Holding(s) in Company

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

Countrywide 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):

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

Apollo Management VI L.P.

Apollo Alternative Assets L.P.

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

JP Morgan Chase Bank

Pantheon Europe Fund IV Limited

Pantheon Europe Fund V "A", L.P.

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

Transaction date 14 August 2013

Threshold date 16 August 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

16 August 2013

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

17% - 11%

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

GB00B9NWP991

38,462,205

38,462,205

0

0

23,858,831

0

10.9%

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

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

23,858,831

10.9%

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:

N/A

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

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

13. Additional information:

- Apollo Management VI L.P. is the investment manager to, and has the power to determine the exercise of voting rights held indirectly by, AIF VI Euro Holdings L.P.

- AIF VI Euro Holdings, L.P. has entered into an agreement with Pantheon Europe Fund IV Limited and Pantheon Europe Fund V "A", L.P. (together, the "Pantheon Funds") under which the Pantheon Funds grant to AIF VI Euro Holdings, L.P. a power of attorney over the exercise of voting rights attaching to shares in the issuer which are held by the Pantheon Funds. Such power of attorney is exercised by the investment manager to AIF VI Euro Holdings, L.P., Apollo Management VI L.P. The Pantheon Funds together hold less than 3% of the shares and voting rights in the issuer.

- Apollo Alternative Assets L.P. is the service provider to, and has the power to determine the exercise of voting rights held indirectly by, AAA Guarantor-Co-Investor VI, L.P.

- AIF VI Euro Holdings, L.P. and AAA Guarantor-Co-Investor VI, L.P. are in the same group and typically exercise their voting rights in the issuer in the same way; therefore they each have an indirect interest in the shares held by the other.

- JP Morgan acts as custodian to each of AIF VI Euro Holdings, L.P. and AAA Guarantor-Co-Investor VI, L.P.. Shares held by JP Morgan Chase Bank are held as nominee on behalf of AIF VI Euro Holdings, L.P. and AAA Guarantor-Co-Investor VI, L.P.

14. Contact name:

Laurie Medley

15. Contact telephone number:

+1 (212) 515 3484