For immediate release

23 April 2013

Sarantel Group plc

("Sarantel" or the "Company")

Holding(s) in Company

Sarantel was informed on 22 April 2013 that Foresight Group no longer has a notifiable interest in the issued share capital of Sarantel.

As at today's date the Company has 183,902 B Ordinary Shares in issue.


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			P
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	Foresight Group CI Limited (acting as Manager of Foresight VCT PLC, Foresight 2 VCT PLC, Foresight 3 VCT PLC)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	Foresight VCT PLC, Foresight 2 VCT PLC, Foresight 3 VCT PLC
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	27 March 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 April 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	3.0%

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

Ordinary A shares and Ordinary B shares

33,225,445

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

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

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:	Matt Smith
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 1732 471 828

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

ENDS