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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 of existing|               | 
|shares to which voting rights are attached:                   |MW Tops Limited| 
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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                                 |X| 
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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 notification obligation:           |      Weiss Asset Management LP       | 
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|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if     |                                      | 
|different from 3.):                    | Brookdale International Partners LP, | 
|                                       |  Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund   | 
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|5. Date of the transaction and date on |                                      | 
|which the threshold is crossed or      |             16 July 2010             | 
|reached:                               |                                      | 
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:      |                                      | 
|                                       |             27 July 2010             | 
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |                                      | 
|reached:                               |                  5%                  | 
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|8. Notified details:                                                          | 
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           | 
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|Class/type of  |Situation        |Resulting situation after the triggering    | 
|shares         |previous         |transaction                                 | 
|               |to the triggering|                                            | 
|if possible    |transaction      |                                            | 
|using          +--------+--------+---------+----------------+-----------------+ 
|the ISIN CODE  |Number  |Number  |Number   |Number of voting|% of  voting     | 
|               |of      |of      |of shares|rights          |rights           | 
|               |Shares  |Voting  +---------+-------+--------+------+----------+ 
|               |        |Rights  |Direct   |Direct |Indirect|Direct|Indirect  | 
+---------------+--------+--------+---------+-------+--------+------+----------+ 
|GG00B39VXT49   |        |        |         |       |        |      |          | 
|               |        |        |         |       |        |      |          | 
|               |Below 5%|Below 5%|790,500  |866,394|N/A     |5.63% |N/A       | 
|GG00B39VY027   |        |        |         |       |        |      |          | 
|               |        |        |         |       |        |      |          | 
|               |        |        |         |       |        |      |          | 
+---------------+--------+--------+---------+-------+--------+------+----------+ 
 
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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      |Conversion|rights that may be   |rights     | 
|                 |          |Period    |acquired if the      |           | 
|                 |          |          |instrument is        |           | 
|                 |          |          |exercised/ converted.|           | 
|                 |          |          |                     |           | 
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| N/A             | N/A      | N/A      | N/A                 | N/A       | 
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|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial | 
|Instruments                                                                   | 
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          | 
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|Type of        |Exercise|Expiration|Exercise/ |Number of     |% of voting     | 
|financial      |price   |date      |Conversion|voting        |rights          | 
|instrument     |        |          |period    |rights        |                | 
|               |        |          |          |instrument    |                | 
|               |        |          |          |refers to     |                | 
+---------------+--------+----------+----------+--------------+-------+--------+ 
|               |        |          |          |              |Nominal| Delta  | 
|               |        |          |          |              |       |        | 
|               |        |          |          |              +-------+--------+ 
| N/A           | N/A    | N/A      | N/A      | N/A          | N/A   | N/A    | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                         | 
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | 
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|  866,394                | 5.63%                       | 
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the| 
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                    | 
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|Brookdale International Partners, L.P: 3.9%                                   | 
|Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund: 1.7%                                       | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                          | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                    |     | 
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|                                                                  | N/A | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:     |     | 
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|                                                                  | N/A | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |     | 
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|                                                                  | N/A | 
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| 13. Additional information:   |                             | 
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|                               |             N/A             | 
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| 14. Contact name:             |                             | 
|                               | Anson Fund Managers Limited | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number: |                             | 
|                               |        01481 722 260        | 
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