+--------------------------------------------------+
| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
+--------------------------------------------------+

|                                             |                                |
|                                             |                                |
|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying  |Novae Group plc                 |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting    |                                |
|rights are attached:                         |                                |
+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|                                                                              |
|2. Reason for notification(yes/no)                                            |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+
|                                                                  |           |
|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                       |Acquisition|
+------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+
|                                                                  |           |
|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may     |           |
|result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting|           |
|rights are attached                                               |           |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+
|                                                                  |           |
|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                  |           |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+
|                                                                  |           |
|Other (please specify):______________                             |           |
+---------------------------------+--------------------------------+-----------+
|                                 |                                            |
|3. Full name of person(s) subject|Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)             |
|to notification obligation:      |                                            |
+---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|                                 |                                            |
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if|Legal & General Assurance (Pensions         |
|different from 3):               |Management) Limited (PMC)                   |
+---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|                                 |                                            |
|5. Date of transactions(and date |22 January 2010                             |
|on which the threshold is crossed|                                            |
|or reached if different):        |                                            |
+---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|                                 |                                            |
|6. Date on which issuer notified:|26 January 2010                             |
+---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
|                                 |                                            |
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are      |From 4% to 5%                               |
|crossed or reached:              |                                            |
+---------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|8: Notified Details                                                           |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           |
|                                                                              |
+-------------+------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|Class/type of|Situation previous|Resulting situation after the triggering     |
|shares       |to the triggering |transaction                                  |
|If possible  |transaction       |                                             |
|use ISIN code+----------+-------+----------+------------------+---------------+
|             |Number of |Number |Number of |Number of voting  |Percentage of  |
|             |shares    |of     |shares    |rights            |voting rights  |
|             |          |voting |          +---------+--------+------+--------+
|Ordinary     |          |rights |          |Direct   |Indirect|Direct|Indirect|
|shares of £1 |          |       |          |         |        |      |        |
|each         |3,651,159 |       |3,693,159 |         |        |      |        |
|             |          |       |          |3,693,159|        |5.04% |        |
|GB00B2QCM188 |          |       |          |         |        |      |        |
+-------------+----------+-------+----------+---------+--------+------+--------+


+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B: Financial Instruments                                                      |
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
|                                                                              |
+-------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------+------------+
|Type of      |Expiration   |Exercise/     |No. of voting rights  |Percentage  |
|financial    |date         |conversion    |that may be acquired  |of voting   |
|instrument   |             |period/date   |(if the instrument    |rights      |
|             |             |              |exercised/converted)  |            |
+-------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------+------------+
|Not          |             |              |                      |            |
|applicable   |             |              |                      |            |
+-------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------+------------+

+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Total (A+B)                                           |
|                                                       |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------+
|                         |                             |
| 3,693,159               | 5.04%                       |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or   |
|the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Legal  & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) 4,530,804 representing 6.18% |
|=  total position                                                             |
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct and Indirect)|
|4,530,804 representing 6.18%  = total position                                |
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) 4,530,804            |
|representing 6.13% = total position                                           |
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) 3,693,159 representing 5.04%               |
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) 2,564,774   |
|representing 3.50%                                                            |
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited 2,564,774 representing|
|3.50%                                                                         |
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct)                           |
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Legal & General Assurance Society Limited                                     |
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)                                     |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Proxy Voting:                                                          |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+-----+
| 10. Name of 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: | Total voting rights figure is 73,221,346 |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 14 Contact name:            | Teresa Furmston                          |
|                             |                                          |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| 15. Contact telephone name: | 020 7903 7303                            |
|                             |                                          |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+



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