TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:
Eckoh PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation:
Kestrel Partners LLP
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
Kestrel Opportunities, a cell of Guernsey Portfolios PCC Ltd (through BNY Mellon Nominees Limited) and various other clients of Kestrel Partners LLP (through JIM Nominees Ltd and Bank of New York Nominees Ltd)
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:
14 June 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:
16 June 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:
Up through 12%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type ofshares
if possible usingthe ISIN CODE
Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
NumberofShares
NumberofVotingRights
Numberof shares
Number of votingrights
% of voting rights
Direct
Directi
Indirect
Ordinary Shares of 0.25p each
ISIN GB0033359141
28,267,165
n/a
28,857,165
12.10%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Type of financialinstrument
Expirationdate
Exercise/Conversion Period
Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.
% of votingrights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Exercise price
Expiration date
Exercise/Conversion period
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
Nominal
Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
Percentage of voting rights
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Indirect - BNY Mellon Nominees Limited - 22,710,700 Shares. 9.52% of voting rights
Indirect - JIM Nominees Limited - 2,439,075 Shares. 1.02% of voting rights
Indirect - Bank of New York Nominees Limited - 3,707,390 Shares. 1.55% of voting rights
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:
13. Additional information:
Disclosure based on Total voting rights of 238,557,167.
The indirect voting rights held under (9) relate to shares held in client portfolios managed by Kestrel Partners LLP under discretionary investment management agreements
14. Contact name:
Ian Forrest
15. Contact telephone number:
0203 371 6100