HARGREAVE HALE AIM VCT PLC

Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Oct 10, 2024

THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.

If you are in any doubt about the contents of this document or the action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own independent financial advice immediately from your stockbroker, solicitor, accountant, bank manager or other appropriately qualified independent financial adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended ("FSMA") if you are in the United Kingdom or, if not, from another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser.

If you have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of all your Ordinary Shares in Hargreave Hale AIM VCT plc (the "Company"), please send this document, together with the accompanying form of proxy, as soon as possible, to the purchaser or transferee, or to the stockbroker, bank or other agent through whom the sale, transfer or disposal was effected, for onward transmission to the purchaser or transferee, except that such documents should not be sent to any jurisdiction under any circumstances where to do so might constitute a violation of local securities laws and regulations. If you have sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of only part of your holding of Ordinary Shares in the Company, you should retain this document and the accompanying form of proxy and consult the stockbroker, bank or other agent through whom you made the sale, transfer or disposal.

HARGREAVE HALE AIM VCT PLC

(Incorporated in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985 with registered number 05206425)

Recommended proposals to: (i) grant the Board authority to issue further Ordinary Shares on a non pre-emptive basis in connection with the Offer; and (ii) amend the Company's articles of association

and

Notice of General Meeting ("Notice")

Notice of a general meeting of the Company to be held on 12 November 2024 at 09.30 a.m. (the "General Meeting") at the offices of Canaccord Genuity Asset Management Limited, 88 Wood Street, London EC2V 7QR, is set out at the end of this document. Capitalised terms used in this document shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in the prospectus published by the Company on 9 October 2024 (the "Prospectus") unless the context requires otherwise.

To be valid, the form of proxy accompanying this document must be completed and returned, in accordance with the instructions printed thereon, so as to be received by the Company's registrars, Equiniti Limited, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA (the "Registrar") as soon as possible, but in any event not later than 09.30 a.m. on 8 November 2024 (or, in the case of an adjournment of the General Meeting, not later than 48 hours (excluding non-working days) before the time fixed for the holding of the adjourned General Meeting).

If you hold Ordinary Shares in CREST, you may appoint a proxy by completing and transmitting a CREST proxy instruction to the Company's Registrar (CREST participant ID: RA19). Proxies sent electronically must be sent as soon as possible and, in any event, so as to be received by not later than 09.30 a.m. on 8 November 2024 (or, in the case of an adjournment of the General Meeting, not later than 48 hours (excluding non-working days) before the time fixed for the holding of the adjourned General Meeting).

If you are an institutional investor, you may be able to appoint a proxy electronically via the Proxymity platform, a process which has been agreed by the Company and approved by the Registrar. For further information regarding Proxymity, please go to www.proxymity.io. Your proxy must be lodged by 09.30 a.m. on 8 November 2024 to be considered valid. Before you can appoint a proxy via this process you will need to have agreed to Proxymity's associated terms and conditions. It is important that you read these carefully as you will be bound by them, and they will govern the electronic appointment of your proxy.

The completion and return of a form of proxy will not preclude you from attending, speaking and voting in person at the General Meeting, or any adjournment thereof, if you wish to do so and are so entitled.

CONTENTS

EXPECTED TIMETABLE	3
DETAILS OF THE OFFER	4
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR	5
NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING	8

EXPECTED TIMETABLE

Offer opens	9 October 2024
Latest time and date by which forms of proxy must be returned	09.30 a.m. on 8 November 2024
General Meeting	09.30 a.m. on 12 November 2024
First allotment under the Offer	On or around 13 November 2024
Subsequent allotments	Monthly (or at such other times as the Board, in its sole discretion, may determine)
Closing date for the 2023/2024 tax year	5.00 p.m. on 21 March 2025
Closing date for the 2024/2025 tax year and Offer closes	12.00 p.m. on 12 August 2025 (unless the Offer is fully subscribed or otherwise closes earlier at the Board's sole discretion)
Admission and Dealings in new Ordinary Shares commence	within 5 Business Days after the relevant allotment
CREST accounts credited	within 10 Business Days after the relevant allotment
Definitive share certificates and income tax relief certificates despatched	within 15 Business Days after the relevant allotment

Notes

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^1. The Board may close the Offer earlier than the date stated above if it is fully subscribed by an earlier date. The Board further reserves the right to accept Application Forms and to allot and arrange for the listing of Offer Shares in respect of Application Forms received on or prior to the closing date of the Offer as the Board sees fit, which may not be on the dates stated above.

