REG-Charles Taylor Cons: Holding(s) in Company

TR-1 (i) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

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

Charles Taylor Consulting plc

2. Reason for the notification State
Yes/No

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights YES

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may
result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are
attached

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation BT Pension
(iii): Scheme
Trustees
Limited as
trustee of
the BT
Pension
Scheme. See
Section 9 for
further
information

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv): Hermes UK
Small
Companies
Focus Fund

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is 08 May 2009
crossed
or reached if different) (v):

6. Date on which issuer notified: 11 May 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 13%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of Situation Resulting situation
shares previous to the after the triggering
if possible Triggering transaction (vii)
using the ISIN transaction (vi)
CODE

Ordinary 1p Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting
of of of rights (ix) rights
Shares Voting shares
Rights
(viii)

Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(x) (xi)

GB0001883718 5,714,372 5,714,372 0 0 5,446,004 0% 13.591%

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of % of voting
financial date (xiii) Conversion voting rights
instrument Period/ Date rights that may
(xiv) be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/
converted

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights % of voting rights

5,446,004 13.591%

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

BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited is the parent undertaking of Britel Fund
Trustees Limited, which is the parent undertaking of Hermes Fund Managers
Limited. Hermes Fund Managers Limited is the parent undertaking of:

1. Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited (voting rights held in this issuer:
0.035%)

2. Hermes Investment Management Limited (voting rights held in this issuer:
1.658%)

3. Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited (voting rights held in this issuer:
11.898%)

Please see Section 13 for further information.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

See Comment in Section 13.

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

See Comment in Section 13.

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

See Comment in Section 13.

13. Additional information:

Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited hold the voting rights under a
standing proxy contained in agreements for the provision of voting services to
various underlying clients for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1(h), which includes all
the shares owned directly by BT Pension Scheme.

Hermes Investment Management Linited hold the voting rights under a standing
proxy contained in investment management agreements with various underlying
clients for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1(h).

Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited hold the voting rights as General Partner
under a standing proxy contained in limited partnership agreements with various
limited partnerships for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1 (h).

All voting rights held on behalf of the above entities are aggregated for the
purposes of DTR 5.2.1(e).

This disclosure is made by BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited, which is the
ultimate parent undertaking for the purposes of DTR 5.2.1(e).

14. Contact name:

Mike Fallon / Margaret Moss

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7680 2160 / 020 7680 2125

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi)

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the
notification obligation

Full name (including legal form for
legal entities)

BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited

Contact address (registered office for
legal entities)

1 Portsoken Street, London E1 8HZ

Phone number

020 7702 0888

Other useful information (at least legal
representative for legal persons)

BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited is the parent undertaking of the group of
companies subject to the notification obligation as indirect holders of voting
rights for the purpose of DTR 5.2.1(h) and 5.2.1(e).

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)

Full name

Hermes Administration Services Limited as agent for BT Pension Scheme Trustees
Limited.

Contact address

1 Portsoken Street, London E1 8HZ

Phone number

020 7680 2160 / 020 7680 2125

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship
with the person or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation)

Hermes Administration Services Limited acts as the authorised administration
agent on behalf of BT Pension Scheme Trustees Limited.

C: Additional information

Please contact Mike Fallon / Margaret Moss on the above number for further
information.

Copy sent to Company Secretary of Charles Taylor Consulting plc Fax No: 020
7481 9545

Ivan.keane@ctcplc.com Robert.bird@ctcplc.com

Notes

i. This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed
with the competent authority.

ii. Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying
the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate.

iii. This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the person
acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for
in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h); (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in
DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments
entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached,
as appropriate.

In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the
following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be
mentioned:

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that acquires the
voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the
natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for
consideration the voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding the
collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and
declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral
under these conditions;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a life
interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights
attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights
when the life interest is created;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent undertaking and,
provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under
DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, the
controlled undertaking;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the
shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited
with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the
deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person that controls the
voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can
exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given
his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights
at his discretion.

iv. Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should
be the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments who is
the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in DTR5.2.

v. The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on
exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the
case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.

The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the
acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect
(see DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event
took effect. [DEL::DEL]

These dates will usually be the same unless the transaction is subject to a
condition beyond the control of the parties.

vi. Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification, In
case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please
state `below 3%'.

vii. If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the notifying
party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that
the new holding is less than 3%.

For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of
individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually
crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,
introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.

viii. Direct and indirect

ix In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached `direct
holding' and voting rights `indirect holdings', please split the voting rights
number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no
combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.

x Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the notifying party is a
direct shareholder (DTR 5.1)

xi. Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect shareholder (DTR
5.2.1)

xii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is below 3%.

xiii date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the date when
the right to acquire shares ends.

xiv If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify the period-
for example once every three months starting from the [date]

xv. The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings
through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include
the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled
undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds 3% or
more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is intended to
cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.

xvi. This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.

xvii. Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the
shareholder or the natural person/legal entity referred to in DTR5.2 and
DTR5.3.

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