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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 Notification 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 Friday, 4 January 2008, Ram Brewery Trustees Limited, as trustee of the Ram Brewery Trust, released 13,087 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company's capital under the Company's profit sharing scheme. None of the recipients was a director of the Company. 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. Notification 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, 7 January 2008: Pursuant to 5.1.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and following the release of 13,087 A Shares on 4 January 2008 under the Company's profit sharing scheme, 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) 569,691 voting rights in the Company, being 7.84% of the voting rights, whereas our last notification informed you that we held 652,995 voting rights, being 8.99%; B. we held (as direct or indirect shareholder (disregarding for these purposes holdings of financial instruments))569,691 voting rights in the Company, being 7.84% of the voting rights, whereas our last notification informed you that we held 652,995 voting rights, being 8.99%; 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: ● 293,464 are held by us directly as a result of 293,464 A Shares being registered in our name; and ● 276,227 are held by us indirectly as a result of: (a) 99,527 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. Anthony Schroeder Company Secretary 7 January 2008
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