28 July 2026

Gear4music (Holdings) plc

Exercise of Options and Total Voting Rights

Gear4music (Holdings) plc, ("Gear4music" or "the Group") (LSE: G4M), the largest UK based online retailer of musical instruments and music equipment, today announces that 38,892 ordinary shares of 10 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), will be issued pursuant to the exercise of options by employees under the Company's 2023 CSOP Scheme.

Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the 38,892 Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission") and it is expected that Admission will become effective on or around 8.00 a.m. on 29 July 2026.

Following Admission, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 21,015,830. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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Enquiries:

Gear4music Andrew Wass, Executive Chair Gareth Bevan, Chief Executive Officer Chris Scott, Chief Financial Officer	+44 (0)20 3405 0205

Singer Capital Markets - Nominated Adviser and Broker Peter Steel Anastassiya Eley	+44 (0)20 7496 3000

Alma - Financial PR Rebecca Sanders-Hewett Joe Pederzolli Sarah Peters	+44 (0)20 3405 0205 Gear4music@almastrategic.com

About Gear4music (Holdings) plc

Operating from a Head Office in York, Distribution Centres in York, Bacup, Sweden, Germany, Ireland & Spain, and showrooms in York, Bacup, Sweden & Germany, the Group sells own-brand musical instruments and music equipment alongside premium third-party brands including Yamaha, Roland and Roland, to customers ranging from beginners to musical enthusiasts and professionals, in the UK, Europe and the Rest of the World.

Having developed its own e-commerce platform, with multilingual, multicurrency websites delivering to over 190 countries, the Group continues to build its overseas presence.