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Secure Trust Bank PLC

TR-1: S tandard form for notification of major holdings

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii :

Secure Trust Bank PLC

ISIN: GB00B6TKHP66

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

UK issuer

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

X

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

IG Markets Limited

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

London, United Kingdom

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) v

Name

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi :

14 January 2025

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):

15 January 2025

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)

% of voting rights through financial instruments
(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)

Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)

Total number of voting rights held in issuer vii

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

0.000000

2.949472

2.949472

562,506

Position of previous notification (if

applicable)

0.000000

3.045255

3.045255








8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached viii

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of
shares

ISIN code (if possible)

Number of voting rights ix

% of voting rights

Direct

(DTR5.1)

Indirect

(DTR5.2.1)

Direct

(DTR5.1)

Indirect

(DTR5.2.1)

GB00B6TKHP66

SUBTOTAL 8. A

B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
date
x

Exercise/
Conversion Period
xi

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is

exercised/converted.

% of voting rights

SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
date
x

Exercise/
Conversion Period
xi

Physical or cash

settlement xii

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Equity Swaps

Cash

562,506

2.949472

SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

562,506

2.949472%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the

applicable box with an "X")

Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer xiii

Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity
xiv (please add additional rows as necessary)

X

Ultimate Controlling Person

Name of controlled undertaking

% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

IG Group Holdings

IG Markets Limited

2.949472

2.949472%

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional information xvi

IG Markets Limited ('IGM') is a subsidiary of IG Group, the ultimate controlling person of which is IG Group Holdings plc. ('IGGH') IGM is 100% owned by IGGH through its subsidiaries, IG Group Ltd ('IGGL'), and Market Data Limited ('MDL').







Place of completion

15 January 2025

Date of completion

London, United Kingdom

Enquiries:

Secure Trust Bank PLC

Lisa Daniels, Company Secretary

Tel: 0121 693 9100

About STB

STB is an established, well‐funded and capitalised UK retail bank with over 70‐years of trading history. STB operates principally from its head office in Solihull, West Midlands, and has 897 employees (full‐time equivalent) as at 30 September 2024.  STB's diversified lending portfolio currently focuses on two sectors:

·          Business finance through its Real Estate Finance and Commercial Finance divisions; and

·          Consumer finance through its Vehicle Finance and Retail Finance divisions.

Secure Trust Bank PLC is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.

Secure Trust Bank PLC, Yorke House, Arleston Way, Solihull, B90 4LH.