Monitise Regulatory News (MONI)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

Monitise Plc GB00B1YMRB82

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

 n/a

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

 n/a

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

n/a 

Other (please specify):

n/a 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

UBS Global Asset Management (Traditional Entities)

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

CCR Asset Management

UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc.

UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Limited

UBS Global Asset Management Life Limited

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

05 January 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

07 January 2010

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

11%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B1YMRB82

 45,612,277

 45,612,277

 51,428,501

 2,667,801

 48,760,700

 0.57%

 10.34%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

Nominal

Delta

- 

- 

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

51,428,501

 10.91%

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

CCR Asset Management - 58,672 - 0.01%

UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc. - 4,078,678 - 0.87%

UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Limited - 44,623,350 - 9.46%

UBS Global Asset Management Life Limited - 2,667,801 - 0.57%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

UBS Global Asset Management on behalf of a number of clients

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:

Alexa Koenig/Brigitte Schwarz

15. Contact telephone number:

+41 44 239 6299