Notification of Major Interest in Shares

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|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                          |
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|1. Identity of   |                                                                      |
|the issuer or the|                                                                      |
|underlying issuer|                                                                      |
|of existing      |                      INTEC TELECOM SYSTEMS PLC                       |
|shares to which  |                                                                      |
|voting rights are|                                                                      |
|attached:(ii)    |                                                                      |
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|2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):               |
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|An acquisition or |                                                                     |
|disposal of voting|                                 Yes                                 |
|rights            |                                                                     |
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|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  |                        Aberforth Partners LLP                         |
|notification    |                                                                       |
|obligation:(iii)|                                                                       |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                |Shareholder                                                            |
|4. Full name of |Shares                                                                 |
|shareholder(s)  |                                                                       |
| (if different  |1 Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc            11,834,993          |
|from 3.):(iv)   |                                                                       |
|                |2 Aberforth UK small Companies Fund                 3,909,400          |
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|5. Date of the  |                                                                       |
|transaction and |                                                                       |
|date on         |                                                                       |
|which the       |                               22/10/10                                |
|threshold is    |                                                                       |
|crossed or      |                                                                       |
|reached:(v)     |                                                                       |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
|6. Date on which|                               25/10/10                                |
|issuer notified:|                                                                       |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) |                                                                       |
|that is/are     |                                                                       |
|crossed or      |                                  5%                                   |
|reached:(vi,    |                                                                       |
|vii)            |                                                                       |
+---------+------+++---------------------------------------------------------------------+
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|8. Notified details:                                                               |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)                                     |
+------------+----------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous    |Resulting situation after the triggering       |
|of          |to the triggering     |transaction                                    |
|shares      |transaction           |                                               |
|            +----------+-----------+-------------+-----------------+---------------+
|            |Number    |Number     |Number       |Number of voting |% of  voting   |
|if possible |of        |of         |of shares    |rights           |rights (x)     |
|using       |  ares    |V ting     +-------------+------+----------+------+--------+
|the ISIN    |          |Rights     |             |Direct|Indirect  |Direct|Indirect|
|CODE        |          |           |             |(xi)  |(xii)     |      |        |
+------------+----------+-----------+-------------+------+----------+------+--------+
|GB0006725062|15,990,460|15,990,460 | 15,744,393  | N/A  |15,744,393| N/A  |  4.99  |
+------------+----------+-----------+-------------+------+----------+------+--------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                               |
+--------------+----------+------------------------+------------------+-------------+
|Type of       |Expiration|Exercise/               |Number of voting  |% of voting  |
|financial     |date(xiii)|Conversion Period(xiv)  |rights that may be|rights       |
|instrument    |          |                        |acquired if the   |             |
|              |          |                        |instrument is     |             |
|              |          |                        |exercised/        |             |
|              |          |                        |converted.        |             |
+--------------+----------+------------------------+------------------+-------------+
|N/A           |N/A       |N/A                     |N/A               |N/A          |
+--------------+----------+------------------------+------------------+-------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial      |
|Instruments (xv, xvi)                                                              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                               |
+-------------+---------+----------+-------------+-------------------+--------------+
|Type of      |Exercise |Expiration|Exercise/    |Number of voting   |% of voting   |
|financial    |price    |date      |Conversion   |rights instrument  |rights (xix,  |
|instrument   |         |(xvii)    |period(xviii)|refers to          |xx)           |
|             |         |          |             |                   |              |
|             |         |          |             |                   |              |
+-------------+---------+----------+-------------+-------------------+-------+------+
|             |         |          |             |                   |Nominal|Delta |
|N/A          |N/A      |N/A       |N/A          |N/A                +-------+------+
|             |         |          |             |                   |N/A    |N/A   |
+-------------+---------+----------+-------------+-------------------+-------+------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B+C)                                                                      |
+------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights             |Percentage of voting rights                   |
+------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|                                    |                                              |
|                                    |                                              |
|             15,744,393             |                     5.00                     |
|                                    |                                              |
|                                    |                                              |
+------------+++--------+-+--------+++-----------+++-----+----------+++----+-+------+
             |||        | |        |||           |||     |          |||    | |






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|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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|                                                                          |
|                                                                          |
|                                                                          |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                             |
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
|10. Name of the proxy holder:                    |N/A                     |
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will    |                        |
|cease                                            |N/A                     |
|to hold:                                         |                        |
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold|N/A                     |
|voting rights:                                   |                        |
+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------+

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|                             |                                            |
|13. Additional information:  |                                            |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:            |Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners LLP      |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone number:|0131 220 0733                               |
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                              |                   |




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|Annex: Notification of major interests in shares                              |
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|A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification        |
|obligation                                                                    |
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|Full name                           |Aberforth Partners LLP                   |
|                                    |                                         |
|(Including legal form of legal      |                                         |
|entities)                           |                                         |
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|                                    |Contact:                                 |
|                                    |14 Melville Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7NS   |
|Contact address:                    |Registered Office:                       |
|                                    |Royal London House, 22-15 Finsbury Square|
|                                    |London EC2A 1DX                          |
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|Phone Number & email                |0131 220 0733                            |
|                                    |[e-mail]            |
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|Other useful information            |                                         |
|                                    |Contact: David Holland                   |
|(at least legal representative legal|                                         |
|persons)                            |                                         |
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|B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                    |
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|Full name                           |As above                                 |
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|Contact address                     |As above                                 |
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|Phone number & email                |As above                                 |
+------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|Other useful information            |                                         |
|                                    |                                         |
|(e.g. functional relationship with  |As above                                 |
|the person or legal entity subject  |                                         |
|to the notification obligation)     |                                         |
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| C: Additional information |
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| None                      |
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