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24 Apr 2008 14:48

Billing Services Group Limited24 April 2008 TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii): Billing Services Group Limited 2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No) An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (Yes) An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (No) An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (No) Other (please specify): (No) 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii): Gartmore Investment Limited 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv): +-------------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------+|Beneficial Owner |UK Registered Owner |Percentage|| | |of Issued || | |Capital |+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------+|Gartmore Fund Managers Limited A/C |HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK Ltd|1.758% ||Gartmore Cautious Managed Fund | | |+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------+|Swiss Federal Social Security Fund |HSBC Global Investor Services |1.344% |+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------+|Gartmore Smaller Companies Trust PLC |BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS LTD A/C LLST |1.352% |+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------+|Gartmore Growth Opportunities PLC |BNY GIL CLT A/C NOMS LTD A/C NWSC |0.846% |+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------+|Gartmore SICAV PAN Euro Smaller |Bank of Bermuda Luxembourg |0.328% ||Companies Fund | | |+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------+|The Alphagen Volantis Fund Limited |Vidacos Nominees Ltd A/C 2303 |3.664% |+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------+|Strathclyde Pension Fund |Nortrust Nominees Limited |2.566% |+-------------------------------------+----------------------------------+----------+ 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) (v): 2 April 2008 6. Date on which issuer notified: 3 April 2008 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 12 % 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares Situation previous to the Triggering transactionif possible using (vi)the ISIN CODE Number of shares Number of voting Rights (viii)BMG110261044 34,585,227 34,585,227 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)Class/type of shares Number of shares Number of voting rights % of votingif possible using (ix) rightsthe ISIN CODE Direct (x) Indirect Direct Indirect (xi)BMG110261044 32,785,227 32,785,227 11.857% B: Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii) Type of Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of voting % of votingfinancial (xiii) Period/Date (xiv) rights that may be rightsinstrument acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 32,785,227 11.857% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv): n/a Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the 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: All shares are held indirectly All figures are based on the Company's issued share capital of 276,496,768 as provided by Exshare E mail contact RDU@Gartmore.com 14. Contact name: RDU 15. Contact number: 0207 782 2000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange