Update on Letter of Intent
Ridgeview Bidco's letters of intent for Pinewood Technologies now represent 46.72% of issued share capital following Hosking's share sale.
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Possible offer
for
Pinewood Technologies Group plc ("Pinewood.AI")
by
U.K. Piston Bidco Limited ("Ridgeview Bidco")
(a newly formed company indirectly owned by entities administered by Ridgeview Partners LLC)
Update on letter of intent given by Hosking Partners LLP ("Hosking")
On 24 July 2026, the Boards of Pinewood.AI and Ridgeview Bidco announced that Ridgeview Bidco has made a non-binding offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Pinewood.AI (the "Possible Offer").
Capitalised terms used in this announcement, unless otherwise defined, shall have the meanings given to them in the Possible Offer announcement on 24 July 2026 (the "Announcement").
As set out in the Announcement, Hosking gave a letter of intent to Ridgeview Bidco in support of the Possible Offer in respect of 990,170 Pinewood.AI Shares (representing approximately 0.86 per cent. of the existing issued ordinary share capital of Pinewood.AI) as at 23 July 2026, being the Business Day prior to the date of the Announcement (the "Hosking Letter of Intent").
On 18 August 2026, Ridgeview Bidco was informed by Hosking that it had disposed of 31,804 Pinewood.AI Shares which were subject to the Hosking Letter of Intent. Accordingly, Hosking informed Ridgeview Bidco that the total number of Pinewood.AI Shares which remain subject to the Hosking Letter of Intent is 958,366 Pinewood.AI Shares (representing approximately 0.83 per cent. of the existing issued ordinary share capital of Pinewood.AI as at the close of business on 17 August 2026, being the Business Day prior to the date of this announcement).
Taking this into account, the Letters of Intent received by Ridgeview Bidco now represent, in aggregate, 53,778,086 Pinewood.AI Shares (representing approximately 46.72 per cent. of the existing issued ordinary share capital of Pinewood.AI as at the close of business on 17 August 2026, being the Business Day prior to the date of this announcement).
This announcement is made in accordance with Rule 2.10(c) of the Code.
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