Completion of Acquisition and Total Voting Rights

29 July 2016

MACFARLANE GROUP PLC

 ("Macfarlane" or the "Company")

Completion of Acquisition

Total Voting Rights

Macfarlane is pleased to announce that following the admission of 11,724,137 ordinary shares of 25p each ("Ordinary Shares"), it has today formally completed the acquisition of Nelsons for Cartons and Packaging Limited.

This follows the announcements on 26 July 2016 in relation to the Acquisition and Placing.

Macfarlane also announces that its issued share capital as at today, after completion of the Acquisition, consists of 136,335,497 Ordinary Shares. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore the total number of ordinary shares and voting rights in the Company is 136,335,497.

The above figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.