Holding(s) in Company

Vertu Motors PLC
18 January 2007


VERTU MOTORS PLC

18 JANUARY 2007


NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Name of company

VERTU MOTORS PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

GAM INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or 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

AS ABOVE

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

GAM UK EQUITY HEDGE           3,681,700
GAM STAR UK DYNAMIC           1,868,300

TOTAL                         5,550,000

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

N/A

6. Percentage of issued class

N/A

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

N/A

8. Percentage of issued class

N/A

9. Class of security

ORDINARY GBP 0.10 SHARES

10. Date of transaction

N/A

11. Date company informed

17 JANUARY 2007

12. Total holding following this notification

5,550,000

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

11.87%

14. Any additional information

FIGURES BASED ON SHARES IN ISSUE OF 46,750,000.

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

ROBERT T FORRESTER

Date of notification

18 JANUARY 2007




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