Lift Global Ventures - Strategic Investment

29 June 2026

                                                       Lift Global Ventures plc        

Strategic Investment in FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics Ltd

Lift acquires stake in award-winning industrial AI company whose machine-monitoring platform is used by more than 150 manufacturers worldwide

Lift Global Ventures plc ("Lift" or the "Company"), an investment and acquisition company focused on foundational artificial intelligence, is pleased to announce that it has completed a strategic investment in FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics Ltd ("FourJaw"), a UK scale-up applying cutting edge technologies,  AI and machine learning to one of manufacturing's biggest challenges: unlocking productivity from the factory floor.

Highlights

•     Acquisition of 35,178 shares in FourJaw, representing 2.18% of FourJaw's issued share capital, for a total consideration of £150,000

•     Consideration satisfied entirely in equity through the issue of 10,000,000 new ordinary shares in the Company at a value of 1.5p per share (the "Issue Price"), preserving the Company's cash resources

•     FourJaw is a spinout from the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).  Its technology is used by more than 150 manufacturers across the UK and internationally

•     The investment further advances Lift's strategy of building a global centre for applied AI innovation alongside Yorkshire AI Labs LLP

Transaction Details

The Company has completed a share-for-share exchange with Yorkshire AI Labs LLP ("YAIL") acquiring 35,178 shares in FourJaw, being 2.18% of the entire issued share capital of FourJaw, for a total consideration of £150,000, satisfied through the issue of 10,000,000 new ordinary shares in the Company at 1.5p per share (the "Issue Price") (the "Consideration Shares"). David Richards is a director and shareholder of DJHP Holdings Limited, which is a designated member of YAIL and holds a 40% equity interest in YAIL.

About FourJaw

FourJaw is a Sheffield-based B2B SaaS and Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) company founded in 2020 as a spinout from the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). The company provides a plug-and-play machine monitoring platform that tracks Overall Equipment Effectiveness, energy usage, downtime and production activity in real time and provides actionable insights to manufacturers, enabling improvements in productivity, efficiency and sustainability. Its technology is used by more than 150 manufacturers across the UK and internationally.

FourJaw sells primarily to manufacturers across sectors including aerospace, automotive, food production, medical devices, metal products, and construction, and uses AI and machine-learning techniques alongside its Industrial IoT platform to analyse machine data, identify inefficiencies, support predictive insights, and help customers improve productivity, reduce downtime, and optimise energy use.

Mark Horrocks, Non-Executive Director of the Company, commented:

"FourJaw sits exactly where Lift wants to invest: at the intersection of artificial intelligence and real-world industry. Manufacturers everywhere face the same pressures - rising costs, energy prices and skills shortages - and FourJaw's technology gives them the data to fight back. We believe the business is exceptionally well positioned for growth.

"This investment also deepens our working relationship with Yorkshire AI Labs as we build a platform capable of turning Lift into a global centre for applied AI innovation. Our strategy is simple and disciplined: back companies solving meaningful, real-world problems and deliver tangible returns for our shareholders."

Related Party Transaction

As David Richards, Executive Chairman of the Company, is the Managing Partner of YAIL, the FourJaw share exchange constitutes a related party transaction under Rule 4.6 of the AQSE Growth Market Access Rulebook.

Mr Richards is a director and shareholder of DJHP Holdings Limited, which is a designated member of YAIL and holds a 40% equity interest in YAIL.

The Board, excluding Mr Richards, having exercised reasonable skill, care and diligence, considers the transaction to be fair and reasonable insofar as the shareholders of the Company are concerned.

Under the working relationship with YAIL, all investments will be undertaken on arm's-length commercial terms to ensure strong governance and full alignment with shareholder interests. The Board believes this relationship provides a unique growth platform combining the Company's access to public markets with YAIL's proven ability to source, build and scale exceptional AI-driven businesses.

Mark Horrocks is a shareholder in FourJaw and holds 0.64% on a fully diluted basis, which shareholding pre-dates, and is unrelated to, the investment in FourJaw by the Company.  This holding has been deemed to be de minimis for the purposes of Aquis Rule 4.6.

Adviser Shares

Pursuant to the corporate advisory and broking services agreement between the Company and Oberon Capital dated 30 July 2025, the Company will issue 1,666,666 new ordinary shares at the Issue Price to Oberon Capital in consideration for services performed since July 2025 (the "Adviser Shares").

Admission and Total Voting Rights

Application will be made for admission of the Consideration Shares and the Adviser Shares to trading on the Access segment of the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market ("Admission"), with Admission expected to take place on or around 3 July 2026.

Following Admission, the Company will have 118,376,666 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in issue. The total number of voting rights will therefore be 118,376,666.

The Company holds no shares in treasury. 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 Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

The Directors of the Company accept responsibility for the contents of this announcement.

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the UK version of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014, which forms part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MAR"). Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

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