OREANDA-NEWS. January 14, 2010. Following the announcements made by the Company on 20 July 2009, in which the Board of Directors of XXI Century (the "Board") reported that it has issued an aggregate of 2,068,698 new ordinary shares of USD 0.01 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") (together, the "New Ordinary Shares"), represented by new depositary interests ("DIs") issued as a consent fee to the holders of the Company's USD 175,000,000 Variable Rate Guaranteed Secured Notes due 2010/2014, the Company is pleased to announce that it has now submitted an application to admit the 2,068,698 New Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM and it is expected that the New Ordinary Shares will be admitted to trading on AIM on 15 January 2010 at 8.00 a.m. 

Following the admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the total number of Ordinary Shares admitted to trading on AIM will be 40,416,633, with a free float of circa. 46.56 per cent. 

The delay in the admission of the New Ordinary Shares was caused by the Ordinary Shares of the Company being temporarily suspended, pending publication of the Company\'s audited annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2008.

The Board is pleased to note the significant price appreciation in the Company's Ordinary Shares since the suspension of the Ordinary Shares was lifted on 31 December 2009.