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

Ladbrokes 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

Schroders plc

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

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

9th July 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

10th July 2013

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

13% - 12%

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 xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary

GB00B0ZSH635

121,069,021

120,775,355

115,928,341

N/A

115,717,533

N/A

12.609%

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

CFD

Call Option

Call Option

Call Option

Call Option

Call Option

N/A

2.03946

2.08278

2.1627

2.2926

2.30317

N/A

30/07/2013

17/07/2013

17/09/2013

29/08/2013

14/08/2013

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

46,908

-890,031

-2,097,168

-599,110

-1,085,529

-1,629,505

Nominal

Delta

0.005%

-0.097%

-0.229%

-0.065%

-0.118%

-0.178%

1

1

1

1

1

1

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

115,764,441

12.614%

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

Cazenove Capital Management Limited - 8,169,963 (0.890%)

Schroder Investment Management Limited - 106,114,582 (11.563%)

Schroder Investment Management North America Limited - 460,357 (0.050%)

Schroder & Co Limited - 1,019,539 (0.111%)

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:

15. Contact telephone number: