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:

ASSURA GROUP LIMITED

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:

SOMERSTON INVESTMENTS LIMITED

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

REGISTERED HOLDERS:

BREWIN NOMINEES (CHANNEL ISLANDS) LIMITED - 48,016,736

STATE STREET NOMINEES LIMITED - 31,500,000

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

24TH MARCH 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

25TH MARCH 2010

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

(1) ABOVE 5% TO ABOVE 25% AT COMBINED DIRECT AND INDIRECT INTEREST LEVEL

(2) BELOW 5% TO ABOVE 10% AT DIRECT INTEREST LEVEL.

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

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0033732602

30,766,736

9.69%

79,516,736

36,284,552

43,232,184

11.43%

13.62%

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

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

79,516,736

25.05%

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

 SORRENTO INVESTMENTS LIMITED - 43,232,184 SHARES - 13.62%

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:

FIGURES ARE BASED ON A TOTAL NUMBER OF VOTING RIGHTS OF 317,467,036

14. Contact name:

STEVEN STEGENWALNER

15. Contact telephone number:

01534 822395