KINOVO PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • May 22, 2025

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RNS Number : 8497J

Kinovo 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:	Kinovo 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	Kinovo plc
(d) Is the discloser the offeror or the offeree?	Offeree
(e) Date position held:      The latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	20 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 of 10p each
	Interests		Short positions
Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
TOTAL:	Nil	Nil	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:	N/A
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)  Interests held by the directors of Kinovo plc, their close relatives and related trusts:

Shareholder	No. of ordinary shares of 10p each in Kinovo plc	Percentage of total issued share capital (to two decimal places)
David Bullen
David Bullen	1,122,262	4.91%
Emma Bullen1	271,272
David Bullen2	1,664,286
David Bullen3	54,568
Total	3,112,388
Clive Lovett
Clive Lovett	405,668	1.67%
Emily Lovett4	184,827
Clive Lovett5	414,286
Clive Lovett6	54,568
Total	1,059,349
Sangita Shah
Odyssean Enterprises Limited7	926,221	1.57%
Philip Dembo8	19,048
Sangita Shah and Philip Dembo	28,104
Sangita Shah	25,862
Total	999,235
Grand total	5,170,972	8.16%

1.   Wife of David Bullen.

2.   Shares issued under Kinovo plc's Joint Share Ownership Plan (JSOP).

3.   Shares issued under Kinovo plc's Share Incentive Plan (SIP). If the SIP participant ceases Relevant Employment (as defined in the SIP rules), then the participant must transfer all their matching shares subject to vesting to the trustee (or other person directed by the company) for nil consideration.

4.   Wife of Clive Lovett.

5.   Same as 2 above.

6.   Same as 3 above.

7.   Company owned by Sangita Shah.

8.   Husband of Sangita Shah.

(b)  Options held by directors of Kinovo plc:

Name	Number of ordinary shares subject to option	Date of grant	Date of vesting	Exercise Price	Expiry date
CSOP1
David Bullen	85,714	5 March 2021	5 March 2024	35p	5 March 2031
Clive Lovett	85,714	5 March 2021	5 March 2024	35p	5 March 2031
Total	171,428	-	-	-	-

1.   Options issued under the CSOP.

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:	21 May 2025
###### Contact name:	Clive Lovett
###### Telephone number:	020 4548 4562

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

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