Holding(s) in Company

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

McCarthy & Stone 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

X

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

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

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

ELQ Investors VIII Ltd

Goldman Sachs International

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

25 January 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

27 January 2017

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

Above 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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00BYNVD082

20,424,767

20,424,767

20,102,185

3.74%

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

Stock Loan (Physical)

Open

18,243,258

3.40%

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

38,345,443

7.14%

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

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; 38,345,443 shares; 7.14%

Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C. (Controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.); 20,102,185 shares; 3.74%

Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited (Controlled by Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C.); 20,102,185 shares; 3.74%

Goldman Sachs Group Holdings (U.K.) Limited (Controlled by Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited); 20,102,185 shares; 3.74%

ELQ Investors VIII Ltd (Controlled by Goldman Sachs Group Holdings (U.K.) Limited); 20,102,185 shares; 3.74%

Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C. (Controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.) ; 18,243,258 shares; 3.40%

Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited (Controlled by Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C.) ; 18,243,258 shares; 3.40%

Goldman Sachs International (Controlled by Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited) ; 18,243,258 shares; 3.40%

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:

Please note, total amount of voting rights have been rounded to 2 decimal places therefore there is a possibility of a rounding error.

General email contact:

[email protected]

14. Contact name:

Peter Chisholm

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 207 051 9612