BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS PLC

Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Jun 18, 2025

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(Incorporated in England and Wales with company number 09876705)

NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

This document should be read as a whole. Your attention is drawn to the Letter from the Chairman of the Company, which includes the recommendation of the Directors of the Company that you vote in favour of all of the resolutions to be proposed (the "Resolutions") at the Annual General Meeting of the Company (the "2025 AGM").

The 2025 AGM is being convened to be held at the offices of DMH Stallard LLP, 6 New Street Square, New Fetter Lane, London EC4A 3BF at 11.00 a.m. on Thursday, 10 July 2025, notice of which is set out at the end of this document (the "Notice of Annual General Meeting").

A copy of this document is available on the website of the Company at www.bihplc.com.

Shareholders of the Company ("Shareholders") are requested to complete and return the enclosed form of proxy (the "Form of Proxy") to Neville Registrars Limited at Neville House, Steelpark Road, Halesowen, B62 8HD as soon as possible, but in any event so as to arrive no later than 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 8 July 2025.

CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies by utilising the CREST electronic proxy appointment service may do so at the 2025 AGM and any adjournment thereof by utilising the procedures described in the CREST Manual. For further details, please see the notes to the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out at the end of this document.

For full details on proxy appointments, see the notes to the Notice of Annual General Meeting set out at the end of this document and in the accompanying Form of Proxy.

A summary of the action to be taken by Shareholders is set out on in the Letter from the Chairman. Please complete and return the enclosed Form of Proxy as soon as possible and in any event so as to arrive by not later than 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 8 July 2025.

BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS PLC

(Incorporated in England and Wales with company number 09876705)

Directors: Registered Office:

Christopher Pitman (Non-Executive Chairman) 35 Ballards Lane William Borden James (Non-Executive) London Said Digeil (Non-Executive) N3 1XW Abdul Bin Brek (Non-Executive)

17 June 2025

To the Shareholders (and, for information purposes only, to the holders of Convertible Unsecured Loan Notes issued by the Company)

Dear Shareholder,

NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Introduction

As Chairman of the Company, I am pleased to enclose details regarding, and notice of, the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the Company (the "2025 AGM") to be held at the offices of DMH Stallard LLP, 6 New Street Square, New Fetter Lane, London EC4A 3BF at 11.00 a.m. on Thursday, 10 July 2025.

Shareholders should read the contents of this document carefully and in conjunction with the annual report and accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2024 (including the Directors' and the auditor's reports thereon) (the "2024 Annual Report & Accounts") enclosed with this document.

Resolutions to be proposed at the 2025 AGM

Turning then to the Resolutions to be proposed at the 2025 AGM on Thursday, 10 July 2025, there are 9 resolutions as follows:-

- Resolution 1 – to receive and adopt the 2024 Annual Report & Accounts

The Companies Act 2006 (the "Companies Act") requires the directors of a public company to lay its annual accounts and reports before the company in Annual General Meeting. Resolution 1 will therefore be proposed at the 2025 AGM, as an ordinary resolution, to receive and adopt the 2024 Annual Report & Accounts.

- Resolutions 2 and 3 – approval of the Annual Remuneration Report and the Remuneration Policy

As stated in the Directors' Remuneration Report set out on pages 15 – 17 of the 2024 Annual Report & Accounts, resolutions 2 and 3 are being proposed as ordinary resolutions at the 2025 AGM to approve, by way of an advisory vote, the Annual Remuneration Report (in the first part of the Directors' Remuneration Report) and, by way of a binding vote, the Remuneration Policy (in the second part of the Directors' Remuneration Report).

- Resolutions 4 and 5 – to re-appoint Said Digeil and Abdul Bin Brek as Directors of the Company

Resolutions 4 and 5 are being proposed, as separate ordinary resolutions, to approve the re-appointment of Said Mbarak Salim Al Digeil and Abdulmunim (Abdul) Sultan Said Bin Brek as Directors of the Company. Said Digeil was appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") on 29 November 2024 (just after the notice was sent out on 26 November 2024 convening the Company's 2024 Annual General

Meeting which was held on 19 December 2024) and Abdul Bin Brek was appointed to the Board on 9 April 2025 (so since the date of the Company's 2024 Annual General Meeting). Under article 69 of the Company's articles of association (Power of Board to appoint Directors), both are required to retire at the 2025 AGM, but being eligible, both offer themselves for re-appointment.

Biographies of both Said Digeil and Abdul Bin Brek were set out in the Company's Circular to shareholders dated 29 October 2024 (relating to the subscription for new ordinary shares by Zarara Energy Limited) and the Company's RNS announcement on 9 April 2025 (of the appointment of Abdul Bin Brek as a Director) respectively.

- Resolutions 6 and 7 – to re-appoint RPG Crouch Chapman LLP as auditor and auditor's remuneration

Resolutions 6 and 7 are being proposed, as separate ordinary resolutions, to obtain shareholder approval for the re-appointment of RPG Crouch Chapman LLP as the Company's auditor and to authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration.

- Resolution 8 – to approve a 14 clear days' notice period for General Meetings (other than Annual General Meetings)

The Companies Act enables the Company to call general meetings (other than Annual General Meetings) on 14 clear days' notice rather than 21 clear days' notice, subject to the Company obtaining Shareholder approval for such shorter notice period and the Company making available electronic voting at any general meeting held on such shorter notice. It is the Board's view that it would be beneficial for the Company to have the ability to call a general meeting by this shorter (14 clear days) notice period. As a result, Resolution 8 is to be proposed as a special resolution at the 2025 AGM seeking the approval of Shareholders to a shortened notice period for future general meetings (other than Annual General Meetings).

The approval will be effective until the Company's next Annual General Meeting, when it is intended that a similar resolution will be proposed.

- Resolution 9 – to approve amendments to the Company's articles of association to set out the time period requirements (effective from 29 July 2025) of the UK Listing Rules for an 'initial transaction'

The Transitional Provisions of the UK Listing Rules ("UKLR") in relation to shell companies (such as the Company) will expire on 29 July 2025. From 30 July 2025, if the Company continues to be a shell company, it needs to make any necessary changes to comply in full with the rules in UKLR 13. These changes need to be made prior to the expiry of the Transitional Provisions on 29 July 2025 and include incorporating the time period for an 'initial transaction' to be completed in accordance with UKLR 13.3.2R.

Under the UKLR, an 'initial transaction' in relation to the Company means a transaction consisting of: (a) an acquisition of a part of or the entirety of a business, a company and/or assets by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, (b) the entry into a loan or any form of financing agreement by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company; or (c) the entry into a joint venture agreement by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company. (a) above applies whether such acquisition is effected: (i) by way of a direct acquisition by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company; (ii) by way of the Company introducing a new holding company to its corporate structure and then carrying out the acquisition through the new holding company; or (iii) in any other way. For the purpose of UKLR 13.4.2R, the FCA considers that: (1) the first transaction that the Company enters into will generally constitute an 'initial transaction'; and (2) provided that a transaction falls within UKLR 13.4.2R, a transaction of any size may constitute an 'initial transaction'.

Under UKLR 3.2.7R, the market value of all the ordinary shares in the Company to be listed on the FCA's Official List on completion of the 'initial transaction' is now required to be at least £30 million.

UKLR 13.2.1R requires completion of an 'initial transaction' within 24 months of 29 July 2025 (in the case of the Company), extendable with shareholder approval for a further 3 years (consisting of 3 further 12 month periods, with shareholder approval to extend for each 12-month period before the end of the prior 12-month period). A 6-month extension is also permitted in certain limited circumstances (as set out in UKLR 13.2.1R) to allow for a transaction to be completed.

Resolution 9 is therefore being proposed as a special resolution at the 2025 AGM in order to incorporate the time period requirements referred to above in the Company's articles of association as a new article 131 (Timetable for Initial Transaction).

Requisite majority for Resolutions to be passed

Each of Resolutions 1 to 7 (inclusive) is being proposed as an ordinary resolution and requires approval by a simple majority of those votes cast at the 2025 AGM for the Resolutions to be passed. Each of Resolutions 8 and 9 is being proposed as a special resolution and requires approval by a 75% majority of those votes cast at the 2025 AGM for the Resolutions to be passed.

