Holding(s) in Company

Acal PLC
09 January 2008




Letter to Acal PLC

Dated 09 January 2008
     
DISCLOSURE RULES AND TRANSPARENCY RULES SOURCEBOOK
Disclosure of Interest in the Voting Rights of Shares


Enclosed is a Form TR-1 which discloses Aberforth Partners LLP's interest in
4,256,174 of the voting shares of Acal PLC as required under the 
Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules Sourcebook of the FSA Handbook.

In addition, Aberforth Partners LLP is interested in a further 708,300 shares
although we do not have access to the voting rights of these shares. Aberforth
Partners LLP is, therefore, interested in a total of 4,964,474 shares of the 
above company. This interest arises as a result of the discretionary investment 
management powers that we can exercise over the funds of our clients. Aberforth 
Partners LLP is not the beneficial owner of these shares.



Letter from Aberforth Partners LLP





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):

Acal PLC


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 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) :                                                   (   )




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

Aberforth Partners LLP



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


Shareholder                                                               Shares

1. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc                               1,960,350
2. Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund                                   1,597,824
3. The Church Commissioners for England                                  336,100
4. Aberforth Geared Capital & Income Trust plc                           361,900

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

08/01/2008

 
6. Date on which issuer notified:

09/01/2008 


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

16%


8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
 
Class/type of shares            Situation previous to  
                                the Triggering
if possible using the           transaction (vi)         
ISIN CODE                              

                       Number of shares       Number of voting Rights 
                                              (viii)                  

Ordinary               4,011,962              4,011,962
GB0000055888                                                                    

 



Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)
 
Class/type of shares Number of shares  Number of voting rights    % of voting rights  
                                       (ix)
if possible using                                                                 
the ISIN CODE                                                                         
                                      Direct (x) Indirect (xi)   Direct    Indirect  
                                                                                      
Ordinary             4,256,174        N/A        4,256,174       N/A       16.11
GB0000055888 
                       
                                                                                 



B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

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

 


Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights       % of voting rights 
                                  
4,256,174                     16.11
                   
                                    
                        


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

Held by Aberforth Partners LLP
 



Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:                       

N/A

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

N/A


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

N/A


13. Additional information:                         

N/A


14. Contact name:                                   

Pauline Robson, 
Aberforth Partners LLP


15. Contact telephone number:                       

0131 220 0733




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