TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying Charles Taylor PLC issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: 2. Reason for notification (yes/no) Yes An acquisition or disposal of voting rights No An acquisition or disposal of 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):___________________________ Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: Chase Nominees Limited 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): 13 January 2016 5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 15 January 2016 6. Date on which issuer notified: Below the threshold of 5% 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 8: Notified Details A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares Situation previous to the triggering Resulting situation after the triggering transaction If possible use ISIN code transaction Number of shares Number of voting Number of shares Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect GB0001883718 3,991,508 3,991,508 0 0 3,137,707 0.000% 4.717% B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration date Exercise/ No. of voting Percentage of financial conversion rights that may voting rights instrument period be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise / No. of voting Percentage of financial Price date conversion rights voting rights instrument period instrument refers to Nominal Delta Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights 3,137,707 4.717% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (0.723%) Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC (3.994%) Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC is wholly owned by Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Proxy Voting: 10. Name of proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy N/A holder will cease to hold: 12. Date on which proxy holder will N/A cease to hold voting rights: 13. Additional information: The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 9. Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies. 14 Contact name: Mark Powney, Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd. 15. Contact telephone name: +441793 363135