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Signet Group PLC04 May 2007 TR-1: Notification of major interests in shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Signet Group plcissuer of existing shares to which votingrights are attached: 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box orboxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may resultin the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rightsare attached An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Schroders plcnotification obligation: 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) 5. Date of the transaction and date on which 01/05/07the threshold is crossed or reached: 6. Date on which issuer notified: 02/05/07 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Below 5% 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggeringof shares Triggering transaction transaction Number Number of Voting Number Number of voting % of votingif possible of Rights viii of rights ix rightsusing the Shares sharesISIN CODE Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect x xi GB00B1HTFP68 94,738,888 N/A N/A N/A 84,279,263 N/A 4.953% B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting rights that may % offinancial date xiii Conversion be acquired if the instrument is votinginstrument Period/ Date exercised/ converted. rights xiv Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 84,279,263 4.953% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/orthe financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xv: Schroder Investment Management Limited 40,291,683 2.37% Schroder Investment Management North America Limited 43,624,561 2.56% Schroder & Co Guernsey Limited 82,899 0.004% Schroder Investment Management Hong Kong 280,120 0.016% 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 The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios information: managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. 14. Contact name: 15. Contact telephone number: Identity of the notifier Full name: Mark Andrew Jenkins - Group Company Secretary Contact address: Signet Group plc, 15 Golden Square, London, W1F 9JG Phone number: 0870 90 90 301 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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