Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

TRICORN 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 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

x

Other (please specify):

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

HARGREAVE HALE LIMITED

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

DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

11 March 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

11 March 2010

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

21%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0009716340

6,835,000

6,835,000

6,835,000

6,835,000

21.2630%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix,

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

6,835,000

21.2630%

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

5,360,000 of these shares are for unit trusts operated by Marlborough Fund Managers Ltd for who Hargreave Hale Ltd manages the portfolio of investments on a discretionary basis. The remaining balance is held on behalf of other discretionary clients.

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:

The change in interest is as a result of the amended total voting rights announced by the company on the 11th March 2010. The percentage holding above is calculated on new TVR figure of 32,145,000.

14. Contact name:

David Clueit

15. Contact telephone number:

01253 754739