Holding(s) in Company

 
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|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                | 
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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying   |                               | 
|issuer                                        |     Quadnetics Group Plc      | 
|of existing shares to which voting rights are |                               | 
|attached: ii                                  |                               | 
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|2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):     | 
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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) subject to  |                                       | 
|the                                   |             Schroders plc             | 
|notification obligation: iii          |                                       | 
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s)        |                                       | 
|(if different from 3.):iv             |                                       | 
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|5. Date of the transaction and date on|                                       | 
|which the threshold is crossed or     |               12.02.10                | 
|reached: v                            |                                       | 
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:     |               15.02.10                | 
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or|               Above 5%                | 
|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  | 
|shares       |to the triggering    |transaction                               | 
|             |transaction          |                                          | 
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|using        |Number   |Number     |Number    |Number of      |% of  voting   | 
|the ISIN CODE|of       |of         |of shares |voting         |rights x       | 
|             |Shares   |Voting     |          |rights         |               | 
|             |         |Ri hts     +----------+------+--------+------+--------+ 
|             |         |           |Direct    |Direct|Indirect|Direct|Indirect| 
|             |         |           |          |xi    |xii     |      |        | 
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|Ordinary     |         |           |          |      |        |      |        | 
|             |868,700  |868,700    |890,200   |N/A   |890,200 |N/A   |5.07%   | 
|GB0007156838 |         |           |          |      |        |      |        | 
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|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                           | 
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          | 
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|Type of        |Expiration|Exercise/           |Number of voting|% of voting  | 
|financial      |datexiii  |Conversion Periodxiv|rights that may |rights       | 
|instrument     |          |                    |be              |             | 
|               |          |                    |acquired if the |             | 
|               |          |                    |instrument is   |             | 
|               |          |                    |exercised/      |             | 
|               |          |                    |converted.      |             | 
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|               |          |                    |                |             | 
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|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial | 
|Instruments xv, xvi                                                           | 
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          | 
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|Type of       |Exercise|Expiration|Exercise/  |Number of voting|% of voting   | 
|financial     |price   |date xvii |Conversion |rights          |rights xix, xx| 
|instrument    |        |          |periodxviii|instrument      |              | 
|              |        |          |           |refers to       |              | 
|              |        |          |           |                |              | 
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|              |        |          |           |                |Nominal|Delta | 
|              |        |          |           |                +-------+------+ 
|              |        |          |           |                |       |      | 
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|Total (A+B+C)                                                                 | 
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|Number of voting rights             |Percentage of voting rights              | 
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|890,200                             |5.07%                                    | 
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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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|Schroder Investment Management Limited  890,200  5.07                         | 
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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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|                             |The shares referred to in section 9 are held in | 
|13. Additional information:  |portfolios managed by those firms on a          | 
|                             |discretionary basis for clients under investment| 
|                             |management agreements.                          | 
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|14. Contact name:            |                                Taryn O'Donoghue| 
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|15. Contact telephone number:|                                   020 7658 6000| 
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