Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Young & Co's Brewery PLC

Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. (the “Company”)

Notifications pursuant to AIM Rule 17, including notification of a major interest in A shares of 12.5p each in the Company’s capital (ISIN: GB00B2NDK765) pursuant to 5.8.12R(2) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules

Today, Tuesday, 2 February 2016, the Company was notified that Torquil Sligo-Young, a director, and James Young have transferred 3,216,732 A shares and 46,048 Non-voting shares in the Company to themselves and Caroline Chelton. They hold the shares as joint trustees.

Caroline Chelton also delivered the following written notification to the Company today:

“Pursuant to 5.1.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and following an acquisition of A Shares today and on the basis of information disclosed by the Company under 5.6.1R and 5.6.1A of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, I, Caroline Anne Chelton, hereby notify you that immediately after the time when the obligation to make this notification arose:

A. I held (as shareholder and as the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments falling within 5.3.1R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules) 3,477,736 voting rights in the Company, being 11.7% of the voting rights;

B. I held (as direct or indirect shareholder (disregarding for these purposes holdings of financial instruments)) 3,477,736 voting rights in the Company, being 11.7% of the voting rights;

C. I held (as a result of direct and indirect holdings of financial instruments falling within 5.3.1R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules) 0 voting rights in the Company, being 0% of the voting rights.

Of those:

● 261,004 are held by me directly as a result of 261,004 A Shares being registered in my name; and

● 3,216,732 are held by me directly as a result of 3,216,732 A Shares being soon to be registered in the joint names of James Guillaume Allen Young, Torquil Charles fflorance Barrow Sligo-Young and me.

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 12.5p each in the Company.”

Anthony Schroeder

Company Secretary

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

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