The MTL Instruments Group plc

14 August 2006

Holding in the Company

The MTL Instruments Group plc ('MTL' or the 'Company') announces that it has today received notification that AXA S.A. and its subsidiary companies now hold 2,672,948 ordinary shares in MTL, representing 13.9% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

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The MTL Instruments Group plc
Lynda Wilkins
Telephone: 01582 407534