Merger Statement

WHG TREASURY PLC

(the "Issuer")

WHG TREASURY PLC

£250,000,000 4.25 per cent. Secured Bonds due 2045

ISIN XS1115149681

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (OR TO U.S. PERSONS), AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN, OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH OFFERS OR SALES OF SECURITIES WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW

Update of Partnership Discussions

Notice is hereby given that the Boards of Walsall Housing Group Limited and Aspire Housing Limited have concluded their due diligence and approved the planned merger of the two organisations to create a social landlord with over 33,000 homes.

Aspire Housing Limited will become a subsidiary of Walsall Housing Group Limited and this is expected to be completed by 30 November 2026, subject to appropriate third party lender consents having been obtained. 

Walsall Housing Group Limited is a non-profit charitable company (Company Nº. 04015633), a Registered Charity (Nº. 1108779) and is registered with the Regulator of Social Housing (Nº. L4389).

Aspire Housing Limited is a charitable housing association registered in England as a Community Benefit Society (Reg. No. 31218R) and registered with the Regulator of Social Housing (No. L4238).

whg Treasury PLC is a public limited company (Company No. 09138070).

For further information contact:

Sangita Surridge

Corporate Director of Finance

Walsall Housing Group

100 Hatherton Street,

Walsall,

West Midlands

WS1 1AB

Telephone: 07944 722 768

Email: [email protected]