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:

Kames Capital

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

N/A

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

13^th January 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

14^th February 2012

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

5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Total (A+B+C)

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 Lld
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:

N/A

FIRST NOTIFICATION UNDER DTR SOURCEBOOK

14. Contact name:

Wendy Dunsmore

15. Contact telephone number:

0131 549 3706