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

Flowgroup plc

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

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):

CHANGE IN NATURE : SHARES LOANED OUT

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

Aviva plc & its subsidiaries

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

Registered Holder:

Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 48,198,114*

*denotes direct interest

Chase Nominees Limited 2,369,469

Vidacos Nominees Limited 5,178,982

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

31 May 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

01 June 2017

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

18% to 17% Change at Combined Interest level (Box 8A) AND 16% to 15% Change at Direct Interest Level (Box 8A)

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

Ordinary SharesGB00B19H7076

62,746,565*

62,746,565*

55,746,565

48,198,114

7,548,451

15.18%

 2.38%

* Includes Right to Recall Loaned Shares (2,800,000)

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

RIGHT TO RECALL LOANED SHARES

N/A

N/A

7,000,000*

* Direct Interest

2.20%

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

62,746,565

19.76%

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

The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited with the following chain of controlled undertakings:-

Aviva Investors Global Services Limited:

· Aviva plc (Parent Company)

· Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc)

· Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited)

· Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

See Section 4

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

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

13. Additional information:

Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 317,529,078 as per the Company's Result of Open Offer & Result of General Meeting Announcement of

18 May 2015.

14. Contact name:

Michael Dunhill, Aviva plc

15. Contact telephone number:

01603 685988