Holding(s) in Company

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

AVINGTRANS 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

N/A

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

N/A

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

N/A

Other (please specify):

Change in the Issued Share Capital Position (TSO)

X

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

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

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

RBC CEES TRUSTEE LIMITED

RBC TRUSTEES (CI) LIMITED

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

03rd January 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

05th January 2017

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

Above 10%

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

GB0009188797

2,202,796

2,202,796

2,131,900

2,131,900

11.13%

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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

2,131,900

11.13%

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

RBC cees Trustee limited, RBC Trustees (CI) limited and RBC Trust Company (International) Limited are wholly owned indirect subsidiaries of the Royal bank of Canada.

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A

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

N/A

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

N/A

13. Additional information:

Figures are based on total shares in issue 19,143,890

14. Contact name:

Graham Horsnell or Scott Roberts

15. Contact telephone number:

(01534) 283292 / 602971