Holding(s) in Company

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Apex Financial Services (Trust Company) Limited, as the sole Trustee of the Mears Group plc Employee Benefit Trust, has retrospectively notified a holding of 3,394,464 voting rights, representing 3.95% of the total voting rights, as of May 7, 2026. The company apologizes for the late submission of this notification, acknowledging that the 3% threshold was previously crossed on June 6, 2024, and June 24, 2024, and the 4% threshold on July 2, 2024. The Trustee typically refrains from voting on its shareholding.

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Issuer Details

ISIN

GB0005630420

Issuer Name

MEARS GROUP PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Apex Financial Services (Trust Company) Limited

City of registered office (if applicable)

Saint Helier

Country of registered office (if applicable)

Jersey

Details of the shareholder

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

07-May-2026

Date on which Issuer notified

08-May-2026

Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	3.950000	0.000000	3.950000	3394464
Position of previous notification (if applicable)
8A. Voting rights attached to shares
Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB0005630420			3394464	3.950000
Sub Total 8.A			3394464	3.950000%

Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

Sub Total 8.B1

Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Sub Total 8.B2

Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation
In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

Additional Information

Apex Financial Services (Trust Company) Limited, is the sole Trustee of the Mears Group plc Employee Benefit Trust. In addition to this report being filed, on examination of the Trust's records, it was found that the 3% threshold of total voting rights was first passed on 06 June 2024, then again on 24 June 2024 and the 4% threshold on 2 July 2024, although corresponding TR-1 reports were not submitted on those dates. We therefore wish to apologise for this late notice and ask to retrospectively log these details now. We further wish to note that as a matter of course, the Trustee refrains from voting over its shareholding.