Holding(s) in Company

Origin Enterprises Plc
21 April 2008

Origin Enterprises Plc
21 April 2008




Standard Form TR-1

Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC

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

2.         Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or
boxes):

(x )     an acquisition or disposal of voting rights (notification received by
Origin Enterprises plc of current notifiable interest)

( )      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

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

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe

4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): N/A

5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached: 01/02/08

6.         Date on which issuer notified; 21 April 2008

7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 5%

8.         Notified details:


A) Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares Situation previous to   Resulting situation after the
triggering transaction
(if possible using   the Triggering
the ISIN CODE)       transaction
                     Number of   Number of   Number of   Number of voting      % of voting rights

                     Shares      Voting      shares      rights

                                 rights      Direct      Direct     Indirect   Direct     Indirect



SUBTOTAL A (based on 6,719,040   6,719,040   4,792,040   4,792,040             3,603
aggregate voting
rights)

ISIN: 00B1WV4493


B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial   Expiration Date    Exercise/Conversion   Number of voting       % of voting rights
instrument                             Period/ Date          rights that may be
                                                             acquired if the
                                                             instrument is
                                                             exercised/converted

SUBTOTAL B (in
relation to all
expiration dates)


Total (A+B) number of voting rights    % of voting rights
            4,792,040                  3.603%



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


Cantor Fitzgerald Europe 4,792,040 ordinary shares
One Churchill Place
Canary Wharf
London E14 5RD
England

10.       In case of proxy voting: (name of the proxy holder) will cease to hold
(number) voting rights as of (date).

11.       Additional information:

Done at (place) on (date).


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