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Company	Aegis Group PLC
TIDM	AGS
Headline	Holding(s) in Company
Released	09:56 10-Dec-2012
Number	1216T09

RNS Number : 1216T

Aegis Group PLC

10 December 2012




TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ		Aegis Group Plc GB00B4JV1B90
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			n/a
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments			Yes
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights			n/a
Other (please specify):			n/a
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	UBS Investment Bank
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	UBS AG London Branch
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	05 December 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	07 December 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	8%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, 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 rights ^x

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B4JV1B90

81,540,553

72,865,960

6.21%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

Equity Options

21-Dec-2012

At any time

1,250,000

0.11%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Convertible Bonds

XS0497975838

n/a

20-Apr-2015

5 years

23,482,138

Nominal

Delta

2.00%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

97,598,098

8.32%

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


Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Konstantina Georgaki / Zuzana Görögová
15. Contact telephone number:	+41 44 239 4071

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