Announcement PDF RNS Number : 2258T Ultimate Products PLC 01 August 2025 1 August 2025 Ultimate Products plc ("Ultimate Products", "the Company" or "the Group") EBT share purchase programme and Share buyback programme update Ultimate Products, the owner of a number of leading homeware brands including Salter (the UK's oldest houseware brand, est.1760) and Beldray (est.1872), announces that, in its capacity as trustee ("the Trustee") of the Ultimate Products Employee Benefit Trust (the "EBT"), JTC Employer Solutions Trustee Limited will commence a programme to buy ordinary shares of 0.25p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") for the period to 31 January 2026, up to an aggregate value of £325,000 (the "Programme"). The Trustee of the EBT will purchase Ordinary Shares in accordance with the Programme, which seeks to mitigate the dilutive impact of share option awards and to improve overall shareholder return. The EBT currently holds 2,487,308 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 2.9% of the Company's current issued share capital, with 245,239 shares having been used during the course of FY25 to satisfy the exercise of share options, and 256,111 shares having been purchased in the open market during FY25. The Company currently has a total of 2,216,808 shares under option. The Trustee of the EBT has entered into arrangements with the Company's joint broker, Cavendish to carry out on-market purchases of Ordinary Shares under the Programme, including on a discretionary basis independent of the Company in accordance with certain pre-set parameters, during any prohibited periods of the Company, as determined by the UK Market Abuse Regulation, which may fall during the period of the Programme. The Company also announces that following the completion of its fourth tranche of the Share Buyback Programme, the Company will pause further purchases of shares under the programme until further notice. This decision is made in accordance with the Company's Capital Allocation Policy to maintain net bank debt/adjusted EBITDA ratio at around 1.0x. It is the Board's intention to continue to invest in the business for growth, whilst returning around 50% of post-tax profits to shareholders through dividends, and to supplement this with share buybacks when consistent with its leverage target. Further detail of the Share Buyback Programme was set out in the Company's announcements dated3 February 2025and10 May 2024. For more information, please contact: Ultimate Products+44 (0) 161 627 1400 Andrew Gossage, CEO Chris Dent, CFO Shore Capital+44 (0) 20 7408 4090 Malachy McEntyre (Corporate Broking) Isobel Jones (Corporate Broking) Mark Percy (Corporate Advisory) David Coaten (Corporate Advisory) Harry Davies-Ball (Corporate Advisory) Cavendish Capital Markets Limited+ 44 (0)20 7220 0500 Matt Goode (Corporate Finance) Callum Davidson (Corporate Finance) Trisyia Jamaludin (Corporate Finance) Matt Lewis (Corporate Broking) Sodali & Co+44 (0) 207 250 1446 Rob Greening Sam Austrums Oliver Banks Notes to Editors Ultimate Products is the owner of a number of leading homeware brands including Salter (the UK's oldest houseware brand, established in 1760) and Beldray (a laundry, floor care, heating and cooling brand that was established in 1872). According to its market research, nearly 80% of UK households own at least one of the Group's products. Ultimate Products sells to over 300 retailers across 38 countries, and specialises in five product categories: Small Domestic Appliances; Housewares; Laundry; Audio; and Heating and Cooling. Other brands include Progress (cookware and bakeware), Kleeneze (laundry and floorcare), Petra (small domestic appliances) and Intempo (audio). The Group's products are sold to a broad cross-section of both large national and international multi-channel retailers as well as smaller national retail chains, incorporating discount retailers, supermarkets, general retailers and online retailers. Founded in 1997, Ultimate Products employs over 370 staff, a significant number of whom have joined via the Group's graduate development scheme, and is headquartered in Oldham, Greater Manchester, where it has design, sales, marketing, buying, quality assurance, support functions and warehouse facilities across two sites. Manor Mill, the Group's head office, includes a spectacular 20,000 sq ft showroom that showcases each of its brands. In addition, the Group has an office and showroom in Guangzhou, China and in Paris, France. Please note that Ultimate Products is not the owner of Russell Hobbs. The company currently has licence agreements in place granting it an exclusive licence to use the "Russell Hobbs" trademark for cookware and laundry (NB this does not include Russell Hobbs electrical appliances). For further information, please visit www.upplc.com. This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com. 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