VERTU MOTORS PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Jun 13, 2013

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RNS Number : 0158H

Vertu Motors PLC

13 June 2013

For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

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

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
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 the notification obligation: iii	Artemis Investment Management LLP on behalf of discretionary funds under management
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	07 June 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 June 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	9%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
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 x
Direct	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB00B1GK4645	16,443,170	16,443,170	29,166,867	29,166,867	776,303	8.79%	0.23%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date xiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv	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 xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date xvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
29,943,170	9.02%

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:	Richard Smithson
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 399 6063

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	Artemis Investment Management LLP
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	42 Melville Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7HA
Phone number & email
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Contact address
Phone number & email
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.

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