Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4235L

Herald Investment Trust PLC

09 January 2009

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

…Herald Investment Trust Plc…………..

2. Reason for the notification

(please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

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: ( )

Other (please specify) : ( )

……………..

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

HBOS plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3)

See section 9

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

……08/01/09………..

6. Date on which issuer notified:

……09/01/09………..

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

………Direct/indirect Holdings to above 7%……..

8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
GB0004228648	5,973,449	5,973,449
Ord 25p Shares

	Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
		Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0004228648 Ord 25p Shares	3,815,277	3,815,277	2,216,646	4.574%	2.658%

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/ converted)	% of voting rights
N/A

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
6,031,923	7.232%

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

Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited* (IIMGL) - (Indirect) - 5,858,943 (7.024%)

IIMGL manages holdings on behalf of other HBOS Companies , and other third parties external to the HBOS Group, under various discretionary management agreements.

(* - Wholly owned subsidiaries of HBOS plc.)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

…N/A………..

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

…N/A…………..

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

…N/A…………..

13. Additional information:

…Notification using the total voting rights figure of 83,408,123…………..

14. Contact name:

…Craig Mclean…………..