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:

NORTHBRIDGE INDUSTRIAL SERVICES PLC

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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

X

Other (please specify): Following merger of Origo Partners Ltd and Origo Sino-India Plc and renaming to Origo Partners Plc

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

HARGREAVE HALE LIMITED

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

DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS

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

23 JULY 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

23 JULY 2010

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

5%

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

Direct

Indirect

GB00B0SPFW38

564,986

564,986

564,986

564,986

3.8841%

B: Qualifying 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

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/date

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

Percentage of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

564,986

3.8841%

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

490,000 of these shares are held in a unit trust operated by Marlborough Fund Managers Ltd for which Hargreave Hale Ltd manages the portfolio of investments on a discretionary basis.

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:

The event changing the breakdown of voting rights is the placing of 5,606,000 new ordinary shares.

14 Contact name:

David Clueit

15. Contact telephone name:

01253 754739