Result of Annual General Meeting

1. To receive the Company's Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements for the year-ended 31 December 2024.

8,637,359

99.94

5,247

0.06

8,642,606

9,212

2. To re-appoint BDO Limited as auditor to the Company until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company.

8,609,634

99.64

31,467

0.36

8,641,101

10,717

3. To authorise the Directors of the Company to determine the remuneration of the auditor.

8,576,336

99.84

13,765

0.16

8,590,101

61,717

4. To re-elect Mr Toby Birch as Chairman of the Company who retires in accordance with recommendations of the AIC Corporate Governance Code.

8,598,959

99.90

8,750

0.10

8,607,709

44,109

5. To re-elect Ms Monica Tepes as a Director of the Company who retires in accordance with the recommendations of the AIC Corporate Governance Code.

8,489,335

98.74

108,374

1.26

8,597,709

54,109

6. To elect Mrs Helen Green as a Director of the Company who retires in accordance with Article 21.2 of the Articles of the Company.

8,478,689

99.96

3,500

0.04

8,482,189

169,629

7. To authorise the Company, in accordance with Article 4.8 of the Articles of Association of the Company and The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008, as amended (the "Law"), to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares of £0.001 each ("Ordinary Shares"), such authorisation conditional upon the Ordinary Shares of the Company continuing to be admitted to listing on The International Stock Exchange ("TISE") and, with the exception of a tender offer or partial offer being made to all holders of Ordinary Shares on the same terms:

7.1 the maximum number of Ordinary Shares hereby authorised to be purchased shall be up to 14.99% of the Company's existing issued ordinary share capital;

7.2 the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for the Ordinary Shares to be £0.001 per Ordinary Share;

7.3 the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) payable by the Company for the Ordinary Shares to be 5% above the average of the closing middle market quotations (as derived from Bloomberg) of an Ordinary Share for the five (5) consecutive dealing days preceding the date on which the purchase is made;

7.4 the authority (unless previously renewed or revoked) will expire at the end of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2026 or, if earlier, the date being eighteen months from the date of passing of this resolution;

7.5 the Company may make a contract to purchase its own Ordinary Shares under the authority hereby conferred prior to the expiry of such authority which will or may be executed or wholly or partly executed after the expiry of such authority, and may make a purchase of its own Ordinary Shares in pursuance of any such contract; and

7.6 the purchase price for any Ordinary Shares may be paid by the Company out of distributable profits or out of capital and share premium or otherwise to the fullest extent permitted by The Companies (Financial Assistance for Acquisition of Own Shares) Ordinance, 1998.

8,637,601

99.94

5,005

0.06

8,642,606

9,212

Enquiries

Manulife | CQS Investment Management

Craig Cleland

+44 (0) 20 7201 5368

Cavendish Capital Markets Limited

Robert Peel (Corporate Finance)

Daniel Balabanoff / Pauline Tribe (Sales)

+44 (0) 20 7908 6000

+44 (0) 20 7720 0500

Apex Fund and Corporate Services (Guernsey) Limited

James Taylor / Harriet Roberts

+44 (0) 203 5303 600

Tavistock

Jos Simson / Gareth Tredway / Ruairi Millar

+44 (0) 20 7920 3150