Holding(s) in Company

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

RPC Group PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

No

Other (please specify):

No

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group

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

See additional information under 13

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

13th March 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

17th March 2014

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

Above the threshold of 5%

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

N/A

N/A

114,583

114,583

9,045,700

0.069%

5.431%

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

9,160,283

5.500%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc, which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wagner Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asste Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

N/A

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

N/A

13. Additional information:

Registered Owner

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 39364 1,851,156

The Bank of New York

(Nominees) Limited A/c 52401 81 26,941

HSBC Global Custody

Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c 5000212310 194,480

Vidacos Nominees Ltd A/c 6012918307 506,927

HSBC Global Custody

Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 740190 32,467

HSBC Global Custody

Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 739874 140,363

HSBC Global Custody

Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 740311 16,074

The Bank of New York

(Nominees) Limited A/c PTG 15303/09997799 147,220

HSBC Global Custody

Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 811056 55,546

Chase Nominees Ltd A/c 44729 98,221

Northtrust Nominees LTD A/c BBH05 192,925

William & Glyns (Isle of Man)

Nominees Ltd A/c 301780 60,329

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA05 330,575

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA07 2,179,373

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 27642 35,874

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07197 78,709

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479 3,672

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA12 46,417

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA14 13,856

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 34789 113,549

Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c WWSF0004002 326,283

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10491 2,443,255

Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10488 265,981

14. Contact name:

Rebecca Joyce, Company Secretary

15. Contact telephone number:

01933 410 064