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

Booker Group plc

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

a

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

Dr. Michael Schmidt-Ruthenbeck

Gebr. Schmidt Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH

Gebr. Schmidt GmbH & Co KG

BVG Beteiligungs- und Vermögensverwaltungs-GmbH

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

Metro Cash & Carry International Holding B.V.

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

4 July 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

4 July 2012

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

Above 9%

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

ORD 1p

0

0%

-

-

156621525

-

9.08%

GB00B01TND91

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

156621525

9.08%

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

As a result of voting arrangements between BVG Beteiligungs- und Vermögensverwaltungs-GmbH (BVG) and Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH, Haniel Finance Deutschland GmbH and Haniel Finance B.V. (see the separate notification of Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH, Haniel Finance Deutschland GmbH and Haniel Finance B.V.) BVG Beteiligungs- und Vermögensverwaltungs-GmbH is capable of exercising 50.01% of the voting rights in Metro AG.

Metro AG is the group parent undertaking of Metro Cash & Carry International Holding B.V. (listed in box 4) and as such, the above listed entity is indirect holder of the voting rights in Booker Group plc.

Dr. Michael Schmidt-Ruthenbeck, Gebr. Schmidt Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH and Gebr. Schmidt GmbH & Co KG are parent undertakings of BVG Beteiligungs- und Vermögensverwaltungs-GmbH and therefore each is indirect holder of the voting rights in Booker Group plc.

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:

A separate notification has been made in respect of Metro AG, Metro Groß- und Lebensmitteleinzelhandel Holding GmbH, Metro Cash & Carry International GmbH and Metro Cash & Carry International GmbH.

14. Contact name:

BVG Beteiligungs- und Vermögensverwaltungs-GmbH Michael Wüller (CEO)

15. Contact telephone number:

Phone: +49 201 245 150Email: [email protected]