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

Crest Nicholson Holdings 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

X

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

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

York Capital Management Global Advisors, LLC.

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

15/10/2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

16/10/2013

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

Above 6%

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

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

ISIN:

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

Contact for difference (CFD)

To be determined by counterparty

Latest Expiration Date: 02/10/14

15,310,118

Nominal

Delta

6.08

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

15,310,118

6.08%

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

York Capital Management Global Advisors, LLC is the manager of, and controls the voting rights (if any) held by York European Strategies Trading Limited, York European Opportunities Investments Master Fund, L.P., York European Focus Master Fund, L.P., York Credit Opportunities Fund, L.P. and York Credit Opportunities Investments Master Fund, L.P.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

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:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 251,427,287.

14. Contact name:

Mark Schein-Chief Compliance Officer

15. Contact telephone number:

001 212 300 1372

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in share

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

York Capital Management Global Advisors, LLC

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

767 Fifth Ave, 17th Floor, New York NY 10153

Phone number & email

001 212 300 1372

[email protected]

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

Mark Schein - Chief Compliance Officer

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Benjamin Kieft

Contact address

Arnold & Porter (UK) LLP, Tower 42, 25 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1HQ

Phone number & email

0207 786 6132

[email protected]

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

Solicitors for York Capital Management

C: Additional information

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.