Holding(s) in Company

CEPS PLC (THE "COMPANY")                            

                              HOLDING IN COMPANY                               

Pursuant to the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency
Rules on 31 July 2008 the Company received the following notification from Mark
Thistlethwayte:-

NOTIFICATION

On 31 July 2008, Mark Thistlethwayte, a substantial shareholder of the Company,
bought shares in the Company as follows:-

Date of           Price per     Number of    Total number of shares     Percentage of
purchase              share       shares*    held subsequent to the      issued share
                                                         purchase**      capital held
                                                                               
31 July 2008            35p        50,000                 1,250,000              15.0

* Mr Thistlethwayte's interest in ordinary shares is held on behalf and divided
between his three children, who are the beneficial owner of these shares.
Following this purchase, Mr Thistlethwayte's children, in aggregate, are
interested in 250,000 ordinary shares representing approximately 3 per cent. of
the issued share capital Company.

** Mr Thistlethwayte is a beneficiary of a trust (Praxis Trustees Limited on
behalf of The Grasett Settlement) that is interested in 1,000,000 ordinary
shares representing approximately 12 per cent. of the issued share capital of
the Company.

The issued share capital of the Company is 8,314,285 ordinary shares of 5p per
share.


For further information contact:

Geoff Martin               CEPS PLC                              012 2548 3030     
Liam Murray/Aaron Smyth    Dowgate Capital Advisers Ltd          020 7492 4777
Neil Badger                Dowgate Capital Stockbrokers Ltd      012 9351 7744     

Further information can be found on the Company's web site, www.cepsplc.com.