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2 July 2025
Guaranty Trust Holding Company plc Notice of Cancellation of Listing of GDRs
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (LSE: GTCO) (the "Company"), announces that it intends to cancel the London Stock Exchange plc (the "London Stock Exchange") listing of its global depositary receipts (the "GDRs") on July 31, 2025.
Cancellation of Listing
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 21.2.17R, the Company hereby gives notice of its intention to cancel the listing of the GDRs on the certificates representing certain securities (depositary receipts) category of the Official List of the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and the admission to trading of the GDRs on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities (the "LSE Delisting"). Pursuant to UK Listing Rule 21.2.17R, the Company is required to give at least 20 business days' notice (the "Notice Period") of the intended cancellation of listing of the GDRs. Accordingly, such cancellation is expected to occur by no later than July 31, 2025, such that the last date of trading of the GDRs on the LSE will be July 30, 2025.
Following the LSE Delisting, it will no longer be possible to trade the GDRs on the London Stock Exchange.
Background and Reasons for Cancellation
By way of background, the GDRs have been admitted to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange since 1 July 2021. The Company today announced that it intends to apply to the FCA for all of the ordinary shares of the Company (the "Shares") to be admitted to the equity shares (international commercial companies secondary listing) category of the Official List of the FCA and to the London Stock Exchange for all of the Shares to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities (together, "Admission"). It is expected that dealings in the Shares will commence on the day of Admission, which, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, is expected to be at 8.00 a.m. (London time) on or around July 9, 2025.
The Company has applied for the cancellation of the admissions to listing and trading of the GDRs in London due to the low volumes being traded on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. The Company believes that investors in the Company will benefit from the Shares trading on the London Stock Exchange and that these will enjoy greater liquidity than the GDRs. Accordingly, the Company is seeking to amend the listing of its securities on the London Stock Exchange from GDRs to Shares. Furthermore, the Company believes that such amendment of the listing of its securities may make it easier for the Company to raise capital internationally in the future should it need to.
Following the end of the Notice Period, the Depositary will endeavour to make the GDRs ineligible within the current settlement system(s). At such time as the GDRs cease to be clearing house/settlement
system eligible, and, thereafter, the Depositary shall: (i) cancel all outstanding GDRs, and (ii) arrange for the Shares represented by outstanding GDRs to be delivered to the Company along with a copy of the GDR register maintained by the Depositary (the "Register"). Promptly after receipt of said Shares, the Company shall use its best efforts to deliver to each person reflected on such Register appropriate documentation to effect the transfer to such persons of the Shares previously represented by their GDRs.
Should you have any questions in relation to the cancellation of the London listing of the GDRs, the Company recommends that you consult your broker. For any additional queries arising, you may contact the Company, at ir@gtcoplc.com.
The information contained in this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation. By the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain. The person responsible for arranging for the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company is Erhi Obebeduo, General Counsel / Company Secretary.
The legal entity identifier of the Company is 0292004488G9K8Y1I649.
This notice has been published on the Company's website (www.gtcoplc.com) and will be retained in line with applicable disclosure requirements.
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