| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares | ||||
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Mothercare plc | |||
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | YES | |||
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | ||||
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | ||||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ||||
| Other (please specify): | ||||
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Aberforth Partners LLP | |||
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Nortust Nominees Ltd | |||
| 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): | 17/03/2017 | |||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 20/03/2017 | |||
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 5% | |||
| 8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||||||||
| Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
| Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||
| Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
| Ordinary | 4,484,825 | 4,484,825 | 6,959,037 | N/A | 6,959,037 | N/A | 4.07 | |||||||||
| GB0009067447 | ||||||||||||||||
| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion Period | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. | % of voting rights | ||||||||||||
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||
| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
| Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/ Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights | |||||||||||
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||
| N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
| Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
| 6,959,037 | 4.07 | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||
| Held by Aberforth Partners LP | ||
| Proxy Voting: | ||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | |
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | N/A | |
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | N/A | |
13. Additional information: | ||
| 14. Contact name: | Pauline Robson, Aberforth Partners LLP | |
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 0131 220 0733 | |