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:

RPS GROUP PLC

2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): ( )

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (Yes)

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (No)

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (No)

Other (please specify): (No)

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

Aberforth Partners LLP

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

1, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc 7,412,160

2. Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund 1,371

3. Aberforth Geard Income Trust plc 2,022,600

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

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

5^th November 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

6^th November 2012

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 using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights
Ordinary GB0007594764	11,924,868	11,924,868

 

(UNDER S-198 ON 02/02/04)

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
		Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	10,806,506	N/A	10,806,506	N/A	4.93

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting right
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar seonomic effect to Qualifying Fincial Instruments

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
Contract for Difference	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nominal	Delta
					N/A	N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	10,806,506
Percentage of voting rights	4.93

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 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:

FIRST NOTIFICATION UNDER DTR SOURCEBOOK

14. Contact name:

Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners LLP

15. Contact telephone number:

0131 220 0733