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: 

Mecom 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 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

X

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

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

Prudential plc group of companies

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: 

23 June 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

26 June 2009

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

15% to 3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares 

Class/type of shares

if possible using the 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

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct 

Indirect 

Direct

Indirect

ORD GBP0.00608588

GB00B06H7T27

50,182,290

50,182,290

50,182,290

50,182,290

3.19%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date 

Exercise/  Conversion Period 

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date 

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nil Paid Rights

GB00B45H3602

N/A

N/A

N/A

0

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

50,182,290

3.19%

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

Prudential plc (parent Company)

The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the 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:

Calculations based on a Total Voting Rights figure of 1,571,987,646.

This notification is a result of trading Nil Paid rights.

14. Contact name:

Jaime Tham, Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7925 7200