Result of EGM

9 January 2015

Countrywide plc

Voting results of the General Meeting held on 8 January 2015

Countrywide plc (the 'Company') announces that its General Meeting held at 10.00 am at Vintners Place, 68 Upper Thames Street, London, EC4V 3BJ on 8 January 2015 was successfully concluded. The ordinary resolution (the 'Resolution') to approve the Waiver by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers under Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers was duly passed by Independent Shareholders of the Company (being shareholders of the Company other than funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management (UK) LLP or any persons acting in concert with such funds) by way of a poll vote. The votes in favour of the Resolution represent 74.01 % of the 111,871,627 shares whose votes were cast at the meeting. The Independent Directors believe a share repurchase programme is an effective method of returning capital and, as stated in the Circular, the Waiver is fair and reasonable and in the best interests of the Company and the Independent Shareholders as a whole. The Company intends to engage with shareholders who voted against the Resolution in order to understand their concerns.

A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution. There were no votes withheld on this occasion.

The poll results are also to be posted on the Company's website.

Capitalised terms used, but not defined in this announcement, shall have the meaning as given to them in the Circular to shareholders (the 'Circular'), which included the Notice of General Meeting, published by the Company on 15 December 2014. A copy of the Circular is available on the Company's website at www.countrywide.co.uk.

Enquiries:

Jim Clarke

Group Chief Financial Officer

+44(0)7970 477299

Gareth Williams

Company Secretary

Countrywide plc

17 Duke Street

Chelmsford

Essex CM1 1HP