RTC : Holding in Company

For filings with the FCA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii	RTC GROUP PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
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
Other (please specify): Acquisition of shares from Bespoke Venture Capital LLP		x
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	Gerard Anthony Mason
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	N/A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	26 January 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:	26 January 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi,vii	3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%, 8%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii,ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights x
			Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB0002920121	415,000	415,000	1,178,735	415,000	763,735	2.85%	5.25%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial	Expiration	Exercise/	Number of voting	% of voting
instrument	date xiii	Conversion Period xiv	rights that may be	rights
			acquired if the
			instrument is
			exercised/ converted.
N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration datexvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix,xx
N/A	Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
1,178,735	8.10%

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

N/A

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
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:	Shares acquired from Bespoke Venture Capital LLP. Shareholding will be indirect until transfer can be registered following new share certificate being obtained by the transferor.
14. Contact name:	Atticus Legal LLP
15. Contact telephone number:	0161 957 8888