Holding(s) in Company

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

Melrose Industries 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 the notification obligation: iii

Permian Investment Partners, LP

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.):iv

See Section 9

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

19 August 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

21 August 2016

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

4%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of

Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct

xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00BZIG4322

5,334,076

5,334,076

7,000,000

7,000,000

4.82%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration

date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

Right of Recall

6,360,372

4.38%

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

xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Exercise price

Expiratio n 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

13,360,372

9.21%

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

Controlled Undertaking

Percentage

Holding

Permian Nautilus Master

Fund,

LP

3.39%

Gothic ERP, LLC

0.13%

Gothic HSP Corporation

0.22%

Gothic Corporation

0.65%

The Duke Endowment

0.26%

Vanderbilt University

0.32%

Permian Master Fund, LP

4.24%

Grand Total

9.21%

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:

Email: [email protected]

14. Contact name:

Joseph W. Swain

15. Contact telephone number:

212-257-6066