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7 May 2010, 14:23

Private Equity Inv: Holding(s) in Company

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                       
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                      
of existing shares to which voting rights are                Private Equity Investor PLC
attached:ii                                                                             
                                                                                        
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            Yes
                                                                                        
Other (please specify):                                                                 
                                                                                        
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                    QVT Financial LP            
notification obligation:iii                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                            QVT Fund LP                 
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                          
 (if different from 3.):iv                                  Quintessence Fund L.P.      
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
5. Date of the transaction and date on                      23 April 2010               
which the threshold is crossed or                                                       
reached: v                                                  28 April 2010               
                                                                                        
6. Date on which issuer notified:                           7 May 2010                  
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                      24%-26%                     
reached: vi, vii                                                                        
                                                                                        
                                                                                        
 
8. Notified details:                                                                                         
                                                                                                             
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix                                                                 
                                                                                                             
Class/type   Situation previous                 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction         
of           to the triggering                                                                               
shares       transaction                                                                                     
                                                                                                             
             Number              Number         Number      Number of voting              % of  voting rights
if possible  of                  of             of shares   rights                        x                  
using        Shares              Voting                                                                      
the ISIN                         Rights         Direct      Direct xi           Indirect  Direct  Indirect   
CODE                                                                            xii                          
                                                                                                             
GB0000504034                                                                                                 
             4,100,856           4,100,856      4,100,856                       4,100,856         12.52%     
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                          
                                                                                                             
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                         
                                                                                                             
Type of        Expiration         Exercise/                  Number of voting                % of voting     
financial      date xiii          Conversion Period xiv      rights that may be              rights          
instrument                                                   acquired if the                                 
                                                             instrument is                                   
                                                             exercised/ converted.                           
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                                
Instruments xv, xvi                                                                                          
                                                                                                             
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                         
                                                                                                             
Type of       Exercise price    Expiration     Exercise/    Number of voting rights        % of voting rights
financial                       date xvii      Conversion   instrument refers to           xix, xx           
instrument                                     period xviii                                                  
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                           Nominal Delta     
CFD                                                                                                          
                                                            4,558,307                      13.92%            
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                             
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                
                                                                                                             
Number of voting rights                               Percentage of voting rights                            
                                                                                                             
8,659,163                                             26.44%                                                 
                                                                                                             
 
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:   Notice due to Issuer Transaction in Own Shares 23 April   
                              2010 and 28 April 2010                                    
                                                                                        
14. Contact name:             Meg Nowicki                                               
                                                                                        
15. Contact telephone number: + 1 (212) 705 6229                                        
                                                                                        
 
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