Holding(s) in Company

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:

RM PLC

2. Reason for the notification

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 a 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 notification obligation:

Aberforth Partners LLP

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

Shareholder

Shares

1. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc

7,731,896

2. Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund

1,506,827

3. Aberforth Geared Income Trust plc

2,035,831

All shares are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c Aberfrth

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

25/04/2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

26/04/2013

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

12%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

If possible use ISIN code

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary

10,675,154

10,675,154

 11,274,554

N/A

11,274,554

N/A

12.06

GB0002870417

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ conversion period

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

% of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration price

Expiration date

Exercise/ conversion period

No. of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

%

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

11,274,554

12.06

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

Held by Aberforth Partners LLP

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners LLP

15. Contact telephone name:

0131 220 0733

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name

Aberforth Partners LLP

(including legal form of legal entities)

Contact address

Contact:

(registered office for legal entities)

14 Melville Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7NS

Registered Office:

The Broadgate Tower, Primrose Street,

London EC2A 2EW

Phone number & email

0131 220 0733

[email protected]

Other useful information

Contact: David Holland

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

As above

Contact address

As above

Phone number & email

As above

Other useful information

As above

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

None