Holding(s) in Company

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

McColl's Retail 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

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

Transfer of trusteeship where shares are held on trust

X

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

James Lancaster

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.): iv

1)James Lancaster (8,149,500 shares)

2)James Lancaster, Margaret Lancaster and Simon Jonathan Miller as Trustees of the James Lancaster Family Settlement (3,250,000 shares)

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

22 March 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

22 March 2017

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

reached: vi, vii

9%

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

ISIN:

GB00BJ3VW957

11,399,500

11,399,500

11,399,500

11,399,500

0

9.89%

0

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/ConversionPeriod xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

 N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate xvii

Exercise/Conversionperiod xviii

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

 N/A

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 11,399,500

 9.89%

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

N/A

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 N/A

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

 N/A

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

 N/A

13. Additional information:

Simon Jonathan Miller has retired as Trustee of the James Lancaster Family Settlement (the "Trust") and Michael James Lancaster has been appointed in his place.

The Trust's shares in McColl's Retail Group plc (the "Company") have been transferred accordingly. James Lancaster and Margaret Lancaster both remain trustees of the Trust.

James Lancaster's combined holdings in the Company in both his personal name and as co-trustee of the Trust exceeded 9% of the Company's total issued share capital prior to the transfer. This remains unaffected by the change of his co-trustee.

14. Contact name:

 Michael Armstrong, Forsters LLP

15. Contact telephone number:

 0207 863 8596