Voting on each of the Resolutions will be conducted by a poll to ensure that Shareholders' votes are counted. Voting on a poll is a more transparent method of voting as votes are counted according to the number of Ordinary Shares held by each Shareholder.

Action to be taken

Shareholders will find a Form of Proxy enclosed with this document for use at the 2025 AGM. The Form of Proxy should be completed and signed in accordance with the instructions thereon and returned to Neville Registrars Limited at Neville House, Steelpark Road, Halesowen, B62 8HD as soon as possible, but in any event so as to arrive no later than 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 8 July 2025.

As an alternative to completing the hard copy Form of Proxy, Shareholders can appoint a proxy electronically with Neville Registrars Limited at www.sharegateway.co.uk by completing the authentication requirements including the personal proxy registration code as shown on the Form of Proxy. For an electronic proxy appointment to be valid, the appointment must be received by Neville Registrars Limited no later than 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 8 July 2025.

If Shareholders hold Ordinary Shares in CREST, 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 issuer's agent (ID 7RA11) by 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 8 July 2025. For this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be the time (as determined by the time stamp applied to the message by the CREST application host ("CREST Application Host")) from which the issuer's agent 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.

A telephone helpline is available for Shareholders. If you have any questions about the 2025 AGM or how to complete a Form of Proxy, please call Neville Registrars on 0121 585 1131. Calls are charged at your network provider's standard rate, may be included within your inclusive call allowance, but may vary by provider. Calls outside the United Kingdom will be charged at the applicable international rate. The helpline is open between 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays in England and Wales. Please note that Neville Registrars cannot provide any financial, legal or tax advice and calls may be recorded and monitored for security and training purposes.

Voting confirmation from Zarara Energy Limited

Zarara Energy Limited ("ZEL"), which holds 222,407,801 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 60 per cent of the Company's issued share capital at the date of this document) has given written confirmation to the Board that it will vote in favour of each of the Resolutions in respect of such shares.

Recommendation

The Directors of the Company consider that the Resolutions are in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole and unanimously recommend that Shareholders vote in favour of each of the Resolutions, as they intend to do in respect of their own beneficial shareholdings (and shareholdings over which they have control) amounting to in aggregate 30,000,000 Ordinary Shares (representing approximately 8.09 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital at the date of this document).

Yours faithfully

Christopher Pitman

Non-Executive Chairman

BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS PLC

(incorporated in England and Wales with company number 09876705)

NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2025 annual general meeting (the "Annual General Meeting") of Boston International Holdings Plc (the "Company") will be held at the offices of DMH Stallard LLP, 6 New Street Square, New Fetter Lane, London EC4A 3BF at 11.00 a.m. on Thursday, 10 July 2025 for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the resolutions set out below (each a "Resolution" and together the "Resolutions") which will be proposed as an ordinary resolution in the case of each of Resolutions 1 to 7 (inclusive) and as a special resolution in the case of each of Resolutions 8 and 9.

ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS

• 1. To receive and adopt the Company's annual accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2024 together with the reports of the Directors and auditors on those accounts (the "2024 Annual Report & Accounts").
• 1. To approve the Annual Remuneration Report in the first part of the Directors' Remuneration Report contained in the 2024 Annual Report & Accounts.
• 1. To approve the Remuneration Policy in the second part of the Directors' Remuneration Report contained in the 2024 Annual Report & Accounts.
• 1. To re-appoint Said Mbarak Salim Al Digeil as a Director of the Company.
• 1. To re-appoint Abdulmunim Sultan Said Bin Brek as a Director of the Company.
• 1. To re-appoint RPG Crouch Chapman LLP as the Company's auditor to hold office from the conclusion of this Meeting until the conclusion of the next General Meeting at which the Company's annual accounts are laid before the Company.
• 1. To authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's remuneration.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

• 1. THAT a general meeting of the Company, other than an Annual General Meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
• 1. THAT the articles of association of the Company be altered and amended by inserting the following new article as new Article 131:-

