Stagecoach Group plc: Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the | |FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)(i) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ |1a. Identity of the issuer or | | |the underlying issuer of |   | |existing shares to which voting | Stagecoach Group Plc | |rights are attached(ii): | | +--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ |1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with an 'X' | |if appropriate) | +--------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+ |Non-UK issuer |   | +--------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+ |2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with | |an 'X') | +--------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+ |An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | +--------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+ |An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments |   | +--------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+ |An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |   | +--------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+ |Other (please specify)(iii): |   | +--------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+ |3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) | +--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ |Name |Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group | +--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ |City and country of registered |Minneapolis, USA | |office (if applicable) | | +--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ |4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) | +--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ | |BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Limited | | |HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd | | |Nortrust Nominees LTD | |Name |Roy Nominees | | |State Street Nominees Limited | | |The Bank Of New York (Nominees) Limited | | |Vidacos Nominees Ltd | | |  | +--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ |City and country of registered |  | |office (if applicable) | | +--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ |5. Date on which the threshold |3(rd) October 2017 | |was crossed or reached(vi): | | +--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ |6. Date on which issuer notified|5(th) October 2017 | |(DD/MM/YYYY): | | +--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ |7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation | +-----------------+-------------+----------------+------------+----------------+ | | % of voting | % of voting | | | | | rights | rights through | Total of |Total number of | |  | attached to | financial | both in % |voting rights of| | |shares (total| instruments |(8.A + 8.B) |issuer(vii) | | | of 8. A) |(total of 8.B 1 | | | | | | + 8.B 2) | | | +-----------------+-------------+----------------+------------+----------------+ |Resulting | | | | | |situation on the | | | | | |date on which | 17.992% | 0.068% | 18.060% | 573,342,922 | |threshold was | | | | | |crossed or | | | | | |reached | | | | | +-----------------+-------------+----------------+------------+----------------+ |Position of | | | | | |previous | 17.009% | 0.068% | 17.077% |  | |notification (if | | | | | |applicable) | | | | | +-----------------+-------------+----------------+------------+----------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | |8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the | |threshold was crossed or reached(viii) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |A: Voting rights attached to shares | +--------------+-----------------------------+---------------------------------+ |Class/type of |Number of voting rights(ix) |% of voting rights | |shares +--------------+ +------------------+--------------+ |ISIN code (if | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |possible) | (Art 9 of | (Art 10 of | (Art 9 of | (Art 10 of | | | Directive | Directive | Directive | Directive | | |2004/109/EC) |2004/109/EC) | 2004/109/EC) |2004/109/EC) | | | (DTR5.1) | (DTR5.2.1) | (DTR5.1) | (DTR5.2.1) | +--------------+--------------+--------------+------------------+--------------+ |GB00B6YTLS95 | 773,085 | 102,382,336 | 0.135% | 17.857% | +--------------+--------------+--------------+------------------+--------------+ |  |  |  |  |  | +--------------+--------------+--------------+------------------+--------------+ |  |  |  |  |  | +--------------+--------------+--------------+------------------+--------------+ |SUBTOTAL 8. A | 103,155,421 | 17.992% | +--------------+-----------------------------+---------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive | |2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) | +--------------+----------+------------+------------------------+--------------+ |Type of | |Exercise/ |Number of voting rights | | |financial |Expiration|Conversion |that may be acquired if |% of voting | |instrument |date(x) |Period(xi) |the instrument is |rights | | | | |exercised/converted. | | +--------------+----------+------------+------------------------+--------------+ |  |  |  |  |  | +--------------+----------+------------+------------------------+--------------+ |  |  |  |  |  | +--------------+----------+------------+------------------------+--------------+     |SUBTOTAL 8. |  |  | |B 1 | | | +------------+------------------------+--------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. | |13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) | +------------+------------+-----------+----------------+--------+--------------+ |Type of | |Exercise/ | |Number | | |financial |Expiration |Conversion |Physical or cash|of |% of voting | |instrument |date(x) |Period (xi)|settlement(xii) |voting |rights | | | | | |rights | | +------------+------------+-----------+----------------+--------+--------------+ |Equity Swap |  |  |Cash Settled |387,756 | 0.068% | +------------+------------+-----------+----------------+--------+--------------+ |  |  |  |  |  |  | +------------+------------+-----------+----------------+--------+--------------+       |SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 |387,756 | 0.068% | +----------------+--------+--------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification | |obligation (please mark the | |applicable box with an 'X') | +-------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ |Person subject to the notification obligation is not | | |controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not|   | |control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or | | |indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer(xiii) | | +-------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ |Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the | | |voting rights and/or the | | |financial instruments are effectively held starting with the | X | |ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity(xiv | | |)(please add additional rows as necessary) | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------++----------------+ | |% of voting rights|% of voting rights |Total of both if | | |if it equals or is| through financial | it equals or is | | Name(xv) | higher than the | instruments if it | higher than the | | | notifiable |equals or is higher| notifiable | | | threshold |than the notifiable| threshold | | | | threshold | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ |Ameriprise Financial,|  % |  % |  % | |Inc. | | | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ |Ameriprise | | | | |International |  % |  % |  % | |Holdings GmbH | | | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ |Threadneedle Asset | | | | |Management Holdings |  % |  % |  % | |SARL | | | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ |Threadneedle Holdings|  % |  % |  % | |Limited | | | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ |TAM UK Holdings |  % |  % |  % | |Limited | | | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ |Threadneedle Asset | | | | |Management Holdings |  % |  % |  % | |Limited | | | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ |TC Financing Limited |  % |  % |  % | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ |Threadneedle Asset |17.992% |  % |18.060% | |Management Limited | | | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: | +----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |Name of the proxy holder |N/A | +----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |The number and % of voting rights held |N/A | +----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |The date until which the voting rights |N/A | |will be held | | +----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |11. Additional information(xvi) | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited,| |which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings | |Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is | |itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly | |owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly | |owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned | |by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | |  | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+---------------------+-------------+ | Place of completion | Swindon, UK | +---------------------+-------------+ | Date of completion | 05/10/2017 | +---------------------+-------------+

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Source: Stagecoach Group PLC via GlobeNewswire

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