TIDMABU 
 
RNS Number : 0771M 
Abacus Group PLC 
22 January 2009 
 

 
 
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| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                            | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying   | ABACUS GROUP PLC             | 
| issuer of existing shares to which voting     |                              | 
| rights are attached:                          |                              | 
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| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                          | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                       | Yes      | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may     |          | 
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which       |          | 
| voting rights are attached                                        |          | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                  |          | 
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| Other (please specify):______________                             |          | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to   | ELECTRON HOUSE (OVERSEAS) LIMITED   | 
| notification obligation:               |                                     | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if     |                                     | 
| different from 3):                     |                                     | 
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| 5. Date of transaction (and date on    | 19 JANUARY 2009                     | 
| which the threshold is crossed or      |                                     | 
| reached if different):                 |                                     | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:      | 20 JANUARY 2009                     | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | 95%                                 | 
| reached:                               |                                     | 
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| 8: Notified Details                                                                           | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                           | 
|                                                                                               | 
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| Class/type   | Situation previous  | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction     | 
| of shares    | to the triggering   |                                                          | 
| If           | transaction         |                                                          | 
| possible     |                     |                                                          | 
| use ISIN     |                     |                                                          | 
| code         |                     |                                                          | 
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|              | Number   | Number   | Number     | Number of voting      | Percentage of       | 
|              | of       | of       | of         | rights                | voting rights       | 
|              | shares   | voting   | shares     |                       |                     | 
|              |          | rights   |            |                       |                     | 
+              +          +          +            +-----------------------+---------------------+ 
|              |          |          |            | Direct     | Indirect | Direct   | Indirect | 
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| ORDINARY     | 0        | 0        | 70,394,806 | 70,394,806 | 0        | 95.70%   | 0%       | 
| SHARES       |          |          |            |            |          |          |          | 
| GB0000305796 |          |          |            |            |          |          |          | 
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| B: Financial Instruments                                                             | 
|                                                                                      | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                 | 
|                                                                                      | 
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| Type of       | Expiration    | Exercise/     | No. of voting        | Percentage of | 
| financial     | date          | conversion    | rights that          | voting rights | 
| instrument    |               | period/date   | may be               |               | 
|               |               |               | acquired (if         |               | 
|               |               |               | the                  |               | 
|               |               |               | instrument           |               | 
|               |               |               | exercised/converted) |               | 
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|               |               |               |                      |               | 
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| Total (A+B)                                                                 | 
|                                                                             | 
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| Number of voting rights              | Percentage of voting rights          | 
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| 70,394,806                           | 95.70%                               | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or | 
| the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:              | 
|                                                                             | 
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| ELECTRON HOUSE (OVERSEAS) LIMITED IS AN INDIRECTLY WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY  | 
| OF AVNET, INC.                                                              | 
| ELECTRON HOUSE (OVERSEAS) LIMITED'S SHAREHOLDERS ARE AVNET, INC AND EBV     | 
| MANAGEMENT GMBH. EBV MANAGEMENT GMBH IS A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF AVNET  | 
| HOLDING GMBH WHICH ITSELF IS A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF AVNET, INC        | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                               | 
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| 10. Name of proxy holder:            | N/A                                  | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy    | N/A                                  | 
| holder will cease to hold:           |                                      | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will  | N/A                                  | 
| cease to hold voting rights:         |                                      | 
|                                      |                                      | 
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| 13. Additional information:          |                                      | 
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| 14 Contact name:                     | Jun Li                               | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        | 001 (480) 643 7198                   | 
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