BAC.L Regulatory News (BAC)

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

Mattioli Woods Plc

2. Reason for notification (please tick appropriate box or boxes)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

ü

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 notification obligation:

Bank of America Corporation

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

Merrill Lynch International

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

02 March 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

06 March 2012

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

Above 6%, 7%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

If possible use 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

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B0MT3Y97

971,314

971,314

1,361,967

1,361,967

0

7.52%

0%

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 exercised/converted

Percentage of voting rights

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration price

Expiration date

Exercise/ conversion period

No. of voting rights instrument refers to

Percentage of voting rights

N/A

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

1,361,967

7.52%

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

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of 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:

Doug Berwick

15. Contact telephone name:

020 7995 8859