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BARONSMEAD SECOND VENTURE TRUST PLC (the "Company")

LEI: 2138008D3WUMF6TW8C28

17 June 2025

Change of Allotment Date

The board of the Company (the "Board") announced on 10 January 2025 that the Company, together with Baronsmead Venture Trust plc ("BVT"), had published a prospectus (the "Prospectus") in relation to offers for subscription to raise up to £30 million in aggregate with the discretion to utilise over-allotment facilities to raise up to a further £20 million in aggregate (the "Offers" and each the "BSVT Offer" or "BVT Offer"). Full details of the Offers are contained in the Prospectus.

The Board announced on 28 May 2025 that the BSVT Offer was closed to further subscriptions and a fourth and final allotment would take place on or around 3 July 2025. As the BSVT Offer is closed, the Board have decided to bring forward the fourth and final allotment under the BSVT Offer to 18 June 2025.

For further information please contact:

Baronsmead VCT Investor Relations

020 7382 0999

[email protected]

Notes

This Announcement is an advertisement for the purposes of the Prospectus Regulation Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and is not a prospectus. This Announcement does not constitute or form part of, and should not be construed as, an offer for sale or subscription of, or solicitation of any offer to subscribe for or to acquire, any ordinary shares in Baronsmead Venture Trust plc or Baronsmead Second Venture Trust plc (together the "Companies") in any jurisdiction, including in or into Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of South Africa, the United States or any member state of the EEA (other than any member state of the EEA where the Companies' securities may be lawfully marketed). Investors should not subscribe for or purchase any ordinary shares referred to in this Announcement except on the basis of information in the prospectus (the "Prospectus") in its final form, published on 10 January 2025 by Baronsmead Venture Trust plc and Baronsmead Second Venture Trust plc, in connection with the Offers. A copy of the Prospectus  is available for inspection, subject to certain access restrictions, from the Company's registered office, for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and on the Company's website (http://www.baronsmeadvcts.co.uk). Approval of the Prospectus by the FCA should not be understood as an endorsement of the securities that are the subject of the Prospectus. Potential investors are recommended to read the Prospectus before making an investment decision in order to fully understand the potential risks and rewards associated with a decision to invest in the Companies' securities.