BWA Group Plc - Holdings in the Company and Purchase of Shares by Directors

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16/01/2026 07:00

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16 January 2026

BWA Group PLC

(“BWA”, or the “Company”)

Holdings in the Company and

Purchase of Shares by Directors

BWA [AQSE:BWAP], the mining investment company with licences in Cameroon and Canada, announce that following an off-market sale of BWA ordinary shares of 0.5p each (“Ordinary Shares”), St. Georges Eco-Mining Corp. (“St. Georges”) no longer holds a disclosable interest in the Company (the “Transaction”). St. Georges’ Ordinary Shares were made available and were marketed to multiple parties and acquirers including the Company’s directors, whose purchases are detailed below. An updated table of the holdings of Directors and Significant Shareholders (to the best of the Company’s knowledge) is as follows:

Name	Previous Holding	Transaction Purchases	New Holding	% of Issued Shares
Directors

Jonathan Wearing1	275,280,082	9,702,446	284,982,528	29.37%
James Butterfield	63,647,231	21,503,648	85,150,879	8.78%
Peter Taylor	2,228,834	51,608,752	53,837,586	5.55%
John Byfield	5,640,000		5,640,000	0.58%

Significant Shareholders

Mr D M Cass	134,893,960		134,893,960	13.90%
Richard Battersby2	100,396,140		100,396,140	10.35%
G & O Energy Investments Limited	57,000,000		57,000,000	5.87%
Alex Borrelli	35,438,469		35,438,469	3.65%
David Butler		34,164,994	34,164,994	3.52%
Gudmundur Svavarsson	32,049,000		32,049,000	3.30%

Mr Wearing’s holding includes Tricastle Investments Limited, a company he controls.
Mr Battersby’s holding include shares held by The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited and CGWM Nominees Limited as nominees for Bath Group Limited and Second Neric Limited, both of which companies he controls.

For further information on the Company, please visit www.bwagroupplc.com/index.html or:

BWA Group PLC

James Butterfield

Managing Director

+44 (0) 7770 225 253

enquiries@bwagroupplc.com

Allenby Capital Limited

Corporate Adviser

+44 (0) 20 3328 5656

Nick Harriss/Nick Naylor

Oberon Capital

Broker

+44 (0) 20 3179 5300

Nick Lovering/Adam Pollock

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

Name	James Butterfield
Reason for notification	PDMR (Managing Director)
	Initial
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor	BWA Group Plc
LEI	213800XG3K7PTAAG8630
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 0.5p each
Identification code	ISIN: GB0033877555
Nature of the transaction	Purchase Ordinary Shares
Price(s) and volume(s)	21,503,648 0.0581p
Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A
Date of the transaction	15/1/2026
Place of the transaction	Off Market

Name	Peter Taylor
Reason for notification	PDMR (NED)
	Initial
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor	BWA Group Plc
LEI	213800XG3K7PTAAG8630
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 0.5p each
Identification code	ISIN: GB0033877555
Nature of the transaction	Purchase Ordinary Shares
Price(s) and volume(s)	51,608,752 0.0581p
Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A
Date of the transaction	15/1/2026
Place of the transaction	Off Market

Name	Jonathan Wearing
Reason for notification	PDMR (Chairman)
	Initial
Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer, or auction monitor	BWA Group Plc
LEI	213800XG3K7PTAAG8630
Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument	Ordinary shares of 0.5p each
Identification code	ISIN: GB0033877555
Nature of the transaction	Purchase Ordinary Shares
Price(s) and volume(s)	9,702,446 0.0581p
Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A
Date of the transaction	15/1/2026
Place of the transaction	Off Market

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