Director/PDMR Shareholding

Maintel Holdings PLC
25 April 2007


               Maintel Holdings Plc ('Maintel' or 'the Company')

                            Directors' shareholdings


On 25 April 2007 the Maintel Holdings Plc Share Incentive Plan (an all employee
share purchase plan approved by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) acquired 81
Ordinary Shares of 1p each ('Ordinary Shares') in the capital of the Company,
representing 0.001 per cent of Maintel's issued share capital at a price of
218.5p per share. As a result of this purchase, T T Mason, N J Taylor and W D
Todd, all being directors of Maintel as well as trustees of the Share Incentive
Plan, are deemed to have increased their notifiable interest in the Company.


Following this share purchase, the Directors' interests in the Company are as
follows:

Name of   Shares acquired Total purchase       Enlarged holding       Total holding
                               as a % of                                  as a % of
                            issued share                               issued share
                                 capital                                    capital
Director
           Non-beneficial                  Beneficial  Non-beneficial

T T                  81          0.001%   2,045,862           7,675         16.49%
Mason
N J                  81          0.001%       7,697           6,978          0.12%
Taylor
W D Todd             81          0.001%           Nil         7,675          0.06%


For the purposes of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules, the total number of ordinary shares of 1p of the Company in
issue as at the date of this notice is 12,456,800, with each share carrying the
right to one vote.

There are no shares held in treasury.


The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 12,456,800. This
figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by
which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a
change to their interest in the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency
Rules.


25 April 2007


Enquiries:

Tim Mason - Chief Executive 020 7401 4601

Dale Todd - Finance Director 020 7401 0562



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