Christopher Eves and Sheila Greenwood as Trustees of Billown 1997 Settlement reported a 75.64% stake in Harworth Group Plc (TR-1 holding notification)

RNS Number : 3836Z

Harworth Group PLC

16 October 2026

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1\. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB00BYZJ7G42

Issuer Name

HARWORTH GROUP PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2\. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3\. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Christopher Eves and Sheila Greenwood as Trustees of Billown 1997 Settlement

City of registered office (if applicable)

Port Erin

Country of registered office (if applicable)

Isle of Man

4\. Details of the shareholder

Name	City of registered office	Country of registered office
Rulegale Nominees Limited	Bury	United Kingdom
Peel Pepper (UK) Limited	Manchester	United Kingdom

5\. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

13-Oct-2026

6\. Date on which Issuer notified

16-Oct-2026

7\. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	75.640000	0.000000	75.640000	247360942
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	74.680000	0.000000	74.680000

8\. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB00BYZJ7G42	247360942		75.640000
Sub Total 8.A	247360942	75.640000%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B1

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B2

9\. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2\. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Chain 1
Christopher Eves & Sheila Greenwood	Christopher Eves and Sheila Greenwood are the trustees of a trust which controls Tokenhouse Limited.			0.000000%
As above	Tokenhouse Limited			0.000000%
As above	Tokenhouse Investments (IOM) Limited			0.000000%
As above	Peel Holdings Group Limited			0.000000%
As above	Peel Holdings (IOM) Limited			0.000000%
As above	Peel Investments Holdings (IOM) Limited			0.000000%
As above	Goodweather Holdings Limited	29.320000		29.320000%
Chain 2				0.000000%
Christopher Eves & Sheila Greenwood	Christopher Eves and Sheila Greenwood are the trustees of a trust which controls Tokenhouse Limited.			0.000000%
As above	Tokenhouse Limited			0.000000%
As above	Tokenhouse Investments (IOM) Limited			0.000000%
As above	Peel Holdings Group Limited			0.000000%
As above	Peel Holdings (IOM) Limited			0.000000%
As above	Peel Holdings Pepper (IOM) Limited			0.000000%
As above	Peel Pepper (1) Limited			0.000000%
As above	Peel Pepper (2) Limited			0.000000%
As above	Peel Pepper (UK) Limited	46.320000		46.320000%
Chain 3
Christopher Eves & Sheila Greenwood	Christopher Eves and Sheila Greenwood are the trustees of a trust which controls Cheeseden Investments Limited
As above	Cheeseden Investments Limited
Chain 4
Christopher Eves & Sheila Greenwood	Christopher Eves and Sheila Greenwood are the trustees of a trust which controls Cheeseden Investments Limited
As above	Cheeseden Investments Limited
As above	Bexton Croft 1 Limited
Chain 5
Christopher Eves & Sheila Greenwood	Christopher Eves and Sheila Greenwood are the trustees of a trust which controls Cheeseden Investments Limited
As above	Cheeseden Investments Limited
As above	Carr Laund 2 Limited
Chain 6
Christopher Eves & Sheila Greenwood	Christopher Eves and Sheila Greenwood are the trustees of a trust which controls Cheeseden Investments Limited
As above	Cheeseden Investments Limited
As above	Castlewood Holdings 1 Limited
Chain 7
Christopher Eves & Sheila Greenwood	Christopher Eves and Sheila Greenwood are the trustees of a trust which controls Cheeseden Investments Limited
As above	Cheeseden Investments Limited
As above	DPP Limited
Chain 8
Christopher Eves & Sheila Greenwood	Christopher Eves and Sheila Greenwood are the trustees of a trust which controls Cheeseden Investments Limited
As above	Cheeseden Investments Limited
As above	Mug Shot 1 Limited

10\. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

If date does not apply, explain below

11\. Additional Information

This notification is made by the trustees for the time being of the Billown 1997 Settlement (the "Trustees") as indirect holders of the voting rights attached to shares in Harworth Group plc held by Peel Pepper (UK) Limited and Goodweather Holdings Limited, both of which are ultimately controlled by the Trustees.

The voting rights held by Goodweather Holdings Limited were previously notified by Goodweather Holdings Limited in its TR-1 published on 12 February 2026. Following the acquisition of shares by Peel Pepper (UK) Limited, the Trustees are now notifying as the ultimate controlling person of the combined voting rights held through those two entities. The chain of controlled undertakings is set out in Section 9.

Goodweather Holdings Limited has not acquired or disposed of any shares since its previous notification.

The total includes 12,338,626 shares for which valid acceptances of the Offer have been received. The Offer became unconditional on 29 September 2026. From that time Peel Pepper (UK) Limited may exercise the voting rights attached to those shares under the authority granted in the Form of Acceptance Offer Document, pending settlement and registration.

12\. Date of Completion

16-Oct-2026

13\. Place Of Completion

Isle of Man

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