Issuer: Saltaire Finance plc

Date:   15 January 2025

Saltaire Finance Plc

(the "Issuer")

(incorporated with limited liability in England and Wales

with registration number 12967182)

£6,000,000,000

Guaranteed Secured Bond Programme

This announcement is released by Saltaire Finance plc and contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (as it forms part of domestic UK law pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) (UK MAR). For the purposes of UK MAR and Article 2 of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055 (as it forms part of domestic UK law pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), this announcement is made by Helena Whitaker on behalf of CSC Directors (No.3) Limited (previously known as Intertrust Directors 1 Limited) as Director of Saltaire Finance plc.

Cancellation of Retained Bonds

Saltaire Finance Plc 1.527 per cent. guaranteed secured bonds due 2051/2053

(ISIN: XS2407294748, Common Code: 240729474)

(the "Bonds")

The Issuer announces that it has cancelled £85,000,000 in principal amount of the Bonds under the guaranteed secured bond programme (the "Programme") established by the Issuer for the issue of bonds unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (the functions of which were transferred to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities pursuant to The Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Order 2021, and subsequently transferred to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Transfer of Functions (Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government) Order 2024).

In accordance with the terms and conditions of the Bonds, the Bonds that have been cancelled were Retained Bonds, as detailed in the programme memorandum issued by the Issuer in respect of the Programme on 9 June 2021 (the "Programme Memorandum") as supplemented by the pricing supplement dated 22 November 2021.

Following the cancellation, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Bonds in issue will be £265,000,000, of which none are Retained Bonds held by or on behalf of the Issuer.

For further information, please contact Venn Partners LLP (trading as Venn).

Email: legal@venn-partners.com and operations@venn-partners.com

Tel: +44 (0)20 7073 9350

DISCLAIMER - INTENDED ADDRESSEES

Please note that the information contained in the Programme Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement may be addressed to and/or targeted at persons who are residents of particular countries (specified therein) only and are not intended for use and should not be relied upon by any person outside these countries and/or to whom any offer of bonds under the Programme is not addressed. Prior to relying on the information contained in the Programme Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement, you must ascertain whether or not you are part of the intended addressees of the information contained therein. 

This announcement does not constitute an offering of securities and is not for distribution in the United States. The securities described in the Programme Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement (the "Securities") have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or under any relevant securities laws of any state of the United States of America and are subject to U.S. tax law requirements. Subject to certain exceptions, the Securities may not be offered or sold directly or indirectly within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons or to persons within the United States of America, as such terms are defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act. Any forwarding, distribution or reproduction of the Programme Memorandum in whole or in part is prohibited. Failure to comply with this notice may result in a violation of the Securities Act or the applicable laws of other jurisdictions. There will be no public offering of the Securities in the United States.

Your right to access this service is conditional upon complying with the above requirements. In particular, your accessing this service will constitute your representation that you are not in the United States and you are not a U.S. person within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act and the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and regulations thereunder.

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