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HIGHTOWN HOUSING ASSOCIATION RETAIL CHARITY BOND

Roadshow Announcement

Retail Charity Bonds PLC today announces a roadshow together with Hightown Housing Association Limited to meet with professional fixed income investors.

Retail Charity Bonds is an issuing platform enabling UK charities to raise medium term debt finance through bonds issued to retail and wholesale investors and listed on London Stock Exchange.

A sterling bond will follow, subject to market conditions.

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Any securities referred to herein are expected to be offered and sold outside of the United States in reliance on Regulation S of the Securities Act. There will be no public offering in the United States.

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