Holding(s) in Company

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

Virgin Money Holdings (UK) 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

Virgin Group Holdings Limited

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

N/A

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

14 July 2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

14 July 2015

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

Remains above 35%

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 GB00BQ8P0644

155,120,454

155,120,454

155,120,454

155,120,454

35.1

ORD 0.01P SHARES

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

155,120,454

35.1%

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

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:

Virgin Financial Investments Limited ("VFIL") owned 35.1% of the issued ordinary shares in Virgin Money Holdings (UK) PLC ("the Shares") following its IPO in November 2014.

As part of an internal group reorganisation, VFIL has transferred the Shares to Virgin Group Holdings Limited.

14. Contact name:

Adam Key, Investor Relations/

Katie Marshall, Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7111 1311/ 0191 279 6482