THIS SECURITIES NOTE, THE REGISTRATION DOCUMENT (INCLUDING THE 1ST SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTRATION DOCUMENT) AND THE SUMMARY ARE IMPORTANT AND REQUIRE YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt as to what action you should take you are recommended to seek your own financial advice immediately from an independent financial adviser who specialises in advising on shares or other securities and who is authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended) ("FSMA") or, if you are not resident in the UK, from another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser in your own jurisdiction.

This Securities Note, the Registration Document, and the Summary together comprise a prospectus ("Prospectus") relating to Kelso Group Holdings plc (formerly Insight Business Support plc, the "Company") prepared in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") made pursuant to section 73A of FSMA. This document has been approved as a Securities Note by the FCA, as competent authority under the Prospectus Regulation (as defined below). The FCA only approves this document as meeting the standards of completeness, comprehensibility and consistency imposed by the UK version of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC, which is part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("Prospectus Regulation"). Such approval should not be considered as an endorsement of the Company that is the subject of this document. Investors should make their own assessment as to the suitability of investing in the securities.

This Securities Note has been issued in connection with the issue of up to 120,000,000 Ordinary Shares of GBP 0.01 of Kelso Group Holdings plc. Applications will be made to the FCA and the London Stock Exchange for all of the Shares of the Company, issued and to be issued, to be admitted to the standard segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market. It is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings for normal settlement in the Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the Placing will commence on 31 May 2023. All dealings in the Ordinary Shares will be at the sole risk of the parties concerned. The Ordinary Shares will not be dealt in on any other recognised investment exchange and no other such applications have been made or are currently expected.

The Company and its Directors, whose names appear on page 14 of this Securities Note accept responsibility for the information contained in this Document. To the best of the knowledge of the Company and the Directors (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in the Document is in accordance with the facts and the document makes no omission likely to affect its import.

KELSO GROUP HOLDINGS PLC

Registered in England and Wales No. 11504186 and incorporated on 7th August 2018

Securities Note

Proposed Placing and Admission of up to 120,000,000 Ordinary Shares of GBP 0.01 each to the Official List (by way of Standard Listing under Chapter 14 of the Listing Rules) and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities.

The information contained in this Document has been prepared solely for the purpose of Admission and is not intended to be relied upon by any subsequent purchasers of Ordinary Shares (whether on or off exchange) and accordingly no duty of care is accepted in relation to them. The New Ordinary Shares will rank in full for all dividends or other distributions hereafter declared, made or paid on the ordinary share capital of the Company and will rank pari passu in all other respects with all other Ordinary Shares in issue on Admission.

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This Document does not constitute an offer to sell or an invitation to subscribe for, or the solicitation of an offer or invitation to buy or subscribe for, Ordinary Shares in any jurisdiction where such an offer or solicitation is unlawful or would impose any unfulfilled registration, publication or approval requirements on the Company.

The Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ''Securities Act''), or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States or under applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada or Japan. Subject to certain exceptions, the Ordinary Shares may not be offered, sold, resold, transferred or distributed directly or indirectly, within, into or in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of persons in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan or any other jurisdiction where such offer or sale would violate the relevant securities laws of such jurisdiction. This Document does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for Ordinary Shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful or would impose any unfulfilled registration, publication or approval requirements on the Company. The Ordinary Shares may not be taken up, offered, sold, resold, transferred or distributed, directly or indirectly within, into or in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction that is not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will be no public offer in the United States.

The Company has not been and will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 3(c)(7) thereof, and investors will not be entitled to the benefits of that Act.

None of the Ordinary Shares have been approved or disapproved by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the ''SEC''), any state securities commission in the United States or any other regulatory authority in the United States, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed comment upon or endorsed the merit of the offer of the Ordinary Shares or the accuracy or the adequacy of this Document. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.

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Contents

RISK FACTORS

4

CONSEQUENCES OF A STANDARD LISTING

7

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

9

DIRECTORS AND ADVISORS

14

STATISTICS

15

PART I - INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLACING

16

1.

Description of the Investment

16

2.

Admission, Dealings and CREST

16

3.

Placing and Pricing

16

4.

Use of Proceeds

17

5.

Reasons for the Placing and use of proceeds

17

6.

Selling Restrictions

18

7.

Transferability

18

PART II - TAXATION

19

1.

Taxation in the UK

19

2.

Taxation of Dividends

19

3.

Chargeable Gains

19

4.

Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (''SDRT'')

20

PART III - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY

22

1.

The Company

22

2.

Share capital

22

3.

Directors' and others' interests

25

4.

Takeovers

26

6.

Litigation

29

7.

Related Party Transactions

29

8.

General

30

9.

Availability of documents

30

PART IV - NOTICE TO INVESTORS

31

1.

General

31

2.

For the Attention of Non UK Investors

32

3.

For the attention of UK Investors

32

PART V - DEFINITIONS OF TERMS

33

PART VI - TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PLACING

37

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RISK FACTORS

Investment in the Company should not be regarded as short-term in nature and involves a degree of risk. Accordingly, investors should consider carefully all of the information set out in this document and the risks attaching to an investment in the Company including, in particular, the risks described below.

