For immediate release

4 April 2013

Sarantel Group plc

("Sarantel" or the "Company")

Holding(s) in Company


TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ		SARANTEL GROUP PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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			ü
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ	HARGREAVE HALE LIMITED
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	DISCRETIONARY CLIENTS
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	03 APRIL 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	04 APRIL 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	5%

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

Indirect

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B065J785

48,235,000

4.3561%

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

48,235,000

4.3561%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
39,400,000 of these shares are held for a unit trust operated by Marlborough Fund Managers Ltd, for whom Hargreave Hale Ltd manages the investments on a discretionary basis. The remaining balance is held on behalf of other discretionary clients.

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:	The percentage of shares held reduced from 5.8081% to 4.3561% due to the admission to AIM of 276,825,440 placing shares on 03/04/2013.
14. Contact name:	David Clueit
15. Contact telephone number:	01253 754739

Enquiries

Sarantel Group PLC	01933 670 560
David Wither, Chief Executive Officer Nicola Malyon, Chief Financial Officer

Beaumont Cornish (Nominated Adviser)	020 7628 3396
Roland Cornish/Michael Cornish
XCAP Securities PLC (Corporate Broker)	020 7101 7070
David Lawman/Halimah Hussain