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| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the | Novae Group plc |
| underlying issuer of existing shares to | |
| which voting rights are attached: | |
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| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no) |
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Acquisition |
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| An acquisition or disposal of financial | |
| instruments which may result in the acquisition of | |
| shares already issued to which voting rights are | |
| attached | |
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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) | Prudential plc group of |
| subject to notification | companies |
| obligation: | |
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| | |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) | Shares registered in: |
| (if different from 3): | Nortrust Nominees Ltd a/c |
| | MHF01 |
| | Nortrust Nominees Ltd a/c |
| | MKK01 |
| | PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom(UK) PAC |
| | a/c |
| | PRUCLT HSBC GIS Nom(UK) PPL |
| | a/c |
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| 5. Date of transactions (and | 29 June 2009 |
| date on which the threshold is | |
| crossed or reached if | |
| different): | |
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| 6. Date on which issuer | 30 June 2009 |
| notified: | |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are | 10% to 11% |
| crossed or reached: | |
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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 previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction|
|shares |the triggering | |
|If possible use |transaction | |
|ISIN code |---------------------+----------------------------------------------------|
| |Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting |Percentage of |
| |shares |voting |shares |rights |voting rights |
|Ordinary shares of| |rights | |----------------------+-----------------|
|£1 each | | | | | | | |
| | | | |Direct |Indirect |Direct |Indirect |
|GB00B2QCM188 |8,051,798 |8,051,798 |8,054,525 | | | | |
| | | | |8,054,525 | |11.00% | |
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|B: Financial Instruments |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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|Type of |Expiration|Exercise/ |No. of voting rights that may |Percentage|
|financial |date |conversion |be acquired (if the instrument|of voting |
|instrument| |period/date|exercised/converted) |rights |
|----------+----------+-----------+------------------------------+----------|
|Not | | | | |
|applicable| | | | |
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| Total (A+B) |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
|-------------------------+-----------------------------|
| | |
| 8,054,525 | 11.00% |
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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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| Prudential plc (parent company) |
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| M & G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) |
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| M & G Limited |
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| M & G Investment Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M & |
| G Limited) |
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| M & G Securities Limited |
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| The Prudential Assurance Company Limited |
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| Proxy Voting: |
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| 10. Name of proxy holder: | N/A |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to | N/A |
| hold: | |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting | N/A |
| rights: | |
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| 13. Additional information: | Total voting rights figure is |
| | 73,221,346 |
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| 14 Contact name: | Teresa Furmston |
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| 15. Contact telephone name: | 020 7903 7303 |
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