Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7976Z

Hargreaves Services PLC

28 September 2009

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

Hargreaves Services plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		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:	Gartmore Investment Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	23rd September 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24th September 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rightsx
			Direct	Directxi	Indirectxii	Direct	Indirect
GB00B0MTC970	N/A	N/A	987,015		987,015		3.739%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datexiii	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instrumentsxv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
CFD	N/A	N/A	N/A	394,358	Nominal	Delta
					1.494%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

1,381,373

5.233%

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

Stock line: B0MTC97 HARGREAVES SERVICE ORD GBP0.10		Issued Share Capital: 26, 395, 617
Share Description Fund Managing Co.	Shares held	% of Issued Share Capital	UK Registered Owner	Beneficial Owner
Equities
HARGREAVES SERVICE ORD GBP0.10
Gartmore Fund Managers Limited	305,305	1.157%	HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE UK LTD	GARTMORE FUND MANAGERS LTD A/C GARTMORE UK & IRISH SMALLER COMPANIES
Garthmore Investment Limited	367,904	1.394%	NORTRUST NOMINEES LIMITED	STRATHCLYDE PENSION FUND
	93,605	0.355%	GARTMORE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES	GARTMORE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES PLC
	209,500	0.794%	GOLDMAN SACHS NOMINEES LTD	THE GARTMORE UK SMALL CAP BEST IDEAS FUND LIMITED
	10,701	0.041%	BANK OF BERMUDA LUXEMBOURG	GARTMORE SICAV PAN EURO SMALLER COMPANIES FUND
	987,015	3.739%
Contract for Difference
HARGREAVES SERVICE CFD CONTRACT B0MTC97
Gartmore Investment Limited	394,358	1.494%	VIDACOS NOMINEES LTD A/C 2303	THE ALPHAGEN VOLANTIS FUND LIMITED
	394,358	1.494%

	1,381,373	5.233%