TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares - Schroders plc

15 February 2017

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): (Yes) Type 1 disclosure as per Transparency Directive II Regulation

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

Schroders plc

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

Schroder Investment Management Limited

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

13.02.17

6. Date on which issuer notified:

14.02.17

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

Below 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		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary GB0007594764	16,118,828	16,118,828	11,237,728	N/A	11,007,728	N/A	4.925%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion Period	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
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/Conversion period	No. of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
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
11,007,728	4.925%

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

Schroder Investment Management Limited

11,007,728

4.925%

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:

This notification is being made based on the legal entity position falling below 5%. Schroders Plc's position remains as per the previous disclosure dated 08.06.2015. The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 223,512,243.

14. Contact name:

Shaheen Hussain

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7658 6000

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