Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

Young & Co's Brewery PLC

Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. (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 shares of 12.5p each in the capital of the Company (ISIN: GB00B2NDK765)

Yesterday, 18 June 2012, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited notified the Company that following an acquisition of voting rights on 14 June 2012, BlackRock, Inc. indirectly held 2,363,000 voting rights in the Company, being 8.13% of the voting rights attached to A Shares. Of this total holding, 917,619 voting rights are directly held in the name of BlackRock UK Special Situations Fund, being 3.16% of the voting rights attached to the A Shares.

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, 19 June 2012