Transaction in Own Shares

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Hostelworld Group plc has completed its share buyback programme, announcing the purchase of 1,925 ordinary shares on 30 March 2026 at a volume weighted average price of £0.9514 per share, with the highest price paid being £0.9560 and the lowest £0.9480. These repurchased shares will be cancelled, reducing the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 123,854,762. Since the programme's inception on 19 June 2025, the company has bought back a total of 4,085,827 ordinary shares.

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Hostelworld Group PLC

31 March 2026

Hostelworld Group plc (the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares and Completion of Share Buyback Programme

The Company announces that on 30 March 2026 it purchased a total of 1,925 of its Ordinary Shares of €0.01 each (the "Ordinary Shares") on the London Stock Exchange through the Company's broker Goodbody Stockbrokers UC ("Goodbody"), as detailed below. The repurchased shares will be cancelled.

	London Stock Exchange
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased	1,925
Highest price paid (per Ordinary Share)	£0.9560
Lowest price paid (per Ordinary Share)	£0.9480
Volume weighted average price paid (per Ordinary Share)	£0.9514

The purchases form part of the Company's share buyback programme announced on 19 June 2025. Since the announcement of the share buyback programme, the Company has purchased a total of 4,085,827 Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company.

Following settlement and cancellation of the above purchases, the Company's total number of Ordinary Shares in issue shall be 123,854,762 Ordinary Shares, each carrying the right to one vote. The Company holds nil Ordinary Shares in treasury.

The Company confirms that, following the purchases announced above, the share buyback programme has now concluded in accordance with its terms.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation) (also in force in the UK, from time to time, including, where relevant, pursuant to the UK's European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, a detailed breakdown of individual trades made by Goodbody on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme is scheduled to this announcement.

Contacts:

John Duggan

General Counsel & Company Secretary

M: +353 86 022 3553

Appendix

Transaction Details

Issuer Name	Hostelworld Group plc
LEI	213800OC94PF2D675H41
ISIN	GB00BYYN4225
Intermediary Name	Goodbody Stockbrokers UC
Intermediary Code	GOOD
Timezone	BST
Currency	GBP

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price per Share (GBP)	Trading venue	Time of transaction	Transaction Reference Number
443	0.9560	XLON	12:23:48	00030658412TRDU0
439	0.9500	XLON	14:04:35	00030658695TRDU0
511	0.9500	XLON	15:58:47	00030659308TRDU0
507	0.9500	XLON	16:09:12	00030659326TRDU0
25	0.9480	XLON	16:21:23	00030659383TRDU0

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