Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
   voting rights are attached:

   The Capita Group Plc

2. Reason for the notification:

   An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to
   qualifying financial instruments

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

   i.  Lansdowne Partners Limited being the General Partner of Lansdowne Partners
       Limited Partnership
   
   ii. Lansdowne Partners International Limited
   
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (If different from 3)

   Morstan Nominees Limited (Registered Shareholder)

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
   reached:

   17 August 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

   27 August 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

   5%

8. Notified details:

   A: Voting rights attached to shares

   Class/type of shares if    Situation previous to the Triggering transaction  
   possible using the ISIN                                                      
   CODE                                                                         
                                                                             
                              Number of shares         Number of voting Rights    
                                                                             
                                                                             
   Ordinary                       Below 5%                   Below 5%          
   2.066666p                                                                          
  (GB00B23K0M20)                                                                 
                                                                                                                           
   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

   Class/type of         Number of shares   Number of voting       % of voting rights  
   shares if possible                           rights                                     
   using the ISIN                                                                 
   CODE                                                                           
                                                                               
                              Direct       Direct     Indirect      Direct    Indirect
                                                                               
                                                                               
   Ordinary                                           3,945,308                0.63%  
   2.066666p                                                                          
  (GB00B23K0M20)                    
                                                                                                                                               
   B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

   N/A

   C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
      Instruments

   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

     Type of    Exercise Expiration   Exercise/      Number of      % of voting   
    financial    Price      date      Conversion   voting rights       rights     
    Instrument                          period       instrument                   
                                                     refers to                    
                                                                               
                                                                    Nominal  Delta 
                                                                               
       CFD        N/A       N/A          N/A         27,960,086      4.49%         

   Total (A+B+C)

   Number of voting       % of voting rights   
   rights                                      
                                            
                                            
   31,905,394             5.12%                

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
   financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

   Lansdowne Partners International Limited is the parent undertaking of Lansdowne
   Partners Limited.                                                              

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

    Lansdowne Partners Limited

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

    N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

    N/A

13. Additional information:

    Notification using the total voting rights figure of 622,753,489 (as at 17
    August 2009)

14. Contact name:

    Francesca Todd - The Capita Group Plc

    Hugh Orange - Lansdowne Partners Limited

15. Contact telephone number:

    [phone] - The Capita Group Plc

    [phone] - Lansdowne Partners Limited


27 August 2009