Notification of Major Interest in Shares

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

Stock Spirits Group PLC

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

x

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 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

19 November 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

22 November 2013

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

Ordinary shares of 10 pence each

N/A

N/A

115,031

115,031

9,924,990

0.058%

4.962%

GB00BF5SDZ96

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

CFD

16,885

Nominal

Delta

0.008%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

10,056,906

5.028%

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 Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset 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:

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:

Registered Owner

Littledown Nominees Ltd

A/c 39364

3,376,144

The Bank Of New York (Nominees ) Limited

A/c  52401 81

49,955

HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd

A/c 5000212310

445,256

The Bank Of New York (Nominees) Limited

A/c PTG 10972

449,849

The Bank Of New York (Nominees) Limited

A/c PTG 14556

16,885

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited

A/c 740190

56,459

HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited

A/c  739874

270,565

 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited

A/c  740311

26,425

 Chase Nominees Ltd

A/c  44729

131,911

Littledown Nominees Ltd

A/c  ZLA05

477,163

Littledown Nominees Ltd

A/c  ZLA07

3,372,247

Littledown Nominees Ltd

A/c  07197

115,031

Littledown Nominees Ltd

A/c  ZLA12

82,423

Littledown Nominees Ltd

A/c  ZLA14

22,155

Littledown Nominees Ltd

A/c  34789

173,227

Littledown Nominees Ltd

A/c  10488

423,799

14. Contact name:

Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group

15. Contact telephone number:

01793 363135