Purchase of Shares for the Employee Benefit Trust

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Reach PLC has announced that the Reach Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) purchased 142,493 ordinary shares at a price of 0.549807 pence per share on June 1, 2026. This acquisition, totaling £783,490, is intended to manage dilution from share plans and will be used to satisfy employee share options and restricted share releases, including for Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility. Following this purchase, the EBT holds 2,738,602 ordinary shares, representing 0.85% of the company's issued share capital.

Disclaimer*

Reach PLC

02 June 2026

2 June 2026

Reach plc

(the Company)

Purchase of Shares for the Employee Benefit Trust

The Company has been notified by the Trustee of the Reach Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) that the EBT has purchased a total of 142,493 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company. Further details are set out below.

This purchase is in line with the position confirmed previously to shareholders that the Company intends to buy shares into the EBT when it is appropriate to do so to aid the management of overall dilution from share plans.

Date

Exchange

Number of shares

Price per share

(pence)

1 June 2026

XLON

142,493

0.549807

The shares will be held in the EBT, which is a discretionary trust for the benefit of the Group's employees. The shares will be used to satisfy the exercise of share options by employees or the release of restricted shares, including to Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) of the Company.

Further to this purchase, the EBT holds a total of 2,738,602 Ordinary Shares which represents 0.85% of the Company's issued share capital (322,085,269 including Treasury shares of 3,748,968). The total number of Ordinary Shares of 10p each in issue (excluding treasury shares) is 318,336,301.

The Company will continue to keep this under review and will look to make further purchases into the EBT when it is appropriate to do so.

Enquiries

Reach plc	020 7293 3000
Piers North, Chief Executive Officer Darren Fisher, Chief Financial Officer
Teneo
Giles Kernick	020 7353 4200

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