The Directors believe that the risks described below are the material risks relating to an investment in the Shares at the date of this Securities Note. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to the Directors, or that the Directors deem immaterial at the date of this Securities Note, may also have an adverse effect on the performance of the Company and the value of the Ordinary Shares. Investors should review this Securities Note, as well as the information contained in the Registration Document (including the section entitled "Risk Factors"), carefully and in its entirety and consult with their professional advisers before making an application to invest in the Shares.

The proposed Standard Listing of the Placing Shares will afford investors a lower level of regulatory protection than a Premium Listing

Application will be made for the Placing Shares to be admitted to a Standard Listing on the Official List. A Standard Listing will afford investors in the Company a lower level of regulatory protection than that afforded to investors in a company with a Premium Listing, which is subject to additional obligations under the Listing Rules. A Standard Listing does not permit the Company to gain a FTSE indexation, which may have an adverse effect on the valuation of the Ordinary Shares.

The Company may be unable to transfer to a Premium Listing or other appropriate listing venue following an Acquisition or Minority Acquisition, including the acquisition of 5,000,000 shares in THG plc and any other shares in THG plc on completion of the Transaction.

The Company is not currently eligible for a Premium Listing and does not currently intend to seek to transfer to either a Premium Listing or other listing venue. Even if the Company did determine to seek a transfer to a Premium Listing there is no guarantee that it would be able to fulfil the relevant eligibility criteria.

The Company is therefore not obliged to comply with the higher standards of corporate governance or other requirements which it would be subject to upon achieving a Premium Listing and, for as long as the Company continues to have a Standard Listing, it will be required to continue to comply with the lesser standards applicable to a company with a Standard Listing.

If the Company proposes making an Acquisition or Minority Acquisition and the FCA determines that there is insufficient information in the market about the Acquisition, Minority Acquisition or the target, the Company's Ordinary Shares may be suspended from listing and may not be readmitted to listing thereafter, which will reduce liquidity in the Ordinary Shares potentially for a significant period of time, and may adversely affect the price at which a shareholder can sell them.

Any Acquisition or Minority Acquisition is likely to be treated as a Reverse Takeover (within the meaning given to that term in the Listing Rules).

Generally, when a Reverse Takeover is announced or disclosed prior to announcement, there will be insufficient publicly available information in the market about the proposed transaction and the listed company will be unable to assess accurately its financial position and inform the market appropriately. In this case, the FCA will often consider that suspension of the listing of the listed company's securities will be appropriate. The London Stock Exchange will suspend the trading in the listed company's securities if the listing of such securities has been suspended. However, if the FCA is satisfied that there is sufficient publicly available information about the proposed transaction it may agree with the listed company that a

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suspension is not required. The FCA will generally be satisfied that a suspension is not required in the following circumstances:

  1. the target company is admitted to listing on a regulated market or another exchange where the disclosure requirements in relation to financial information and inside information are not materially different than the disclosure requirements under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules; or
  2. the issuer is able to fill any information gap at the time of announcing the terms of the transaction, including the disclosure of relevant financial information in relation to the target and a description of the target.

If information regarding a significant proposed transaction was to be inadvertently disclosed to the market, or the Board considered that there were good reasons for announcing the transaction at a time when it was unable to provide the market with sufficient information regarding the impact of any Acquisition or Minority Acquisition on its financial position, the Ordinary Shares may be suspended. Any such suspension would be likely to continue until sufficient financial information on the transaction was made public. Depending on the nature of the transaction (or proposed transaction) and the stage at which it is leaked or announced, it may take a substantial period of time to compile the relevant information, particularly where the target does not have financial or other information readily available which is comparable with the information a listed company would be expected to provide under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules and the Listing Rules (for example, where the target business is not itself already subject to a public disclosure regime), and the period during which the Ordinary Shares would be suspended may therefore be significant.

Furthermore, the Listing Rules provide that the FCA will generally seek to cancel the listing of a listed company's securities when it completes a Reverse Takeover. In such circumstances, the Company may seek the admission to listing either simultaneously with completion of any such acquisition or as soon thereafter as is possible. Upon any application for readmission, the Company would have to satisfy the FCA that the enlarged business meets the eligibility requirements for Admission (including the Listing Principles in LR 7.2.1) and there is no guarantee that such admission would be granted.

A suspension or cancellation of the listing of the Company's Ordinary Shares would materially reduce liquidity in such Ordinary Shares, which may affect an investor's ability to realise some or all of its investment and/or the price at which such investor can affect such realisation.

The Listing Rules on Reverse Takeovers do not apply where the target company has a listing with the same category of listing as the issuer, and therefore do not apply to the Company's acquisition of interests in THG plc.

There is currently a limited market for the Ordinary Shares, notwithstanding the Company's existing Ordinary Shares being admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange. A market for the Ordinary Shares may not develop, which would adversely affect the liquidity and price of the Ordinary Shares.

Since there is currently a limited market for the Ordinary Shares therefore, investors have little benefit from information about prior market history when making their decision to invest. The price of the Ordinary Shares after issue can also vary due to a number of factors, including but not limited to, general economic conditions and forecasts, the Company's general business condition and the release of its financial reports. Although the Company's current intention is that its securities should continue to trade on the London Stock Exchange, there is no assurance that it will always do so. In addition, an active trading market for the Ordinary Shares may not develop or, if developed, may not be maintained. Investors may be unable to sell their Ordinary Shares unless a market can be established and maintained, and if the Company subsequently obtains a listing on an exchange in addition to, or in lieu of, the London Stock Exchange, the level of liquidity of the Ordinary Shares may decline.

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