Holding in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:

Galliford Try plc

2 Reason for the notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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):

Issuer requested notification

YES

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation:

Aberforth Partners LLP

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):

Shareholder Shares

1. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc 3,799,716

2. Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund 996,422

3. Aberforth Geared Income Trust plc 1,050,831

All shares are registered in the name of Nortrust Nominees Ltd A/c Aberfrth

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:

N/A

6. Date on which issuer notified:

13/09/2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:

7%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary

 4,110,223

 4,110,223

5,846,969

N/A

5,846,969

N/A

7.14%

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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversion Period

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

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

5,846,969

7.14%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Held by Aberforth Partners LLP

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Alison White - Galliford Try plc

15. Contact telephone number:

0189 855 000 / 01895 855 006