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Macfarlane Group PLC 21 February 2007 TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (1). Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii): Macfarlane Group plc 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( ) 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) : ( x ) Existing Position requiring disclosure under the new Disclosure and Transparency Rules 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii): Deutsche Bank AG 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv): Deutsche Bank AG DWS Investment GmbH Tilney Group Limited 5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) (v): N/A 6. Date on which issuer notified: 21/02/2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: N/A 8. Notified details: ................. A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares Situation previous to if possible using the the Triggering ISIN CODE transaction (vi) Number of shares Number of voting Rights (viii) GB0005518872 N/A N/A Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii) Class/type of shares Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rights if possible using (ix) the ISIN CODE Direct Direct (x) Indirect (xi) Direct Indirect GB0005518872 60,000 60,000 7,208,650 0.05 6.27 B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii) Type of Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting % of voting financial (xiii) Period/ Date (xiv) rights that may be rights instrument acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 7,268,650 6.32 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv): DWS Investment GmbH: 7,000,000 voting rights or 6.27% Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: ................. 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: ................. 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: ................. 13. Additional information: Please note that this is the first disclosure made on behalf of Deutsche Bank AG and its subsidiary companies in relation to holdings in Macfarlane Group plc since the implementation of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules in the UK. 14. Contact name: David Lindsay/Andrew Anderson 15. Contact telephone number: +00 44 207 545 8533/8532 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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