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Results of the Odd-lot Offer and transaction in own shares

Published: 2023-11-16 17:00:22 ET
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QUILTER PLC
Incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with registered number 06404270 and re-registered as
a public limited company under the Companies Act 2006)
ISIN CODE: GB00BNHSJN34
JSE SHARE CODE: QLT
Quilter plc (the "Company")




16 November 2023

                                                Quilter plc

                       Results of the Odd-lot Offer and transaction in own shares

Quilter plc (“Quilter” or the “Company”) announces that following the closure of the Odd-lot Offer on
Friday 10 November 2023, the Company intends to purchase a total of 15,798,423 of its own ordinary
shares of 8 1/6 pence each (the “Odd-lot Shares”) into Treasury on Monday 27 November 2023 (the
“Implementation Date”). This is constituted of:


    i)    291,711 ordinary shares held on the UK share register at a price of 88.10 pence (GBP) per
          share; and
    ii)   15,506,712 ordinary shares held on the South African share register at a price of 2,008.91 cents
          (ZAR) per share.


The Odd-lot Offer was implemented on Monday 18 September 2023 in order to reduce the Company’s
shareholder base, which was unusually large for a company of its size. Following the implementation
of the Odd-lot Offer, the Company’s shareholder base will reduce by circa 60% (126,011 shareholders).
This will lower administrative costs, including, for example, the costs of printing and distributing
financial statements, circulars and notices.


As set out in the announcement made on Friday 20 October 2023, the above prices were calculated
as follows:


    i)    in the case of ordinary shares held on the UK Register, a 5% premium to the volume weighted
          average price of ordinary shares traded on the London Stock Exchange over the five trading
          days prior to Friday 20 October 2023; and


    ii)   in the case of ordinary shares held on the SA Register, a 5% premium to the volume weighted
          average price of ordinary shares traded on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the five
          trading days prior to Friday 20 October 2023.




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Odd-lot Holders recorded on the UK Register will be paid in pounds sterling by direct credit. If we do
not hold a shareholder’s bank or building society details, a cheque in pounds sterling will be issued.


Odd-lot Holders on the SA Register will be paid in rand by direct credit. No cheques will be issued.
Shareholders who participate in an Odd-lot Offer and who hold their ordinary shares on Strate
through a CSDP or broker will receive payment in accordance with the mandate signed between the
CSDP or broker.


Payment will be made at the risk of the relevant Odd-lot Holder on the Implementation Date.


The Odd-lot Shares represent approximately 1.13% of the existing issued share capital of the
Company and will be purchased into Treasury. Subsequently, and on the Implementation Date, the
Company intends to transfer the Odd-lot Shares out of Treasury for nil consideration to the Trustee
of the Quilter Employee Benefit Trust. As a result, the Company will hold no ordinary shares in
Treasury and the total number of ordinary shares in issue will be 1,404,105,498. These transfers will
be confirmed by a separate announcement on the Implementation Date.


Enquiries:

Quilter

 John-Paul Crutchley – Head of Investor             Tel: +44 (0)7741 385 251
 Relations

 Clare Barrett – Company Secretary                  Tel: +44 207 002 7072



Registrars
If you are a Quilter shareholder and have a question about the Odd-lot Offer or your Quilter shares,
please contact our Registrars using the contact details below.

 Shareholders on the UK Register
 Equiniti                  Equiniti Limited, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex
                               BN99 6DA


                               https://help.shareview.co.uk


                               Tel: +44 (0)333 207 5953*
                               Please use the country code when contacting Equiniti from outside
                               the UK




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                              *Lines are open Monday to Friday between 08:30 and 17:30 (UK
                              time), excluding public holidays in England and Wales

 Shareholders on the South African Register
 JSE Investor Services (Pty) JSE Investor Services (Pty) Limited, PO Box 10462, Johannesburg,
 Limited                      2000, South Africa


                              Email: oddlot@jseinvestorservices.co.za


                              Tel: 086 140 0110/086 154 6566 (calling from South Africa)
                              Tel: +27 11 029 0251/+27 11 029 0253 (calling from overseas)

 Shareholders in Namibia
 Transfer Secretaries (Pty)   Transfer Secretaries (Pty) Limited, PO Box 2401, Windhoek, Namibia
 Limited
                              Email: ts@nsx.com.na


                              Tel: +264 (0) 61 227 647

 Shareholders in Malawi
 National Bank of Malawi      National Bank of Malawi plc, Legal Department, PO Box 945,
 plc                          Blantyre, Malawi


                              Email: legal@natbankmw.com


                              Tel: +265 (0) 182 0622

 Shareholders in Zimbabwe
 Corpserve Registrars     Corpserve Registrars (Private) Ltd, PO Box 2208, Harare, Zimbabwe
 (Private) Ltd
                              Email: corpserve@escrowgroup.org


                              Tel: +263 (0) 242 751 559/+263 (0) 242 751 561

About Quilter plc:
Quilter plc is a leading UK-centric wealth management business, helping to create prosperity for the
generations of today and tomorrow.

Quilter oversees £101.4 billion in customer investments (as at 30 September 2023).

It has an adviser and customer offering spanning financial advice, investment platforms, multi-asset
investment solutions, and discretionary fund management.

The business is comprised of two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth.




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Affluent encompasses the financial planning businesses, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter
Investment Platform and Quilter Investors, the Multi-asset investment solutions business.

High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with
Quilter Private Client Advisers.


Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited




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