TR-1: 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 are Candover Investments plcattached:ii 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which mayresult in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights areattached An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect toqualifying financial instruments An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Disclosure of revised position X following the sale of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Limited toOther (please specify): Aberdeen Asset Management PLC on 31 March 2014 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the Lloyds Banking Group plcnotification obligation:iii 4. Full name of shareholder(s) See Section 9 (if different from 3.):iv 5. Date of the transaction and date on which 31 March 2014the threshold is crossed or reached: v 6. Date on which issuer notified: 2 April 2014 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or Indirect holdings decreased toreached: vi, vii below 1% 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggeringof to the triggering transactionshares transaction Number Number Number Number of voting % of votingif possible of Shares of Voting of shares rights rights xusing Rightsthe ISIN Direct Direct Indirect Direct IndirectCODE xi xii Ord 25pShares 694,518 694,518 N/A - below reportable threshold GB0001713154 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of votingfinancial date xiii Conversion Period rights that may be rightsinstrument xiv acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying FinancialInstruments xv, xvi Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of votingfinancial price date xvii Conversion rights instrument rights xix, xxinstrument period refers to xviii Nominal Delta Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights N/A - below reportable threshold 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi N/A - below reportable threshold Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A Notification using the Total Voting Rights figure13. Additional information: of 21,778,580 14. Contact name: Andrew Kellett 15. Contact telephone number: 0113 235 7729