Melrose Industries : TR-1 Notification of major interest in shares

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

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

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer

of existing shares to which voting rights are Melrose Industries plc attachedii:

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 obligationiv
Name		Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
City and country of registered office (if applicable)		London, England
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
	Registered Holder:
	Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited	57,452,328*
	Chase Nominees Limited	455,941*
Name	HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited
		83,530,059*
	State Street Nominees Limited	468,065*
	*denotes direct interest

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

5.	Date on which the threshold was crossed	07/12/2020
or reachedvi:
6.	Date on which issuer notified	08/12/2020
(DD/MM/YYYY):

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7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

	% of voting rights	% of voting rights		Total number of
	through financial in-	Total of both in %
	attached to shares	voting rights of
	struments	(8.A + 8.B)
	(total of 8. A)	issuervii
	(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)
Resulting situation
on the date on which	2.92%		2.92%	4,858,254,963
threshold was
crossed or reached
Position of previous	3.00%		3.00%
notification (if
applicable)

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of	Number of voting rightsix	% of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if possible)	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
	(Art 9 of Directive	(Art 10 of Directive	(Art 9 of Directive	(Art 10 of Directive
	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	2004/109/EC)	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)	2004/109/EC)
		(DTR5.2.1)		(DTR5.2.1)
Ordinary Shares
	141,906,393	Not disclosable	2.92%	Not disclosable
GB00BZ1G4322

SUBTOTAL 8. A

141,906,393

2.92%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

		Exercise/	Number of voting rights
Type of financial	Expiration	that may be acquired if	% of voting rights
instrument	datex	Conversion Periodxi	the instrument is
			exercised/converted.

SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

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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 financial	Expiration	Exercise/	Physical or	Number of
Conversion	cash	% of voting rights
	x
instrument	date	Period xi	settlementxii	voting rights
			SUBTOTAL
			8.B.2

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) issuerxiii

Fullchain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv X (please add additional rows as necessary)

	% of voting rights if it	% of voting rights	Total of both if it
	through financial in-
Namexv	equals or is higher	equals or is higher
struments if it equals
	than the notifiable	or is higher than the	than the notifiable
	threshold	threshold
	notifiable threshold

Aviva plc

Aviva Group Holdings

Limited

Aviva Investors Holdings

Limited

Aviva Investors Global

Services Limited

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder	See Section 4
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held

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11. Additional informationxvi

This notification is prompted by a 3% to <3% Change at Direct Interest Level (Box 8A)

Place of completion	Norwich, England
Date of completion	08 December 2020

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