Launch of Share Buyback Programme
Naked Wines plc has launched a share buyback programme to purchase ordinary shares up to a maximum aggregate consideration of £1 million, aiming to enhance shareholder returns. This programme, managed by Panmure Liberum, will commence immediately and continue until the maximum amount is reached or by March 31, 2026. All repurchased shares will be held in treasury, and the company expects daily buyback volumes to potentially exceed 25% of the average daily traded volume on the London Stock Exchange, meaning they will not benefit from certain MAR exemptions. This initiative is separate from the company's ongoing capital distribution policy, which aims to return up to 50% of adjusted EBITDA.
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Naked Wines is pleased to announce the launch of a share buyback programme ("Share Buyback Programme") to purchase ordinary shares of 7.5 pence each in the capital of the Group ("Ordinary Shares") up to a maximum aggregate consideration of £1 million (the "Maximum Amount") in order to further enhance shareholder returns.
Naked Wines has entered into a non-discretionary arrangement with Panmure Liberum Limited ("Panmure Liberum"), to conduct the Share Buyback Programme on its behalf starting from today. Under these arrangements, Panmure Liberum will make trading decisions in relation to the buyback of the Group's ordinary shares of 7.5 pence each independently of the Group within the programme terms and pre-set parameters.
All Ordinary Shares repurchased by the Group under the Share Buyback Programme will be held in treasury. Shares held in treasury do not carry voting rights and do not participate in dividends.
Share purchases under the Share Buyback Programme will continue to take place in open market transactions and may be made from time to time depending on market conditions, share price and trading volumes. The Share Buyback Programme will be effected under the authority granted by shareholders at the Group's September 2025 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") to purchase a maximum of 7,400,413 Ordinary Shares, under which authority to purchase 4,281,192 Ordinary Shares remains.
Shareholders should be aware that given all Ordinary Shares repurchased by the Group under the Share Buyback Programme will be held in treasury, and given the Share Buyback Programme may on any given trading day represent a significant portion of the daily traded volume in the Group's Ordinary Shares on the London Stock Exchange, and the Group expects daily volumes to exceed 25% of the average daily traded volume on the London Stock Exchange. Accordingly, the Group will not benefit from the exemption contained in Article 5(1) of MAR.
Outside of the above, the Share Buyback Programme will be conducted in accordance with the other safe harbour parameters as prescribed by MAR insofar as possible. The Group has authorised the Share Buyback Programme to commence from today and will continue until the earlier of: the date on which the Maximum Amount payable by the Company has been reached, or 31st March 2026.
The Group confirms that it currently has no unpublished price sensitive information.
Ongoing capital distributions policy
The Company's aim with regards to ongoing capital distributions is to return up to 50% of adjusted EBITDA excluding inventory liquidation costs or the increase in net cash (excluding shareholder distributions), whichever is lower, subject to the Board's assessment of the Group's financial position, liquidity requirements and investment opportunities.
Consistent with previous communications, the Company also intends to return additional capital through ad hoc share buybacks over and above this as the Board judges to be in the interests of the Company and its shareholders. The Share Buyback Programme announced today is an additional ad hoc distribution, separate to the Company's ongoing capital distribution policy that has, and will continue to, be applied.
The Board will continue to keep capital allocation under review and will update shareholders as appropriate.
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