Notice of Major Interest in Shares

    Notice of Major Interest in Shares
             



For Immediate Release 2 September 2008



                          Essentially Group


TR - 1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES




1.             Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of
existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Essentially
Group


2.             Reason for the notification:


Initial Disclosure


3.             Full name of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation: Rensburg Sheppards Investment Limited


4.             Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)



5.             Date of the transaction and date on which the
threshold is crossed or reached:  22/08/08


6.             Date on which issuer notified: 22/08/08


7.             Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 3%



8.             Notified details:


A: Voting rights attached to shares



+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of shares   |Situation      |Resulting situation after the triggering  |
|if possible using the  |previous to the|transaction                               |
|ISIN CODE              |Triggering     |                                          |
|                       |transaction    |                                          |
|                       |---------------+------------------------------------------|
|                       |Number |Number |Number|Number of voting|% of voting rights|
|                       |of     |of     |of    |rights          |                  |
|                       |Shares |Voting |shares|                |                  |
|                       |       |Rights |------+----------------+------------------|
|                       |       |       |Direct|Direct|Indirect |Direct  |Indirect |
|-----------------------+-------+-------+------+------+---------+--------+---------|
|Ordinary Shares        |       |       |      |      |7,146,806|        |3.64%    |
|GB0032118878           |       |       |      |      |         |        |         |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



B: Financial Instruments



Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of    Expiration Exercise/   Number of voting rights that % of
financial  date       Conversion  may be acquired if the       voting
instrument            Period/Date instrument is exercised/     rights
                                  converted.




Total (A+B)



Number of voting rights % of voting rights
7,146,806               3.64%



 1. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
    and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if
    applicable:


Chain holdings registered in the name of Nominee companies 100% owned
by Rensburg Sheppards Investment Management Limited


Proxy Voting:

10.          Name of the proxy holder: N/A


11.          Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
N/A


12.          Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting
rights: N/A


13.          Additional information: N/A


14.          Contact name: N/A

15.          Contact telephone number: N/A



A Identity of the person or legal
entity subject to the notification
obligation
Full name (including legal form for     Rensburg Sheppards Investment
legal enmities)                         Management Limited
Contact Address (registered office for  Quayside House, Canal Wharf,
legal entities)                         Leeds, Ls11 5PU
Phone Number                            0113 236 4171
Other useful information (at least      Mike Rigby (Head of
legal representative for legal persons) Compliance)



B Identity of the notifier
Full Name                                    Philip Martin Beardwell
Contact Address                              2 Gresham Street,
                                             London, EC2V 7QN
Phone Number                                 0207 597 1356
Other useful information (eg functional      Senior compliance Manger
relationship with the person or legal entity
subject to the notification obligation)



C Additional information
This disclosure is made by Rensburg Sheppards Investment Management
Limited based on Nominee holdings in accordance with DTR 5.2.1 (F)

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