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Company AEA Technology Group PLC TIDM AAT Headline Holding(s) in Company Released 11:59 31-Aug-2012 Number 2242L11

RNS Number: 2242L

AEA Technology Group PLC

31 August 2012

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the

underlying issuer

of existing shares to which voting rights are

attached: ii

AEA Technology Group Plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

x

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may

result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to

qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other

(please specify):

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

Michael and Eileen Watson

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and

date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

15.08.2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

15.08.2012

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

9.625%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type

of shares

if possible using

the ISIN CODE

Situation previous

to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type

of shares

if possible using

the ISIN CODE

Number

of

Shares

Number

of Voting Rights

Number

of shares

Number of voting

rights

% of voting rights x

Class/type

of shares

if possible using

the ISIN CODE

Number

of

Shares

Number

of Voting Rights

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/

Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be

acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial

Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of

financial instrument

Exercise

price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/

Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights

instrument refers to

% of voting rights

xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

184,904,722

12.752%


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

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:

14. Contact name:

Michael Watson

15. Contact telephone number:

01992 524 115

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification

obligation

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

Phone number & email

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Contact address

Phone number & email

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

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