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

Circumstances giving rise to the notifications

Torquil Sligo-Young has been appointed as the third trustee of a discretionary settlement; the other two trustees are Thomas fflorance Barrow Young and Helena Elizabeth Maitland Young. The trust has in it the following of the Company’s shares, namely 371,216 A shares of 12.5p each and 453,543 non-voting shares of 12.5p each.

The first two trustees have executed a stock transfer form in respect of the A shares; this form is in favour of all three trustees and is dated 6 April 2013. A stock transfer form in respect of the non-voting shares is in the process of being executed, likewise in favour of all three trustees.

Notifications

Today, Torquil Sligo-Young notified the Company of the above and also delivered the following written notification to it:

“Pursuant to 5.1.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and following an acquisition of voting rights on 6 April 2013, I, Torquil Charles fflorance Barrow Sligo-Young, 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 qualifying financial instruments and financial instruments with similar economic effects) 3,856,930 voting rights in the Company, being 13.24% of the voting rights, whereas my last notification informed you that I held 3,485,200 voting rights, being 11.99%;

B. I held (as direct or indirect shareholder (disregarding for these purposes holdings of financial instruments)) 3,856,930 voting rights in the Company, being 13.24% of the voting rights, whereas my last notification informed you that I held 3,485,200 voting rights, being 11.99%;

C. I held (as a result of direct and indirect holdings of qualifying financial instruments) 0 voting rights in the Company, being 0% of the voting rights, which was the same amount notified in my last notification; and

D. I was deemed to have held (as a result of direct and indirect holdings of financial instruments having similar economic effects to (but not including) qualifying financial instruments in C. above, if any) 0 voting rights in the Company, being 0% of the voting rights.

Of those:

● 268,982 are held by me directly as a result of 268,982 A Shares being registered in my name;

● 371,216 are held by me directly as a result of 371,216 A Shares being soon to be registered in the joint names of Thomas fflorance Barrow Young, Helena Elizabeth Maitland Young and me; and

● 3,216,732 are held by me directly as a result of 3,216,732 A Shares being registered in the joint names of Thomas fflorance Barrow Young, James Guillaume Allen 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 shares of 12.5p each in the Company.”

Anthony Schroeder

Company Secretary

Tuesday, 13 August 2013

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