Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:4139Q
Clerkenwell Ventures PLC
31 January 2007


                            Clerkenwell Ventures plc
                   ("Clerkenwell Ventures" or the "Company")

                               Holding in Company

The Board of Clerkenwell Ventures announces that formal notification was
received on 29 January 2007 from AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd that AXA S.A.
and its group companies are interested in 8,458,571 ordinary shares in the
Company representing 12.27% of the existing issued share capital of the Company.
This holding comprises a beneficial interest of 4,907,143 ordinary shares and a
non-beneficial interest of 3,551,428 ordinary shares, as detailed below:

Company/Fund                                 Number of             % of issued
                                            ordinary shares       share capital

AXA Framlington Throgmorton Trust                 4,907,143               7.12
(Beneficial)
AXA Framlington UK Smaller Companies              3,271,428               4.75
(Non-Beneficial)
LX0901                                              280,000               0.41
(Non-Beneficial)

Total                                             8,458,571              12.27

The ordinary shares referred to above are the ordinary shares of 1 pence each in
the Company.

For further information please contact:

Clerkenwell Ventures PLC
David Page, Non-executive Chairman Telephone: [phone]






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