Director/PDMR Shareholding

Maintel Holdings PLC
01 May 2008


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

                            Directors' shareholdings


On 30 April 2008 the Maintel Holdings Plc Share Incentive Plan (an all employee
share purchase plan approved by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) acquired
1,174 Ordinary Shares of 1p each ('Ordinary Shares') in the capital of the
Company, representing 0.01 per cent of Maintel's issued share capital at a price
of 150.5p 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.
This share purchase included the acquisition of 33 Ordinary Shares for the
beneficial interest of J D S Booth and 14 Ordinary Shares for the beneficial
interest of N J Taylor, held by the trustees of the Share Incentive Plan.


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

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

J D S Booth         33            Nil       0.0003%  2,751,707            Nil        22.65%
T T Mason          Nil          1,174         0.01%  2,045,862         20,085        17.01%
N J Taylor          14          1,160         0.01%      7,730         19,355         0.22%
W D Todd           Nil          1,174         0.01%        Nil         20,085         0.17%


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 12,146,800, 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 12,146,800. 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.


1 May 2008



Enquiries:

Tim Mason - Chief Executive 020 7401 4601
Dale Todd - Finance Director 020 7401 0562



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