Holding(s) in Company

Vertu Motors PLC
22 January 2007



VERTU MOTORS PLC

22 JANUARY 2007


NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of company

VERTU MOTORS PLC


2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

OCTOPUS INVESTMENTS LIMITED


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

AS ABOVE


4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

NOT DISCLOSED


5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

N/A


6. Percentage of issued class

N/A


7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

N/A


8. Percentage of issued class

N/A


9. Class of security

ORDINARY GBP 0.10 SHARES


10. Date of transaction

N/A


11. Date company informed

19 JANUARY 2007


12. Total holding following this notification

2,916,667


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.24%


14. Any additional information

FIGURES BASED ON SHARES IN ISSUE OF 46,750,000.


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries





16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

KAREN ANDERSON


Date of notification

22 JANUARY 2007





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