REG-Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

Octopus Apollo VCTAnnouncement

02/12/2025 07:00

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OCTOPUS APOLLO VCT PLC

Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights

Octopus Apollo VCT plc (the ‘Company’) announces that 40,779,969 Ordinary
Shares of 0.1p each (the ‘Shares’) were issued and allotted on 1 December
2025 (subject to Admission) pursuant to the Company’s offer for subscription
(the ‘Offer’) to raise £75 million, with an over-allotment facility of
£25 million, in the 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 tax years. The Shares were issued
at a price of 53.0p each in accordance with the terms of the prospectus dated
30 October 2025 that was issued by the Company in connection with the Offer.

An application for the Shares to be admitted to the Official List of the
Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) and to trading on the London Stock
Exchange’s main market for listed securities will be made and dealings are
expected to commence on or around 5 December 2025.

The following directors were included within the allotment and were allotted
shares at a price per share of 53.0p:

                       No. of Shares  Current Holding  Percentage of Issued Share Capital  
 Murray Steele         40,565         445,875          0.05                                
 PCA of Murray Steele  40,565         164,952          0.015                               
 Lindsay Dodsworth     20,282         20,282           0.0019                              
 Graeme Gunn           20,282         20,282           0.0019                              

The issued share capital and total voting rights of the Company are now
1,073,799,450. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the
denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are
required to issue a notification of their interest in, or of a change in their
interest in the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure
Guidance and Transparency Rules.

For further information please contact:

Rachel Peat 
Octopus Company Secretarial Services Limited 
Tel: +44 (0)80 0316 2067

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