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:

RESTAURANT 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

X

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

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

NEWSMITH CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP "NSCP LLP"

NEWSMITH ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP "NSAMLLP"

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

VARIOUS - NO INDIVIDUAL SHAREHOLDER HOLDS MORE THAN 3% OF THE SHARES IN ISSUE

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

17TH MARCH 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

18TH MARCH 2011

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

>5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

8,518,146

8,518,146

4.27%

GB00B0YG1K06

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/ConversionPeriod

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversionperiod

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights

CFD

N/A

N/A

N/A

1,577,569

Nominal

Delta

0.79%

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

10,095,715

5.06%

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

NSCP LLP is the parent undertaking of NSAM LLP 

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:

NSAM LLP has a notifiable interest on the basis that it is the investment manager of a number of funds and managed accounts. None of the underlying discretionary accounts hold more than 3% of the oustanding shares in issue.

14. Contact name:

JONATHAN LAY

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7518 3732