Notifiable Interest

Walker Greenbank PLC
22 January 2008




For Immediate Release                                            22 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

COMPANY REPURCHASED SECURITIES


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

AXA S.A.


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):

20th JANUARY 2008


6. Date on which issuer notified:

21st JANUARY 2008


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

5%


8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
+-----------+-------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|Class/type |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the triggering    |
|of shares  |to Triggering      |transaction                                 |
|           |transaction        |                                            |
|if possible|                   |Notification required under DTR transitional|
|using ISIN |                   |provision 7                                 |
|CODE       +---------+---------+-------+------------------+-----------------+
|           |Number of|Number of|Number |Number of voting  |% of voting      |
|           |Shares   |Voting   |of     |rights            |rights           |
|           |         |Rights   |shares |                  |                 |
|           |         |         |       |                  |                 |
|           |         |         |       |                  |                 |
|           |         |         +-------+-------+----------+-------+---------+
|           |         |         |Direct |Direct |Indirect  |Direct |Indirect |
|           |         |         |       |       |          |       |         |
|           |         |         |       |       |          |       |         |
+-----------+---------+---------+-------+-------+----------+-------+---------+
|GB000306151|2,900,010|2,900,010|10     |10     |2,900,000 |0      |5.04     |
+-----------+---------+---------+-------+-------+----------+-------+---------+

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                 |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
|2,900,010                          |5.04                               |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+


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



Name of Company/Fund              No. Shares     %

AXA France                          900,000      1.563

Sun Life Pensions Management             10      0.00002

AXA Framlington                   2,000,000      3.473

TOTAL                             2,900,010      5.03552





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:




14. Contact name:

JULIAN WILSON - COMPANY SECRETARY


15. Contact telephone number:

08708 300077




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