Holding(s) in Company

Young & Co's Brewery PLC Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (the "Company") 1) Notification pursuant to rule 17 of the AIM Rules On 4 September 2007 3,827 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company were released by the trustee of the Ram Brewery Trust pursuant to the Company's profit sharing scheme. 81,368 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each were also transferred pursuant to the exercise of options under the Company's share option scheme. The recipient was a former director of the Company. The shares referred to above were held in trust by Ram Brewery Trustees Limited. As beneficiaries under that trust as members of the Company's profit-sharing, share option and / or pension schemes, the following directors had an interest in those shares, namely Christopher Sandland, Stephen Goodyear, Torquil Sligo-Young, Peter Whitehead and Patrick Dardis. 2) Notification of a major interest in 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the capital of the Company (ISIN: GB 0009882035) pursuant to rule 17 of the AIM Rules and 5.8.12R (2) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules. On 5 September 2007 the Company received the following notification from Ram Brewery Trustees Limited: ''Pursuant to 5.1.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and following a release yesterday of A Shares pursuant to the Company's profit sharing scheme and the exercise yesterday of options 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) 911,596 voting rights in the Company, being 12.55% of the voting rights, whereas our last notification informed you that we held 1,011,393 voting rights, being 13.92%; B. we held (as direct or indirect shareholder (disregarding for these purposes holdings of financial instruments)) 911,596 voting rights in the Company, being 12.55% of the voting rights, whereas our last notification informed you that we held 1,011,393 voting rights, being 13.92%; 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: ● 699,473 are held by us directly as a result of 699,473 A Shares being registered in our name; and ● 212,123 are held by us indirectly as a result of: (a) 35,423 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.'' 3) Notification of a major interest in 'A' ordinary shares of 50p each in the capital of the Company (ISIN: GB 0009882035) pursuant to rule 17 of the AIM Rules and 5.8.12R (2) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules. On 5 September 2007 the Company received the following notification from James Guillaume Allen Young: ''Pursuant to 5.1.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and following yesterday's exercise of options over A Shares held by the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased and yesterday's redemption of A Shares held in the Company's profit sharing scheme for the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased, I, James Guillaume Allen Young, hereby notify you that: A. I hold (as shareholder and as the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 1,261,315 voting rights in the Company, being 17.36% of the voting rights, whereas my last notification informed you that I held 1,288,717 voting rights being 17.74% 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, whereas my last notification informed you that I held 1,157,757 voting rights, being 15.93% of the voting rights; and C. I hold (as direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 60,222 voting rights in the Company, being 0.83% of the voting rights, whereas my last notification informed you that I held 130,960 voting rights being 1.80% 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; (d) 195,820 A Shares being (or in the process of being) registered in the joint names of Charles Attlee, Andrew Brooke and me (as executors of the estate of John Allen Young, Deceased); and -- 60,222 are held by me as a result of my holding the following financial instruments, namely options over 60,222 A Shares under the Company's share option scheme, all of which options are exercisable now but whose period of exercise expires on 1 April 2008. 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.'' -0- *T Martin Richardson Company Secretarial Administrator 5 September 2007 *T
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