^2. The allotment of Offer Shares by the Company is at the discretion of the Board and is expected to be made monthly, although there may be fewer or additional allotments (at the Board's discretion).

^3. The times and dates set out in the expected timetable above and mentioned throughout this document may be adjusted by the Company, in which event details of the new times and/or dates will be notified, as required, to the FCA and the London Stock Exchange and, where appropriate, to Shareholders and an announcement will be made through a Regulatory Information Service.

^4. All references to times in this document are to London time, unless otherwise stated.

DETAILS OF THE OFFER

Total Offer size	Up to £20 million
Offer Price	The last published NAV per Share prior to the date of the relevant allotment (adjusted as necessary for dividends declared but not yet paid if the allotment occurs whilst the existing Ordinary Shares are classified as ex-dividend) plus a premium of 3.5 per cent. to such last published NAV per Share
Minimum subscription per Investor	£5,000 (in aggregate if an application is for both tax years)

Pricing formula

Under the Offer, new Ordinary Shares (the "Offer Shares") will be issued at a 3.5 per cent. premium to the last published NAV per Ordinary Share to offset the costs of the Offer. The price of the Offer Shares will be calculated in pence to two decimal places by reference to the following Pricing Formula:

Price of Offer Shares	Last published NAV per Ordinary Share
	0.965

The NAV per Ordinary Share will be the last published by the Company prior to the date of allotment, adjusted as necessary for dividends declared but not yet paid if the allotment occurs whilst the Ordinary Shares are classified as ex-dividend.

Adviser charges and commission

"Execution-only" Financial Intermediary commissions

Commission is available to Financial Intermediaries: (i) acting on behalf of "execution only", nonadvised UK retail clients; and (ii) following the provision of restricted advice to an applicant that is a Professional Client (as defined in COBS 3.5) of the Financial Intermediary, on the following basis:

• 1 per cent. initial commission and no trail commission; or
• 0.5 per cent. initial commission plus trail commission of 0.375 per cent. of the amount subscribed by the Investor per annum (limited to five years).

All commissions to be paid to Financial Intermediaries will be paid by Canaccord Genuity Asset Management Limited.

The introductory commission may be rebated by Financial Intermediaries and reinvested by them on behalf of their clients through additional Offer Shares (the rebate in each case may be in whole or in part in 25 per cent. increments).

Financial Intermediary Adviser Charges

The Company is not permitted to pay commission to Financial Intermediaries where advice has been given to UK retail investors in relation to their Subscription under the Offer. Investors will be separately liable for any Adviser Charges that they have agreed with their Financial Intermediary and the Company shall have no responsibility to any Investor or Financial Intermediary in respect of any such Adviser Charges. However, the Company can facilitate the payment of Adviser Charges on behalf of such an Investor in relation to their Subscription under the Offer. Any facilitation of the payment of such Adviser Charges by the Company shall be subject to the Terms and Conditions of the Adviser Charges Agreement available at www.hargreaveaimvcts.co.uk. To the extent that an Investor wishes the Company to facilitate the payment of any Adviser Charges, such Investor should complete the relevant sections of the Application Form. Any applicable tax relief for Investors will only be available on the actual Subscription amount which is applied to subscribe for Offer Shares on behalf of such Investor and will not be available in respect of any Adviser Charges that are paid by or on behalf of an Investor.

LETTER FROM THE CHAIR

HARGREAVE HALE AIM VCT PLC

(Incorporated in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985 with registered number 05206425)

Directors

David Brock (Chair) Oliver Bedford Angela Henderson Megan McCracken Busola Sodeinde Justin Ward

Registered Office Talisman House Boardmans Way Blackpool FY4 5FY

9 October 2024

Dear Shareholder

Introduction

The purpose of this document is to provide Shareholders with further information in relation to the recommended proposals set out below (the "Proposals") and to convene a General Meeting at which Shareholders' approval of the Proposals will be sought. The General Meeting will be held at 09.30 a.m. on 12 November 2024 at the offices of Canaccord Genuity Asset Management Limited, 88 Wood Street, London EC2V 7QR. The Proposals are as follows:

• 1. to grant the Board authority to issue further ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the capital of the Company (the "Ordinary Shares") on a non pre-emptive basis in connection with an offer for subscription to raise up to £20 million (the "Offer"); and
• 1. to adopt amended articles of association of the Company (the "Amended Articles") which provide that the next continuation vote of the Company will be held at the Company's annual general meeting in 2031 rather than the annual general meeting in 2030.

Further details of the Proposals are set out below.

The Offer

Following the success of the Company's last offer for subscription, which closed on 22 March 2024 and under which the Company raised £20.3 million, the Board is pleased to launch the Offer for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 tax years. Subscriptions under the Offer will provide the Company with additional capital to invest in accordance with its investment policy. At the same time, the Offer will allow new and existing investors to gain or add to their exposure to public companies traded on AIM and to private companies through an investment company listed on the premium segment of the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities, whilst benefitting from a tax efficient structure.

The Company published a Prospectus in relation to the Offer on 9 October 2024. The Offer will remain open until 5.00 p.m. on 21 March 2025 for Investors seeking tax relief in the 2024/25 tax year, and 12.00 p.m. on 12 August 2025 for Investors seeking tax relief in the 2025/26 tax year, unless the Offer is fully subscribed at an earlier date.

To enable the Offer to proceed, Shareholder approval is required to grant the Directors authority to allot Offer Shares under the Offer and to disapply Shareholders' pre-emption rights in relation to such allotments.

The Amended Articles

Although the Company is an 'evergreen' VCT, the Company's current articles of association (the "Articles") provide that at the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2030 a vote on the continuation of the Company for a further five years will be put to Shareholders. Under the Articles, if the continuation of the Company is not approved, the Directors must put forward proposals for the liquidation, reorganisation or reconstruction of the Company as soon as possible, but, in any event, no later than nine months following the date of the annual general meeting at which the continuation vote was proposed and failed.

At the General Meeting, Shareholders will be asked to approve a special resolution adopting the Amended Articles which provide that the next continuation vote of the Company will be held in 2031 (rather than 2030).

The holding of the next continuation vote of the Company in 2031 seeks to protect the VCT tax relief for Investors participating in the Offer (which would be at risk if the continuation vote was proposed in 2030 and was not passed).

A copy of the current Articles and the Amended Articles will be available for inspection during normal business hours (Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays excepted) and for at least 15 minutes before and during the General Meeting at the offices of Canaccord Genuity Asset Management Limited, 88 Wood Street, London EC2V 7QR, being the place of the General Meeting. The proposed new Articles will also be available for inspection on the Company's website and at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism, from the date of this document.

The General Meeting

Notice of the General Meeting to be held at 12 November 2024 at 09.30 a.m. at the offices of Canaccord Genuity Asset Management Limited, 88 Wood Street, London EC2V 7QR is set out at the end of this document. An explanation of the resolutions to be proposed at the General Meeting (as set out in the Notice, the "Resolutions") is set out below.

Resolution 1, which will be proposed as an ordinary resolution, will, if passed, authorise the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares in connection with the Offer up to an aggregate nominal value of £618,812 (representing approximately 17 per cent, of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company as at 4 October 2024, being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this document) pursuant to section 551 of the Act. The authority conferred by resolution 1 will expire on 10 October 2025 unless renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting and will be in addition to existing authorities under section 551 of the Act.

Resolution 2, which will be proposed as a special resolution, will, if passed, disapply statutory preemption rights in respect of the allotment of Ordinary Shares under the Offer up to an aggregate nominal value of £618,812 (representing approximately 17 per cent of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company as at 4 October 2024, being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this document). The authority conferred by resolution 2 will expire on 10 October 2025 unless renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting and will be in addition to existing authorities under sections 570 and 573 of the Act.

