GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC 4

What Happened The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and its subsidiary Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (the Reporting Persons), which report beneficial ownership above 10% of Aperture AC Class A shares, sold a total of 48 ordinary shares of Aperture AC in three open-market transactions on June 15, 2026. The trades were for 1, 22 and 25 shares respectively, each at $9.90 per share, for combined proceeds of approximately $475.20. The filing notes these transactions were effected by Goldman Sachs acting as a market maker in the ordinary course of business.

Key Details

• Transaction date: June 15, 2026; Price: $9.90 per share.
• Shares sold: 1, 22 and 25 (total 48 shares); total proceeds ≈ $475.20.
• Post-transaction ownership: Reporting Persons state their beneficial ownership increased to above 10% of the Issuer’s Class A Ordinary Shares (exact post-trade share count not specified in the excerpt).
• Notable footnotes: trades effected by Goldman Sachs as a market maker (F2); securities were directly/indirectly owned as described (F1, F3); any profit potentially recoverable under Section 16(b) will be remitted to the issuer if applicable (F4).
• Filing timeliness: Report filed on June 17, 2026 for trades on June 15 — appears timely (not marked late).

Context These trades were reported by institutional reporting persons and flagged as market-making activity, which is often routine and not the same signal as an executive or director sale/purchase. The transaction size is small relative to typical insider trades; purchases generally carry more informational weight for investors than routine market-maker sales.