Holding(s) in Company

Epicure Qatar Equity Opportunities
10 April 2008



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying       Epicure Qatar Equity Opportunites
issuer of existing shares to which voting rights  plc
are attached:                                     --------------------
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2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                             Yes
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in No
the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are     --------
attached
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                        Yes
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Other (please specify): Placing                                         Yes
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to      Qatar Insurance Company S.A.Q.
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 which 10 December 2007
the threshold is crossed or reached if    ------------------------
different):
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6. Date on which issuer notified:         8 April 2008
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or    Below 12%
reached:                                  ------------------------
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8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type Situation previous to the   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
of shares  triggering transaction
If
possible   Number of     Number of     Number of     Number of voting       Percentage of
use ISIN   shares        voting rights shares        rights                 voting rights
code                                                 Direct        Indirect Direct   Indirect
IM00B1Z407  25,000,000    25,000,000    29,476,275    29,476,275             11.91%
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B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of    Expiration Exercise/        No. of voting rights that may  Percentage
financial  date       conversion       be acquired (if the instrument of voting
instrument            period/date      exercised/converted)           rights
Warrants   31 October On 31 October in                    6,960,000        2.8%
           2012       any of years
                      2008 to 2012



Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights              Percentage of voting rights
    36,436,275                                  14.7%



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 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:
15. Contact telephone name:






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