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The Vitec Group PLC 05 June 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY THE VITEC GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (AND, BY VIRTUE OF S203(3), ARTISAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION, ANDREW A ZIEGLER AND CARLENE ZIEGLER) 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 SEE ENCLOSED DISCLOSURE DATED 2 JUNE 2006 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. SEE ENCLOSED DISCLOSURE 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. NOT SPECIFIED 6) Percentage of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 8) Percentage of issued Class 9) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction NOT STATED IN DISCLOSURE 11) Date company informed 2 JUNE 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 2,062,156 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.00% 14) Any additional information SEE ENCLOSED DISCLOSURE PREVIOUS NOTIFICATION BY ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP WAS IN RESPECT OF 1,661,905 REPRESENTING 4.03% 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries R D PEATE, GROUP COMPANY SECRETARY Tel: 020 8939 4650 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ........ 5 JUNE 2006 ................ LETTER TO: THE VITEC GROUP PLC DATED: 2 JUNE 2006 We hereby notify you in fulfilment of the obligation of disclosure imposed by the provisions of Sections 198 et seq., Part IV of the Companies Act (1985) (the 'Act'), that: (a) As of June 1, 2006, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, was interested in aggregate, for the purposes of the Act, in 2,062,156 ordinary shares ('APLP shares') comprised in the relevant share capital, as defined in section 198(2) of the Act, of The Vitec Group Plc (the 'Company'). Of the APLP Shares, Artisan International Value Fund was interested in 1,117,631 ordinary shares ('Fund Shares'). (b) We believe that the APLP Shares represented approximately 5.01% of the total issued share capital of the Company as of June 1, 2006. (c) So far as we are aware at the date of this notice, the registered holders of the APLP Shares are as follows: Nominee Shares State Street Nominees Limited 1,240,985 The Bank of New York Nominees Limited 555,391 Mellon Bank 133,988 Brown Brothers Harriman 95,637 Chase Nominees Limited 36,155 Of the 1,240,985 shares held by State Street Nominees Limited, 1,117,631 are the Fund Shares. (d) In addition, Artisan Investment Corporation, Andrew A. Ziegler, and Carlene M. Ziegler, have a notifiable interest in the APLP Shares by virtue of Section 203(3) of the Act; (e) So far as we are aware as at the date of this notice, none of the APLP Shares comprise an interest falling within Section 208(5) of the Act. (f) This notification is given in fulfilment of the obligations of each of Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Artisan Investment Corporation, Andrew A. Ziegler, Carlene M. Ziegler, and Artisan International Fund under the requirements of the Act and their addresses are as stated at the foot of this letter. This notice constitutes separate notifications that have been combined solely for the purposes of clarity and efficiency; it is not intended to indicate that any of these entities act as a group or in concert with respect to these interests. (g) If you have any questions in relation to the contents of this notification, please contact Graeme Baldwin at Herbert Smith LLP on +44 (0)20 7466 2751. LETTER FROM: ARTISAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION for itself and as general partner of ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP By: Janet D.Olsen* ANDREW A. ZIEGLER Andrew A. Ziegler* CARLENE MURPHY ZIEGLER Carlene Murphy Ziegler* ARTISAN FUNDS, INC. on behalf of its series ARTISAN INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND By: Janet D.Olsen* *By: Janet D. Olson Vice President of Artisan Investment Corporation Attorney-in-Fact for Andrew A. Ziegler Attorney-in-Fact for Carlene Murphy Ziegler General Counsel and Secretary of Artisan Funds, Inc. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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