MENZIES(JOHN) PLC - Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying            John Menzies Plc
issuer of existing shares to which voting
rights are attached:                                   (SEDOL: 0579005)

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may
result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting
rights are attached.

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

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please
specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the             Schroders plc
notification obligation:

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if                        N/A
different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date on                 06/02/2015
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:

6. Date on which issuer notified:                      09/02/2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or                  BELOW 5%
reached:

8. NOTIFIED DETAILS:

A: VOTING RIGHTS ATTACHED TO SHARES

Class/type of Situation previous   Resulting situation after the triggering
shares        to the triggering                   transaction
                  transaction

if possible   Number of   Number   Number of     Number of      % of voting
using the       Shares      of      shares     voting rights      rights
ISIN CODE                 Voting
                          Rights


   Direct     Indirect  Direct   Indirect

GB0005790059 5,535,977 5,362,484 2,972,380  N/A 2,895,522 N/A     4.724%

Ordinary 25p

B: QUALIFYING FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of       Expiration Exercise/Conversion     Number of voting  % of
financial     date       Period                  rights that may   voting
instrument                                       be acquired if    rights
                                                 the instrument is
                                                 exercised/
                                                 converted.

N/A           N/A        N/A                     N/A               N/A

C: FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH SIMILAR ECONOMIC EFFECT TO QUALIFYING
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of      Exercise Expiration  Exercise/  Number of     % of voting
financial    price    date        Conversion voting rights rights
instrument                        period     instrument
                                             refers to

CFD          N/A      N/A         N/A        76,858        Nominal Delta

                                                           0.125%  1

TOTAL (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights                    Percentage of voting rights

2,972,380                                 4.849%


9. CHAIN OF CONTROLLED UNDERTAKINGS THROUGH WHICH THE VOTING RIGHTS AND/OR THE
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS ARE EFFECTIVELY HELD, IF APPLICABLE:

Schroder Investment Management Limited 2,852,681 4.654%

Schroder Investment Management North America Limited 3,290 0.005%

Schroder & Co Limited 116,409 0.190%

PROXY VOTING:

10. Name of the proxy holder:                                     N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to            N/A
hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                 N/A
voting rights:

13. Additional information:                The shares referred to in section 9
                                           are held in portfolios managed by
                                           those firms on a discretionary basis
                                           for clients under investment
                                           management agreements. This
                                           disclosure has been calculated based
                                           on issued share capital amount
                                           61,296,157.

14. Contact name:                          CHLOE TALBOT

15. Contact telephone number:              [phone]

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