Mears Group PLC

("Mears" or "the Group" or "the Company")

Exercise of options and PDMR dealing

Mears Group PLC (LSE: MER) announces that on 6 May 2025, Andrew Smith, Chief Financial Officer and David Miles, Operations Director, both PDMRs, exercised share options over 484,671 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in connection with the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan and Deferred Share Bonus Plan as detailed below.

Subsequent to the exercise of the share options, on 8 May 2025, Andrew Smith has sold 108,411 Ordinary Shares and David Miles has sold 162,348 Ordinary Shares at an average price of 393 pence per Ordinary Share in order to satisfy tax liabilities resulting from the exercise of the above-mentioned options.

Following the completion of the exercise and the sale, the aggregate shareholdings of Andrew Smith and David Miles are:

Contact information

Ben Westran, Company Secretary                                              Tel: +44(0)1452 634600

www.mearsgroup.co.uk

About Mears

Mears is a leading provider of services to the Housing sector, providing a range of services to individuals within their homes. We manage and maintain around 450,000 homes across the UK and work predominantly with Central Government and Local Government, typically through long-term contracts. We equally consider the residents of the homes that we manage and maintain to be our customers, and we take pride in the high levels of customer satisfaction that we achieve.

Mears currently employs over 5,000 people and provides services in every region of the UK. In partnership with our Housing clients, we provide property management and maintenance services. Mears has extended its activities to provide broader housing solutions to solve the challenge posed by the lack of affordable housing and to provide accommodation and support for the most vulnerable.

We focus on long-term outcomes for people rather than short-term solutions and invest in innovations that have a positive impact on people's quality of life and on their communities' social, economic, and environmental wellbeing. Our innovative approaches and market leading positions are intended to create value for our customers and the people they serve while also driving sustainable financial returns for our providers of capital, especially our shareholders.

The information set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of Article 19(3) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation No 596/2014 (as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging

managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them