Holding(s) in Company

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                   | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the          |                       | 
| underlying issuer                         |                       | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights |  Quadnetics Group Plc | 
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| attached: ii                              |                       | 
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights          |    YES     | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial   |            | 
| instruments which may result in the acquisition of   |            | 
| shares already issued to which voting rights are     |            | 
| attached                                             |            | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with       |            | 
| similar economic effect to qualifying financial      |            | 
| instruments                                          |            | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights     |            | 
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| Other (please specify): |                            |            | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s)        |    HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE | 
| subject to the                   |                       (UK) LTD | 
| notification obligation: iii     |                                | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)   |     Whitehall Consolidated Ltd | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv       |                                | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and   |                                | 
| date on                          |                                | 
| which the threshold is crossed   |               25 November 2009 | 
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| reached: v                       |                                | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer          |               26 November 2009 | 
| notified:                        |                                | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are      |                                | 
| crossed or                       |                      Above 12% | 
| reached: vi, vii                 |                                | 
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|8. Notified details:                                                                             | 
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                     | 
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|Class/type of |Situation previous         |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  | 
|shares        |to the triggering          |                                                      | 
|if possible   |transaction                |                                                      | 
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|the ISIN CODE |Number         |Number     |Number     |Number of voting      |% of  voting rights| 
|              |of             |of         |of shares  |rights                |x                  | 
|              |Shares         |Voting     |-----------+----------------------+-------------------| 
|              |               |Rights     |Direct     |Direct xi  |Indirect  |Direct  |Indirect  | 
|              |               |           |           |           |xii       |        |          | 
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|GB0007156838  |2'050'000      |2'050'000  |2'189'800  |2'189'800  |          |12.46%  |          | 
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|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                              | 
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                             | 
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|Type of financial    |Expiration      |Exercise/             |Number of voting    |% of voting   | 
|instrument           |date xiii       |Conversion Period xiv |rights that may be  |rights        | 
|                     |                |                      |acquired if the     |              | 
|                     |                |                      |instrument is       |              | 
|                     |                |                      |exercised/          |              | 
|                     |                |                      |converted.          |              | 
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|Total (A+B)                                                                                      | 
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|Number of voting rights                          |Percentage of voting rights                    | 
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|2'189'800                                        |12.46%                                         | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting      | 
| rights and/or the                                                 | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi    | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                     | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                      |              | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will      |              | 
| cease                                              |              | 
| to hold:                                           |              | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold  |              | 
| voting rights:                                     |              | 
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| 13. Additional information:   |                                   | 
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| 14. Contact name:             |    Ueli Dübendorfer, HSBC Private | 
|                               |                  Bank (Suisse) SA | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number: |                  0041 58 705 3209 | 
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