Holding(s) in Company

John Lewis Of Hungerford PLC
17 March 2008


TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

(1) Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:

John Lewis of Hungerford Plc

(2) Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights (Yes)

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (No)

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (No)

Other (please specify): -

(3) Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

City Equities Limited

(4) Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from (3)):

-

(5) Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different):

14 March 2008

(6) Date on which issuer notified:

14 March 2008

(7) Threshold that is crossed or reached:

5% to below 3%

(8) Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type   Situation previous to the  Resulting situation after the 
of shares    Triggering transaction     trigger transaction
if possible  Number of     Number of    Number of  Number of        % of voting
using the    Shares        Voting       of         Voting                rights
ISIN code                  Rights       Shares     Rights

Common Stock                                    Direct Indirect  Direct Indirect
GB0004773148 10,000,000  10,000,000  3,607,000  3,607,000    -    1.9%       0%



B: Financial instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of     Expiration Exercise /     Number of voting rights that may   % of
Financial   Date       Conversion     be acquired is the instrument is   voting
Instrument             Period / Date  exercised / converted              rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                      % of voting rights

Nil                                          Nil

(9) Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

N/A

Proxy Voting:

(10) Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

(11) Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease/acquire to hold:

N/A

(12) Date on which proxy holder will cease/acquire to holding voting rights:

N/A

(13) Additional information:

Having acquired 10,000,000 shares in the recent Placing, which were admitted to
trading on AIM on 14 March 2008, 6,393,000 of these shares have been sold to
certain of our private customers, with City Equities Limited acting as
Principal, as at 8.00am 14 March 2008.

(14) Contact name:

Jason Robertson

(15) Contact number:

020-7489-5500




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