Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI POLLEN STREET GROUP LIMITED.

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS

(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

POLLEN STREET GROUP LIMITED

relevant securities this form relates:

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

POLLEN STREET GROUP LIMITED

principal trader is connected

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

05 Nov 2026

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

NO

trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

2.

POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:

1p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

170,724

0.29%

14,114

0.02%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

0

0.00%

166,876

0.28%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

170,724

0.29%

180,990

0.31%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

options)

Class of relevant security in relation to

which subscription right exists

Details, including nature of the rights

concerned and relevant percentages:

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Total number of

Highest price per unit

Lowest price per unit

security

securities

paid/received

paid/received

1p ordinary

Purchase

46,141

9.5100  GBP

9.4000  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

43,350

9.5500  GBP

9.4000  GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

229

9.5227  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,614

9.5041  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

160

9.4875  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,147

9.4204  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

919

9.4185  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,618

9.4500  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,618

9.4500  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,130

9.4990  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

213

9.4114  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

4,499

9.4200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

336

9.4100  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

399

9.4666  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

871

9.4200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

367

9.4200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

583

9.4200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

597

9.4200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

600

9.4732  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

367

9.4800  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

2,117

9.4800  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

597

9.4800  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

2,084

9.4800  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

402

9.4453  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

494

9.5167  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

312

9.5200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

364

9.5039  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

1,623

9.4594  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

238

9.5500  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

1,534

9.4274  GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

money

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

paid/

security

varying etc

to which

received

option

per unit

relates

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

securities

unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

applicable)

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,

formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal

or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party

to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

NONE

(b)

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between

the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i)   the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii)   the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

06 Nov 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213