Tender Offer Completion

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Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC has completed its Tender Offer, acquiring 36,798,009 shares which will be held in treasury. Following this repurchase, the company now has 107,391,901 shares in treasury, leaving 206,860,584 shares in issue. This figure of 206,860,584 will serve as the denominator for shareholders calculating their notification requirements under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Disclaimer*

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC

19 March 2026

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION INTO CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, ANY MEMBER STATE OF THE EEA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN THE CONTRAVENTION OF ANY REGISTRATION OR OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENT OF SUCH JURISDICTION. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE IN ANY JURISDICTION. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TENDER OFFER (AS DEFINED HEREIN) IN OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION IN OR FROM WHICH, OR TO OR FROM ANY PERSON TO OR FROM WHOM, IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OR OTHERWISE.

19 March 2026

Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC (BGS)

Legal Entity Identifier: X5XCIPCJQCSUF8H1FU83

Tender Offer Completion

Further to the announcement on 9 March 2026, Baillie Gifford Shin Nippon PLC (the "Company") announces that it has acquired 36,798,009 Shares pursuant to the Tender Offer. All shares repurchased by the Company will be held in treasury until further notice.

Following the repurchase there will be 107,391,901 shares held in treasury. The Shares in issue less the total number of shares in treasury are 206,860,584. This figure (206,860,584) 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 FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Capitalised terms used in this announcement, unless otherwise defined, have the same meanings as set out in the circular published by the Company on 23 January 2026.

Enquiries

For further information please contact:

Winterflood Securities

Neil Morgan and Innes Urquhart

+44 (0) 20 3100 0000

Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd

Anzelm Cydzik

crtallenquiries@bailliegifford.com

Important information

The Company's LEI number is X5XCIPCJQCSUF8H1FU83.

The Tender Offer was made only on the terms, and subject to the conditions, set out in the Circular (and, in the case of Shares held in certificated form, in the associated Tender Form).

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

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