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5 Oct 2006 10:38

Rotala PLC05 October 2006 Rotala plc (the "Company") Posting of a circular to convene an EGM and Changes to Directors Shareholding Rotala announces that on 4 October 2006 it posted a circular to shareholdersconvening an EGM to be held on 27 October 2006 at which resolutions will beproposed to increase the Company's authority to allot shares under s80 and s95of the Companies Act 1985. Rotala also announces that yesterday it was informed that: • Wengen Pension Plan purchased 1,788,119 ordinary shares in the Company on 4 October 2006 at a price of 1.75 pence per share; and • Ludgate Investments Limited (of which John Gunn is a 20.79 per cent. shareholder) purchased 1,748,340 ordinary shares in the Company on 4 October 2006 at a price of 1.75 pence per share. Following these purchases, John Gunn, Non-executive Chairman of the Company hasa notifiable interest in the Company of 74,039,319 ordinary shares, representing22.3 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital. Further to the announcement made on 4 October 2006 and assuming all resolutionsare passed at the Company's EGM, which is taking place on 27 October 2006, theinterests of the directors and their connected persons in the ordinary sharecapital of the Company will be as follows: Shares held % of enlarged share capital of the Company John Gunn * 84,293,119 22.9Nick Kennedy ** 3,346,227 0.9Kim Taylor 500,000 0.1Geoff Flight*** 23,091,667 6.3Simon Dunn 875,000 0.2 * held in the name of W B Nominees Ltd, Mrs R. S. Gunn, Wengen Pension Plan, the Gunn Trusts (of which John Gunn is a trustee) and attributing the entire holding of Ludgate Investments Limited ** includes Mr Kennedy's pension fund *** includes Mr Flight's pension fund This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange