Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC

Legal Entity Identifier: X5XCIPCJQCSUF8H1FU83

The Company announces the allotment of 100,000 Ordinary Shares of 10p each fully paid on 23 March 2017 under its block listing facility.  Following the allotment there are 41,020,497 Ordinary Shares in issue.  These shares were issued for cash on 23 March 2017 at a price of 633.75p per share.

Baillie Gifford & Co Limited

Company Secretaries

23 March 2017

Regulated Information Classification: Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares