Holding(s) in Company

Hargreave Hale AIM 1

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ⁱⁱ				HARGREAVE HALE AIM VCT 1 PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					Â	Â
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached						Â
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments						Â
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights						Â
Other: Due to a change in customer terms and conditions, from 1 January 2013, unless otherwise agreed with the client, Hargreave Hale no longer controls any voting rights for discretionary clients whose shares are not held in custody by Hargreave Hale. Several discretionary clients own shares in the above company which are not held in custody by Hargreave Hale resulting in a reduction in the voting rights controlled by Hargreave Hale.						X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:ⁱⁱⁱ	Â	HARGREAVE HALE LIMITED
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv		DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v		01 JANUARY 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		02 JANUARY 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}		5%

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

Indirect

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B02WHS05

1,659,156

312,052

1.2493%

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

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}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

312,052

1.2493%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
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Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:			Â	Â
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:				Â
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:				Â
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13. Additional information:	Â	Â
14. Contact name:		David Clueit
15. Contact telephone number:		01253 754739