Flybe Group Regulatory News (FLYB)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

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

Flybe Group PLC

2 Reason for the notification (yes/no):

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

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):

No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) -8.99% comprised of:

Standard Life Investments Limited - 8.99%

Ignis Investment Services Limited - 0%

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.): iv

Vidacos Nominees\HSBC

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

07/04/2015

6. Date on which issuer notified:

08/04/2015

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

reached: vi, vii

9%

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

GB00B4QMVR10

19,689,705

19,689,705

19,477,705

11,811,867

7,665,838

5.452

3.538

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/ConversionPeriod 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

Exerciseprice

Expirationdate xvii

Exercise/Conversionperiod xviii

Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 19,477,705

 8.99

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

Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited (Parent Company) -8.99% comprised of:

Standard Life Investments Limited - 8.99%

Ignis Investment Services Limited - 0%

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:

GIOS@standardlife.comStandard Life Investments Ltd

15. Contact telephone number:

 (0131) 245 6565