The Board of the Company announces that on 12 August 2026 it made a market purchase of 8,500 Ordinary shares of 20 pence each in the capital of the Company representing 0.02% of the current issued Ordinary share capital. Following this purchase, the Company's issued share capital comprises 49,826,436 Ordinary shares, of which 20,779,014 are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of shares with voting rights in the Company will be 29,047,422 Ordinary shares.