Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

Mecom Group plc

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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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 the notification obligation:

Aviva plc & its subsidiaries

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

Registered Holder:

BNY (Nominees) Limited  158,404*

BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 2,112,848*

Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited 17,797,340*

CUIM Nominee Limited 351,066*

Vidacos Nominees Limited 132,230*

*denotes direct interest

BNP Paribas - London 149,766

Chase Nominees Limited 159,350

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

20 January 2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

22 January 2014

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

17% to 16% Change at Direct Interest Level

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary Shares

GB00B3P91873

20,936,004

20,936,004

20,861,004

20,551,888

309,116

16.96%

0.25%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate

Exercise/Conversion Period

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

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

20,861,004

17.21%

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

The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:-

Aviva Investors Global Services Limited:

· Aviva plc (Parent Company)

· Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc)

· Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited)

· Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

See Section 4

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

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

13. Additional information:

Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 121,212,997 as per the Company's Total Voting Rights Announcement of 21 May 2012.

14. Contact name:

Jaime Tham, Company Secretary of Mecom Group plc

15. Contact telephone number:

0207 9257200