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:

Northgate 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:

Aviva plc & it's subsidiaries

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

Registered holder:

BNY (Nominees) Limited

35,985*

BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited

313,619*

Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited

1,951,492*

Chase Nominees Limited

162,528*

Vidacos Nominees Limited

32,559*

*denotes direct interest

Chase Nominees Limited

748,378

Vidacos Nominees Limited

3,337,921

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

29 February 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

1 March 2012

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

5% to

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

Ordinary shares of 50p

6,715,658

6,715,658

6,582,482

2,496,183

4,086,299

1.87%

3.07%

GB00B41H7391

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

6,582,482

4.94%

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

The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:-

Aviva Investors Global Services Limited:-

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

See section 4

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:

Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 133,232,518

14. Contact name:

David Henderson

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 (0) 1325 467558