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THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FALLING UNDER RULE 2.4 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS (THE "CODE") AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A FIRM INTENTION TO MAKE AN OFFER UNDER RULE 2.7 OF THE CODE

THERE CAN BE NO CERTAINTY THAT AN OFFER WILL BE MADE, OR AS TO THE TERMS OF ANY SUCH OFFER

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION

20 May 2025

Renold plc (the "Company" or "Renold")

Statement Regarding Possible Offer

The Board of Renold notes the recent press speculation and confirms that it has received two separate unsolicited and non-binding all-cash proposals from a consortium comprising Buckthorn Partners LLP and One Equity Partners IX, L.P. (the "Consortium"), and Webster Industries, Inc, a company majority-owned by a fund managed and controlled by Morgenthaler Private Equity ("MPE"), to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Renold.

The Consortium's latest proposal is at a price of 81 pence per Renold share (the "Consortium Proposal"), and Webster's latest proposal is at a price of 77 pence per Renold share (the "Webster Proposal"), and each follows several previous proposals.

Both the Consortium Proposal and the Webster Proposal are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of customary pre-conditions. The Board of Renold is currently engaging with both the Consortium and Webster, including providing them with access to management and diligence information.

There can be no certainty that an offer will be made, or as to the terms of any such offer.

In accordance with Rule 2.6(a) of the Code, by not later than 5.00 pm on 17 June 2025, each of the Consortium and Webster must either announce a firm intention to make an offer for Renold in accordance with Rule 2.7 of the Code or announce that it does not intend to make an offer for Renold, in which case the announcement will be treated as a statement to which Rule 2.8 of the Code applies. This deadline will only be extended with the consent of the Takeover Panel in accordance with Rule 2.6(c) of the Code.

This announcement is made without the agreement or approval of the Consortium or Webster.

The person responsible for making this announcement on behalf of Renold is Andrew Batchelor, Company Secretary.

Enquiries

Notice related to financial adviser

Peel Hunt LLP ("Peel Hunt"), which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK, is acting exclusively for Renold and no one else in connection with the matters described in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Renold for providing the protections afforded to clients of Peel Hunt nor for providing advice in connection with the matters referred to herein. Neither Peel Hunt nor any of its subsidiaries, branches or affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Peel Hunt in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.

Disclosure requirements of the Code

Under Rule 8.3(a) of the Code, any person who is interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of an offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror (being any offeror other than an offeror in respect of which it has been announced that its offer is, or is likely to be, solely in cash) must make an Opening Position Disclosure following the commencement of the offer period and, if later, following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified. An Opening Position Disclosure must contain details of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange offeror(s). An Opening Position Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(a) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10th business day following the commencement of the offer period and, if appropriate, by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10th business day following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant securities of the offeree company or of a securities exchange offeror prior to the deadline for making an Opening Position Disclosure must instead make a Dealing Disclosure.

Under Rule 8.3(b) of the Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals in any relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror. A Dealing Disclosure must contain details of the dealing concerned and of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange offeror(s), save to the extent that these details have previously been disclosed under Rule 8. A Dealing Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(b) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the business day following the date of the relevant dealing.

If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire or control an interest in relevant securities of an offeree company or a securities exchange offeror, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3.

Opening Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company and by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons acting in concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4).

Details of the offeree and offeror companies in respect of whose relevant securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing Disclosures must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk, including details of the number of relevant securities in issue, when the offer period commenced and when any offeror was first identified. You should contact the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit on +44 (0)20 7638 0129 if you are in any doubt as to whether you are required to make an Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing Disclosure.

Rule 2.9 disclosure

In accordance with Rule 2.9 of the Code, Renold confirms that, as at the date of this announcement, its issued and fully paid share capital consists of 225,417,740 ordinary shares with par value of 5p. The International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) for the ordinary shares is GB0007325078.

Market Abuse Regulations

The information contained within this announcement would have, prior to its release, constituted inside information as stipulated under Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No.596/2014 as incorporated into UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (together, "UK MAR"). Upon the publication of this announcement via a regulatory information service, this inside information will be considered to be in the public domain. For the purposes of UK MAR, the person responsible for arranging for the release of this information on behalf of Renold is Andrew Batchelor.

Publication on website

In accordance with Rule 26.1 of the Code, a copy of this announcement will be available on the website of Renold at https://investors.Renold.com/ promptly and by no later than 12 noon (London time) on the business day following this announcement. The content of the website referred to in this announcement is not incorporated into and does not form part of this announcement.