Holding(s) in Company

Quadnetics Group plc
20 March 2008

TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer
or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights
are attached
(ii):

Quadnetics
Group Plc

2. Reason for the
notification (please state Yes/No):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: YES

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which
voting
rights are attached: NO

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: NO

Other
(please specify): NO

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

HSBC
GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK)
LIMITED

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

Whitehall Consolidated Ltd

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

19
March 2008

6. Date on which issuer
notified:

20
March 2008

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

Above
6%

8. Notified details:




+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to                                                             |
|shares                                                                                   |
|                                                                                         |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Class/type of shares    |Situation previous |Resulting situation after the               |
|If possible using the   |to the             |triggering transaction vii                  |
|ISIN code               |triggering         |--------------------------------------------|
|                        |transaction vi     |Number of|Number of voting  |% voting rights|
|                        |                   |shares   |rights            |               |
|                        |-------------------+---------+------------------+---------------|
|                        |Number of|Number of|Direct   |Direct x |Indirect|Direct|Indirect|
|                        |shares   |voting   |         |         |xi      |      |        |
|                        |         |rights   |         |         |        |      |        |
|                        |         |viii     |         |         |        |      |        |
|------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+--------+------+--------|
|GB0007156838            |835,000  |835,000  |1,085,000|1,085,000|-       |6.42% |-       |
|                        |         |         |         |         |        |      |        |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+





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



+----------------------------------------------+
| Total (A+B)                                  |
|----------------------------------------------|
| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------------------+--------------------|
| 1,085,000               | 6.42%              |
+----------------------------------------------+


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

N/A

Proxy Voting:

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:

N/A

14. Contact name:

Beat
Bass, HSBC Guyerzeller Bank AG

15. Contact telephone
number:

0041
58 206 77 41

ENDS

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