TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

A: Voting rights attached to shares

1: Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Telecom Plus PLC

2: Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		no
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):	Aggregation of the position being made from 1st July 2014 by Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited as Parent Company for Ignis Investment Services Limited	yes

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) -10.16% comprised of: Standard Life Investments Limited - 9.97% Ignis Investment Services Limited -0.19%
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Vidacos Nominees/HSBC
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached):	01/07/2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	02/07/2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	10%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code		GB0008794710

Situation previous to the triggering transaction
Number of shares		Number of voting rights
7,974,317		7,974,317

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
8,130,016	1,580,798	6,549,218	1.975	8.183

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

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

Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) - 10.16% comprised of:

Standard Life Investments Limited - 9.97%

Ignis Investment Services Limited - 0.19%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

David Baxter

15. Contact telephone number:

0208 955 5000

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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

Number of voting
rights instrument
refers to

% of voting rights