Due to an administrative error upon receipt, this notification was not received
    by the Company until 28 May 2015.

    TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                

       

    1. Identity of the issuer or the                                              
    underlying issuer of existing shares to    GCP Student Living plc             
    which voting rights are attached:                                             

       

    2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                   
                                                                                                 
    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              
                                                                                                 
    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:                          Bank of Montreal                           
                                                                                                 
    4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different      See box 9 below                            
    from 3.):                                                                                    
                                                                                                 
    5. Date of the transaction and date on which the                                             
    threshold is crossed or reached:                  16th January 2015                          
                                                                                                 
    6. Date on which issuer notified:                 19th January 2015                          
                                                                                                 
    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:   5%                                         
                                                                                                 
    8. Notified details:                                                                         
                                                                                                 
    A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                          
                                                                                                 
    Class/type   Situation previous      Resulting situation after the triggering transaction    
    of           to the triggering                                                               
    shares       transaction                                                                     
                                                                                                 
    if possible  Number       Number     Number     Number of voting      % of  voting rights    
    using        of           of         of shares  rights                                       
    the ISIN     Shares       Voting                                                             
    CODE                      Rights     Direct     Direct      Indirect  Direct      Indirect   
                                                                                                 
    GB00B8460Z43 5,471,991    5,471,991  5,841,991  -           5,841,991 -           5.32%      
    GBP 0.01                                                                                     
                                                                                                 
    B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                          
                                                                                                 
    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                         
                                                                                                 
    Type of financial    Expiration   Exercise/             Number of voting      % of voting    
    instrument           date         Conversion            rights that may be    rights         
                                      Period                acquired if the                      
                                                            instrument is                        
                                                            exercised/ converted.                
                                                                                                 
     -                                                                                           
                                                                                                 
    C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                
    Instruments                                                                                  
                                                                                                 
    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                         
                                                                                                 
    Type of          Exercise     Expiration  Exercise/       Number of       % of voting rights 
    financial        price        date        Conversion      voting                             
    instrument                                period          rights                             
                                                              instrument                         
                                                              refers to                          
                                                                                                 
     -                                                                           Nominal    Delta
                                                                                                 
    Total (A+B+C)                                                                                
                                                                                                 
    Number of voting rights                           Percentage of voting rights                
                                                                                                 
    5,841,991                                         5.32%                                      
                                                                                                 
    9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the              
    financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                                   
                                                                                                 
    F&C Asset Management plc -       No. of      % of total  Registration name                   
    Client :                         voting      voting                                          
                                     rights      rights                                          
                                                                                                 
    F&C MM Lifestyle Investment Fund                                                             
                                                                                                 
    F&C MM Lifestyle Cautious Fund   3,372,323   3.07%       Puddledock Nominees Limited         
                                                                                                 
    No other Client holds >3%                                                                    
                                                                                                 

       

    Proxy Voting:                                                                
                                                                                 
    10. Name of proxy holder:              Bank of Montreal                      
                                                                                 
    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:            Based on total voting rights of       
                                           109,910,428 effective 2nd June 2014   
                                                                                 
    14 Contact name:                       Vik Sharma,                           
                                           F&C Management Limited                
                                           (a part of BMO Financial Group)       
                                                                                 
    15. Contact telephone name:            0131 718 1094