Major Interest in Shares

Walker Greenbank PLC
11 January 2008


For Immediate Release                                            11 January 2008



                      WALKER GREENBANK PLC ('the Company')

                              Notifiable Interest


A form TR-1 containing the following information has been received by the
Company.

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:

WALKER GREENBANK PLC

2. Reason for the notification

GONE OVER 22% THRESHOLD

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

GARTMORE INVESTMENT LIMITED

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

HSBC Global Custody Nominee 7.931%

BNY GIL CLT A/C LST 3.284%

BNY GIL A/C NWSC 1.063%

VIDACOS Nominees Ltd 5.695%

MORTRUST Nominees Ltd 4.065%

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

8th JANURAY 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

11TH JANUARY 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

22%



8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
+-----------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
|Class/type |Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering       |
|of shares  |Triggering           |transaction                                    |
|           |transaction          |                                               |
|if possible|                     |Notification required under DTR transitional   |
|using ISIN |                     |provision 7                                    |
|CODE       +----------+----------+----------+------------------+-----------------+
|           |Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting  |% of voting      |
|           |Shares    |Voting    |shares    |rights            |rights           |
|           |          |Rights    |          |                  |                 |
|           |          |          |          |                  |                 |
|           |          |          +----------+-------+----------+-------+---------+
|           |          |          |Direct    |Direct |Indirect  |Direct |Indirect |
|           |          |          |          |       |          |       |         |
|           |          |          |          |       |          |       |         |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+-------+----------+-------+---------+
|GB000306151|12,425,000|12,425,000|13,003,064|       |13,003,064|       |22.037%  |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+-------+----------+-------+---------+

B: Financial Instruments
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                     |
|                                                                         |
|                                                                         |
+------------+-------------+-------------+-----------------+--------------+
|Type of     |Expiration   |Exercise/    |Number of voting |% of voting   |
|financial   |date         |Conversion   |rights that may  |rights        |
|instrument  |             |Period/ Date |be acquired if   |              |
|            |             |             |the instrument is|              |
|            |             |             |exercised/       |              |
|            |             |             |converted        |              |
|            |             |             |                 |              |
|            |             |             |                 |              |
+------------+-------------+-------------+-----------------+--------------+
|            |             |             |                 |              |
+------------+-------------+-------------+-----------------+--------------+

Total (A+B)
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights            |% of voting rights                 |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|13,003,064                         |22.037%                            |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

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

N/A

10. Name of the Proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

ALL SHARES ARE HELD INDIRECTLY

14. Contact name:

JULIAN WILSON - COMPANY SECRETARY

15. Contact telephone number:

08708 300077




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