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			Sabien Technology 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):	Change in Ownership of Shareholder			X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: ⁱⁱⁱ		Arthur Leonard Robert Morton (ALRM), Susan Margaret Howard Morton (SMHM) and Morton PTC Limited as Trustee of the Morton Family Trust (MFT)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv		Hawk Investment Holdings Limited
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v		1^st - 14^th December 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		21st December 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}		4%, 3% for ALRM only

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

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B1FPCD38

2,850,000

(MFT)

2,850,000

(MFT)

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

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 date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
Hawk Investment Holdings Limited (HIHL) continues to hold 2,850,000 Sabien Technology Group Plc shares representing 4.54% of the voting rights. HIHL's ownership has transferred from ALRM & SMHM to Morton PTC Limited as Trustee of the MFT. The Board of Directors of the Morton PTC is Albany Directors Limited, Mr Robert Walter Morton and Mrs Susan Margaret Howard Morton. The beneficiaries of the Morton Family Trust are Susan Margaret Howard Morton, Andrew Robert Morton, Edward George Morton, Charles Nicholas Morton and Robert Walter Morton.

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:	Albany Trustee Company Limited
14. Contact name:	Emma McIntosh
15. Contact telephone number:	01481 724136