TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares - Aberforth Partners

28 October 2014

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

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: (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: ⁱⁱⁱ

Aberforth Partners LLP.

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

Shareholder:	Shares:
1. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc	7,820,755
2. Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund	1,268,161
3. Aberforth Geared Income Trust plc	2,049,400

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

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v

27 October 2014.

6. Date on which issuer notified:

28 October 2014.

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

5%.

8.Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares ^viii,ix
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		Percentage of voting rights^x
			Direct	Direct^xi	Indirect ^xiii	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary GB0007594764	Below 5%	Below 5%	11,138,316	N/A	11,138,316	N/A	5.04

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date ^xiii	Exercise/Conversion Period ^xiv	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	Percentage of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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 ^xvii	Exercise/Conversion period ^xviii	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Percentage of voting rights ^{xix, xx}
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nominal	Delta
					N/A	N/A

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
11,138,316	5.04%

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

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