TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                                  
                                                                                      
                                                                                      
    1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying       Charles Taylor PLC              
    issuer of existing shares to which voting rights                                  
    are attached:                                                                     
                                                                                      
                                                                                      
    2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                               
                                                                                      
                                                                            Yes       
    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                                  
                                                                                      
                                                                            No        
    Other (please specify):___________________________                                
                                                                                      
                                              Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
    3. Full name of person(s) subject to                                              
    notification obligation:                                                          
                                                                                      
                                              Chase Nominees Limited                  
    4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if                                                
    different from 3):                                                                
                                                                                      
                                              13 January 2016                         
    5. Date of transaction and date on which                                          
    the threshold is crossed or reached:                                              
                                                                                      
                                              15 January 2016                         
    6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                 
                                                                                      
                                              Below the threshold of 5%               
    7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                                            
    reached:                                                                          
                                                                                      


     

    8: Notified Details                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                   
    A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                   
    Class/type of shares                Situation previous to the triggering          Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                         
    If possible use ISIN code           transaction                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                        Number of shares        Number of voting      Number of shares          Number of voting rights              Percentage of voting rights   
                                                                rights                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                      Direct                    Direct             Indirect          Direct         Indirect       
                                                                                                                                                                                   
    GB0001883718      3,991,508  3,991,508 0         0          3,137,707 0.000%                       4.717%                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                   

       

    B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                            
                                                                                   
    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                           
                                                                                   
    Type of         Expiration date Exercise/       No. of voting   Percentage of  
    financial                       conversion      rights that may voting rights  
    instrument                      period          be 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 /  No. of voting   Percentage of     
    financial    Price     date       conversion  rights          voting rights     
    instrument                        period      instrument                        
                                                  refers to                         
                                                                                    
                                                                  Nominal     Delta 
                                                                                    

       

    Total (A+B+C)                                                                
                                                                                 
    Number of voting rights                Percentage of voting rights           
                                                                                 
    3,137,707                              4.717%                                


     

    9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or  
    the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:               
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
    Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (0.723%)                        
    Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC (3.994%)                               
                                                                                 
    Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC is wholly owned by Columbia Management 
    Investment Advisers, LLC, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise         
    Financial, Inc.                                                              

       

    Proxy Voting:                                                                
                                                                                 
    10. Name of proxy holder:              N/A                                   
                                                                                 
    11. Number of voting rights proxy      N/A                                   
    holder will cease to hold:                                                   
                                                                                 
    12. Date on which proxy holder will    N/A                                   
    cease to hold voting rights:                                                 

       

    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 Asset       
                                           Management Ltd.                       
                                                                                 
    15. Contact telephone name:            +441793 363135