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RNS Number : 3033G  Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC  01 June 2026

1 June 2026

 

Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC

(the "Company")

Admission of Ordinary Non-Voting Shares to Trading on AIM

Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC (AIM: ARBB) announces that an application has been
made for its ordinary non-voting shares of £0.01 each (the "Ordinary
Non-Voting Shares") to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is
expected that Admission in respect of the Ordinary Non-Voting Shares will
become effective at 8:00 a.m. on or around 2 June 2026 .

The Ordinary Non-Voting Shares are currently admitted to trading on the Aquis
Stock Exchange Growth Market ("AQSE") under the TIDM ARBN and have the
following identifiers: ISIN GB00BJRHYM66 and SEDOL BJRHYM6 (the
"Identifiers").

Background to and reasons for the creation of the Ordinary Non-Voting Shares

The Ordinary Non-Voting Shares were created in 2019 as a separate class of
ordinary share capital to the Company's voting ordinary shares of £0.01 each
("Ordinary Shares"), to give the Company the flexibility to raise funds
through the issue of shares while preserving the voting position of the
majority holders of the Company's Ordinary Shares. In May 2019, the Company
announced a bonus issue of 152,621 Ordinary Non-Voting Shares to holders of
Ordinary Shares on a basis of one Ordinary Non-Voting Share for every one
hundred Ordinary Shares held, alongside the Ordinary Non-Voting Shares and
existing Ordinary Shares being admitted to trading on AQSE.

Following changes to the AIM Rules for Companies in January 2026 and, in
particular, the removal of the requirement for the publication of an admission
document when admitting a new class of shares to trading on AIM, the Board now
believes that admission to trading on AIM of the Ordinary Non-Voting Shares is
in the best interests of the Company and shareholders as a whole, as it is
expected to improve the visibility of the Ordinary Non-Voting Shares, enhance
liquidity and broaden the potential investor base for the Ordinary Non-Voting
Shares.

Rights attaching to the Ordinary Non-Voting Shares

The Ordinary Non-Voting Shares rank pari passu with the Ordinary Shares as to
dividends and other distributions and as to returns of capital on a
winding-up. However, they do not carry voting rights at general meetings of
the Company, save in the limited circumstances required by applicable law
and/or where the rights attaching to the Ordinary Non-Voting Shares as a class
are varied.

Ordinary Non-Voting Share identifiers following Admission

From Admission, the Ordinary Non-Voting Shares will continue to trade with its
current Identifiers, as set out below:

• TIDM: ARBN

• ISIN: GB00BJRHYM66

• SEDOL: BJRHYM6

The identifiers of the Ordinary Shares, which are admitted to trading on AIM
and AQSE, remain unchanged.

Admission and total voting rights

The Company has 152,621 Ordinary Non-Voting Shares in issue of which 19,040
are held in Treasury. Application has been made for the 152,621 Ordinary
Non-Voting Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. Admission is expected to
become effective and dealings to commence at 8.00 a.m. on or around 2 June
2026.

Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will remain unchanged,
comprising 16,576,619 Ordinary Shares and 152,621 Ordinary Non-Voting Shares.
The Ordinary Shares (voting) are admitted to trading on AIM under TIDM: ARBB.
The Ordinary Non-Voting Shares do not carry voting rights and therefore do not
form part of the Company's total voting rights for the purposes of the FCA's
Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Following Admission, the Ordinary Non-Voting Shares and Ordinary Shares will
remain admitted to trading on AQSE. The Board will keep this under review and
may in due course seek to cancel the AQSE admission of the Ordinary Shares and
Ordinary Non-Voting Shares. No decision has been taken in this regard and any
further updates will be announced as and when appropriate.

 

Enquiries:

 

 Arbuthnot Banking Group                                                                                                020 7012 2400

 Sir Henry Angest, Chairman and Chief Executive

 Andrew Salmon, Group Chief Operating Officer

 James Cobb, Group Finance Director

 Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser and                                                                           020 7383 5100

 AQSE Corporate Adviser)

 Colin Aaronson / Samantha Harrison / Ciara Donnelly

 Shore Capital (Broker)                                                                                                 020 7408 4090

 Daniel Bush / David Coaten / Tom Knibbs

 H/Advisers (Financial PR)                                                                                              020 7379 5151

 Sam Cartwright

 

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