11 July 2006, the following transactions in respect of the new shares issued in respect of those options have been notified to the company.

·         On 19 July 2006 David Lean sold 500,000 shares by means of an off-market transfer at 12.0p per share.

·         Also on 19 July, Ian Cuthbertson sold 75,000 shares at 12.0p per share in order to partially fund the purchase of the 200,000 shares issued in respect of the exercise of his option.

The interests of these directors in the share capital of the company now is:

Date of notification of these dealings: 19 July 2006

For further details:

Ian Cuthbertson, Finance Director        + (44) 1248 361333

Bill Hooley, Executive Director              + (44) 1492 541981

Cathy Malins / Annabel Leather,
Parkgreen Communications                  + (44) 20 7493 3713