CLS Holdings Regulatory News (CLI)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

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

CLS Holdings 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 thenotification obligation: iii

Sten Mortstedt

(indirect holder of voting rights)

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

Creative Value Investments I Limited

Creative Value Investments II Limited

Creative Value Investments III Limited,

(together, the "CVIs")

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

28 April 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

28 April 2016

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

Above 50%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0001592475

21,369,429

21,369,429

Nil

Nil

0%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

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

0

0%

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

The following undertakings, which immediately before the transaction were each directly held and beneficially by Sten Mortstedt, directly hold the following number of shares in the issuer:

Creative Value Investment I Limited: 8,153,810 (19.34%)

Creative Value Investment II Limited: 6,094,828 (14.46%)

Creative Value Investment III Limited: 7,120,791 (16.89%)

Total: 50.70%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

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

13. Additional information:

Sten Mortstedt has transferred all of his shareholdings in the CVIs to Creative Value Investment Group Limited ("CVIG") in consideration for the issue of shares in CVIG to Sten Mortstedt. Immediately following that transaction, Sten Mortstedt settled his entire shareholding in CVIG into The Sten and Karin Mortstedt Family & Charity Trust. The beneficial interest of Sten Mortstedt in the issuer remains unchanged as a result of these transactions.

14. Contact name:

Peter Zonabend

15. Contact telephone number:

+41 81 252 55 47