Holding(s) in Company

Stagecoach Group Plc

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Stagecoach Group plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached				No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments				No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights				No
Other (please specify):				No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):		BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Limited HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited Nortrust Nominees LTD Roy Nominees State Street Nominees Limited The Bank Of New York (Nominees) Limited Vidacos Nominees Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		5th January 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		9th January 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Above the threshold of 14%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible use the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

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76,737,517

76,737,517

648,766

648,766

79,439,864

0.113%

13.848%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

No. of voting rights instrument refers to

Percentage of voting rights

Equity Swap

387,756

Nominal

Delta

0.068%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

80,476,386

14.029%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (14.029%) 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.
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
13. Additional information:	The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 9. Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies.
14. Contact name:	Mark Powney, Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd.
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 (0) 1793 363 135

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Source: Stagecoach Group PLC via GlobeNewswire
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