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

The People's Operator 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

James Oliver Rosenfeld

Matthew Harry Rosenfeld

Joanna Sarah Rosenfeld

Naomi Rebecca Rosenfeld

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

JIM Nominees Limited

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

19 January 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

20 January 2017

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

18%,17%,16%,15%,14%,13%,12%,11% to reach 10%

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

GB00BSJWQH14

21,639,133

21,639,133

11,639,133

5,819,567

5,819,566

5.11%

5.11%

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

11,639,133

10.21%

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

Each of the persons named in 3 above have disposed of 2,500,000 Ordinary Shares leaving the following remaining beneficial holdings:

James Rosenfeld - 2,909,784 Ordinary Shares

Matthew Rosenfeld - 2,909,783 Ordinary Shares

Joanna Rosenfeld - 2,909,783 Ordinary Shares

Naomi Rosenfeld - 2,909,783 Ordinary Shares

All of the shares are registered in the name of JIM Nominees Limited.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

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

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

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

James Rosenfeld

15. Contact telephone number:

07500 048 038