TR-1 Notification

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing

shares to which voting rights are attached:

Forbidden Technologies plc

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2 Reason for the notification

(please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights [Tick]

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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial

instruments which may result in the acquisition of

shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar

economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

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Other (please specify):

i. Type 1 Disclosure as per the

Transparency Directive II Regulation [Tick]

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

obligation: (iii)

Schroders plc & Schroder Investment Management Limited

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

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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the

threshold is crossed or reached: (v)

10.10.16

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6. Date on which issuer notified:

11.10.16

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

From 12% – 11%

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8. Notified details:

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A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)

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Class/type of shares: Ordinary GB0004740477

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Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Number of Shares: 19,518,364

Number of Voting Rights: 19,518,364

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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares (Direct): 17,924,681

Number of voting rights (Direct) (xi): N/A

Number of voting rights (Indirect) (xii): 17,924,681

% of voting rights (x) (Direct): N/A

% of voting rights (x) (Indirect): 11.911%

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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

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N/A

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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect

to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi)

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N/A

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Total (A+B+C)

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Number of voting rights: 17,924,681

Percentage of voting rights: 11.911%

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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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Schroder Investment Management Limited 17,924,681 11.911%

Proxy Voting:

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10. Name of the proxy holder:

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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to

hold:

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12. Date on which proxy holder will

cease to hold

voting rights:

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13. Additional information:

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios

managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for

clients under investment management agreements. This

disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital

amount 150,486,199.

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14. Contact name:

Chloe Talbot

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15. Contact telephone number:

+44 207 658 6000

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