Holding(s) in Company

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| For filings with the FSA include the    |                         |
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| For filings with issuer exclude the     |                         |
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi                   |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying   |                   |
| issuer                                        | Centaur Media PLC |
| of existing shares to which voting rights are |                   |
| attached: ii                                  |                   |
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| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or |
| boxes):                                                           |
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights             |    X    |
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial      |         |
| instruments which may result in the acquisition of      |         |
| shares already issued to which voting rights are        |         |
| attached                                                |         |
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar  |         |
| economic effect to qualifying financial instruments     |         |
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights        |         |
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| Other (please specify): |                               |         |
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| 3. Full name of person(s)        |                                |
| subject to the                   |        BlackRock, Inc.         |
| notification obligation: iii     |                                |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)   |              N/A               |
|  (if different from 3.):iv       |                                |
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| 5. Date of the transaction and   |                                |
| date on                          |                                |
| which the threshold is crossed   |       1st December 2009        |
| or                               |                                |
| reached: v                       |                                |
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| 6. Date on which issuer          |       4th December 2009        |
| notified:                        |                                |
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are      |                                |
| crossed or                       |   Holding has gone above 10%   |
| reached: vi, vii                 |                                |
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|8. Notified details:                                                                                 |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                         |
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|Class/type of   |Situation previous            |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
|shares          |to the triggering             |                                                     |
|if possible     |transaction                   |                                                     |
|using           |------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------|
|the ISIN CODE   |Number           |Number      |Number    |Number of voting    |% of  voting rights x|
|                |of               |of          |of shares |rights              |                     |
|                |Shares           |Voting      |----------+--------------------+---------------------|
|                |                 |Rights      |Direct    |Direct |Indirect xii|Direct    |Indirect  |
|                |                 |            |          |xi     |            |          |          |
|----------------+-----------------+------------+----------+-------+------------+----------+----------|
|GB0034291418    |6,789,569        |6,789,569   |N/A       |N/A    |10,798,987  |N/A       |7.67%     |
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|B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                  |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                 |
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|Type of financial        |Expiration    |Exercise/             |Number of voting      |% of voting   |
|instrument               |date xiii     |Conversion Period xiv |rights that may be    |rights        |
|                         |              |                      |acquired if the       |              |
|                         |              |                      |instrument is         |              |
|                         |              |                      |exercised/ converted. |              |
|-------------------------+--------------+----------------------+----------------------+--------------|
|                         |              |                      |                      |              |
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|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi    |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                 |
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|Type of financial|Exercise price  |Expiration|Exercise/   |Number of voting rights|% of voting rights|
|instrument       |                |date xvii |Conversion  |instrument refers to   |xix, xx           |
|                 |                |          |period xviii|                       |                  |
|-----------------+----------------+----------+------------+-----------------------+------------------|
|                 |                |          |            |                       |Nominal   |Delta  |
|CFD              |                |          |            |4,564,594              |----------+-------|
|                 |                |          |            |                       |3.24%     |       |
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|Total (A+B+C)                                                                                        |
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|Number of voting rights                              |Percentage of voting rights                    |
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|15,363,581                                           |10.91%                                         |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting      |
| rights and/or the                                                 |
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi    |
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| On 1 December 2009, the Barclays Global Investors (BGI) business  |
| was acquired by BlackRock, Inc. The combined holdings of          |
| BlackRock, Inc following this acquisition triggered this          |
| disclosure requirement.                                           |
|                                                                   |
| BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 15,363,581         |
| (10.91%)                                                          |
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| Proxy Voting:                                                     |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                 |                   |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will |                   |
| cease                                         |                   |
| to hold:                                      |                   |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to  |                   |
| hold                                          |                   |
| voting rights:                                |                   |
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| 13. Additional        |                                           |
| information:          |                                           |
|                       | BlackRock Compliance Disclosures Team     |
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| 14. Contact name:     | Stuart Watchorn                           |
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| 15. Contact telephone | 020 7743 5741;                            |
| number:               | [e-mail]             |
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| Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer    |
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| Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii              |
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| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the         |
| notification obligation                                           |
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| Full name                   |                                     |
| (including legal form of    | BlackRock Inc                       |
| legal entities)             |                                     |
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| Contact address             |                                     |
| (registered office for      | 33 King William Street, London EC4R |
| legal entities)             | 9AS                                 |
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| Phone number & email        | 020 7743 5741;                      |
|                             | [e-mail]       |
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| Other useful information    |                                     |
| (at least legal             |                                     |
| representative for legal    | Stuart Watchorn                     |
| persons)                    |                                     |
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| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                        |
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| Full name                   |                                     |
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| Contact address             |                                     |
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| Phone number & email        |                                     |
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| Other useful information    |                                     |
| (e.g. functional            |                                     |
| relationship with the       |                                     |
| person or legal entity      |                                     |
| subject to the notification |                                     |
| obligation)                 |                                     |
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| C: Additional information                                         |
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| For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA         |
| website.                                                          |
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