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

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: N/A

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: N/A

Other (please specify):N/A

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

Kames Capital

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

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

07 December 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

11 December 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
GB0007594764	11,018,984	11,018,984

 

(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
GB0007594764	8,451,295	8,451,295	2,433,067	3.85	1.11

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

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
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	10,884,362
Percentage of voting rights	4.96%

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

Kames Capital:-

Kames Capital plc

Kames Capital Management Ltd

Kames Capital ICVC

Kames Capital VCIC

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

Kames Capital

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:

Wendy Dunsmore

15. Contact telephone number:

0131 579 3706