Dowlais Group PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2026

Feb 3, 2026

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RNS Number : 5786R

Dowlais Group PLC

03 February 2026

Dowlais Group plc

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB00BMWRZ071

Issuer Name

DOWLAIS GROUP PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

Other

Comments

Legal Entity level crossing - See Section 9

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

Name	City of registered office	Country of registered office
BofA Securities Europe SA	Paris	France

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

02-Feb-2026

6. Date on which Issuer notified

03-Feb-2026

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	7.966009	1.433401	9.399410	124804098
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	7.677921	1.442611	9.120532

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)
GB00BMWRZ071		105771592		7.966009
Sub Total 8.A	105771592		7.966009%

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	90843	0.006842
Sub Total 8.B1			90843	0.006842%

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	02/06/2026	n/a	Cash	131266	0.009887
Swaps	08/06/2026	n/a	Cash	712215	0.053639
Swaps	30/06/2026	n/a	Cash	619928	0.046689
Swaps	06/07/2026	n/a	Cash	1771366	0.133407
Swaps	13/07/2026	n/a	Cash	6854172	0.516210
Swaps	16/07/2026	n/a	Cash	5985	0.000451
Swaps	20/07/2026	n/a	Cash	29945	0.002255
Swaps	31/07/2026	n/a	Cash	4900000	0.369035
Swaps	03/08/2026	n/a	Cash	1689467	0.127239
Swaps	10/08/2026	n/a	Cash	1227	0.000092
Swaps	17/08/2026	n/a	Cash	1730043	0.130295
Swaps	07/09/2026	n/a	Cash	113391	0.008540
Swaps	23/11/2026	n/a	Cash	23303	0.001755
Swaps	01/11/2027	n/a	Cash	299495	0.022556
Swaps	28/02/2028	n/a	Cash	11324	0.000853
Swaps	24/11/2026	n/a	Cash	24654	0.001857
Swaps	25/02/2028	n/a	Cash	23882	0.001799
Sub Total 8.B2				18941663	1.426559%

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	Merrill Lynch International
Bank of America Corporation	BofA Securities Europe SA	7.578090		7.578432%

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

03-Feb-2026

13. Place Of Completion

United Kingdom

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