Holding(s) in Company

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex 

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

Imagination Technologies Group

plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):______________

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

1. Awal Bank B.S.C. ("Awal") 2. Awal Trust Company Limited ("ATCL") 3. Maan Abdulwahed Al-Sanea (as parent undertaking of Awal ("MAS")

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

Vidacos Nominees Pty Ltd

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

December 18th, 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

December 18th, 2008

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

1. Awal 12%)

2. MAS (20%)

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

If possible use 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

Percentage of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ conversion period/date 

No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)

Percentage of voting rights

n/a

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

46,650,361

20.47%

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

MAS is subject to a notification obligation pursuant to DTR 5.2.1(e) as the "parent undertaking" of Awal, the entity that indirectly holds 29,236,362 (12.83%) shares, through Vidacos Nominees Pty Ltd, and as "parent undertaking" of ATCL.

Awal is indirectly owned by ATCL as trustee of the Saad STAR Trust. ATCL is therefore subject to a notification obligation pursuant to DTR 5.2.1(e) as a "parent undertaking" of Awal.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of 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:

Saad Investments Company Ltd is indirectly owned by ATCL as trustee of the Saad STAR Trust. SICL indirectly holds 17'413'999 (7.64%) shares, through LBPB Nominees Ltd, Credit Suisse Clients Nominees (UK) Ltd, Deutsche Bank London Branch and Vidacos Nominees Ltd

14 Contact name:

Christopher C. Hart

15. Contact telephone number:

+41 22 715 0303