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Business Post Group PLC13 March 2007 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 BUSINESS POST GROUP PLC 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes) 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 (see Section 13) (X) Other (specify): ( ) 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: FMR Corp 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) See attached schedule 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): Revised due to DTR rules 6. Date on which issuer notified: 02/03/2007 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 8. Notified details: A. Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares (if possible using the Ordinary ISIN code) (GB0001576163) Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction the triggering transaction Number of Number of Number of Number of voting % of voting rightsShares Voting shares rights Rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect 935,800 935,800 935,800 1.71% B. Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transactionType of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of votingfinancial date Conversion Period/ rights that may rightsinstrument Date be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 935,800 1.71% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/ or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: See attached schedule Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: FMR Corp 11. Number of voting rights proxy n/a holder will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder n/a will cease to hold voting rights: 13. Additional information: As discussed with the FSA, prior to the implementation of the EU Transparency Directive, we aggregated the interests in shares of FMR Corp (FMR) and Fidelity International Liited (FIL) together for the purpose of shareholder reporting. According to the new DTR rules we are now reporting the indirect holdings of FMR and FIL separately. A separate notification is being submitted for FIL. Please note these holdings are correct as of close of business 28 February 2007, 14: Contact name: Sophie Hughes 15. Contact telephone number: 01737 836 713 Schedule Shares held Nominee Management company 935,800 Brown Brothers Harriman FMRCO and Co FMR Corp is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & ResearchCompany (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and FidelityManagement Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which acts as atrustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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