Vp PLC : Holding(s) in Company

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| For filings with the FSA include the annex |
| For filings with issuer exclude the annex  |
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares  |      |
|to which voting rights are attached:                                   |Vp plc|
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|2. Reason for notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)         |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                               |Yes|
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|An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may  |   |
|result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights |   |
|are attached                                                              |   |
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|An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to |   |
|qualifying financial instruments                                          |   |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                          |   |
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|Other (please specify):                                                   |   |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the          |          Vp Employee Trust|
|notification obligation:                          |                           |
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|                                                  |                           |
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)                    |Vibroplant Trustees Limited|
|(if different from 3):                            |                           |
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|                                                  |                           |
|5. Date of transaction and date on which the      |           14 December 2011|
|threshold is crossed or reached:                  |                           |
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|                                                  |                           |
|6. Date on which issuer notified:                 |           14 December 2011|
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|                                                  |                           |
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:   |                         5%|
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|8: Notified Details                                                           |
|                                                                              |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           |
|                                                                              |
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|Class/type |Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering    |
|of shares  |the triggering       |transaction                                 |
|If possible|transaction          |                                            |
|use ISIN   +----------+----------+----------+-----------------+---------------+
|code       |Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting | Percentage of |
|           |shares    |voting    |shares    |     rights      | voting rights |
|           |          |rights    |          +------+----------+------+--------+
|           |          |          |          |      |          |      |        |
|           |          |          |          |Direct| Indirect |Direct|Indirect|
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+------+--------+
|           |          |          |          |      |          |      |        |
|Ordinary   |3,708,630 |3,708,630 |2,033,630 |  0   |2,033,630 |  0   | 4.53%  |
|Shares     |          |          |          |      |          |      |        |
+-----------+----------+----------+----------+------+----------+------+--------+


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|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                           |
|                                                                              |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
|                                                                              |
+------------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------+
|Type of     |Expiration  |Exercise/conversion  |Number of voting     |% of    |
|financial   |date        |period/date          |rights that may be   |voting  |
|instrument  |            |                     |acquired if the      |rights  |
|            |            |                     |instrument           |        |
|            |            |                     |exercised/converted  |        |
+------------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------+
|            |            |                     |                     |        |
|            |            |                     |                     |        |
+------------+------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------+


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|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial |
|Instruments                                                                   |
|                                                                              |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
|                                                                              |
+------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+---------------+
|Type of     |Exercise  |Expiration  |Exercise/   |Number of   |  % of voting  |
|financial   |price     |date        |Conversion  |voting      |    rights     |
|instrument  |          |            |period      |rights      |               |
|            |          |            |            |instrument  |               |
|            |          |            |            |refers to   |               |
+------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+-------+-------+
|            |          |            |            |            |Nominal| Delta |
|            |          |            |            |            +-------+-------+
|            |          |            |            |            |       |       |
+------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+-------+-------+



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| Total (A+B+C)                                         |
|                                                       |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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| 2,033,630               | 4.53%                       |
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or   |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                |
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|                                                                              |
|The shares are registered in the name of Vibroplant Trustees Ltd on behalf of |
|the Vp Employee Trust.                                                        |
|                                                                              |
|                                                                              |
|                                                                              |
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| Proxy Voting:                                                        |
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| 10. Name of proxy holder:                                        |   |
|                                                                  |   |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:     |   |
|                                                                  |   |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |   |
|                                                                  |   |
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| 13. Additional information: |               |
|                             |               |
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| 14 Contact name:            | Nigel Rabbage |
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| 15. Contact telephone name: |  01423 533400 |
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