Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Eckoh Plc | 28.08.24

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC TRADE DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL DEALER WITH RECOGNIZED INTERMEDIARY STATUS ACTING IN A CLIENT SERVICE CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal dealer:	Investec Bank plc
(b) Name of the provider/contractor to whose relevant effects this form relates: Use a separate form for each provider/contractor	Eckoh plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which the exempt principal dealer is associated:	Investec is a joint broker of Eckoh plc
(d) Date on which the transaction took place:	27^andAugust 2024
(e) Does the exempt principal dealer, in addition to the undertaking in point 1(b) above, also make disclosures in relation to any other party to this offering? If this is a cash offer or a potential cash offer, please state “N/A”	n/a

2. ACTS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL DEALER

Where there is trading in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or the recipient of the offer referred to in point 1(b), copy Table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as applicable) for each additional class of relevant securities in which trading takes place.

All prices and other monetary amounts must be stated in the currency.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchases/sales	Total number of effects	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
Ordinary shares	Purchases	55,000	48.2	48

(b) Cash-settled derivatives transactions

Class of relevant security	Product Description e.g. CFD	Nature of the interaction e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/decreasing a long/short position	Number of reference effects	Price per unit
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

(c) Equity-based derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Write, sell, buy or modify

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

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product Description e.g. call option	Practice/practiced against	Number of effects	Exercise price per unit
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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

Class of relevant security	Nature of the interaction e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

3. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnification and other trade arrangements

Information about any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to any relevant securities which may provide an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing, entered into by the exempt principal dealer making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, then write “none”

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Information about any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether formal or informal, between the exempt principal dealer making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

(i) the voting rights of relevant securities under an option; or

(ii) the voting rights or the future acquisition or disposal of relevant securities to which a derivative refers:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, please state “none”

Date of publication:	28^and August 2024
Contact person:	Abhishek Gawde
Phone number:	+91 9923757332

Disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s transaction disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.