RNS Number:2928C
Senior PLC
16 August 2007




TR-1 (i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
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1.    Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
      voting rights are attached (ii):

Senior plc

2.    Reason for the notification:

An acquisition or disposal of Voting Rights

3.    Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

Barclays PLC

4.    Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):

Barclays Bank PLC
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd
Barclays Global Investors Ltd
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd
Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd
Gerrard Investment Management Limited

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

14 August 2007

6.    Date on which issuer notified:

16 August 2007

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

6% to 5%

8.    Notified details:

A:    Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type    Situation previous to the   Resulting situation after the triggering
of shares     Triggering transaction(vi)  transaction (viii)

              Number of   Number of       Number of   Number of Voting   % of Voting
              Shares      Voting          Shares      Rights             Rights
                          Rights (viii)               Direct  Indirect   Direct  Indirect
                                                      (x)     (xi) 
GB0007958233  23,423,014  23,423,014      22,235,651  0       23,235,651 0.00    5.96


B:    Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

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

TOTAL (A+B)

Number of voting rights % of voting rights

23,235,651              5.96


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

Barclays Bank PLC
Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd
Barclays Capital Securities Ltd
Barclays Global Investors Ltd
Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd
Barclays Stockbrokers Ltd
Gerrard Investment Management Limited

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:

14.   Contact name:

A Bodenham, Company Secretary, Senior plc

15.   Contact telephone number:

01923 714745

Annex to 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):

Senior plc

Contact address (registered office for legal entities):

59/61 High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1RH.

Phone number:

01923 714745

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

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

Full name:

A Bodenham

Contact address:

59/61 High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1RH.

Phone number:

01923 714745

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


C: Additional information :

Notes to the Forms
(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 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.

(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 numberand percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there
       is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.

(x)    Voting rights 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 financial 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 5% 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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