Holding(s) 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: i

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

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 : RETURN OF LOANED SHARES

X

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

Aviva plc & its subsidiaries

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

Registered Holder:

BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 1,365,073* 

Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 22,068,022*

Chase Nominees Limited 211,751*

CUIM Nominee Limited 392,914*

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited 13,017,207*

State Street Nominees Limited 2,929,242*

Available on Request 5,735*

*denotes direct interest

BNP Paribas - London 187,908

Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 437,120

Chase Nominees Limited 2,719,331

Vidacos Nominees Limited 1,993,174

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

07 February 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

08 February 2017

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

6% to 7% Change at Direct Interest Level

(Box 8A)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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 SharesGB00BYNVD082

45,440,477*

45,440,477*

45,327,477

39,989,944

5,337,533

7.44%

1.00%

* (includes Right to recall loaned shares (2,735,675)

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

RIGHT TO RECALL LOANED SHARES

N/A

N/A

113,000*

* Direct Interest

0.02%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

45,440,477

8.46%

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

The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited and Friends Provident International 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)

Friends Provident International Limited:

· Aviva plc (Parent Company)

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

· Friends Provident International Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group 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 537,314,069, as per the Company's Announcement of admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange announcement of 11 November 2015.

14. Contact name:

Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc

15. Contact telephone number:

01603 684420