IMTE I-Mate

RNS Number:4305N
i-mate plc
07 December 2006



For immediate release                                            7 December 2006

                                   i-mate plc

                         Notification of s.198 Notice

i-mate plc (London AIM:IMTE) received on 6th December 2006, the following s.198
notification dated 6 December 2006:

Schroder Investment Management Limited has an interest in 9,907,350 i-mate plc
5p Ordinary shares ("shares") which are held in portfolios managed by it for
clients under investment management agreements.

Included in this figure are:

1.       3,171,903 shares held in unit trusts operated and managed by an
affiliated company, Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (SUTL), and registered or to be
registered in the name of Chase Nominees Limited.
2.       6,735,447 shares neither registered or to be registered in the name of
Schroder Nominees Limited. The registration details are as follows:

REGISTRATION                                                           AMOUNT

British Coal Staff Superannuation a/c P                              2,248,244
JP Morgan Bank Luxembourg S.A                                        1,666,759
Chase Nominees Limited                                                 150,000
Mineworkers Pension Scheme a/c:R                                     2,370,444
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                              300,000

TOTAL                                                                6,735,447

A fellow subsidiary, Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (SIMNA
Ltd), is managing a portfolio on a similar basis holding a further 2,000,000
shares. These shares are registered or to be registered in the name of Chase
Nominees Limited.

Schroder Investment Management Limited and its affiliated company are therefore
interested in a total overall aggregate of 11,907,350 shares, representing some
9.946% of the total number of shares in issue, namely 119,722,915.

This notification is made in respect of Schroder Investment Management Limited
in respect of its interest as investment managers, in respect of SUTL's
interests they are treated as having respectively under the Companies Act 1985
(the "Act") and by Schroders plc, Schroder Investment Management Limited's
holding company, which is treated as having an interest in all of the above
shares under the Act by virtue of its ownership of SUTL and Schroder Investment
Management Limited.

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