Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (the "Company") Notification pursuant to rule 17 of the AIM Rules Circumstances giving rise to the notification

Today, 29 January 2013, RBT II Trustees Limited, as trustee of the Ram Brewery Trust II, released 1,888 A ordinary shares of 12.5p each in the Company's capital under the Company's profit sharing scheme. The recipient was not a director of the Company.

Notification pursuant to rule 17 of the AIM Rules

As potential beneficiaries of the Ram Brewery Trust II, each of Stephen Goodyear, Torquil Sligo-Young, Peter Whitehead, Patrick Dardis and Rupert Clevely had an interest in the shares held by the trustee of the Ram Brewery Trust II. Each of that director's interests has been reduced accordingly following today's notification to the Company.

Martin Richardson Company Secretarial Assistant 29 January 2013 Tel: 020 8875 7000
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