Holding(s) in Company

BATM Advanced Communications Ld
27 March 2007



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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

BATM Advanced Communications Ltd

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate 
bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

Other (please specify) : (x)

Declaration of Major Shareholding as per FSA Transitional Provision 7

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

J O Hambro Capital Management Group Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):
.................

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different) (v):

N/A

6. Date on which issuer notified:

20 March 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Above 7%

8. Notified details:
.................

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if  Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
possible using the 
ISIN CODE

Ordinary Shares          Number of shares       Number of voting Rights (viii)
SEDOL:B0486M3                  28,314,097                          28,314,097

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if             Number of            Number of voting               % of voting rights
possible using the                  shares               rights (ix) 
ISIN CODE                   

                                    Direct           Direct (x)     Indirect (xi)       Direct   Indirect
                                                    
Ordinary Shares                                        
SEDOL:B0486M3                      28,314,097        28,314,097                         7.27%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of                 Expiration    Exercise/      Number of voting rights that may       % of voting
financial               Date          Conversion     be acquired if the instrument is       rights
instrument              (xiii)        Period/ Date   exercised/ converted.                      
                                      (xiv)

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                      % of voting rights

28,314,097                                   7.27%

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

N/A

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:

First notification under DTR Sourcebook by the holder

14. Contact name:

Ofer Bar-Ner, Finance Director

15. Contact telephone number:
[phone]



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