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Company	KCOM Group PLC
TIDM	KCOM
Headline	Holding(s) in Company
Released	17:13 10-Dec-2012
Number	1911T17

RNS Number : 1911T

KCOM Group PLC

10 December 2012

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:		KCOM Group PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights			X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Aviva plc and its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Registered Holder: BNY (Nominees) Limited 122,600* BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 1,230,020* Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 7,795,569* Chase Nominees Limited 561,591* Vidacos Nominee Limited 98,780* *denotes direct interest Chase Nominees Limited 1,319,867 Vidacos Nominee Limited 18,139,881
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	4 December 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	5 December 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is / are crossed or reached:	< 5% to 5% change at combined interest level

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary 10p Shares

15,458,789

29,268,308

9,808,560

19,459,748

1.90%

3.77%

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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise / Conversion Period

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 Instruments

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

29,268,308

5.67%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and / or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings: Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: · Aviva plc (Parent Company) · Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) · Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) · Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited).

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		See Section 4
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:	Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 516,603,910 as per the Company's Total Voting Rights Announcement of 5 June 2008.
14. Contact name:	Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01603 684420

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