Issue of Equity

Applegreen plc ("Applegreen" or the "Company")

Issue of Ordinary Shares

Dublin, London, 16 March 2016: Application has been made to the Irish Stock Exchange and to the London Stock Exchange for 500,000 new ordinary shares of nominal value EUR0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to be admitted to trading on the ESM market of the Irish Stock Exchange and to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission"). Admission is expected to occur on 22nd March 2016.

These Ordinary Shares have been allotted pursuant to the exercise of options under the 2014 Share Option Scheme. These Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing Ordinary Shares.

 Following Admission, the allotted, called up and fully paid ordinary shares of Applegreen plc will be 80,121,053 of nominal value EUR0.01 each.

For further enquiries, please contact:

Applegreen

Bob Etchingham, CEO / Paul Lynch CFO +353 (0) 1 512 4800

Drury Porter Novelli (Irish media):

Paddy Hughes +353 (0) 1 260 5000

Powerscourt (UK and international media):

Lisa Kavanagh +44 (0) 20 7250 1446

Simon Compton

Goodbody

Simon Howley +353 (0) 1 667 0420

Siobhan Wall

Shore Capital

Stephane Auton +44 (0) 20 7408 4090

Patrick Castle