Resolution 3, which will be proposed as a special resolution, will, if passed, approve the adoption of the Amended Articles which will extend the date of the Company's next continuation vote to the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2031.

Engagement with Shareholders

Shareholder engagement is given a high priority by the Board. The Company provides a significant amount of information, including recorded content, about its activities and performance through its website (www.hargreaveaimvcts.co.uk). The website also allows Shareholders to request by email, updates on Shareholder events, the performance of the fund (interim management statements, fact sheets and video updates) and information on the Company's fundraising activities.

In addition to this, the Board want to provide Shareholders with regular opportunities to meet directly with the Directors and the CGAM VCT management team. As a result, the Company held five in-person events (including the Annual General Meeting) and a webinar in the 12 months to 30 September 2024. In the new financial year, we expect to hold 3 in-person events (including the Annual General Meeting) and two webinars. The next event scheduled is the annual shareholder event to be held at Everyman Cinema Broadgate, London on Thursday 28 November 2024. Further information on future events and recordings of previous updates can be found on the Company's website.

Whilst the Board strongly encourage Shareholders to make use of everything the website has to offer, the Directors recognise that it is not for everyone. Should you prefer, you can of course continue to communicate with the Chair, any other member of the Board or the Investment Manager by writing to the Company, for the attention of the Company Secretary at the Company's registered office address or by email to HHV.CoSec@jtcgroup.com.

Electronic communications

The Board is continuously looking for ways to make the Company's processes more efficient, minimise costs for Shareholders and reduce its environmental footprint associated with the production of the annual reports, circulars and prospectuses. Therefore, the Board respectfully asks Shareholders, who have not already done so, to opt into electronic communications from the Company in order to help reduce costs and paper usage.

If you are interested in making the transition, please email aimvct@canaccord.com to arrange for the form of election to be sent to you by Equiniti Limited, the Registrar.

Action to be taken

Shareholders will find enclosed a form of proxy for use in connection with the General Meeting. Shareholders are requested to complete, sign and return the form of proxy as soon as possible, in accordance with the instructions printed thereon.

To be valid, the enclosed form of proxy must be lodged with the Registrar, Equiniti Limited at Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA as soon as possible and, in any event, so as to arrive by not later than 09.30 a.m. on 8 November 2024 (or, in the case of an adjournment of the General Meeting, not later than 48 hours (excluding non-working days) before the time fixed for the holding of the adjourned General Meeting).

If you hold Ordinary Shares in CREST, you may appoint a proxy by completing and transmitting a CREST proxy instruction to the Registrar (CREST participant ID: RA19). Proxies sent electronically must be sent as soon as possible and, in any event, so as to be received by not later than 09.30 a.m. on 8 November 2024 (or, in the case of an adjournment of the General Meeting, not later than 48 hours (excluding non-working days) before the time fixed for the holding of the adjourned General Meeting).

If you are an institutional investor you may be able to appoint a proxy electronically via the Proxymity platform, a process which has been agreed by the Company and approved by the Registrar. For further information regarding Proxymity, please go to www.proxymity.io. Your proxy must be lodged by 09.30 a.m. on 8 November 2024 in order to be considered valid.

Recommendation

The Directors consider the passing of each of the Resolutions to be in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors unanimously recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of each of the Resolutions.

The Directors intend to vote in favour of the Resolutions in respect of their own beneficial holdings of Ordinary Shares (amounting to 689,223 Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 0.2 per cent, of the issued share capital of the Company as at 4 October 2024, being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this document).

