Holding(s) in Company

Quadnetics Group plc
27 March 2008

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):

Quadnetics Group plc

2. Reason for the
notification (please state 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: NO

An event changing the breakdown of voting
rights: NO

Other (please specify): NO

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

HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LIMITED

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

Whitehall Consolidated
Ltd

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

26 March 2008

6. Date on which
issuer notified:

27 March 2008

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

Above 7%

8. Notified
details:




+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights                                                                             |
|attached to shares                                                                           |
|                                                                                             |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Class/type of|Situation previous to             |Resulting situation                         |
|shares       |the triggering transaction vi     |after the triggering transaction vii        |
|If possible  |                                  |--------------------------------------------|
|using the    |                                  |Number of|Number of voting  |% voting rights|
|ISIN code    |                                  |shares   |rights            |               |
|             |----------------------------------+---------+------------------+---------------|
|             |Number of  |Number of voting      |Direct   |Direct x |Indirect|Direct|Indirect|
|             |shares     |rights                |         |         |xi      |      |        |
|             |           |viii                  |         |         |        |      |        |
|-------------+-----------+----------------------+---------+---------+--------+------+--------|
|GB0007156838 |1,085,000  |1,085,000             |1,210,000|1,210,000|-       |7.16% |-       |
|             |           |                      |         |         |        |      |        |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+





+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B: Financial                                                                  |
|Instruments                                                                   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Resulting situation                                                           |
|after the triggering transaction xii                                          |
|                                                                              |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Type of   |Expiration|Exercise/Conversion |Number of voting rights   |% voting|
|financial |date xiii |Period/Date xiv     |that may be acquired if   |rights  |
|instrument|          |                    |this instrument is        |        |
|          |          |                    |exercised/converted       |        |
|----------+----------+--------------------+--------------------------+--------|
|-         |-         |-                   |-                         |-       |
|          |          |                    |                          |        |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



+----------------------------------------------+
| Total (A+B)                                  |
|----------------------------------------------|
| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------------------+--------------------|
| 1,210,000               | 7.16%              |
+----------------------------------------------+


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

N/A

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the
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:

N/A

14. Contact name:

Beat Bass, HSBC Guyerzeller Bank AG

15. Contact
telephone number:

0041 58 206 77 41

ENDS

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