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AIM - Sch 1 update - Gateley (Holdings) plc Released 18:00 27-May-2015

RNS Number : 4260O AIM 27 May 2015

ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE MADE BY THE AIM APPLICANT PRIOR TO ADMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2 OF THE AIM RULES FOR

COMPANIES ("AIM RULES") COMPANY NAME: Gateley (Holdings) Plc COMPANY REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS AND IF DIFFERENT, COMPANY TRADING ADDRESS (INCLUDING POSTCODES) : One Eleven Edmund Street Birmingham West Midlands B3 2HJ COUNTRY OF INCORPORATION: UK COMPANY WEBSITE ADDRESS CONTAINING ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY AIM RULE 26: http://www.gateleyuk.com/ COMPANY BUSINESS (INCLUDING MAIN COUNTRY OF OPERATION) OR, IN THE CASE OF AN INVESTING COMPANY, DETAILS OF ITS INVESTING POLICY). IF THEADMISSION IS SOUGHT AS A RESULT OF A REVERSE TAKE-OVER UNDER RULE 14, THIS SHOULD BE STATED: Gateley is a leading national commercial law firm that provides legal services in the UK and has a presence in Dubai. The Group has over 380 fee earners including over 340 solicitors and employs a total of over 600 people including administration and support staff across six UK offices in Birmingham, Leeds, Leicester, London, Manchester and Nottingham as well as an office in Dubai. The existing LLP business has 100 partners in its English offices. Gateley is also affiliated with a Scottish practice, HBJ Gateley, which has three offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow,

although this business is independent of Gateley and excluded from the proposed IPO. Founded in Birmingham in the 19th Century, Gateley provides a comprehensive offering of commercial legal services to over 5,500 clients. The Group prides itself as a national firm providing a high quality, integrated partner-led, client focused service across its five core groups (i) Banking & Financial Services; (ii) Corporate; (iii) Business Services; (iv) Employment and Pensions; and (v) Property. DETAILS OF SECURITIES TO BE ADMITTED INCLUDING ANY RESTRICTIONS AS TO TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES (i.e. where known, number and type of shares, nominal value and issue price to which it seeks admission and the number and type to be held as treasury shares): Number of securities to be admitted: TBC Type and nominal value of securities: Ordinary shares of 10p each Issue price: 95p Shares in treasury: None

CAPITAL TO BE RAISED ON ADMISSION (IF APPLICABLE) AND ANTICIPATED MARKET CAPITALISATION ON ADMISSION: Capital to be raised on admission: TBC Anticipated market capitalisation on admission: TBC

PERCENTAGE OF AIM SECURITIES NOT IN PUBLIC HANDS AT ADMISSION: TBC DETAILS OF ANY OTHER EXCHANGE OR TRADING PLATFORM TO WHICH THE AIM COMPANY HAS APPLIED OR AGREED TO HAVE ANY OF ITS SECURITIES (INCLUDING ITS AIM SECURITIES) ADMITTED OR TRADED: None FULL NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTORS AND PROPOSED DIRECTORS (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known): Nigel Terrence Payne Non-Executive Chairman Michael James Ward Chief Executive Officer Peter Gareth Davies Chief Operating Officer Neil Andrew Smith Finance Director Joanne Carolyn Lake Non-Executive Director Michael Richard Seabrook Non-Executive Director

FULL NAMES AND HOLDINGS OF SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDERS EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL, BEFORE AND AFTER ADMISSION (underlining the first name by which each is known or including any other name by which each is known): Pre Admission Post Admission Number of

Ordinary Shares

Percentage of Existing Share Capital

Number of Ordinary Shares

Percentage of Enlarged Share Capital

Michael Ward * 4.29% Peter Davies * 4.29% Brendan McGeever * 4.29% Paul Hayward * 4.29% Callum Nuttall * 3.87% Mark Wilson * 3.44%

Andrew Madden * 3.44% - -%

* The number of ordinary shares to be held pre-Admission will be finalised prior to Admission, pursuant to the reorganisation of the group. NAMES OF ALL PERSONS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (H) OF THE AIM RULES: Michael Seabrook has provided consultancy services to Gateley LLP in the past on various one-off assignments. In the year ended 30 April 2015, Michael charged the business fees of 18,600 for such advisory services. These services provided will, from Admission, be part of those provided as a Non-Executive Director under his appointment letter and no additional fees will be paid for them. (i) ANTICIPATED ACCOUNTING REFERENCE DATE (ii) DATE TO WHICH THE MAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN THE

ADMISSION DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED (this may be represented by unaudited interim financial information)

(iii) DATES BY WHICH IT MUST PUBLISH ITS FIRST THREE REPORTS PURSUANT TO AIM RULES 18 AND 19:

(i) 30 April (ii) 31 October 2014 (iii) Final results to 30 April 2015, by 31 October 2015,

Interim results to 31 October 2015, by 31 January 2016 Final results to 30 April 2016, by 31 October 2016

EXPECTED ADMISSION DATE: 8 June 2015 NAME AND ADDRESS OF NOMINATED ADVISER: Cantor Fitzgerald Europe One Churchill Place London E14 5RB NAME AND ADDRESS OF BROKER: Cantor Fitzgerald Europe One Churchill Place London E14 5RB OTHER THAN IN THE CASE OF A QUOTED APPLICANT, DETAILS OF WHERE (POSTAL OR INTERNET ADDRESS) THE ADMISSION DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM, WITH A STATEMENT THAT THIS WILL CONTAIN FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE APPLICANT AND THE ADMISSION OF ITS SECURITIES: A copy of the admission document containing full details about the applicant and the admission of its securities will be available on the Company's website athttp://www.mmhplc.com/www.gateleyuk.com DATE OF NOTIFICATION: 27 May 2015 NEW/ UPDATE:

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