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RNS Number : 5919B

Touch Group PLC

21 February 2011

 
 
 
 
 TR-1 : NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the 
 underlying issuer of existing shares to 
 which voting rights are attached: (ii)               Touch Group PLC 
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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 
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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):       Company Placing                                         u 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii)                    Schroders plc 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed or 
  reached: (v)                                        18.02.11 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                    21.02.11 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                  18% - 17% 
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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 shares if 
 possible       Situation previous 
 using the       to the triggering                   Resulting situation after the triggering 
 ISIN CODE       transaction                          transaction 
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                                 Number 
                Number            of 
                 of               Voting             Number         Number of voting        % of voting rights 
                 Shares           Rights              of shares      rights                  (x) 
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                                                                    Direct     Indirect 
                                                     Direct          (xi)       (xii)       Direct         Indirect 
-------------    ----  -------  ------  -----  ---  -------------  ---------  -----------  -------------  -------------- 
   Ordinary         29,150,000          29,150,000     35,816,667        N/A   35,816,667            N/A         17.039% 
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 GB0002785516 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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                                                                        Number of voting 
                                                                         rights that may 
                                                                         be 
                                         Exercise/                       acquired if the 
 Type of financial      Expiration        Conversion Period              instrument is               % of voting 
  instrument             date (xiii)      (xiv)                          exercised/ converted.        rights 
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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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                                                Exercise/ 
 Type of                                         Conversion         Number of voting 
 financial        Exercise       Expiration      period              rights instrument          % of voting rights 
 instrument        price          date (xvii)    (xviii)             refers to                   (xix, xx) 
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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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 35,816,667                                                       17.039% 
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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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 Schroder Investment Management Limited 35,816,667 17.039% 
 
 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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                                      The shares referred to in section 
                                       9 are held in portfolios managed by 
                                       those firms on a discretionary basis 
                                       for clients under investment management 
 13. Additional information:           agreements. 
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 14. Contact name:                                Taryn O'Donoghue 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                     020 7658 6000 
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