Cable and Wireless plc

Total Voting Rights: Month-end Disclosure

Cable and Wireless plc (the "Company") confirms that on 30 November 2009, its issued share capital consisted of 2,602,783,733 Ordinary Shares of 25p nominal value with voting rights ("Ordinary Shares"). 

The Company holds 29,273,775 Ordinary Shares in treasury.

Therefore, as at 30 November 2009 the total number of voting rights in the Company is 2,573,509,958. Shareholders may use this figure as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules ("DTR"). 

Changes to the Company's issued share capital since 31 October 2009 relate to the issue of new shares on the exercise of employee share options.

This announcement is in conformity with DTR 5.6.1.

1 December 2009