Aberdeen Group plc has notified Cairn Homes PLC of a change in its major holding, with its voting rights falling below the 4% threshold on February 18, 2026. Previously holding 4.97% of voting rights, Aberdeen Group plc now effectively holds 4.65% indirectly through its subsidiary abrdn Investment Management Limited, which manages these shares across multiple client portfolios. This reduction is due to trading activity, with the intermediate holding company abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited and abrdn Investment Management Limited previously holding 4.01% of delegated voting rights. The total number of voting rights in Cairn Homes PLC is 625,576,122.
Cairn Homes Plc (CRN)
Cairn Homes Plc: Holding(s) in Company
20-Feb-2026 / 15:38 GMT/BST
Standard Form TR-1
Standard form for notification of major holdings
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the Central Bank of Ireland)i
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:Cairn Homes PLC
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
[x] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
[ ] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
[ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
[ ] Other (please specify)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv:
Name:Aberdeen Group plc
City and country of registered office (if applicable): Edinburgh, Scotland
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v:
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi: 18/02/2026
6. Date on which issuer notified: 19/02/2026
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 4%
8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 9.A)
% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 9.B.1 + 9.B.2)
Total of both in % (9.A + 9.B)
Total number of voting rights of issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached
4.65
0.00
4.65
625,576,122
Position of previous notification (if applicable)
4.97
0.00
4.97
9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares
ISIN code (if possible)
Number of voting rightsix
% of voting rights
Direct
Indirect
Direct
Indirect
IE00BWY4ZF18
N/A
29,088,051
N/A
29,088,051
SUBTOTAL A
29,088,051
4.65
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument
Expiration datex
Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.
% of voting rights
SUBTOTAL B.1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument
Expiration datex
Exercise/ Conversion Period xi
Physical or cash settlementxii
Number of voting rights
% of voting rights
SUBTOTAL B.2
10. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable box):
[ ] Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer.xiii
[X] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv:
Namexv
% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Aberdeen Group plc
abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited
abrdn Investment Management Limited
3.97
0.00
3.97
Aberdeen Group plc
abrdn Holdings Limited
abrdnInvestments Limited
11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date]
12. Additional informationxvi:
In reference to Section 10, the shares detailed are managed by the named discretionary investment management entity within multiple portfolios on behalf of underlying clients, based on investment management agreements whereby the client has delegated the exercise of the voting power to the referenced investment manager.
This disclosure reflects the fact that the voting rights effectively held indirectly by the underlying intermediate holding company abrdn Investments (Holdings) Limited (“aI(H)L”) and held by the underlying investment management entity abrdn Investment Management Limited (“aIML”) decreased below the 4% notifiable threshold due to trading on 18 February 2026. Prior to this crossing, aI(H)L effectively held and aIML held 4.01% of the delegated voting rights.
Done at Edinburgh on 19 February 2026.
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