Holding(s) in Company

18 March 2014 Octagonal plc ("Octagonal" or the "Company") Holding in Company The Company announces that it has been advised by Mrs Bunsee Shah that she isinterested in a total of 32,000,000 ordinary shares in the capital of theCompany, equivalent to 4.46 per cent. of the Company's issued voting sharecapital. For further information please contact: Octagonal plcDonald Strang/Hamish Harris +44 (0) 207 440 0640 Sanlam Securities UK LimitedSimon Clements/Catherine Miles/Virginia Bull +44 (0) 207 628 2200