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:

DEVRO PLC

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

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:

Artemis Investment Management Limited

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

Artemis UK Special Situations Fund Barclays UK Smaller Companies Institutional Special Situations

Pearson

Prudential Staff Pension Scheme

Akzo Nobel Pension Scheme

BAE Systems 2000 Pension Plan Trustees Limited

BAE Systems Pension Funds CIF Trustees Limited

Barclays UK Alpha

L&G (Barclays) MM Alpha Fund

L&G (Barclays) Series 2 MM Alpha Fund

Witan Investment Trust

Artemis Strategic Assets Fund

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

08 April 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

09 April 2010

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

11%

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

GB0002670437

17,979,691

17,979,691

17,937,191

17,937,191

10.98%

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

17,937,191

10.98%

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

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:

Karen Paine

15. Contact telephone number:

0131 718 0414