Holding(s) in Company

Mercury Group PLC
08 May 2008


                                                                      8 May 2008


                               Mercury Group plc

                          ('Mercury' or the 'Company')


                              Holdings in Company


The Company has today been notified that following a transaction on 5 May 2008,
Credit Agricole Cheuvreux International Limited no longer has a notifiable
interest in the voting share capital of Mercury.



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|Mercury Group Plc                     |                                   |
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|George Kynoch                         |                      020 7343 4000|
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|John East & Partners Limited          |                                   |
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|David Worlidge                        |                                   |
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