22 April 2025

Aptitude Software Group plc

("Aptitude", "the Group")

Exercise of awards under the Aptitude 2020 Deferred Bonus Plan ("DBP")

Aptitude (LSE: APTD), a market-leading provider of finance transformation software solutions, specialising in delivering fully autonomous finance, announces that it has issued a total of 6,707 ordinary shares of 7 1/3 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") to satisfy the exercise of options under the DBP. The Deferred Bonus Shares were nil cost options subject to a two-year holding period, and included an entitlement to receive dividend equivalent shares during the holding period.

Application has been made for the 6,707 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading ("Admission"), and dealings are expected to commence on or around 24 April 2025. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares.

Total Voting Rights

Following the issue of the Ordinary Shares, the Company will hold 1,656,229 of its Ordinary Shares in treasury and the number of Ordinary Shares in issue and admitted to trading will be increased to 55,688,089 (excluding treasury shares). This figure of 55,688,089 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

About Aptitude Software

Aptitude Software provides software solutions that deliver fully autonomous finance to enable its clients to drive growth, efficiency and sustainability. Fynapse is Aptitude's intelligent finance data management and accounting platform designed to increase productivity and lower costs for finance teams globally. Fynapse provides a single view of finance and business data, unparalleled performance and automation, faster and better insights, user-friendly functionality and market-leading total cost of ownership.