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RNS Number : 4319W

Victoria PLC

28 July 2009







  TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES



  1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof
  existing shares to which voting rights areattached:    Victoria PLC



  2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
                                                                Yes
  An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

  An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial
  instruments which may result in theacquisition 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 thenotification
  obligation:                                                 HSBC GLOBAL CUSTODY NOMINEE (UK) LTD

  4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if differentfrom 3.):
                                                              New Fortress Finance Holdings Ltd. BVI
  5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold
  is crossed orreached:                                       27 July 2009

  6. Date on which issuer notified:
                                                              28 July 2009
  7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:
                                                              above 12%



  8. Notified details:
  A: Voting rights attached to shares

  Class/type of        Situation previous      Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
  shares               to the triggering
  if possible using    transaction
  the ISIN CODE
                       Number      Number      Number       Number of voting          % of voting rights
                       of          of          of shares    rights
                       Shares      Voting
                                   Rights
                                               Direct       Direct       Indirect     Direct       Indirect
  GB0009290080         825,958     825,958     878,458      878,458                   12.65%




  B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

  Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/ Conversion  Period   Number of voting          % of voting
  instrument          date                                        rights that may be        rights
                                                                  acquired if the
                                                                  instrument is
                                                                  exercised/ converted.





  C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

  Type of financial   Exercise  price   Expiration  date   Exercise/             Number of voting  rights instrument
refers to   % of voting rights
  instrument                                               Conversion  period

         Nominal     Delta





  Total (A+B+C)

  Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights
  878,458                   12.65%



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




  Proxy Voting:

  10. Name of the proxy holder:

  11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto
  hold:

  12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting
  rights:




  13. Additional information:

  14. Contact name:
                                   HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA
                                   Ueli Dubendorfer

                                   Genferstrasse 8, 8027 Zurich, Switzerland
  15. Contact telephone number:
                                   0041 58 705 3209



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