Securities information

Fairpoint Group PLC is currently listed on the Alternative Investment Market. The company is not listed, and there are no intentions to list on any other Exchanges.

As of the 1^st of January 2010 there were 42,870,578 ordinary shares of £0.01 in issue. None of these shares are held in treasury.

There are no restrictions on the transfer of Fairpoint Group PLC shares.

As of the 1^st of January 2010, of the share capital, 36.45% of the shares were not in public hands.

Major shareholdings are shown below.

Substantial Shareholdings

The following parties have notified the company that they were interested in 3% or more of the issued share capital of the company as of the 1^st of January 2010.

Name	Number of ordinary shares	% of issued share capital
Hanover Investors Management LLP	10,535,180	24.57%
Fortelus Capital Management LLP	2,999,287	7.00%
J Reynard	2,720,876	6.35%
P Latham	2,649,319	6.18%
A Redmond	2,440,922	5.69%
Invesco Asset Management	2,100,000	4.90%
CS Mindenhall	1,924,074	4.49%
KL Yirrell	1,753,703	4.09%
Gartmore Investment Management	1,607,773	3.75%
K Seeley	1,524,636	3.56%