"131 TIMETABLE FOR INITIAL TRANSACTION

• 131.1 In this Article 131, unless the context otherwise requires:-
  • 131.1.1 founding shareholder: means a shareholder who founded or established the Company;
  • 131.1.2 initial transaction: has the meaning given to the term in UKLR 13.4.2 R and 13.4.3 G;
  • 131.1.3 public shareholder: means a shareholder of the Company who is not a founding shareholder, a shell company sponsor or a Director;
  • 131.1.4 public shareholder majority: means a resolution of public shareholders passed on a poll at a meeting of public shareholders by public shareholders representing a simple majority of the total voting rights of public shareholders who, being entitled to vote, do so in person or by proxy; such meeting to be convened and held as a separate meeting of the public shareholders, to which

all the provisions in these Articles as to general meetings shall apply, with any necessary modifications, provided that the provisions of Article 10.3 shall not apply to such meeting;

• 131.1.5 shell company sponsor: means a person who provides any of the following to the Company:-
  • (a) capital or other finance to support the operating costs of the Company;
  • (b) financial, advisory, consultancy or legal services;
  • (c) facilities or support services; or
  • (d) any other material contribution to the establishment and ongoing operation of the Company; and
• 131.1.6 UKLR: means the UK Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority and references to UKLR section numbers are to the relevant sections in the UK Listing Rules sourcebook, as amended from time to time.
• 131.2 If the Company has not completed an initial transaction during the period ending on 29 July 2027 (the Initial Period), it will cease operations on that date, unless Article 131.3 applies.
• 131.3 The Initial Period can be extended before the end of that period by three further periods of 12 months, up to a total of 36 months, provided that:-
  • 131.3.1 the first 12-month extension to the Initial Period is approved by public shareholder majority before the end of that period; and
  • 131.3.2 any further 12-month extension periods are approved by public shareholder majority before the end of the prior 12-month period.
• 131.4 Any such extension must be notified to a Regulatory Information Service before the end of the Initial Period or the period referred to in Article 131.3, as applicable."

Christopher Pitman Non-Executive Chairman Boston International Holdings Plc

Dated: 17 June 2025

Registered Office: 35 Ballards Lane, London N3 1XW

NOTES TO THE NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Entitlement to attend and vote

1. Pursuant to Regulation 41 of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 as amended, the Company specifies that only those holders of Ordinary Shares registered on the Company's register of members as at 6.00 p.m. on Tuesday, 8 July 2025 shall be entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting.

Appointment of proxies

• 1. If you are a holder of Ordinary Shares in the Company at the time set out in note 1 above, you may use the enclosed Form of Proxy to appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of your rights to vote at the Annual General Meeting, and you should have received a Form of Proxy with this Notice of Annual General Meeting. You can only appoint a proxy using the procedures set out in these notes and the notes to the Form of Proxy.
• 1. A proxy does not need to be a member of the Company. Details of how to appoint the Chairman of the meeting or another person as your proxy using the Form of Proxy are set out in the notes to the Form of Proxy.
• 1. A holder of Ordinary Shares may appoint more than one proxy provided each proxy is appointed to exercise rights attached to different Ordinary Shares. You may not appoint more than one proxy to exercise rights attached to any one Ordinary Share. To appoint more than one proxy, please contact the registrars of the Company, Neville Registrars Limited, on 0121 585 1131.
• 1. 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 no voting indication is given, your proxy will vote or abstain from voting at his or her discretion. Your proxy will vote (or abstain from voting) as he or she thinks fit in relation to any other matter which is put before the Annual General Meeting.

Appointment of proxy using hard copy Form of Proxy

• 1. The notes to the Form of Proxy explain how to direct your proxy how to vote on each Resolution or withhold their vote. To appoint a proxy using the Form of Proxy, the Form of Proxy must be:-
  2. completed and signed;
  3. sent or delivered to Neville Registrars Limited at Neville House, Steelpark Road, Halesowen, B62 8HD; and
  4. received by Neville Registrars Limited by no later than 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 8 July 2025.

In the case of a holder of Ordinary Shares which is a company, the Form of Proxy must be executed under its common seal or signed on its behalf by an officer of the Company or an attorney for the Company.

Any power of attorney or any other authority under which the Form of Proxy is signed (or a duly certified copy of such power or authority) must be included with the Form of Proxy.

