Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Shaftesbury Capital PLC announced that on April 21, 2026, executive directors Ian Hawksworth and Situl Jobanputra exercised nil cost options awarded under the Company's Performance Share Plan. Ian Hawksworth exercised 2,240,964 options, selling 1,058,546 shares to cover tax liabilities and retaining 1,182,418 shares, resulting in a total holding of 3,428,041 ordinary shares. Situl Jobanputra exercised 1,588,377 options, selling 750,289 shares for tax coverage and retaining 838,088 shares, bringing his total to 1,748,867 ordinary shares. The shares sold to cover tax liabilities were transacted on the London Stock Exchange at £1.3895 per share.

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Shaftesbury Capital PLC

22 April 2026

SHAFTESBURY CAPITAL PLC (THE "COMPANY")

Director/PDMR Shareholding

Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

The Company announces that on 21 April 2026 the following nil cost options, awarded to the Executive Directors in 2023 as PSP awards and deferred bonus awards, were exercised at a price of £1.3985 per share. Each of the Executive Directors sold sufficient of the shares to cover income tax and national insurance liabilities that arose on vesting and retained the net shares in their own name.

Following these transactions, Ian Hawksworth has an interest in 3,428,041 (0.18%) ordinary shares in the Company and Situl Jobanputra has an interest in 1,748,867 (0.09%) ordinary shares in the Company.

	Number of nil-cost share option awards exercised:	Shares sold to cover tax liabilities	Net shares retained	Resulting total shareholding (including connected persons):
Ian Hawksworth	2,240,964	1,058,546	1,182,418	3,428,041
Situl Jobanputra	1,588,377	750,289	838,088	1,748,867

Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name:	Ian Hawksworth
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Chief Executive
b)	Initial notification /Amendment:	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Shaftesbury Capital PLC
b)	LEI	549300TTXXZ1SHUI0D54
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 25p each GB00B62G9D36
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of nil cost options pursuant to the Company's Performance Share Plan 2017
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Nil Cost	Volume(s) 2,240,964
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	2,240,964 Nil Cost
f)	Date of the transaction	2026-04-21
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name:	Ian Hawksworth
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Chief Executive
b)	Initial notification /Amendment:	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Shaftesbury Capital PLC
b)	LEI	549300TTXXZ1SHUI0D54
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 25p each GB00B62G9D36
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of sufficient ordinary shares acquired pursuant to the Company's Performance Share Plan 2017 to cover tax and NI liabilities on such shares.
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) £1.3895	Volume(s) 1,058,546
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	1,058,546 £1,480,376.58
f)	Date of the transaction	2026-04-21
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name:	Situl Jobanputra
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment:	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Shaftesbury Capital PLC
b)	LEI	549300TTXXZ1SHUI0D54
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 25p each GB00B62G9D36
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of nil cost options pursuant to the Company's Performance Share Plan 2017
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Nil Cost	Volume(s) 1,588,377
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	1,588,377 Nil Cost
f)	Date of the transaction	2026-04-21
g)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

Notification of transactions of persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name:	Situl Jobanputra
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status:	Chief Financial Officer
b)	Initial notification /Amendment:	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Shaftesbury Capital PLC
b)	LEI	549300TTXXZ1SHUI0D54
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 25p each GB00B62G9D36
b)	Nature of the transaction	Sale of sufficient ordinary shares acquired pursuant to the Company's Performance Share Plan 2017 to cover tax and NI liabilities on such shares.
c)	Currency	GBP
d)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) £1.3895	Volume(s) 750,289
e)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	750,289 £1,049,279.17
f)	Date of the transaction	2026-04-21
g)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange (XLON)

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the UK Market Abuse Regulation ("UK MAR") and the Company confirms that the PDMRs' notification obligations under UK MAR have also been satisfied.

Name of officer of issuer responsible for making notification: Ruth Pavey

Date of Notification: 22 April 2026

Ruth Pavey

Company Secretary

22 April 2026

020 3214 9150

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