AEP Plantations Plc

("AEP" or the "Company")

Share Split

AEP Plantations Plc, which owns, operates and develops plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia, announces that it now intends to implement a share split, being the subdivision of the Company's ordinary shares of 25p each ("Existing Ordinary Shares") into 10 ordinary shares of 2.5p each ("New Ordinary Shares") (the "Share Split"). The Company's shareholders approved a resolution to facilitate the Share Split at the Annual General Meeting held on 15 June 2026.  

The purpose of the Share Split is to enhance the affordability of the Company's shares to investors on a per share basis, which the Board anticipates will increase the trading liquidity and marketability of the Company's shares. The Company is now proposing to implement the Share Split, further details of which are set out below.

The Share Split is conditional on the New Ordinary Shares being admitted to the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Applications for such admissions (the "Admission Applications") are being made and it is expected that such admissions will become effective, and that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence, at 8.00 am on 25 June 2026, at which time the Share Split will become effective. The last day of trading in the Existing Ordinary Shares is expected to be 24 June 2026 and the record date for the Share Split is 6.00 pm on 24 June 2026 (the "Record Date").

The Share Split will result in shareholders receiving 10 New Ordinary Shares in exchange for each Existing Ordinary Share held at the Record Date. CREST accounts are expected to be credited with New Ordinary Shares on 25 June 2026 and share certificates in respect of the New Ordinary Shares are expected to be posted to shareholders no later than 30 June 2026.

The New Ordinary Shares will have a new ISIN and SEDOL, as follows:

New ISIN: GB00BWPD4D87

New SEDOL: BWPD4D8

The ticker for the New Ordinary Shares will remain the same as the ticker for the Existing Ordinary Shares (AEP).

The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with each other and will be subject to the same rights and restrictions (save as to nominal value) as the Existing Ordinary Shares. Each New Ordinary Share will also have one vote per share on a poll. A holding of New Ordinary Shares following the Share Split will represent the same proportion of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company as the corresponding holding of Existing Ordinary Shares immediately prior to the Share Split.

The Company currently has 39,976,272 Existing Ordinary Shares in issue (including 1,616,924 Existing Ordinary Shares held in treasury). On this basis, in accordance with the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule 5.6, the Company advises that, immediately following completion of the Share Split and on the assumption that no Existing Ordinary Shares are bought back or issued by the Company between the date of this announcement and the date on which the Share Split takes effect, the Company will have 399,762,720 New Ordinary Shares in issue (including 16,169,240 New Ordinary Shares held in treasury).

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