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The Vitec Group PLC 5 March 2004 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE VITEC GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST ROYAL MAIL PENSIONS TRUSTEES LIMITED POSSFUND CUSTODIAN TRUSTEE 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 NAMED IN 2 ABOVE 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE SCHEDULE BELOW 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. - 6) Percentage of issued Class - 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed - 8) Percentage of issued Class - 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction NOT STATED IN NOTIFICATION 11) Date company informed 5 MARCH 2004 12) Total holding following this notification 1,718,342 LESS STOCK ON LOAN 30,000 1,688,342 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.19% LESS STOCK ON LOAN 0.07% 4.11% 14) Any additional information HERMES HAS NOTIFIED VITEC THAT DUE TO A REDUCTION OF SHARES ON LOAN THEIR VOTING RIGHTS HAVE RISEN THROUGH A PERCENTAGE POINT - SEE SCHEDULE BELOW 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries R D PEATE, GROUP COMPANY SECRETARY TEL: 020 8939 4650 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 5 MARCH 2004 DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL INTEREST IN SHARES COMPANIES ACT 1985 SECTION 198 Date: March 5, 2004 Issued Capital 41,035,185 As at March 4, 2004 the following entities had a material interest(s) in shares of: Vitec Group Royal Mail Pensions Trustees Limited PossFund Custodian Trustee Ltd Registered Holders: PossFund Nominees Ltd 162,108 Chase Nominees Ltd 1,556,234 1,718,342 shares 4.187% Less Stock on loan 30,000 shares 0.073% 1,688,342 shares 4.114% Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited, Hermes Investment Management Limited, as general partners of the UK Small Companies Focus Fund (SCFF) Hermes SLP Limited* *as partner in SCFF Registered Holder: Chase Nominees Ltd 1,556,234 shares 3.792% Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited, Hermes Investment Management Limited and Hermes SLP Limited are all subsidiaries of Hermes Pensions Management Limited which is ultimately owned by BriTel Fund Trustees Limited, a company controlled by the trustees of the BT Pension Scheme. Note: This notifiable interest arises either as controller of Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited, Hermes Investment Management Limited and/or Hermes SLP Limited and/or as a partner in one or more of the partnerships. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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