TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

Hastings Group Holdings plc

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

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

ü

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

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

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

Hastings Investco Limited

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

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

14 December 2016

01 March 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

03 March 2017

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

Every percentage between 40% and 25% (inclusive)

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

GB00BYRJH519

265,691,392

265,691,392

162,472,492

24.72%

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

Stock Loan (Physical)

Open

5,919

0.001%

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

162,478,411

24.72%

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

Goldman, Sachs & Co. is Controlled by The Goldman, Sachs & Co. L.L.C., which is Controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is the sole voting, but non-managing, member of Broad Street Control Advisors L.L.C.

Broad Street Control Advisors L.L.C. is managed by Goldman, Sachs & Co.. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a limited partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co., holding a 99.76% interest and The Goldman, Sachs & Co. L.L.C. is the general partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co., holding a 0.24% interest. The Goldman, Sachs & Co. L.L.C. is wholly-owned by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Broad Street Control Advisors, L.L.C. is the general partner of Hastings A, L.P., holding all voting interests in Hastings A, L.P.

Hastings A, L.P. holds voting rights in Hastings Group Holdings plc indirectly as a voting shareholder of Hastings Holdco Limited.

Hastings Holdco Limited is the sole shareholder of Hastings Investco Limited.

Hastings Investco Limited holds 27.04% of the ordinary share capital of Hastings Group Holdings plc.

A representative of Hastings A, L.P. is entitled to direct Hastings Holdco Limited to cause Hastings Investco Limited to exercise the voting rights attaching to the shares of Hastings Group Holdings plc held by Hastings Investco Limited attributable to: (i) Hastings A, L.P., representing 22.99% of voting rights in Hastings Group Holdings plc; and (ii) Narmali Utley, representing 1.73% of the voting rights in Hastings Group Holdings 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:

Please note, total amount of voting rights have been rounded to 2 decimal places therefore there is a possibility of a rounding error.

General email contact:

[email protected]

14. Contact name:

Joanna Foley

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 207 051 9996