16 members of Vertical Aerospace Board of Directors and senior leadership team completed open-market purchases of the Company’s ordinary shares over a two-week open trading window period in November 2025. These share purchases follow a series of open market share purchases by Vertical Chairman Dómhnal Slattery and two fellow Board members in May 2025. They underscore leadership’s conviction in the Company, as it is poised to complete the final stages of its transition flight test programme, and launch its new aircraft on December 10, 2025.
With these most recent purchases, Vertical’s Directors and leadership have increased their holdings of ordinary shares in the Company by approximately 50%.
Furthermore, the Company’s majority shareholder, Mudrick Capital Management, LP, informed the Company that it had increased its position by 350,000 shares via open-market purchases since November 24, 2025.
Vertical also disclosed today that, as of November 28, 2025, Company founder Stephen Fitzpatrick’s directly held shares now represent less than 0.4% of the Company’s ordinary shares, down from approximately 15% on January 1, 2025.1
Dómhnal Slattery, Chairman of Vertical Aerospace, commented: “With industry leading performance on every valuation metric, these share purchases further reinforce our deep belief in the value of our Company, and our confidence in realizing that value for shareholders.”
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