Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                
                                                                              
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing        Hg Capital  
shares to which voting rights are attached:                           Trust plc    
                                                                              
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):     
                                                                              
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                Yes
                                                                              
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may      
result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights     
are attached                                                                  
                                                                              
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to     
qualifying financial instruments                                              
                                                                              
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                              
                                                                              
Other (please specify):                                                       
                                                                              

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification             Mr. Ian     
obligation:                                                      Armitage     
                                                                              
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):                        
                                                                              
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is  29th May    
crossed or reached:                                              2009         
                                                                              
6. Date on which issuer notified:                              29th May   
                                                                 2009         

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                   5%          
                                                                              
                                                                              
8. Notified details:                       5.40%                              
                                                                              
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
Class/type of Situation         Resulting situation after the triggering      
shares        previous          transaction                                   
              to the triggering                                               
              transaction                                                     
if possible                                                                   
using          Number   Number   Number     Number of voting      % of  voting   
the ISIN CODE  of       of       of shares  rights                  rights         
               Shares   Voting                                                 
                        Rights   Direct     Direct     Indirect   Direct Indirect
                                                                              
  Ordinary                                                                    
Shares of 25p  962,461  962,461  1,359,301  1,359,301     N/A      5.40%   N/A    
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                           
                                                                              
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
Type of financial  Expiration  Exercise/   Number of voting       % of voting 
instrument         date        Conversion  rights that may be     rights      
                               Period      acquired if the                    
                                           instrument is                      
                                           exercised/ converted.              
                                                                              
                                                                              
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         
instrument                          period     rights                         
                                               instrument                     
                                               refers to                      
                                                                              
                                                               Nominal  Delta 
                                                                              
                                                                              
Total (A+B+C)                                                                 
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
Number of voting rights             Percentage of voting rights               
                                                                              
 1,359,301                           5.40%                                    
                                                                              

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                    
                                                                              
                                                                              
Proxy Voting:                                                                 
                                                                              
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                 
                                                                              
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                  
                                                                              
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:              
                                                                              
13. Additional information:    Calculation based on 25,186,755 shares in issue
                                                                              
14. Contact name:              Jean-Pierre van Onselen                        
                                                                              
15. Contact telephone number:  020 7089 7897