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

ISG 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):

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

Cathexis Holdings, LP

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

 Cathexis Stocks, LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cathexis Holdings, LP, holds 32,875,089 ordinary shares;

(1) N.Y. Nominees Limited holds 29,775,078 ordinary shares as nominee for Cathexis Stocks, LP;

 (2) Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Limited holds 3,100,011 ordinary shares as nominee for Cathexis Stocks, LP; and,

(3) Cathexis UK Holdings Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cathexis Holdings, LP, has received acceptances in respect of its mandatory offer for ISG plc in respect of 13,694,570 ordinary shares

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

21 March 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

22 March 2016

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

93.75% - 94.11%

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

Ordinary Shares

46,392,417

46,392,417

46,569,659

46,569,659

94.11%

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

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

Cathexis Stocks, LP and Cathexis UK Holdings Limited are both wholly owned subsidiaries of Cathexis Holdings, LP.

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: