Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9513L

Melrose PLC

20 January 2009

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

Melrose plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

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): Disclosure of holdings following the acquisition, by Lloyds Banking Group plc, of HBOS plc. This notification supersedes any notifications previously issued by Lloyds TSB Group plc and/or HBOS plc.

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Lloyds Banking Group plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See Section 9.
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	16 January 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	19 January 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Direct/Indirect 5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ord 0.2p shares GB00B23DKN29	N/A	N/A	3,707,058	3,707,058	23,733,186	0.745%	4.770%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights
N/A

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

27,440,244

5.515%

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

19,208,157 Shares (3.860%) are held by State Street Nominees Ltd. Shares are under the control of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests).

7,801,960 shares (1.568%) are under the control of Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Insight Investment Management Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Indirect Interests).

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of 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:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 497,586,779

14 Contact name:

Kenny Melville

15. Contact telephone number: