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Young & Co's Brewery PLC Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (the "Company") Notification pursuant to rule 17 of the AIM Rules and Notifications relating to a major interest in shares pursuant to AIM Rule 17 and 5.8.12R (2) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules in relation to 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company (ISIN: GB0009882035) Circumstances giving rise to the notifications On Monday, 8 October 2007, James Young, a former director, exercised his right to acquire 60,222 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company's capital - he acquired 49,592 of those shares from the trustee of the Ram Brewery Trust at 587.5p per share and 10,630 of those shares from the trustee of the Ram Brewery Trust at 1137.5p per share - he then sold all of those shares. Notification pursuant to rule 17 of the AIM Rules As beneficiaries of the Ram Brewery Trust as members of the Company's profit-sharing, share option and/or pension schemes, each of Christopher Sandland, Stephen Goodyear, Torquil Sligo-Young, Peter Whitehead and Patrick Dardis had an interest in the shares held by the trustee of the Ram Brewery Trust. Each of that director's interests has been reduced accordingly following today's notification to the Company. Notifications relating to a major interest in shares pursuant to AIM Rule 17 and 5.8.12R (2) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules in relation to 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company (ISIN: GB0009882035) ___________________________ Ram Brewery Trustees Limited notified the Company of the following today, 10 October 2007: Pursuant to 5.1.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and following the exercise of options over 60,222 A Shares on 8 October 2007 under the Company's share option schemes, we, Ram Brewery Trustees Limited, hereby notify you that immediately after the time when the obligation to make this notification arose: A. we held (as shareholder and as the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 675,685 voting rights in the Company, being 9.3% of the voting rights, whereas our last notification informed you that we held 735,907 voting rights, being 10.13%; B. we held (as direct or indirect shareholder (disregarding for these purposes holdings of financial instruments)) 675,685 voting rights in the Company, being 9.3% of the voting rights, whereas our last notification informed you that we held 735,907 voting rights, being 10.13%; and C. we held (as direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 0 voting rights in the Company, being 0% of the voting rights, and this number has not changed since our last notification. Of those: ● 323,784 are held by us directly as a result of 323,784 A Shares being registered in our name; and ● 351,901 are held by us indirectly as a result of: (a) 175,201 A Shares being registered in the name of Cazenove Nominees Limited; and (b) 176,700 A Shares being registered in the name of Chase (GA External Pension) Nominees Limited A/C 30. Words or expressions used in the Disclosure and Transparency Rules have the same meaning when used in this notification, and references to "A Shares" are to 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company. ___________________________ James Young notified the Company of the following yesterday, 9 October 2007: Pursuant to 5.1.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and following yesterday's exercise of options over 60,222 A Shares held by me and yesterday's sale of 60,222 A Shares by me, I, James Guillaume Allen Young, hereby notify you that: A. I hold (as shareholder and as the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 1,201,093 voting rights in the Company, being 16.53% of the voting rights, whereas my last notification informed you that I held 1,261,315 voting rights being 17.36% of the voting rights; B. I hold (as direct or indirect shareholder (disregarding for these purposes holdings of financial instruments)) 1,201,093 voting rights in the Company, being 16.53% of the voting rights, which is the same number and percentage of voting rights as is referred to in my last notification; and C. I hold (as direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 0 voting rights in the Company, being 0% of the voting rights, whereas my last notification informed you that I held 60,222 voting rights being 0.83% of the voting rights. Of those: -- 151,766 are held by me directly as a result of 151,766 'A' Shares being registered in my name; -- 1,049,327 are held by me directly as a result of: (a) 804,183 A Shares being registered in the joint names of Thomas fflorance Barrow Young, me and Torquil Charles fflorance Barrow Sligo-Young; (b) 40,637 A Shares being registered in the joint names of Helena Elizabeth Maitland Young and me; (c) 8,687 A Shares being registered in the joint names of Thomas fflorance Barrow Young and me; and (d) 195,820 A Shares being registered in the joint names of Charles Attlee, Andrew Brooke and me (as executors of the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased). Words or expressions used in the Disclosure and Transparency Rules have the same meaning when used in this notification, and references to "A Shares" are to 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company. ___________________________ Anthony Schroeder Company Secretary 10 October 2007
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