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THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS ARE IMPORTANT AND REQUIRE YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. PART 2 OF THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS AN EXPLANATORY STATEMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 897 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2006. If you are in any doubt about the Proposals or the contents of this document or what action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own independent financial advice immediately from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial adviser duly authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 if you are resident in the United Kingdom or, if not, from another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser. This document does not constitute an offer or invitation to any person to subscribe for or purchase any securities in TP ICAP or New TP ICAP. This document should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus relating to New TP ICAP, the Group and the New TP ICAP Ordinary Shares, prepared in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation Rules under Part VI of the FSMA and to be published today. The Prospectus will not be sent to you but you may obtain a copy from TP ICAP’s website www.tpicap.com/investors. A copy of the Prospectus will also be available for inspection at Floor 2, 155 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3TQ from the date of publication until Admission during normal business hours on any Business Day. In accordance with paragraph 9.6.1 of the Listing Rules, a copy of the Prospectus will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. Subject to the restrictions set out below, if you sell or otherwise transfer, or have sold or otherwise transferred, all of your TP ICAP Ordinary Shares, please send this document, together with any accompanying documents and the reply-paid envelope for use in the United Kingdom only (but not the personalised Forms of Proxy), immediately to the stockbroker, bank or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected, for delivery to the purchaser or transferee. However, such documents should not be forwarded, distributed or transmitted (in whole or in part) in, into or from any jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws of that jurisdiction. If you sell or otherwise transfer, or have sold or otherwise transferred, only part of your holding of TP ICAP Ordinary Shares, you should retain these documents and consult the stockbroker, bank or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected. TP ICAP PLC Recommended Proposals for the introduction of a new Jersey incorporated holding company by means of a Scheme of Arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 and Notices of Court Meeting and General Meeting The release, publication or distribution of this document and/or the accompanying documents in, into or from jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by the laws of those jurisdictions and therefore this document and/or the accompanying documents may not be distributed or published in any jurisdiction except under circumstances which result in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Persons into whose possession this document and/or the accompanying documents come should inform themselves about, and observe, any such restrictions. Any failure to comply with any such restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of the relevant jurisdiction. This document does not constitute an offer to sell or issue, nor the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. Application will be made to (i) the Financial Conduct Authority for all of the New TP ICAP Ordinary Shares to be admitted to listing on the premium listing segment of the Official List, and (ii) the London Stock Exchange for all of the New TP ICAP Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s main market for listed securities subject, in each case, to the Scheme becoming Effective. If the Scheme proceeds in accordance with the currently envisaged timetable, it is expected that dealings in TP ICAP Ordinary Shares will continue until close of business on 25 February 2021 and that Admission will become effective, and that dealings in the New TP ICAP Ordinary Shares will commence on the London Stock Exchange, at 8.00 a.m. on the Scheme Effective Date which, subject to certain conditions, including the sanction of the Scheme by the Court, is expected to occur on 26 February 2021. Shareholders should read carefully the whole of this document, the Forms of Proxy and the Prospectus. Your attention is drawn to the letter from the Chairman of TP ICAP in Part 1 of this document, which contains the unanimous recommendation of the Directors of TP ICAP that you vote in favour of the Scheme at the Court Meeting and in favour of the Resolutions to be proposed at the General Meeting. A letter from HSBC Bank plc (“HSBC”) explaining the Scheme in greater detail and which constitutes an Explanatory Statement in compliance with section 897 of the Companies Act, is set out in Part 2 of this document. Notices of the Court Meeting and the General Meeting, both of which are to be held at 2 Broadgate, London EC2M 7UR on 1 February 2021, are set out at Part 6 and Part 7 of this document. Arrangements have also been made for attending and participating in both meetings electronically. The Court Meeting will start at 1.15 p.m. and the General Meeting will start at 1.30 p.m. (or as soon thereafter as the Court Meeting has been concluded or adjourned). The action to be taken by TP ICAP Shareholders in respect of the Court Meeting and General Meeting is set out on page 25 of this document. Whether or not you intend to be present (either in person or electronically) at the Court Meeting and/or the General Meeting, please complete and sign both Forms of Proxy, blue for the Court Meeting and yellow for the General Meeting, in accordance with the instructions printed on them and return them to TP ICAP’s Registrars, Link Group, at the return address printed on the back of the Form of Proxy as soon as possible, and in any event so as to be received by Link Group at PXS 1, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4ZF no later than 1.15 p.m. (London time) in the case of the Court Meeting and 1.30 p.m. (London time) in the case of the General Meeting on 28 January 2021. You can also submit your proxy electronically at the Link Group website, www.signalshares.com, so as to be received by no later than 1.15 p.m. (London time) on 28 January 2021 in the case of the Court Meeting and 1.30 p.m. (London time) on 28 January 2021 in the case of the General Meeting (or, in the case of any adjournment, not later than 48 hours (excluding any day that is not a Business Day) before the time fixed for the holding of the adjourned meeting). TP ICAP Shareholders registered with www.signalshares.com can log on and vote through that service by no later than 1.15 p.m. (London time) on 28 January 2021 in the case of the Court Meeting and 1.30 p.m. (London time) on 28 January 2021 in the case of the General Meeting (or, in the case of any adjournment, not later than 48 hours (excluding any day that is not a Business Day) before the time fixed for the holding of the adjourned meeting). The return of a completed Form of Proxy (or the transmittal of an electronic proxy) will not prevent you from attending the Court Meeting and/or the General Meeting and voting in person or electronically if you so wish and if you are entitled to do so. Due to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, public health or other applicable rules or regulations may restrict your ability to attend the Court Meeting and the General Meeting in person. Arrangements have been made for shareholders to attend and participate in the Court Meeting and the General Meeting electronically. Details of how shareholders may attend the Court Meeting and the General Meeting electronically are set out in this document. Irrespective of whether shareholders intend to attend, they are strongly encouraged to complete and send the Forms of Proxy. If you hold your TP ICAP Ordinary Shares in uncertificated form through CREST, you may vote using the CREST electronic proxy appointment service in accordance with the procedures set out in the CREST manual (please also refer to the accompanying notes to the Notice of General Meeting set out in Part 7 of this document). Proxies submitted via CREST (under CREST participant ID RA10) must be received by TP ICAP’s Registrars, Link Group, not later than 1.15 p.m. on 28 January 2021 in the case of the Court Meeting and by 1.30 p.m. (London time) on 28 January 2021 in the case of the General Meeting (or, in the case of any adjournment, not later than 48 hours (excluding any day that is not a Business Day) before the time fixed for the holding of the adjourned meeting). A hard copy of this document (and any information incorporated into it by reference) will not be sent to you unless you have previously notified TP ICAP’s Registrars, Link Group, that you wished to receive all documents in hard copy form or unless requested in accordance with the procedure set out below.