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: ii

EI Group 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

X

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

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

Glenview Capital Management, LLC

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

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

Goldman Sachs International

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC

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

26 May 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

31 May 2017

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

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

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

Total Return Swap

05/06/2017;

04/10/2017;

10/01/2018;

21/02/2018;

07/03/2018;

14/03/2018;

20/03/2018;

05/04/2018;

06/04/2018;

05/06/2018;

06/06/2018;

05/07/2018;

06/07/2018;

23/07/2018;

03/08/2018;

05/10/2018;

05/12/2018;

07/12/2018;

19/12/2018;

21/12/2018;

24/12/2018;

02/01/2019;

03/01/2019;

07/01/2019;

16/01/2019

43,523,930

Nominal

Delta

9.03%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

43,523,930

9.03%

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

Larry Robbins, the CEO of Glenview Capital Management, LLC ("Glenview"), is the ultimate controller of Glenview.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

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

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

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Jonathan Danziger

15. Contact telephone number:

+ 1 212 323 6567