REG-Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Inspired Plc

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FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED
INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY 
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1.        KEY INFORMATION

 (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                                                                                   Shore Capital Stockbrokers Ltd  
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree  Inspired Plc                    
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:                                                    Inspired Plc                    
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                                                                           25 April 2025                   
 (e) Has the EPT previously disclosed, or is it today disclosing, under the Code in respect of any other party to this offer?           No                              

2.        DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)        Purchases and sales

 Class of relevant security  Purchases/ sales  Total number of securities  Highest price per unit paid/received  Lowest price per unit paid/received  
 Ordinary                    Purchases         NA                          NA                                    NA                                   
 Ordinary                    Sales             50,000                      68p                                   68p                                  

(b)        Derivatives transactions (other than option)

 Class of relevant security  Product description  e.g. CFD  Nature of dealing  e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position  Number of reference securities  Price per unit  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

(c)        Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)        Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 Class of relevant security  Product description e.g. call option  Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.  Number of securities to which option relates  Exercise price per unit  Type  e.g. American, European etc.  Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

(ii)        Exercising

 Class of relevant security  Product description  e.g. call option  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit  
                                                                                                                   

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing  e.g. subscription, conversion  Details  Price per unit (if applicable)  
                                                                                                                        

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

3.        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 exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:  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 exempt principal trader making the disclosure 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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           



 Date of disclosure:  28 April 2025      
 Contact name:        Clare Gamble-Dale  
 Telephone number:    0207 601 6132      

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is
available for consultation in relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure
requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129. 
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk