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NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

Dublin, Ireland – 19 June 2006

  1. Name of company

    AgCert International plc

  2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

     ANX LLC

  3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     The notification is regarding the holding of ANX LLC

  4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them

     ANX LLC

  5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

     N/A

  6. Percentage of issued class

     N/A

  7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

     11,174,106

  8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)

     6.6%

  9. Class of security

     Ordinary shares Euro 0.0001

  10. Date of transaction

     14th June 2006

  11. Date listed company informed

     16th June 2006

  12. Total holding following this notification

     5,401,894

  13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.2%

  14. Any additional information

     ANX LLC (FORMERLY AGCERT INTERNATIONAL LLC) HAS NOTIFIED THE COMPANY THAT IT HAS TRANSFERRED 11,174,106 ORDINARY SHARES IN THE COMPANY (“ ORDINARY SHARES") TO ANX LLC UNIT HOLDERS WHO HAVE EXERCISED THEIR RIGHT TO CALL FOR THE DISTRIBUTION TO THEM OF ORDINARY SHARES ON THE BASIS CONTEMPLATED IN THE LISTING PARTICULARS PUBLISHED BY THE COMPANY ON 3 JUNE 2005. EACH UNIT HOLDER OF ANX LLC WHO HAS EXERCISED HIS RIGHT TO CALL FOR ORDINARY SHARES HAS ENTERED INTO AN ORDERLY MARKETING AGREEMENT WITH THE COMPANY, NOMURA CODE SECURITIES LIMITED, HOARE GOVETT LIMITED AND ABN AMRO ROTHCHILDS IN SIMILAR TERMS TO THE ORDERLY MARKETING AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BY ANX LLC AT THE TIME OF FLOTATION OF THE COMPANY ON 7 JUNE 2005. THE PROHIBITION ON DISPOSAL OF ORDINARY SHARES EXPIRED ON 7 JUNE 2006, HOWEVER THE ORDERLY MARKET AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT FOR A FURTHER 12 MONTHS DISPOSALS WILL BE NOTIFIED TO AND BE MADE THROUGH THE COMPANY'S BROKERS OR ANOTHER BROKER APPROVED BY THEM.

  15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     PJ Browne

    00 353 1 245 7400

  16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification

     Una Henry

    Date of notification

    19th June 2006

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