For Immediate Release                                                                    27 August 2014

Speymill plc

("Speymill" or the "Company")

Holding(s) in Company

On 26 August 2014 Speymill received the following TR1 notification:

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:
ii

Speymill Group plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached


An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify):



3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:
iii

First Eagle Investment Management, LLC

(formerly known as Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC)

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv

21 April Ltd

DEF Associates Ltd.

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
v

December 27, 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

August 25, 2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
vi, vii

Below 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of
shares


if possible using
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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

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Ordinary shares, 1p

Above 5%

Above 5%

2,414,340


2,414,340


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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date
xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period
xiv

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 xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period
xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx





Nominal

Delta




Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

2,414,340

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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
xxi

The shares are managed by First Eagle Investment Management, LLC.

The direct holders of the shares are set out below:

Direct Holder of Shares

Voting Rights

% of Voting Rights

21 April Ltd

2,123,140

3.64

DEF Associates Ltd

291,200

0.50


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:




13. Additional information:


First Eagle Investment Management, LLC is a U.S. investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act 1940.

14. Contact name:

Mark Goldstein, Counsel

15. Contact telephone number:

001-212-689-3101

For further information:

Speymill PLC

Denham Eke

Tel +44 (0)1624 640860

Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nominated Adviser)

Roland Cornish

Tel +44 (0)207 628 3396


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