REG - Guaranty Trust Hldng - GDR DELISTING ANNOUNCEMENT

Guaranty Trust HoldingAnnouncement

03/07/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 5039P  Guaranty Trust Holding Company PLC  02 July 2025

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2 July 2025

Guaranty Trust Holding Company plc Notice of Cancellation of Listing of GDRs

Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (LSE: GTCO) (the "Company"), announces that
it intends to cancel the London Stock Exchange plc (the "London Stock
Exchange") listing of its global depositary receipts (the "GDRs") on July 31,
2025.

Cancellation of Listing

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 21.2.17R, the Company hereby gives notice
of its intention to cancel the listing of the GDRs on the certificates
representing certain securities (depositary receipts) category of the Official
List of the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and the
admission to trading of the GDRs on the London Stock Exchange's main market
for listed securities (the "LSE Delisting"). Pursuant to UK Listing Rule
21.2.17R, the Company is required to give at least 20 business days' notice
(the "Notice Period") of the intended cancellation of listing of the GDRs.
Accordingly, such cancellation is expected to occur by no later than July 31,
2025, such that the last date of trading of the GDRs on the LSE will be July
30, 2025.

Following the LSE Delisting, it will no longer be possible to trade the GDRs
on the London Stock Exchange.

Background and Reasons for Cancellation

By way of background, the GDRs have been admitted to trading on the Main
Market of the London Stock Exchange since 1 July 2021. The Company today
announced that it intends to apply to the FCA for all of the ordinary shares
of the Company (the "Shares") to be admitted to the equity shares
(international commercial companies secondary listing) category of the
Official List of the FCA and to the London Stock Exchange for all of the
Shares to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market
for listed securities (together, "Admission"). It is expected that dealings in
the Shares will commence on the day of Admission, which, subject to the
satisfaction of certain conditions, is expected to be at 8.00 a.m. (London
time) on or around July 9, 2025.

The Company has applied for the cancellation of the admissions to listing and
trading of the GDRs in London due to the low volumes being traded on the main
market of the London Stock Exchange. The Company believes that investors in
the Company will benefit from the Shares trading on the London Stock Exchange
and that these will enjoy greater liquidity than the GDRs. Accordingly, the
Company is seeking to amend the listing of its securities on the London Stock
Exchange from GDRs to Shares. Furthermore, the Company believes that such
amendment of the listing of its securities may make it easier for the Company
to raise capital internationally in the future should it need to.

Following the end of the Notice Period, the Depositary will endeavour to make
the GDRs ineligible within the current settlement system(s). At such time as
the GDRs cease to be clearing house/settlement

system eligible, and, thereafter, the Depositary shall: (i) cancel all
outstanding GDRs, and (ii) arrange for the Shares represented by outstanding
GDRs to be delivered to the Company along with a copy of the GDR register
maintained by the Depositary (the "Register"). Promptly after receipt of said
Shares, the Company shall use its best efforts to deliver to each person
reflected on such Register appropriate documentation to effect the transfer to
such persons of the Shares previously represented by their GDRs.

Should you have any questions in relation to the cancellation of the London
listing of the GDRs, the Company recommends that you consult your broker. For
any additional queries arising, you may contact the Company, at ir@gtcoplc.com
(mailto:ir@gtcoplc.com) .

The information contained in this announcement is deemed by the Company to
constitute inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the UK Market
Abuse Regulation. By the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory
Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the
public domain. The person responsible for arranging for the release of this
announcement on behalf of the Company is Erhi Obebeduo, General Counsel /
Company Secretary.

The legal entity identifier of the Company is 0292004488G9K8Y1I649.

This notice has been published on the Company's website (www.gtcoplc.com)
(http://www.gtcoplc.com/) and will be retained in line with applicable
disclosure requirements.

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