Yours faithfully

David M Brock Chair

HARGREAVE HALE AIM VCT PLC

(Incorporated in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985 with registered number 05206425)

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a general meeting of Hargreave Hale AIM VCT plc (the "Company") will be held at 09.30 a.m. on 12 November 2024 at the offices of Canaccord Genuity Asset Management Limited, 88 Wood Street, London EC2V 7QR, to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions, with resolution 1 being proposed as an ordinary resolution and resolutions 2 and 3 being proposed as special resolutions:

ORDINARY RESOLUTION

1. THAT, in addition to all existing authorities, the directors of the Company (the "Directors") be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the capital of the Company ("Shares") and to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, Shares ("Rights"), up to an aggregate nominal value of £618,812 (being equal to approximately 17 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital (excluding treasury shares) as at 4 October 2024) pursuant to one or more offers for subscription to such persons and on such terms as the Directors may determine, such authority to expire (unless renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in a general meeting) on 10 October 2025 but so that this authority shall allow the Company to make, before the expiry of this authority, offers or agreements which would or might require Shares to be allotted or Rights to be granted after such expiry and the Directors shall be entitled to allot Shares or grant Rights pursuant to any such offers or agreements as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

• 1. THAT, in addition to all existing authorities and subject to the passing of resolution 1 set out above, the directors of the Company (the "Directors") be and are hereby empowered, pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority given pursuant to resolution 1 set out above, or by way of a sale of treasury shares, as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, provided that this power:
  2. (i) shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities and the sale of treasury shares for cash, up to an aggregate nominal amount of £618,812 (representing approximately 17 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company as at 4 October 2024) pursuant to one or more offers for subscription; and
  3. (ii) expires on 10 October 2025 unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting, save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired.
• 1. THAT the articles of association produced to the General Meeting, and for the purpose of identification initialled by the chair of the General Meeting, be approved and adopted as the articles of association of the Company in substitution for, and to the exclusion of, the existing articles of association with effect from the conclusion of the General Meeting.

By order of the Board

JTC UK Limited Company Secretary Registered office Talisman House Boardmans Way Blackpool FY4 5FY

9 October 2024

Notes:

