28 July 2025

London, UK

Defence Holdings PLC

("Defence" or "the Company")

Publication of Prospectus

Update on Admission of Ordinary Shares

Defence Holdings PLC (ALRT) announces that the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") has approved the Prospectus dated 28 July 2025 (the "Prospectus") in connection with the £3.45 million Placing previously announced on 29 and 30 May 2025.

The Prospectus will be available for viewing on the Company website: https://www.defencetechnologies.com/investors and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Issue of Equity, Admission and Trading

The Company will issue 1,061,538,460 new Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Placing (the "Placing Shares") and 80,000,000 Ordinary Shares to be allotted to Fortified Securities in consideration for their services related to the Fundraising (the "Fee Shares").

The Placing Shares, Fee Shares, and Existing Fundraising Shares (as defined below), together totalling 1,324,205,127 Ordinary Shares, are expected to be admitted to the Equity Shares (Transition) segment of the Official List maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange plc at 8:00 a.m. on 31 July 2025 ("Admission").

The Existing Fundraising Shares refer to 182,666,667 Ordinary Shares issued through subscriptions that took place between 30 November 2023 and 8 May 2024 ("Existing Fundraising Shares").

Total Voting Rights

Following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 1,946,522,489 shares with a nominal value of £0.001 each, with voting rights ("Ordinary Shares"). The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

The above figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Defined terms used but not defined in this announcement have the meanings set out in the announcement released by the Company on 29 and 30 May 2025.

About Defence Holdings PLC (ALRT)

Headquartered in London, Defence Holdings PLC is a publicly listed company trading under the stock ticker (ALRT) dedicated to delivering high-performance defence and security solutions for the UK and European markets. Leveraging deep capital-markets expertise and a network of technology partners, the Company intends to develop and acquire advanced sensors, AI-driven analytics, secure communications and autonomous platforms that enhance the operational advantage of its customers across land, sea, air, space and cyber domains.

Website: www.defencetechnologies.com

Media Enquiries
 Brian  Stockbridge

 Director
 Defence Holdings PLC
 Tel: +44 (0)20 3855 5551

 Email: [email protected]