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Michael Page International PLC 06 November 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED COMPANY MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST AXA S.A. 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding of the shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 SEE ATTACHED 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE ATTACHED 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. N/A 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed UNKNOWN 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) UNKNOWN 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction 1/11/06 11) Date listed company informed 6/11/06 12) Total holding following this notification 16,305,201 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 4.86% 14) Any additional information N/A 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries JEREMY TATHAM 01932-264143 16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 06/11/2006 DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST IN SHARES OF APPENDIX - NOTICE UNDER SECTION 198 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985 MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL PLC Ord Total number of shares held as at 01/11/06 was 16,305,201 the breakdown of which is set out below: Name of the Number of Particulars of Registered as Company/Fund Shares Beneficial Owners AXA UK Investment Co ICVC 60,000 Trustees of AXA UK Investment HSBC Global Custody Ethical Fund Co ICVC Ethical Fund Nominee (UK) Ltd (Non-Beneficial) Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 845042 AXA UK Investment Co ICVC 92,357 Trustees of AXA UK Investment HSBC Global Custody UK Growth Fund Co ICVC UK Growth Fund Nominee (UK) Ltd (Non-Beneficial) Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 845005 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd 275,000 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominee (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867815 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c X 969,605 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominee (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867396 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c X 1,667,547 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominee (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867372 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd A/c X 52,389 HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominee (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867591 Sun Life Assurance Society Plc 2,112,500 Sun Life Assurance Society Plc HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominee (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 776934 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 128,551 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominee (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 6,760 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 776950 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd A/c X 405,399 Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd HSBC Global Custody (Beneficial) Nominee (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 867050 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd 1,000 Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd Smith & Williamson (Beneficial) Nominees Ltd One Canada Square London E14 5AL a/c S66 AXA France 2,436,130 (Registration details available (Non-Beneficial) upon request) AXA Sun Life plc 750,000 AXA Sun Life plc Axa Sun Life plc (fmly Axa Equity & Law Life (fmly Axa Equity & Law Life 5 Old Broad Street Assurance Society plc) Assurance Society plc) London EC2N 1AD (Beneficial) AXA General Unit Trust 415,000 HSBC Global Custody Nominees HSBC Global Custody (Non-Beneficial) (UK) Ltd as Trustees of the Trust Nominee (UK) Ltd Mariner House Pepys Street London EC3N 4DA a/c 880868 AXA UK Group Pension Scheme 270,000 AXA UK Group Pension Scheme Chase Nominees Ltd Equity Fund Equity Fund a/c 00994 (Non-Beneficial) Trinity Tower 9 St Thomas Moore St London EC1 AXA Financial, Inc 32,317 Bernstein (Non-Beneficial) AXA Financial Inc* 6,630,646 Alliance Capital Management LP (Non-Beneficial) - See note below Holding as % of Issued Capital Total Beneficial Interest 6,368,751 1.90 Total Non-Beneficial Interest 9,936,450 2.96 Total 16,305,201 4.86% * AXA FINANCIAL INCLUDES HOLDINGS FOR ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP Alliance Capital Management LP ("Alliance Capital") is an investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Alliance Capital provides investment advisory services to corporate employee benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974('ERISA'), public employee retirement systems, investment companies and separate accounts registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, foundations, endowment funds, tax-exempt organizations, and other institutional investors and individuals. Alliance Capital manages investment assets on behalf of its clients which confers upon it, among other things, the right to vote on behalf of its clients. Under the federal securities laws, the right to vote or make investment decisions with respect to a security (even if such rights is constrained by fiduciary duties and does not carry with it any pecuniary interest in the securities) is enough to confer beneficial ownership on the security on a person. Any shares deemed beneficially owned by Alliance Capital were acquired solely for investment purposes in the ordinary course and not for the purpose or intent of influencing control over the issuer. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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