16.     Subsequent Events

On July 26, 2026, the Company entered into a Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”) with Double Eagle Acquisition Buyer, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer”). Buyer is a newly formed holding company owned by funds managed by Wynnchurch Capital L.P. (“Wynnchurch”). Pursuant to the Transaction Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Buyer will acquire the entire issued share capital of the Company (the “Transaction”), pursuant to a court sanctioned English law scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 (the “Scheme of Arrangement”).

The board of directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) (i) approved and declared the Transaction Agreement, and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Transaction, the Scheme of Arrangement and the other transactions contemplated thereby fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole, (ii) declared that it is advisable and in the best interests of the Company’s shareholders that the Company enter into the Transaction Agreement and consummate the Transaction, the Scheme of Arrangement and the other transactions contemplated thereby, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, (iii) directed that an application be made to the High Court of Justice in England and Wales (the “Court”) to seek directions relating to the Scheme of Arrangement and (iv) resolved that it will, subject to the terms and conditions of the Transaction Agreement, recommend that the Company’s shareholders vote in favor of all of the resolutions comprising the Company Shareholder Approval (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) at duly held meetings of such shareholders for such purposes.

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Agreement and the Scheme of Arrangement, at the effective time of the Transaction (the “Effective Time”), all of the ordinary shares of the Company then outstanding will be transferred from the Company’s shareholders to Buyer, and the Company’s shareholders will be entitled, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Scheme of Arrangement, to receive $17.37 in cash per ordinary share (the “Consideration”).

Subject to certain exceptions, the Company has agreed not to solicit, initiate, knowingly induce, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage any inquiries, proposals or offers that constitute, relate to or that could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal (as defined in the Transaction Agreement), or take certain other restricted actions in connection therewith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if prior to obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval, the Company receives a bona fide, written Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a material breach of the non-solicitation provisions of the Transaction Agreement that the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, constitutes or could reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal (as defined in the Transaction Agreement), and, after consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to take the following actions would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties, then the Company may take certain actions to participate in discussions and negotiations and furnish information with respect to such Acquisition Proposal.

Consummation of the Transaction is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary closing conditions set forth in the Transaction Agreement, including (i) obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval, (ii) the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), and approvals and clearance under the antitrust laws and foreign investment laws of certain other jurisdictions, (iii) the absence of certain orders or laws prohibiting the consummation of the Transaction, and (iv) the sanctioning of the Scheme of Arrangement by the Court and the delivery of the Court order to the Registrar of Companies in England and Wales. The obligation of each party to consummate the Transaction is also subject to other customary closing conditions, including the absence of a material adverse effect with respect to the Company, the accuracy of the other party’s representations and warranties, subject to certain materiality standards set forth in the Transaction Agreement, and compliance in all material respects with the other party’s obligations under the Transaction Agreement. 

The Transaction Agreement contains certain customary termination rights for the Company and Buyer, including (i) by the mutual written consent of the parties, (ii) if the closing does not occur by February 26, 2027 (the “End Date”), (iii) a court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction has issued a final and non-appealable order or taken any other action permanently enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Transaction, (iv) if the Court affirmatively declines or refuses to sanction the Scheme of Arrangement, (v) the meeting of the Company’s shareholders to be held as the Court may direct in relation to the Scheme of Arrangement (the “Scheme Meeting”) and the general meeting of the Company’s shareholders to be convened in connection with the Scheme of Arrangement (the “Company GM”) have been held and the Company Shareholder Approval has not been obtained, (vi) by Buyer, if the Company Board effects an Adverse Recommendation Change (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) or if the Company materially or intentionally breaches its non-solicitation obligations, (vii) by the Company, if the Company Board effects an Adverse Recommendation Change in respect of a Superior Proposal in accordance with the Transaction Agreement, or (viii) if the other party breaches its representations, warranties or covenants in a manner that would cause the conditions to the closing of the Transaction set forth in the Transaction Agreement to not be satisfied, and such party fails to cure such breach. 

16.     Subsequent Events (continued)

Upon termination of the Transaction Agreement in accordance with its terms, under specified circumstances, including (i) by the Company to accept a Superior Proposal, or (ii) by Buyer if the Company Board changes, withholds or withdraws its recommendation to the Company’s shareholders or the Company materially or intentionally breaches its non-solicitation obligations, in each case, prior to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, the Company will be required to pay Buyer a fee (the “Company Termination Payment”) of $18,000,000. The Company is also required to pay the Company Termination Payment if Buyer terminates the Transaction Agreement due to the failure of the closing date to occur by the End Date and at such time Buyer could have terminated pursuant to the foregoing clause (ii). The Company is also required to pay the Company Termination Payment if (a)(I) the Company or Buyer terminates the Transaction Agreement due to (x) the failure of the closing to occur by the End Date or (y) the failure to obtain the Company Shareholder Approval following the completion of the Scheme Meeting and the Company GM, or (II) Buyer terminates the Transaction Agreement if the Company breaches its representations, warranties or covenants in a manner that would cause the conditions to the closing of the Transaction to not be satisfied and fails to cure such breach, (b) following the execution of the Transaction Agreement, an Acquisition Proposal is made directly to the Company’s shareholders or is otherwise publicly disclosed and, in each case of clause (a)(I)(y) or clause (a)(II), not withdrawn within five (5) Business Days prior to any other termination, and (c) within twelve (12) months after the date of such termination, the Company enters into a definitive agreement in respect of such Acquisition Proposal (whether or not such Acquisition Proposal is subsequently consummated), or an Acquisition Proposal is consummated. 

If the Company terminates the Transaction Agreement (i) due to Buyer breaching its representations, warranties or covenants in a manner that would cause the conditions to the closing of the Transaction to not be satisfied and fails to cure such breach or (ii) if all conditions to the Transaction have been and continue to be satisfied (subject to customary exceptions), and Buyer fails to consummate the Transaction after receiving written notice from the Company, then Buyer will be required to pay the Company a fee (the “Buyer Termination Payment”) equal to $32,250,000 in cash. Buyer is also required to pay the Buyer Termination Payment if Buyer terminates the Transaction Agreement due to the failure of the closing date to occur by the End Date and at such time the Company could have terminated pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii).

Buyer has obtained an equity financing commitment from a fund managed by Wynnchurch and a debt financing commitment from funds managed by an institutional lender for the Transaction, the aggregate proceeds of which will be sufficient for Buyer to pay the aggregate Consideration, any amounts required to repay the Company’s existing indebtedness as set forth in the Transaction Agreement, and all related fees and expenses of Buyer in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement. The obligations of the equity investor to provide equity financing under the equity commitment letter are subject to customary conditions and the obligations of the lenders to provide debt financing under the debt commitment letter are subject to customary conditions. The consummation of the Transaction is not subject to any financing condition.

The equity investor has also provided a guarantee in favor of the Company, to guarantee, subject to certain limitations set forth therein (including the satisfaction or waiver of certain of the conditions set forth in the Transaction Agreement), the payment by Buyer of the Buyer Termination Payment and certain indemnity and reimbursement obligations of Buyer to the extent payable by Buyer in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Agreement.

Concurrent with the execution of the Transaction Agreement, Buyer entered into Voting Agreements with certain executive officers of the Company, solely in their capacity as shareholders of the Company providing that, among other things, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, such shareholders of the Company will support the Transaction and the transactions contemplated thereby, including by voting their ordinary shares in favor of the Scheme of Arrangement at the Scheme Meeting and the shareholder resolution at the Company GM.