Annual Financial Report

Annual Financial Report and Notice of Annual General Meeting

Shaftesbury PLC (the "Company") announces that the following documents have today been published and sent or made otherwise available to shareholders:

• 2018 Annual Report for the year ended 30 September 2018;

• Notice of Annual General Meeting; and

• Form of Proxy.

The above documents will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism. They will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM

The 2018 Annual Report and Notice of Annual General Meeting will also shortly be available on the Company's website at https://www.shaftesbury.co.uk/en/investor-relations.html

The Company's preliminary results for the year ended 30 September 2018 were released via RNS on 27 November 2018.

The Company's Annual General Meeting will be held on 8 February 2019 at 11am at Ham Yard Hotel, 1 Ham Yard, London W1D 7DT.

Penny Thomas

Company Secretary

19 December 2018

020 7333 8118