TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Lavendon Group

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

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

Other (please specify):

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

GVO Investment Management Ltd

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

Nortrust Nominees Ltd

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

03/03/2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

04/03/2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0005057541

8,364,018

8,364,018

8,644,018

0

8,644,018

0

5.11%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

8,644,018

5.11%

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

7,747,423 shares held by GVO UK Focus Fund.

896,595 shares held by Strategic Equity Capital plc

GVO Investment Management Ltd is the investment manager of GVO UK Focus Fund and Strategic Equity Capital plc.

GVO Investment Management Ltd is 100% owned by RIT Capital Partners plc.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

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

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Rahul Kunder

15. Contact telephone number:

020 3691 6108

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in share

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

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

GVO Investment Management Ltd

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

Phone number & email

020 3691 6108

[email protected]

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Contact address

Phone number & email

Other useful information

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

C: Additional information

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.