Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

2. Reason for the notification
                                                                                      Yes
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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 a 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 notification   Aberforth Partners LLP
obligation:

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from   Shareholder                               Shares
3):
                                                    1. Aberforth Smaller Companies
                                                    Trust plc                                 6,974,994
                                                    2. Aberforth UK Small Companies
                                                    Fund                                      3,882,100
                                                    3. The Church Commissioners for
                                                    England                                   1,540,950
                                                    4. Aberforth Geared Capital & Income
                                                    Trust plc                                 1,584,409
                                                    1,2,4 = registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees
                                                    Ltd A/c Aberfrth, 3 = The Church Commissioners for
                                                    England (Chase GIS) Nominees Ltd


5. Date of transaction (and date on which the       17/08/2009
threshold is crossed or reached if different):

6. Date on which issuer notified:                   18/08/2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:     10%
8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type   Situation previous to
of shares    the triggering        Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
             transaction
If possible
use ISIN     Number of  Number of  Number of  Number of voting rights             % of voting rights
code         shares     voting     shares
                        rights
                                              Direct                  Indirect    Direct      Indirect

Ordinary                                      N/A                                 N/A              9.93
             14,232,453 14,232,453 14,232,453                         13,982,453
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering
transaction

                                              Exercise/   No. of voting rights that
Type of financial       Expiration date       conversion  may be acquired if the      % of voting
instrument                                    period      instrument                  rights
                                                          exercised/converted

N/A                     N/A                   N/A         N/A                         N/A
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering
transaction

Type of financial       Expiration Expiration Exercise/   No. of voting rights        % of voting
instrument              price      date       conversion  instrument refers to        rights
                                              period
                                                                                      Nominal Delta
N/A                     N/A        N/A        N/A         N/A                         N/A     N/A
Total (A+B+C)
Number of                                                 Percentage
voting                                                    of voting
rights                                                    rights

  13,982,453                                              9.93
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments
are effectively held, if applicable:
Held by
Aberforth
Partners LLP
Proxy Voting:

10. Name of
proxy                                                                             N/A
holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to                            N/A
hold:

12. Date on
which proxy
holder will                                                                       N/A
cease to
hold voting
rights:

13. Additional information:                         N/A

14. Contact name:                                   Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners LLP

15. Contact telephone name:                         0131 220 0733

Annex:
Notification
of major
interests in
shares
A: Identity of the
persons or legal entity
subject to the
notification obligation
Full name                                           Aberforth Partners LLP
(including legal form of legal
entities)

Contact address                                     Contact:
(registered office for legal                        14 Melville Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7NS
entities)
                                                    Registered Office:
                                                    Royal London House, 22-25 Finsbury Square,
                                                    London EC2A 1DX
Phone number & email                                0131 220 0733
                                                    [e-mail]
Other useful information                            Contact: David Holland
(at least legal representative for legal
persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name                                           As above

Contact address                                     As above

Phone number & email                                As above

Other useful information                            As above
(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the
notification obligation)
C:
Additional
information
None

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