GKN plc Voting Rights and Capital

In compliance with Rule 5.6.1 of the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, GKN plc is required to notify the market of the following:

As at 30 April 2012 the issued ordinary share capital of GKN plc consisted of 1,590,529,859 ordinary shares of 10p each. Each ordinary share carries one vote. GKN plc holds 35,784,947 ordinary shares in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in GKN plc is 1,554,744,912.

The above figure (1,554,744,912) may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, GKN plc under the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

1 May 2012