Holding(s) in Company

Carillion PLC
27 March 2008


Schroder Plc
31 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QA
Telephone [phone] Fax [phone]
www.schroders.com

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|TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                             |
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|                                               |                               |
|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying    |         Carillion Plc         |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting      |                               |
|rights are attached:                           |                               |
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|                                                                               |
|2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                            |
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|                                                                    |   yes    |
|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                         |          |
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|                                                                    |          |
|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result|          |
|in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights  |          |
|are attached                                                        |          |
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|                                                                    |          |
|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                    |          |
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|                                                                    |          |
|Other (please specify):______________                               |          |
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|                                       |                                       |
|3. Full name of person(s) subject to   |             Schroders plc             |
|notification obligation:               |                                       |
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|                                       |                                       |
|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if     |                                       |
|different from 3):                     |                                       |
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|                                       |                                       |
|5. Date of transaction (and date on    |               26.03.08                |
|which the threshold is crossed or      |                                       |
|reached if different):                 |                                       |
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|                                       |                                       |
|6. Date on which issuer notified:      |               27.03.08                |
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|                                       |                                       |
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |               17% - 16%               |
|reached:                               |                                       |
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|8: Notified Details                                                                        |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                        |
|                                                                                           |
+--------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of |Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  |
|shares        |the triggering       |                                                      |
|If possible   |transaction          |                                                      |
|use ISIN code +----------+----------+----------+----------------------+--------------------+
|              |Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting      |Percentage of voting|
|              |shares    |voting    |shares    |rights                |rights              |
|              |          |rights    |          +----------+-----------+----------+---------+
|              |          |          |          |          |           |          |         |
|              |          |          |          |Direct    |Indirect   |Direct    |Indirect |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+---------++----------++---------++---------+
|              |          |          |          |         |           |          |          |
|   Ordinary   |          |          |          |         |           |          |          |
|              |77,755,434|          |          |         |           |          |          |
|GB0007365546  |          |68,031,516|78,208,225|   N/A   |66,642,464 |   N/A    |  16.91%  |
|              |          |          |          |         |           |          |          |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+---------++----------++---------++---------+
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+---------++----------++---------++---------+

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|B: Financial Instruments                                                            |
|                                                                                    |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                |
|                                                                                    |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|Type of       |Expiration    |Exercise/     |No. of voting    |Percentage of voting |
|financial     |date          |conversion    |rights that may  |rights               |
|instrument    |              |period/date   |be acquired (if  |                     |
|              |              |              |the instrument   |                     |
|              |              |              |exercised/       |                     |
|              |              |              |converted)       |                     |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------+
|              |              |              |                 |                     |
|              |              |              |                 |                     |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-----------------+---------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B)                                                                        |
|                                                                                   |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights              |Percentage of voting rights                  |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|             66,642,464              |                   16.91%                    |
|                                     |                                             |
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or  |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:               |
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|Schroder Investment Management Limited 66,057,345 16.76%                     |
|Schroder Investment Management North America Limited 579,719 0.15%           |
|Schroder &Co Limited 5,400 0.001%                                            |
|                                                                             |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                |
|                                                                             |
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|10. Name of 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:          |                                      |
|                                      |                                      |
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+

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|13. Additional information:           |The shares referred to in section 9   |
|                                      |are held in portfolios managed by     |
|                                      |those firms on a discretionary basis  |
|                                      |for clients under investment          |
|                                      |management agreements.                |
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|14 Contact name:                      |                                      |
|                                      |             Andrea Rowe              |
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|15. Contact telephone name:           |                                      |
|                                      |            020 7658 2521             |
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