Holding(s) in Company

The Vitec Group PLC
03 August 2006



                            SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     THE VITEC GROUP PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 
     (and, by virtue of s203(3), Artisan Investment 
     Corporation, Andrew A Ziegler and Carlene Ziegler)

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

     SEE BELOW DISCLOSURE DATED 2 AUGUST 2006


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

     SEE BELOW DISCLOSURE


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     NOT SPECIFIED


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 DISCLOSURE


11)  Date company informed

     AFTER HOURS ON 2 AUGUST 2006


12)  Total holding following this notification

     2,383,444

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 

     5.78%

14)  Any additional information

     SEE BELOW DISCLOSURE PREVIOUS NOTIFICATION 
     BY ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP WAS IN 
     RESPECT OF 2,062,156 REPRESENTING 5.00%


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     J S MILTON, ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY

     TEL: [phone]


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

     J S MILTON


     Date of Notification ........3 AUGUST 2006  ................




Letter to:  THE VITEC GROUP PLC
Dated:      AUGUST 2, 2006


We hereby notify you in fulfilment of the obligation of disclosure imposed by
the provisions of Sections 198 et seq., Part IV of the Companies Act (1985) (the
'Act'), that:

(a)   As of August 1, 2006, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, was interested
      in aggregate, for the purposes of the Act, in 2,383,444 ordinary shares 
      ('APLP shares') comprised in the relevant share capital, as defined in 
      section 198(2) of the Act, of The Vitec Group Plc (the 'Company'). Of the 
      APLP Shares, Artisan International Value Fund was interested in 1,282,837 
      ordinary shares ('Fund Shares').

(b)   We believe that the APLP Shares represented approximately 5.79% of the 
      total issued share capital of the Company as of August 1, 2006.

(c)   So far as we are aware at the date of this notice, the registered 
      holders of the APLP Shares are as follows:


          Nominee                                               Shares

          State Street Nominees Limited                      1,450,043
          The Bank of New York Nominees Limited                631,839
          Mellon Bank                                          169,770
          Brown Brothers Harriman                               95,637
          Chase Nominees Limited                                36,155


      Of the 1,450,043 shares held by State Street Nominees Limited, 1,282,837 
      are the Fund Shares.

(d)   In addition, Artisan Investment Corporation, Andrew A. Ziegler, and 
      Carlene M. Ziegler, have a notifiable interest in the APLP Shares by 
      virtue of Section 203(3) of the Act;

(e)   So far as we are aware as at the date of this notice, none of the APLP 
      Shares comprise an interest falling within Section 208(5) of the Act.

(f)   This notification is given in fulfilment of the obligations of each of
      Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Artisan Investment Corporation, 
      Andrew A. Ziegler, Carlene M. Ziegler, and Artisan International Fund 
      under the requirements of the Act and their addresses are as stated at 
      the foot of this letter. This notice constitutes separate notifications 
      that have been combined solely for the purposes of clarity and 
      efficiency; it is not intended to indicate that any of these entities 
      act as a group or in concert with respect to these interests.

(g)   If you have any questions in relation to the contents of this 
      notification, please contact Graeme Baldwin at Herbert Smith LLP on 
      [phone].



Letter from:  

ARTISAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION
for itself and as general partner of
ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP


     
By: Janet D.Olsen*


ANDREW A. ZIEGLER 


Andrew A. Ziegler*


CARLENE MURPHY ZIEGLER 

Carlene Murphy Ziegler*


ARTISAN FUNDS, INC.
on behalf of its series ARTISAN INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND

By: Janet D.Olsen*


*By:

Janet D. Olson
Vice President of Artisan Investment Corporation
Attorney-in-Fact for Andrew A. Ziegler
Attorney-in-Fact for Carlene Murphy Ziegler 
General Counsel and Secretary of Artisan Funds, Inc.




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