Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

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

Action Hotels PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

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): Privately negotiated financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

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

Blakeney LLP

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

Blakeney LLP as investment advisor manager of the funds listed in Section 9.

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

13th March 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

14th March 2017

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

14%

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

JE00BFZD1492

17,417,122

17,417,122

15,858,040

15,858,040

10.74%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

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

% of votingrights

Option

19/12/2018

23/12/2015-19/12/2018

4,763,540

3.23%

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

20,621,580

13.97%

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

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

Blakeney LLP

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

Not applicable

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

Not applicable

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Mike Toomey

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7352 4117