Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1480F

Conister Financial Group plc

06 October 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6 October 2008

Conister Financial Group plc (the 'Company')

TR1 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

The Company was informed on 3 October 2008 of the following interests in the Company's Ordinary Shares.

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:						Conister Financial Group Plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights									Yes
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:				Credit Agricole Cheuvreux International Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):				01/10/08
6. Date on which issuer notified:				03/10/08
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:				7%
8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code IM00B28ZPX83	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares 3,900,000	Number of voting rights 3,900,000	Number of shares 4,900,000		Number of voting rights			Percentage of voting rights
					Direct 4,900,000		Indirect	Direct 7.73%		Indirect

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)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights			Percentage of voting rights
4,900,000			7.73%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
SAS Rue La Boétie Crédit Agricole SA Calyon SA Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux 4,900,000 (7.72%)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:
14 Contact name:			Gabrielle Burne
15. Contact telephone name:			0207 214 6037