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

Private & Commercial Finance 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: Refer to section 13

X

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

AXA Investment Managers S.A.

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

Update on exposure since a placing of convertible fixed rate loan notes in September 2013.

6. Date on which issuer notified:

23 April 2014

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

5.00 %

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

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

Convertible Loan notes - PCFLN 6 09/30/16

GB00B8986Z71

0.085

30/09/2016

31/03/2013 - 30/09/2016

2,961,454 *

5.59 %

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

2,961,454

5.59 %

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:

* These financial instruments are secured convertible fixed rate loan notes of £1 each issued by the Issuer ("CLNs") which are convertible into 2,961,454 new ordinary shares in the Issuer. Exposure would on conversion represent:

(i) 5.59% of the voting rights of the Issuer as enlarged by such conversion or

(ii) 1.74% of the fully diluted share capital of the Issuer as enlarged by the full conversion of all CLNs.

14. Contact name:

Pascaline Haye

15. Contact telephone number:

+33 (0)1 44 45 77 01