1. As an alternative to completing the hard-copy Form of Proxy, holders of Ordinary Shares can appoint a proxy electronically with Neville Registrars Limited at www.sharegateway.co.uk by completing the authentication requirements including the personal proxy registration code as shown on the Form of Proxy. For an electronic proxy appointment to be valid, the appointment must be received by Neville Registrars Limited no later than 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 8 July 2025.

CREST

1. CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies through the CREST electronic proxy appointment service may do so for the Annual General Meeting and any adjournment(s) thereof by using the procedures described in the CREST Manual.

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.

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 the specifications of Euroclear UK & International Limited ("Euroclear") and must contain the information required for such instructions, as described in the CREST Manual (available via www.euroclear.com).

The message, regardless of whether it relates to the appointment of a proxy or to 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 issuer's agent (ID: 7RA11) by the latest time(s) for receipt of proxy appointments specified above. 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 Applications Host) from which the issuer's agent 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.

CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers should note that Euroclear does not make available special procedures in CREST for any particular messages. 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 or her 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 CREST by any particular time. In this connection, CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers are referred in particular to those sections of the CREST Manual concerning practical limitations of the CREST system and timings.

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 (as amended).

Appointment of proxy by joint members

1. In the case of joint holders, where more than one of the joint holders purports to appoint a proxy, only the appointment submitted by the most senior holder will be accepted. Seniority is determined by the order in which the names of the joint holders appear in the Company's register of members in respect of the joint holding (the first-named being the most senior).

Changing proxy instructions

1. To change your proxy instructions, simply submit a new proxy appointment using the methods set out above. Note that the cut-off time for receipt of proxy appointments (see above) also applies in relation to amended instructions; any amended proxy appointment received after the relevant cut-off time will be disregarded.

Where you have appointed a proxy using the hard-copy Form of Proxy and would like to change the instructions using another hard-copy Form of Proxy, please contact Neville Registrars Limited, on 0121 585 1131.

If you submit more than one valid proxy appointment, the appointment received last before the latest time for the receipt of proxies will take precedence.

Termination of proxy appointments

1. In order to revoke a proxy instruction, you will need to inform the Company by sending a signed hard copy notice clearly stating your intention to revoke your proxy appointment to Neville Registrars Limited at Neville House, Steelpark Road, Halesowen, B62 8HD. In the case of a holder of Ordinary Shares which is a company, the revocation notice must be executed under its common seal or signed on its behalf by an officer of the Company or an attorney for the Company. Any power of attorney or any other authority under which the revocation notice is signed (or a duly certified copy of such power or authority) must be included with the revocation notice.

The revocation notice must be received by Neville Registrars Limited no later than 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday, 8 July 2025.

If you attempt to revoke your proxy appointment but the revocation is received after the time specified, then, subject to the paragraph directly below, your proxy appointment will remain valid.

Corporate representatives

1. Any corporation which is a member can appoint one or more corporate representatives who may exercise on its behalf all of its powers as a member provided that they do not do so in relation to the same shares.

Poll voting procedure

1. Voting on all Resolutions will be conducted by way of a poll rather than a show of hands. This is a more transparent method of voting as votes are counted according to the number of Ordinary Shares held by each member. As soon as practicable following the Annual General Meeting, the results of the voting at the Meeting and the number of proxy votes cast for and against and the number of votes actively withheld in respect of each of the Resolutions will be announced via a regulatory information service and also placed on the Company's website at www.bihplc.com/.

Documents available for inspection

1. There will be available for inspection at the registered office of the Company during normal business hours on any weekday (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays) prior to and during the Annual General Meeting and at the venue of the Annual General Meeting itself for at least 15 minutes prior to and during the Annual General Meeting, copies of the appointment letters of each of the Directors with the Company.

Issued shares and total voting rights

1. As at 16 June 2025, the Company's issued share capital comprised 370,627,024 Ordinary Shares. Each Ordinary Share carries the right to one vote at a general meeting of the Company. The total number of voting rights in the Company as at 16 June 2025 is therefore 370,627,024.

Communications with the Company

1. Except as provided above, members who have general queries about the Annual General Meeting should telephone Neville Registrars Limited on 0121 585 1131 (no other methods of communication will be accepted). You may not use any electronic address provided either in this Notice of Annual General Meeting, or any related documents (including the Form of Proxy), to communicate with the Company for any purposes other than those expressly stated.