Announcement of Compulsory Capital Redemption

The Company announces that, in connection with the first Capital Redemption of its Ordinary Shares, as announced on 28 September 2026, at the close of business on 29 September 2026, ("the Redemption Date"), 19,685,039 Ordinary Shares were redeemed on a pro rata basis at a redemption price of 127.0 pence per Ordinary Share. The Ordinary Shares redeemed represented approximately 4.1 per cent of the Company's Ordinary Shares in issue as at the Redemption Date.

Fractions of Ordinary Shares were not redeemed and, accordingly, the number of Ordinary Shares redeemed in respect of each shareholder was rounded down to the nearest whole number of Ordinary Shares. All Ordinary Shares redeemed pursuant to the Capital Redemption have been cancelled.

Capital Redemption monies due to shareholders will be transferred to the Company's registrar, Computershare, on or before 6 October 2026 and will be paid through CREST or, in the case of certified holdings, by cheque. The latest payment date is expected to be 9 October 2026. Shareholders' existing Ordinary Share certificates will be cancelled, and new Ordinary Share certificates will be issued to certificated shareholders in due course.

The new ISIN, GG00C0GC7Q38, representing the remaining Ordinary Shares which have not been redeemed, will be enabled and available for transactions after 8.00 a.m. today. CREST will automatically transform any open transactions as at the Redemption Date into the new ISIN.

Following the Capital Redemption, the total number of shares in issue will be 575,465,375 made up of 461,288,766 Ordinary Shares and 114,176,609 Treasury Shares. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 461,288,766. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine whether 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.