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Vertu Motors PLC04 January 2007 VERTU MOTORS PLC 4 JANUARY 2007 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company VERTU MOTORS PLC 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest FRIENDS PROVIDENT PLC 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 AS BELOW: FAMILY FLEMING & PARTNERS CONCENTRATED UK EQ'S 1,700,000F&C INVESTMENT FUNDS ICVC SPECIAL SITUATIONS FD 1,800,000F&C INV FUNDS ICVC I I UK DYNAMIC FUND 2,700,000FRIENDS PROVIDENT MAIN FUND 2,560,000 TOTAL 8,760,000 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them DIRECT NOMINEES LTD 1,700,000CHASE NOMINEES LTD 1,800,000CHASE NOMINEES LTD 2,700,000CITIFRIENDS NOMINEES LTD 2,560,000 TOTAL 8,760,000 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired N/A 6. Percentage of issued class N/A 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed N/A 8. Percentage of issued class N/A 9. Class of security ORDINARY GBP 0.10 SHARES 10. Date of transaction N/A 11. Date company informed 3 JANUARY 2007 12. Total holding following this notification 8,875,000 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 18.98% 14. Any additional information FIGURES BASED ON SHARES IN ISSUE OF 46,750,000.NOTIFICATION ISSUED BY F&C ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC.FRIENDS PROVIDENT PLC IS THE HOLDING COMPANY OF F&C ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC. 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification ROBERT T FORRESTER Date of notification 4 JANUARY 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange