Charles Taylor plc (the "Company")

    Director/PDMR Shareholding

    Exercise of Sharesave Award

    The Company announces that on 11 January 2016, Joe Roach, an Executive Director
    of the Company, exercised an option over 4,011 ordinary shares of 1p each in
    the Company ("Shares") at £1.564499 per share under The Charles Taylor
    Consulting Sharesave Scheme 2007. Following the exercise, Joe Roach sold 1,204
    Shares on 11 January 2016 at 255p per share.

    Following this announcement Joe Roach and his connected persons hold a total of
    214,912 Shares equivalent to 0.32% of the total voting rights of the Company.

    For more 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

    11 January 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 1,200 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/