Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                      
of existing shares to which voting rights are                        HgCAPITAL TRUST PLC
attached:ii                                                                             
                                                                                        
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                     BBC Pension Trust Limited  
notification obligation:iii                                                             
                                                                                        
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                               Rowan Nominees Limited     
 (if different from 3.):iv                                                              
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                  
which the threshold is crossed or                            25 March 2010              
reached: v                                                                              
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                            30 March 2010              
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                       Less than 3%               
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        


 

8. Notified details:                                                                         
                                                                                             
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                 
                                                                                             
Class/type   Situation previous          Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
of           to the triggering                                                               
shares       transaction                                                                     
                                                                                             
             Number          Number      Number    Number of voting    % of  voting rights x 
if possible  of              of          of shares rights                                    
using        Shares          Voting                                                          
the ISIN                     Rights      Direct    Direct xi  Indirect Direct    Indirect    
CODE                                                          xii                            
                                                                                             
                                                                                 
GB0003921052 1,019,619       1,019,619   546,619   546,619             Below 3%              
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                          
                                                                                             
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                         
                                                                                             
Type of        Expiration       Exercise/           Number of voting           % of voting   
financial      date xiii        Conversion Period   rights that may be         rights        
instrument                      xiv                 acquired if the                          
                                                    instrument is                            
                                                    exercised/ converted.                    
                                                                                             
N/A            N/A              N/A                 N/A                        N/A           
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                          
                                                                                             
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                         
                                                                                             
Type of       Exercise price Expiration Exercise/  Number of voting rights % of voting rights
financial                    date xvii  Conversion instrument refers to    xix, xx           
instrument                              period                                               
                                        xviii                                                
                                                                                             
                                                   N/A                     Nominal Delta      
N/A           N/A            N/A        N/A                                                  
                                                                           N/A    N/A        
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                
                                                                                             
Number of voting rights                          Percentage of voting rights                 
                                                                                             
546,619                                          Below 3%                                    
                                                                                             


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the          
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi                          
                                                                                        
Rowan Nominees Limited holds the shares. Hg Pooled Management Limited exercises         
the voting rights on behalf of its clients RW SPLP LP which is beneficially by          
the notifier.                                                                           
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
Proxy Voting:                                                                           
                                                                                        
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                N/A        
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                          N/A        
to hold:                                                                                
                                                                                        
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                            N/A        
voting rights:                                                                          
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                 N/A                    
13. Additional information:                                                             
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:                                                Alison Hampton         
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number:                                    020 7089 7958