Mucklow (A & J) Regulatory News (MKLW)

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

A & J Mucklow Group plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

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

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 the notification obligation: iii

NFU Mutual Insurance Society Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.): iv

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

17th June 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

21st June 2016

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

reached: vi, vii

>3% (Change at Direct Interest Level (Box8A)

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

Ordinary shares

GB0006091408

2,239,953*

2,239,953*

2,539,953*

2,186,499*

353,454*

3.4545%

0.5584%

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

RIGHT TO RECALL LOANED SHARES

N/A

N/A

70,000 Direct

84,546 Indirect

0.1106% Direct

0.1336% Indirect

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

 Direct 2,256,499

 Indirect 438,000

 Direct 3.5651%

 Indirect 0.6920%

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

NFU Mutual Insurance Society 3.4545% (direct net of 70,000 shares on loan)

NFU Mutual Retirement Benefits Scheme 0.1824% (Indirect net of 84,546 shares on loan)

NFU Mutual UK Equity Income OEIC 0.3365% (Indirect)

NFU Staff Pension Scheme 0.0395% (Indirect)

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:

Pursuant to the Stock Lending Agreement with the NFU Mutual Insurance Society Limited and JPMorgan Chase & Co., NFU Mutual Insurance Society Limited, has 154,546 Ordinary Shares loaned out.

14. Contact name:

 Adam Inman

15. Contact telephone number:

 01789 202693