Coats Regulatory News (COA)

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached :11

Guinness Peat 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( ) subject to the notification obligation: 111

Orbis Holdings Limited (parent)

Allan Gray Australia Pty Limited (investment manager and controlled undertaking)

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):1v

Citibank N.A

ANZ Nomi nees Ltd

JP Morgan Nominees Australia Ltd NAB Custodian Services

JP Morgan Nominees Australia Ltd HSBC Custody Nom inees (Australia) Ltd NAB Custodian Services

5.Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

5 August 2014

6.Date on which issuer notified:

6 August 2014

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

5% and 6%

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

GBOOB4YZN328

56,422,124

56,422,124

88, 157,848

6.26%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Expira..tion date XI II

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 xlx.

XX

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

88,157,848

6.26%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings throughwhich the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Allan Gray Australia Pty Limited (investment manager and controlled undertaking) is a controlled undertaking of OrbisHoldings Limited.

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:

14.Contact name:

Yee-Ling Wan, Legal Counsel

15.Contact telephone number:

+44 (0) 20 7042 2000