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Michael Page International PLC 21 December 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LTD 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 FUNDS UNDER MANAGEMENT 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. NAME NUMBER Northern Trust Company 29 764 705 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. UNKNOWN 6) Percentage of issued Class UNKNOWN 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed UNKNOWN 8) Percentage of issued Class UNKNOWN 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction 21/12/05 11) Date company informed 21/12/05 12) Total holding following this notification 29,764,705 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 8.95% 14) Any additional information N/A 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries DAVID WISE 01932 264 142 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification D. WISE Date of Notification 21 December, 2005 LETTER TO MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL DATED 21ST DECEMBER 2005 We act as an Investment Manager for a number of commingled funds. In acting for our Clients, we are given full discretion over their investments, and are empowered to vote on their behalf. However, we do not act as their Custodian, and therefore shares are not held in our name, but in the nominee name of their Custodian Bank. Recent purchases/sales of shares in your company by ourselves, on behalf of our clients, have resulted in our having control over the following shares (also see attached): SILCHESTER 29,764,705 Our records show that you have the following shares in that class: MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL 332,637,799 For your information, we exercise control over 8.95% of the shares of that class and of that, one of our clients controls 5.76%. This interest is notified under Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985. LETTER FROM SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS LIMITED Company: MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL Attention: Richard McBride Share Class: Address: Page House ORDINARY 1 Dashwood Lang Road The Bourne Business Park Addlestone Issued Shares: 332,637,799 SII Ownership: Date: 21st December 2005 29,764,705 % of Shares 8.95 SII Account Nominee Silchester Silchester Current % Holding at Voting Share Holding Fund Level Authority Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Group Trust Northern Trust YES 8,112,548 2.44 Company Silchester International Investors Northern Trust YES 1,302,992 0.39 Tobacco Free International Company Value Equity Trust Silchester International Investors International Value Equity Trust Northern Trust YES 19,159,347 5.76 Company The Calleva Trust Northern Trust YES 1,189,818 0.36 Company TOTAL 29,764,705 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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