DOBBIES GARDEN CENTRES LIMITED

Company Number: SC010975

Notice is hereby given that, on 16 October 2024, a Petition (the “Petition”) was presented to the Court of Session (the “Court”) at the instance of Dobbies Garden Centres Limited, a private limited company incorporated under the Companies Acts (Company No. SC010975) and with its registered office at Melville Nurseries, Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland, EH18 1AZ (the “Plan Company”), for sanction of a compromise or arrangement (the “Restructuring Plan”) under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006 (the “2006 Act”) and between the Plan Company and seven classes of creditors (the “Plan Creditors”) (as defined in the Explanatory Statement in relation to the Restructuring Plan which is required by section 901D of the 2006 Act (the “Explanatory Statement”)).

At meetings held under the authority of the Court on 13 November 2024 (the “Court Meetings”), the Restructuring Plan was approved by one or more Court Meetings. At the Court Meetings:

1. Secured Creditors representing 100% in value of the Plan Creditors present and voting (either in person or by proxy) at the Secured Creditors Court Meeting voted to approve the Restructuring Plan.

2. Class B1 Landlords representing 51% in value of the Plan Creditors present and voting (either in person or by proxy) at the Class B1 Landlords Court Meeting voted to approve the Restructuring Plan.

3. Class B2 Landlords representing 33% in value of the Plan Creditors present and voting (either in person or by proxy) at the Class B2 Landlords Court Meeting voted to approve the Restructuring Plan.

4. Class B3 Landlords representing 0% in value of the Plan Creditors present and voting (either in person or by proxy) at the Class B3 Landlords Court Meeting voted to approve the Restructuring Plan.

5. Class C Landlords representing 20% in value of the Plan Creditors present and voting (either in person or by proxy) at the Class C Landlords Court Meeting voted to approve the Restructuring Plan.

6. General Property Creditors representing 10% in value of the Plan Creditors present and voting (either in person or by proxy) at the General Property Creditors Court Meeting voted to approve the Restructuring Plan.

7. Business Rates Creditors Landlords representing 63% in value of the Plan Creditors present and voting (either in person or by proxy) at the Business Rates Creditors Court Meeting voted to approve the Restructuring Plan.

The Restructuring Plan has therefore been approved by the requisite majority of 75% in value of Plan Creditors present and voting (either in person or by proxy) by the class of Secured Creditors.

By order dated 14 November 2024, the Court ordered notice of the Petition to be advertised once in each of The Edinburgh Gazette, The Financial Times and The Metro and allowed all parties claiming an interest in the Petition to lodge answers to it, if so advised, at the Office of the Court, Court of Session, 2 Parliament Square, Edinburgh, EH1 1RQ, within 14 days of the last of those advertisements. As the last of those advertisements is expected to be published on 18 November 2024, the deadline for lodging answers to the Petition is expected to be 2 December 2024.

The Court hearing to sanction the Restructuring Plan is expected to be held on 9 December 2024 at the Court, the address of which is Parliament House, Parliament Square, Edinburgh, EH1 1RQ, Scotland.

Copies of the Restructuring Plan and Explanatory Statement are available from the Plan Website at https://www.ips-docs.com. Plan Creditors can obtain access to the Plan Website using the details provided in the letter accompanying the Practice Statement Letter sent to Plan Creditors by the Information Agent (FTI Consulting LLP (“FTI”)) on 30 September 2024. Please contact the Information Agent at DGCL@fticonsulting.com if you have not received your log in details, or are unable to access the Plan Website using your log in details.

Any Plan Creditor or other person who considers that they have an interest in the Restructuring Plan (each an “Interested Party”) and who is concerned that the Restructuring Plan may adversely affect them is entitled to lodge written answers to the Petition and to be heard by the Court, as explained below. If an Interested Party wishes to raise concerns in relation to the Restructuring Plan with the Court or appear at the Court hearing, he or she should seek independent legal advice and, if so advised, lodge written answers to the Petition with the Court at the above address within 14 days after the publication of the last of the advertisements referred to above and pay the required fee. Written answers are a formal court document which must comply with the rules of the Court and are normally prepared by Scottish counsel. The Court may also consider written objections which are not in the form of written answers and/or allow an Interested Party who has not lodged written answers to appear at the Court hearing. Each Interested Party should note that, although the practice of the Court is to consider informal objections made in person or in writing, the Court may require an Interested Party to lodge written answers in order to raise objections to the Restructuring Plan and/or appear at the Court Hearing.

DATED 14 November 2024

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