Update on RABB Buyback & Launch of Share Buyback
Naked Wines plc is launching a new Share Buyback Programme with a maximum aggregate consideration of £1 million, following insufficient demand for its previously announced Reverse Accelerated Bookbuild (RABB) buyback. This programme, managed by Panmure Liberum, will commence on March 25, 2026, and continue until the £1 million limit is reached or the company's next Annual General Meeting. The company also reiterated its ongoing capital distribution policy, aiming to return up to 50% of adjusted EBITDA or net cash increase, whichever is lower, with this buyback considered an additional ad hoc distribution.
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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF EU REGULATION 596/2014 AS IT FORMS PART OF UK DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018
Naked Wines plc
('Naked Wines' or the 'Company' or the 'Group')
Update on RABB Buyback & Launch of Share Buyback
Following the launch announcement on 23 March 2026 of a share buyback via Reverse Accelerated Bookbuild ("RABB Buyback") 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, Naked Wines announces that due to insufficient demand around the current share price within the parameters given at the Group's September 2025 Annual General Meeting ("AGM"), the Company will instead initiate and commence a standard Share Buyback Programme up to a maximum aggregate consideration of £1 million (the "Maximum Amount"). These share buyback mechanisms are being enacted 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 25 March 2026. 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 Company's AGM to purchase a maximum of 7,400,413 Ordinary Shares, under which authority to purchase 2,942,192 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 the date of the Company's next Annual General Meeting, expected to be held in August or September 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, which includes the ad hoc benefit driven by reduction in inventory. This buyback 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.
Enquires:
| Naked Wines plc Rodrigo Maza, Chief Executive Officer Dominic Neary, Chief Financial Officer Catherine Miles, Investor Relations | IR@nakedwines.com |
| Panmure Liberum (NOMAD and Broker) Ed Thomas / John More / Dru Danford | Tel: 0203 100 2222 |
| Vigo Consulting (Financial PR) Tim McCall / Guy Scarborough / Damian Reece | Tel: 0207 390 0230 |
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