BAILLIE GIFFORD US GROWTH TRUST PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 9, 2025

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 8875K

Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust PLC

09 December 2025

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB00BDFGHW41

Issuer Name

BAILLIE GIFFORD US GROWTH TRUST PLC (USA)

Legal Entity Identifier: 213800UM1OUWXZPKE539

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Bank of America Corporation

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

US

4. Details of the shareholder

Full name of shareholder(s) if different from the person(s) subject to the notification obligation, above

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

08-Dec-2025

6. Date on which Issuer notified

09-Dec-2025

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	2.286632	5.739421	8.026053	22209991
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	2.835842	4.624331	7.460173

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB00BDFGHW41		6327653		2.286632
Sub Total 8.A	6327653		2.286632%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
Right to recall	n/a	n/a	137	0.000050
Physical Swaps	23/02/2026	n/a	2500000	0.903428
Physical Swaps	03/02/2026	n/a	3070000	1.109410
Sub Total 8.B1			5570137	2.012888%

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Swaps	02/04/2026	n/a	Cash	1905086	0.688443
Swaps	22/04/2026	n/a	Cash	3638000	1.314669
Swaps	05/05/2026	n/a	Cash	2318000	0.837659
Swaps	26/06/2026	n/a	Cash	1391000	0.502667
Swaps	11/12/2026	n/a	Cash	596080	0.215406
Swaps	31/10/2030	n/a	Cash	464035	0.167689
Sub Total 8.B2				10312201	3.726533%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Bank of America Corporation	Bank of America, National Association
Bank of America Corporation	BofA Securities Europe SA
Bank of America Corporation	Merrill Lynch International			5.216115%

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional Information

12. Date of Completion

09-Dec-2025

13. Place Of Completion

United Kingdom

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact [email protected] or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.

END

HOLEASANELDSFFA