CHARLES TAYLOR PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

Charles Taylor plc (the Company)

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

Charles Taylor plc announces that it has been advised by its Registrars, Computershare Investor Services PLC, that Mr Joe Roach, an Executive Director of the Company, acquired 5,441 Ordinary Shares on 13 May 2016, pursuant to the Charles Taylor plc Dividend Reinvestment Plan, at 275.99p per share.

Following this announcement Mr Roach and his connected persons hold a total of 272,074 ordinary shares equivalent to 0.41% of the total voting rights of the Company.

Charles Taylor plc further announces that it has been advised by its Registrars, Computershare Investor Services PLC, that Mr Barnabas Hurst-Bannister, a Non-executive Director of the Company, acquired 215 Ordinary Shares on 13 May 2016, pursuant to the Charles Taylor plc Dividend Reinvestment Plan, at 275.99p per share.

Following this announcement Mr Hurst-Bannister and his connected persons hold a total of 8,817 ordinary shares equivalent to 0.01% of the total voting rights of the Company.

Charles Taylor plc further announces that it has been advised by its Registrars, Computershare Investor Services PLC, that Mr Jeremy Grose, a PDMR of the Company, acquired 241.643175 Ordinary Shares on 13 May 2016, pursuant to the Charles Taylor plc Dividend Reinvestment Plan in respect of his shares held in a Vested Share Account with Computershare, at 275.99p per share.

Following this announcement Mr Grose and his connected persons hold a total of 40,863.576945 ordinary shares equivalent to 0.06% of the total voting rights of the Company.

For further information please contact:

Ivan Keane – Group Company Secretary and General Counsel – 020 3320 2206

David Lanchester – Deputy Group Company Secretary – 020 3320 8829

Charles Taylor plc

16 May 2016

Notes to Editors:

About Charles Taylor plc

• Charles Taylor plc is a leading provider of professional services to clients across the global insurance market. The Group has been providing services since 1884 and today employs over 1,300 staff in 69 offices spread across 28 countries in the UK, the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

• The Group offers services, principally on a fee-based model and operates through three businesses – Management, Adjusting and Insurance Support Services. Charles Taylor also owns insurers, creating value through select acquisitions and operational efficiency.

Further information is available at http://www.ctplc.com/

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