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 |Blavod Wines & Spirits PLC  | |are attached: | | +-------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+--+ |  | | |An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X| +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+--+ |  | | |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 |  SF T1ps Smaller Companies Growth| |notification obligation: | Fund| |  | | +-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ |4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if |  | |different from 3.): | | |  | | +-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ |5. Date of the transaction and date on |  23rd February 2011| |which the threshold is crossed or | | |reached: | | |  | | +-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ |6. Date on which issuer notified: | 24th February 2011| |  | | +-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ |7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 10%| |reached: | | |  | | +-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |8. Notified details: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |A: Voting rights attached to shares | |  | +------------+-------------------+---------------------------------------------+ |Class/type |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering | |of |to the triggering |transaction | |shares |transaction | | | +---------+---------+---------+------------------+----------------+ |if possible |Number |Number |Number |Number of voting |% of  voting | |using |of |of |of shares|rights |rights | |the ISIN |Shares |Voting +---------+---------+--------+------+---------+ |CODE | |Rights |Direct |Direct |Indirect|Direct|Indirect | +------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+--------+------+---------+ |  | | | | | | | | | |8,774,000|8,774,000|9,299,000|9,299,000|  |10.59 |  | |  | | | | | | | | +------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+--------+------+---------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |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 | +-------------------------+-----------------------------+ | 9,299,000 | 10.59% | +-------------------------+-----------------------------+ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |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: |   | |   | | +-------------------------------+---------------+ | 14. Contact name: | Nick Woolard | |   | | +-------------------------------+---------------+ | 15. Contact telephone number: | 01624 641 305 | |   | | +-------------------------------+---------------+ This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: Blavod Wines & Spirits plc via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1492503]

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