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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

Number of voting
rights instrument
refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

RNS Number : 4869F

Laird PLC

24 April 2014

For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

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

Laird Plc

LRD LN

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
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 the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	Mondrian Investment Partners Limited (FRN - 149507)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): ^iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	23 April 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	24 April 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	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		% of voting rights ^x
			Direct	Direct ^xi	Indirect ^xii	Direct	Indirect
GB00B1VNST91	18,876,892	18,876,892	N/A	N/A	18,714,684	N/A	4.998%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date ^xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period ^xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	Mondrian is a London-based discretionary investment manager. Client assets managed by Mondrian are custodied at our clients' custodians of choice (i.e., Mondrian does not act as custodian for any of its clients).
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

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