Transaction in Own Shares

Notification of Purchase of Own Shares

Pursuant to the general authority given to the Company by its shareholders at its last annual general meeting on the   25 July 2025, the Company announces that, on   26 June 2026   it purchased a total of 105,000 of its own ordinary shares at a price of £1.001 per share from   Rulegale Nominees Ltd.     The shares re-purchased, which constituted 0.2% of the then total issued ordinary share capital of the Company, have been cancelled.

In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1, following the purchase of own shares referred to above, there are 56,035,000 ordinary shares of the Company in issue.

The above figure of 56,035,000 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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