20 April 2026
 

 HELIOS UNDERWRITING PLC
 ("Helios ", or the "Company")

 Transaction in Own Shares

Helios, the only publicly traded company offering instant access to a diverse portfolio of syndicates at Lloyd's of London, the world's largest insurance market, announces it has purchased the following number of its Ordinary shares of 10p each through Peel Hunt LLP.

The Company intends to place the purchased shares into Treasury.

Following the settlement of the purchased shares, the Company will have 75,216,173 Ordinary shares in issue of which 5,641,098 are held in Treasury.

The figure of 69,575,075 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculating whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

The table below contains detailed information about the purchases made as part of the buyback programme which was announced by the Company on 09 April 2026 (the "Programme").

 Aggregate information:

 
 Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it forms part of UK law, a full breakdown of the individual trades made by Peel Hunt on behalf of the Company as part of the Programme is detailed below:

 
For further information contact:

Helios Underwriting plc

Louis Tucker - Chief Executive Officer

Tel: +44 (0)203 965 6441 

Adhiraj Maitra - Director of Finance and Operations

Tel: +44 (0) 203 743 2114

Deutsche Bank (Nomad) / Deutsche Numis (Broker)

Charles Farquhar

Tel: +44 (0)20 7601 6100

FTI Consulting

Ed Berry

Tel: +44 (0)7703 330 199

Christian Harte

Tel: +44 (0)7974 288 763