H&T GROUP PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • May 22, 2025

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RNS Number : 8517J

H&T Group PLC

22 May 2025

FORM 8 (OPD)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE BY A PARTY TO AN OFFER

Rules 8.1 and 8.2 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	H&T Group plc
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):      The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.	N/A
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	H&T Group plc
(d) Is the discloser the offeror or the offeree?	OFFEREE
(e) Date position held:      The latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	22 May 2025
(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	N/A

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates

Class of relevant security:	Ordinary Shares 5p
	Interests		Short positions
Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	Nil	-	Nil	-
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	Nil	-	Nil	-
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	Nil	-	Nil	-
TOTAL:	Nil	-	Nil	-

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:	None
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:	N/A

3.         POSITIONS OF PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTY TO THE OFFER MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Details of any interests, short positions and rights to subscribe (including directors' and other employee options) of any person acting in concert with the party to the offer making the disclosure:

a)   Holdings of ordinary shares by the directors of H&T Group plc (the "Company") and their close relatives:

Name	Number of H&T ordinary shares held	% of total issued share capital
Christopher Gillespie	229,225	0.52
Simon Walker	30,000	0.07
Diane Giddy	55,534	0.13
Toni Wood*	2,503	0.01

* Toni Wood is deemed to be beneficially interested in 2,503 H&T ordinary shares held by her spouse, Duncan Vance

b)   The directors of the Company have the following rights to subscribe for the following relevant H&T Group plc securities:

Name	Date of grant	Type of grant	Vesting Date	Expiry Date	Exercise price (p)	No. of options outstanding
Christopher Gillespie	15/05/2023	LTIP**	15/05/2026	15/05/2033	Nil	93,816
Christopher Gillespie	15/05/2024	LTIP**	15/05/2027	15/05/2034	Nil	111,335
Christopher Gillespie	28/04/2025	LTIP**	28/04/2028	28/04/2035	Nil	118,177
Diane Giddy	15/05/2023	LTIP**	15/05/2026	15/05/2033	Nil	68,092
Diane Giddy	15/05/2024	LTIP**	15/05/2027	15/05/2034	Nil	80,808
Diane Giddy	28/04/2025	LTIP**	28/04/2028	28/04/2035	Nil	85,773

** Options relate to H&T Group plc's Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) awarded by the remuneration committee. The LTIP awards are subject to performance criteria as disclosed within the Company's Annual Report for the relevant year of the awards

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

Details of any securities borrowing and lending positions or financial collateral arrangements should be disclosed on a Supplemental Form 8 (SBL).

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the party to the offer making the disclosure, or any person acting in concert with it, and any other person relating to: (i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None

(c)        Attachments

Are any Supplemental Forms attached?

Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)	NO
Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)	NO

###### Date of disclosure:	22 May 2025
###### Contact name:	Fiona Woolfe
###### Telephone number:	07884 614563

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