Stagecoach Group PLC: Holding(s) in Company

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares | +----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |  |  | |1. Identity of the issuer or the |Stagecoach Group Plc | |underlying issuer of existing shares to | | |which voting rights are attached: | | +----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ |  | |2. Reason for notification (yes/no) | +-----------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ |  |No | |An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | | +-----------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ |  |No | |An acquisition or disposal of 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 | | +-----------------------------------------------------+------------------------+ |  |Yes | |Other (please specify): Voluntary baseline disclosure| | |in line with the UK implementation of the Amended | | |Transparency Directive | | +---------------------------+-------------------------+------------------------+ |  |Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group | |3. Full name of person(s) | | |subject to notification | | |obligation: | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ |  |BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Limited | |4. Full name of |HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited | |shareholder(s) (if |Nortrust Nominees LTD | |different from 3): |State Street Nominees Limited | | |The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited | | |Vidacos Nominees Ltd | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ |  |N/A - Voluntary baseline disclosure in line with | |5. Date of transaction and |the UK implementation of the Amended Transparency | |date on which the threshold|Directive | |is crossed or reached: | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ |  |30th November 2015 | |6. Date on which issuer | | |notified: | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ |  |Voluntary baseline disclosure in line with the UK | |7. Threshold(s) that is/are|implementation of the Amended Transparency | |crossed or reached: |Directive | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |8: Notified Details | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |A: Voting rights attached to shares | |  | +-------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------+ |Class/type of|Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering | |shares |the triggering |transaction | |If possible |transaction | | |use ISIN code+----------+----------+-------+------------------+---------------+ | |Number of |Number of |Number |Number of voting |Percentage of | | |shares |voting |of |rights |voting rights | | | |rights |shares | | | | | | +-------+-------+----------+------+--------+ | | | |  |  |  |  |  | | | | |Direct |Direct |Indirect |Direct|Indirect| +-------------+----------+----------+-------+-------+----------+------+--------+ |GB00B6YTLS95 |57,779,006|57,779,006|614,932|614,932|60,058,925|0.107%|10.459% | +-------------+----------+----------+-------+-------+----------+------+--------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |  | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |  | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------------------+------------+ |Type of |Expiration |Exercise/ |No. of voting rights |Percentage | |financial |date |conversion |that may be acquired if|of voting | |instrument | |period |the instrument is |rights | | | | |exercised/converted. | | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------------------+------------+ |  |  |  |  |  | +-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------------------+------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial | |Instruments | |  | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |  | +------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+---------------+ |Type of |Exercise |Expiration |Exercise / |No. of |Percentage of | |financial |Price |date |conversion |voting |voting rights | |instrument | | |period |rights | | | | | | |instrument | | | | | | |refers to | | +------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+-------+-------+ |  |  |  |  |  |Nominal|Delta | +------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+-------+-------+ |CFD |  |  |  |315,808 |0.055% |  | +------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+-------+-------+

+-------------------------------------------------------+ | Total (A+B+C) | |   | +-------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | +-------------------------+-----------------------------+ | 60,989,665 | 10.621%               | +-------------------------+-----------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or | |the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (10.621%) | |  | |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 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 Group | |  | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ |15. Contact telephone name:|[phone] | |  | | +---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+

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