Transaction in Own Shares

The Company announces that on 26 October 2026 it purchased the following number of ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each in the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) pursuant to the share buyback programme announced on 6th July 2026 (“Buyback Programme”) through Cavendish Capital Markets Limited.

The purchased Ordinary Shares will be held by the Company in treasury. Following the purchase of these Ordinary Shares, the Company will have 399,762,720 Ordinary Shares in issue, including 19,755,507 shares held in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares held by the Company in treasury is 19,755,507, which attract no voting rights.

The total number of voting rights in the Company, excluding treasury shares as at 26 October 2026 is 380,007,213. This figure may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) 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 and Transparency Rules.

Since the announcement of the Buyback Programme on 6th July 2026 AEP has purchased 3,586,267 Ordinary Shares in aggregate which are held in treasury.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it applies in the UK (the Market Abuse Regulation), the table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by Cavendish Capital Markets Limited on behalf of the Company as part of the share buyback programme.

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