Holding(s) in Company

 
TIDMVP. 
 
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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                                            |        Vp 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 | 
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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                  |               Vp Employee Trust | 
| notification obligation: iii    |                                 | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)  |     Vibroplant Trustees Limited | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv      |                                 | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and  |                                 | 
| date on                         |                                 | 
| which the threshold is crossed  |               17 September 2009 | 
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| reached: v                      |                                 | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer         |               17 September 2009 | 
| notified:                       |                                 | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are     |                                 | 
| crossed or                      |                              7% | 
| 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 x | 
|             |of               |of          |of shares |rights             |                      | 
|             |Shares           |Voting      |----------+-------------------+----------------------| 
|             |                 |Rights      |Direct    |Direct  |Indirect  |Direct     |Indirect  | 
|             |                 |            |          |xi      |xii       |           |          | 
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|Ordinary     |                 |            |          |        |          |           |          | 
|Shares       |    3,158,908    | 3,158,908  |3,063,958 |   0    |3,063,958 |     0     | 6.8133%  | 
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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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|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 price  |Expiration|Exercise/   |Number of voting rights|% of voting rights| 
|financial     |                |date xvii |Conversion  |instrument refers to   |xix, xx           | 
|instrument    |                |          |period xviii|                       |                  | 
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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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|3,063,958                                         |6.8133%                                        | 
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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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| The shares are registered in the name of the Vibroplant Trustees  | 
| Ltd on behalf of the Vp Employee Trust.                           | 
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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:                            |          Mike Holt | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:                |       01423 533400 | 
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