TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:
The Capita Group Plc
2. Reason for the notification:
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to
qualifying financial instruments
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
i) Lansdowne Partners Limited being the General Partner of Lansdowne Partners
Limited Partnership
ii) Lansdowne Partners International Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (If different from 3)
Morstan Nominees Limited & Vidacos Nominees Limited (Registered Shareholders)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
23 October 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:
27 October 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if    Situation previous to the Triggering transaction  
possible using the ISIN                                                      
CODE                                                                         
                                                                             
                         Number of shares         Number of voting Rights    
                                                                             
                                                                             
Ordinary                        3,945,308                    0.63%           
                                                                             
2.066666p                                                                    
                                                                             
(GB00B23K0M20)                                                               
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of      Number of shares Number of voting       % of voting rights  
shares if possible                  rights                                     
using the ISIN                                                                 
CODE                                                                           
                                                                               
                        Direct       Direct     Indirect     Direct    Indirect
                                                                               
                                                                               
Ordinary                                        Below 5%               Below 5%
                                                                               
2.066666p                                                                      
                                                                               
(GB00B23K0M20)                                                                 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
N/A
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
  Type of    Exercise Expiration   Exercise/      Number of      % of voting   
 financial    Price      date      Conversion   voting rights       rights     
 Instrument                          period       instrument                   
                                                  refers to                    
                                                                               
                                                                Nominal  Delta 
                                                                               
CFD            N/A       N/A          N/A          Below 5%    Below 5%        
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting       % of voting rights   
rights                                      
                                            
                                            
Below 5% (in           Below 5% (in         
aggregate)             aggregate)           
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Lansdowne Partners International Limited is the parent undertaking of Lansdowne
Partners Limited                                                               
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
Lansdowne Partners Limited
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
N/A
13. Additional information:
Notification using the total voting rights figure of 623,048,702 (as at 23
October 2009)
14. Contact name:
Francesca Todd - The Capita Group Plc
Andrea Taylor - Lansdowne Partners Limited
15. Contact telephone number:
+44 (0)20 7202 0641 - The Capita Group Plc
+44 (0)20 7408 8508 - Lansdowne Partners Limited
28 October 2009
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