RentGuarantor Hldgs - Notification of Data Security Incident
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RentGuarantor Holdings PLC
08 May 2026
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE
REGULATIONS (EU) NO. 596/2014 WHICH FORMS PART OF DOMESTIC UK LAW PURSUANT TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
(WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018 ("UK MAR").
8 May 2026
RentGuarantor Holdings PLC
(the "Company" or "RentGuarantor")
Notification of Data Security Incident
RentGuarantor (AIM: RGG), a leading provider of rent guarantee services to prospective tenants seeking to rent property in
the UK¹ private rental sector, announces that it has recently been subject to a global information systems security incident
(Actively exploited cPanel bug exposes millions of websites to takeover | Malwarebytes), whereby one of the Company's
servers hosted by a third-party provider has been compromised by a data breach. The incident was identified promptly, and
an investigation is ongoing by the Company to determine the extent to which data may have been accessed.
The incident has had no impact on RentGuarantor's operations or other corporate systems, with current trading activities
and financial accounts, including Company bank accounts, remaining unaffected. The Company has been quick to take
action, including the closure of the identified vulnerability and the implementation of enhanced additional safeguards to
strengthen its systems and mitigate the risk of recurrence. The Company continues to closely monitor its security.
The Company believes at this time that the compromised data related to customer information. As a precautionary measure,
the Company advises all customers to change their account passwords without delay. The Company has reported the
incident to the Information Commissioner's Office.
The Company will provide further updates as and when appropriate.
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To engage with this announcement on our Investor Hub, please use the following link:
https://investorhub.rentguarantor.com/link/PGXnMy
For more information, please contact:
RentGuarantor Holdings PLC
Paul Foy, Chief Executive Officer
+44 207 193 4418
Kam Bansil / Ian Mitchell, Investor Relations
+44 207 039 1901
Allenby Capital Limited
AIM Nominated Adviser
Alex Brearley / Nick Harriss / Ashur Joseph
(Corporate Finance)
+44 20 3328 5656
Cavendish Capital Markets Limited
Joint Broker
Stephen Keys / Callum Davidson
(Corporate Finance)
Shore Capital
Joint Broker
Oliver Jackson / James Thomas / Ansh Batura
+44 207 7408 4090
Michael Johnson / Dale Bellis
(Sales)
BlytheRay
Financial PR
Megan Ray / Will Jones
+44 207 138 3204
rentguarantor@blytheray.com
About RentGuarantor
RentGuarantor provides a rent guarantee service to tenants wishing to rent property in the UK1
from the Private Rental
Sector. It is an online service where applications are managed on a secure and bespoke digital platform designed and built by
the Company. The goal is to make the process as simple as possible, with applications only taking a few minutes and
RentGuarantor seeking to complete the application on the same day.
1 Currently excluding Northern Ireland.
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