Notice of GM

The Company announces that it has today published a shareholder circular (the "Circular"), containing a notice convening a general meeting of the Company to be held at 12.00pm on Friday 22 May 2026 at SIG West London, Mathisen Way, Poyle, Slough SL3 0HB (the "General Meeting", and such notice the "Notice of General Meeting").

On 30 April 2026, the Company announced the appointment of Simon Kesterton as the Company's new Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), with effect from 1 May 2026. The Company will make a one-off recruitment restricted share award to him (the "Award"), the size of which falls outside the scope of the Company's remuneration policy approved by shareholders at the annual general meeting in April 2026. The purpose of the General Meeting is to propose an ordinary resolution to shareholders for approval to grant the Award to Simon, on and subject to the terms set out in the Circular.

Shareholders who have elected to receive paper copies of shareholder communications from the Company will shortly receive copies of the Notice of General Meeting and Form of Proxy for the General Meeting. Shareholders who have elected, or are deemed to have elected, to receive electronic communications from the Company will shortly receive a notification of availability of the Notice of General Meeting on the Company's website.

A copy of the Notice of General Meeting and Form of Proxy have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Full details of the arrangements for the General Meeting, including how to ask questions, are contained in the Notice of General Meeting.