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 and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of ex-isting shares to which voting rights are attachedii:

Melrose Industries PLC

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 rightsAn 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

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

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

NameCity and country of registered office (if applicable)

• 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:

• 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC")

Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA

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

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

% of voting rights at-tached to shares (total of 8. A)

% of voting rights through financial instru-ments

(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)

5.1431%

Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)

Total number of vot-ing rights of issuervii

0.0000%

5.1431%

4,638,296,889

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

Type of financial instru-ment

Expiration datex

Number of voting rights thatmay be acquired if the in-strument is exercised/converted.

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 instrumentExpiration datexExercise/ Conversion Period

xi

Physical or cash settlementxiiNumber of vot-ing rights

% of voting rightsSUBTOTAL 8.B.2

11. Additional informationxvi

CGC is the parent company of Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC"). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management company that manages the American Funds family of mutual funds. CRMC manages equity assets for various investment companies through three divisions, Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors. CRMC in turn is the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"), which in turn is the parent company of five investment management companies ("CGII management companies"): Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital Interna-tional, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International Sàrl and Capital International K.K. The CGII management companies primarily serve as invest-ment managers to institutional clients.

Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of Melrose Industries PLC for its own account. Rather, the shares reported on this Notification are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above.