• 1. As a member, you are entitled to appoint a proxy or proxies to exercise all or any of your rights to attend, speak and vote at the General Meeting. A proxy need not be a member of the Company but must attend the General Meeting to represent you. You can only appoint a proxy using the procedure set out in these Notes and the notes to the form of proxy. A vote withheld is not a vote in law, which means that the vote will not be counted in the calculation of votes for or against the resolution. If you select the "Discretionary" option or if no voting indication is given, your proxy will vote or abstain from voting at their discretion. Your proxy will vote (or abstain from voting) as they think fit in relation to any other matter which is put before the meeting.
• 1. To be valid, any form of proxy or other instrument appointing a proxy, together with any power of attorney or other authority under which it is signed or a certified copy thereof, must be received by post to Equiniti Limited, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA. To be valid, your proxy appointment(s) and instructions should reach Equiniti Limited no later than 48 hours (excluding non-working days) before the time of the General Meeting or any adjournment of the General Meeting.
• 1. CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies through the CREST electronic proxy appointment service may do so by using the procedures described in the CREST Manual (available at www.euroclear.com/). CREST personal members or other CREST sponsored members, and those CREST members who have appointed a voting service provider(s), should refer to their CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s), who will be able to take the appropriate action on their behalf.
• 1. In order for a proxy appointment or instruction made using the CREST service to be valid, the appropriate CREST message (a "CREST Proxy Instruction") must be properly authenticated in accordance with Euroclear UK & International Limited's specifications, and must contain the information required for such instruction, as described in the CREST Manual. The message, regardless of whether it constitutes the appointment of a proxy or is an amendment to the instruction given to a previously appointed proxy must, in order to be valid, be transmitted so as to be received by the Registrar (ID: RA19) no later than 48 hours (excluding non-working days) before the time of the General Meeting or any adjournment. For this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be the time (as determined by the timestamp applied to the message by the CREST Application Host) from which the Registrar is able to retrieve the message by enquiry to CREST in the manner prescribed by CREST. After this time any change of instructions to proxies appointed through CREST should be communicated to the appointee through other means.
• 1. CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers should note that Euroclear UK & International Limited does not make available special procedures in CREST for any particular message. Normal system timings and limitations will, therefore, apply in relation to the input of CREST Proxy Instructions. It is the responsibility of the CREST member concerned to take (or, if the CREST member is a CREST personal member, or sponsored member, or has appointed a voting service provider(s), to procure that his CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s) take(s)) such action as shall be necessary to ensure that a message is transmitted by means of the CREST system by any particular time. In this regard, CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting system providers are referred, in particular, to those sections of the CREST Manual concerning practical limitations of the CREST system and timings.
• 1. The Company may treat as invalid a CREST Proxy Instruction in the circumstances set out in Regulation 35(5)(a) of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001.
• 1. If you are an institutional investor you may be able to appoint a proxy electronically via the Proxymity platform, a process which has been agreed by the Company and approved by the Registrar. For further information regarding Proxymity, please go to www.proxymity.io. Your proxy must be lodged by 09.30 a.m. on 8 November 2024 in order to be considered valid. Before you can appoint a proxy via this process you will need to have agreed to Proxymity's associated terms and conditions. It is important that you read these carefully as you will be bound by them and they will govern the electronic appointment of your proxy.
• 1. The return of a completed form of proxy or other instrument of proxy does not prevent you attending the General Meeting and voting in person if you wish.
• 1. Any corporation which is a member can appoint one or more corporate representatives. Members can only appoint more than one corporate representative where each corporate representative is appointed to exercise rights attached to different Ordinary Shares. Members cannot appoint more than one corporate representative to exercise the rights attached to the same Ordinary Share(s).
• 1. Voting on all resolutions will be conducted by way of a poll. This is a more transparent method of voting as shareholders' votes are counted according to the number of shares registered in their names. On a vote by poll, every ordinary shareholder has one vote for every ordinary share held. As soon as practicable following the meeting, the results of the voting will be announced via a regulatory information service and posted on the Company's website.
• 1. To have the right to attend, speak and vote at the General Meeting (and also for the purposes of calculating how many votes a member may cast on a poll), Shareholders must be registered in the register of members of the Company no later than 6.30 p.m. on 8 November 2024 or, if the General Meeting is adjourned, 6.30 p.m. on the day which is two days (excluding non-working days) prior to the date of the adjourned General Meeting. Changes to the register of members after the relevant deadline shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend and vote at the General Meeting.
• 1. Any person to whom this Notice of General Meeting is sent who is a person nominated under section 146 of the Companies Act 2006 to enjoy information rights (a "Nominated Person") may, under an agreement between him/her and the Shareholder by whom he/she was nominated, have a right to be appointed (or to have someone else appointed) as a proxy for the General Meeting. If a Nominated Person has no such proxy appointment right or does not wish to exercise it, he/she may, under any such agreement, have a right to give instructions to the Shareholders as to the exercise of voting rights. The statement of the rights of Shareholders in relation to the appointment of proxies in Notes 1 and 2 above do not apply to Nominated Persons. The rights described in those Notes can only be exercised by Shareholders of the Company.
• 1. As at 4 October 2024 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice of General Meeting) the Company's issued share capital consisted of 364,603,238 Ordinary Shares, carrying one vote each. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at 4 October 2024 were 364,603,238 votes. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in treasury.
• 1. Any person holding 3 per cent. or more of the total voting rights of the Company who appoints a person other than the chair of the General Meeting as his/her proxy will need to ensure that both he/she and his/her proxy comply with their respective disclosure obligations under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
• 1. Members have the right to ask questions at the General Meeting in accordance with section 319A of the Companies Act 2006.
• 1. Information regarding the General Meeting, including information required by section 311A of the Companies Act 2006, is available from the Company's website: www.hargreaveaimvcts.co.uk/.
• 1. No Director has a contract of service with the Company.
• 1. A copy of the current articles of association of the Company and the proposed new articles of association of the Company will be available for inspection during normal business hours (Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays excepted) and for at least 15 minutes before and during the General Meeting at the offices of Canaccord Genuity Asset Management Limited, 88 Wood Street, London EC2V 7QR, being the place of the General Meeting. The proposed new articles of association will also be available for inspection on the Company's website and at https:// data.fca.org.Uk/a/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism, from the date of this Notice of General Meeting.
• 1. The Company may process personal data of attendees at the meeting. This may include webcasts, photos, recordings and audio and video links, as well as other forms of personal data, including your name, contact details and the votes you cast. The Company shall process such personal data in accordance with its privacy policy, which can be found at www.hargreaveaimvcts.co.uk/.