Transaction in Own Shares

S4 Capital PLC

06 February 2024

 

6 February 2024

S4 Capital plc

("S4Capital" or the "Company")

Transaction in own shares

In accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme announced on 26 January 2024, the Company announces that on 5 February 2024 it purchased 236,328 ordinary shares of £0.25 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in the market through Dowgate Capital Limited. The Company intends that the repurchased Ordinary Shares will be held as treasury shares in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006.

Date of purchase:	5 February 2024
Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	236,328
Lowest price paid per Ordinary Share (GBP):	0.4024
Highest price paid per Ordinary Share (GBP):	0.4272
Volume weighted average price paid per Ordinary Share (GBP):	0.4152

Following the repurchase of Ordinary Shares, S4Capital has 583,064,256 Ordinary Shares with voting rights in issue and one B ordinary share of £1.00 with voting rights in issue. The Company holds 765,375 Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights attributable to the Ordinary Shares is 582,298,881. 

The above figure of 582,298,881 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), (as in force in the UK and as amended by the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019), the table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made as part of the buyback programme.

Shares purchased: S4 Capital plc (ISIN: GB00BFZZM640)

Individual transactions:

Number of Ordinary Shares purchased	Transaction price (GBP)	Time of transaction (UK Time)	Transaction reference number	Trading venue
1,379	0.4214	08:28:39	00037831355TRLO0	XLON
1,357	0.4214	08:29:39	00037831378TRLO0	XLON
1,339	0.4214	08:30:39	00037831391TRLO0	XLON
2,069	0.4214	08:31:39	00037831413TRLO0	XLON
4,900	0.4214	08:31:39	00037831412TRLO0	XLON
6,019	0.4214	08:31:39	00037831411TRLO0	XLON
1,327	0.4214	08:31:39	00037831410TRLO0	XLON
1,349	0.4214	08:31:39	00037831409TRLO0	XLON
1,314	0.4146	09:00:23	00037831876TRLO0	XLON
1,399	0.4148	09:01:23	00037831906TRLO0	XLON
1,062	0.4150	09:08:23	00037832051TRLO0	XLON
1,348	0.4150	09:09:23	00037832068TRLO0	XLON
3,940	0.4150	09:09:42	00037832073TRLO0	XLON
485	0.4150	09:09:42	00037832072TRLO0	XLON
482	0.4130	09:31:52	00037832514TRLO0	XLON
427	0.4136	09:44:51	00037832958TRLO0	XLON
457	0.4136	09:44:51	00037832956TRLO0	XLON
69	0.4146	09:44:51	00037832955TRLO0	XLON
4,200	0.4146	09:44:51	00037832954TRLO0	XLON
2,271	0.4146	09:44:51	00037832953TRLO0	XLON
51	0.4138	09:54:08	00037833052TRLO0	XLON
1,239	0.4138	09:55:08	00037833069TRLO0	XLON
1,434	0.4138	09:56:08	00037833079TRLO0	XLON
663	0.4138	09:57:08	00037833094TRLO0	XLON
1,374	0.4138	09:57:08	00037833093TRLO0	XLON
1,406	0.4138	09:58:08	00037833116TRLO0	XLON
6,919	0.4184	10:25:08	00037833753TRLO0	XLON
698	0.4172	10:29:46	00037833864TRLO0	XLON
1,345	0.4172	10:30:46	00037833902TRLO0	XLON
1,081	0.4172	10:31:46	00037833923TRLO0	XLON
32	0.4176	10:47:41	00037834281TRLO0	XLON
420	0.4180	10:53:48	00037834448TRLO0	XLON
1,382	0.4180	10:54:48	00037834462TRLO0	XLON
1,347	0.4180	10:56:43	00037834503TRLO0	XLON
442	0.4196	11:04:24	00037834617TRLO0	XLON
947	0.4200	11:06:37	00037834681TRLO0	XLON
1,872	0.4200	11:07:09	00037834692TRLO0	XLON
1,571	0.4200	11:07:37	00037834697TRLO0	XLON
1,359	0.4212	11:18:04	00037834822TRLO0	XLON
650	0.4214	11:20:04	00037834872TRLO0	XLON
700	0.4242	11:47:33	00037835717TRLO0	XLON
700	0.4242	11:47:33	00037835716TRLO0	XLON
700	0.4242	11:47:33	00037835715TRLO0	XLON
700	0.4242	11:47:33	00037835714TRLO0	XLON
2,217	0.4242	11:47:33	00037835713TRLO0	XLON
1,349	0.4272	12:08:31	00037836386TRLO0	XLON
1,346	0.4272	12:09:31	00037836420TRLO0	XLON
1,934	0.4272	12:10:31	00037836434TRLO0	XLON
1,627	0.4272	12:10:31	00037836433TRLO0	XLON
1,430	0.4272	12:12:33	00037836478TRLO0	XLON
6,142	0.4272	12:13:23	00037836499TRLO0	XLON
5,116	0.4272	12:13:23	00037836498TRLO0	XLON
424	0.4272	12:13:23	00037836497TRLO0	XLON
602	0.4236	12:39:35	00037837556TRLO0	XLON
1,193	0.4236	12:40:26	00037837591TRLO0	XLON
515	0.4236	12:40:26	00037837590TRLO0	XLON
620	0.4244	12:47:38	00037837734TRLO0	XLON
1,391	0.4244	12:48:38	00037837747TRLO0	XLON
1,349	0.4244	12:49:38	00037837768TRLO0	XLON
1,382	0.4244	12:50:38	00037837792TRLO0	XLON
1,347	0.4246	12:54:38	00037837916TRLO0	XLON
1,347	0.4246	12:55:38	00037837971TRLO0	XLON
1,370	0.4246	12:56:38	00037837981TRLO0	XLON
782	0.4246	12:57:13	00037837996TRLO0	XLON
634	0.4246	12:57:13	00037837995TRLO0	XLON
937	0.4246	12:58:03	00037838010TRLO0	XLON
466	0.4246	12:58:03	00037838009TRLO0	XLON
594	0.4246	12:59:03	00037838026TRLO0	XLON
834	0.4246	12:59:03	00037838025TRLO0	XLON
529	0.4246	12:59:40	00037838061TRLO0	XLON
1,360	0.4246	13:00:03	00037838074TRLO0	XLON
1,348	0.4246	13:01:03	00037838101TRLO0	XLON
2,494	0.4246	13:01:51	00037838119TRLO0	XLON
880	0.4246	13:02:03	00037838120TRLO0	XLON
767	0.4172	13:39:02	00037839430TRLO0	XLON
991	0.4174	13:40:39	00037839466TRLO0	XLON
424	0.4174	13:40:39	00037839465TRLO0	XLON
1,625	0.4174	13:41:39	00037839483TRLO0	XLON
1,219	0.4174	13:42:39	00037839522TRLO0	XLON
1,394	0.4174	13:43:39	00037839559TRLO0	XLON
1,452	0.4174	13:44:39	00037839591TRLO0	XLON
361	0.4174	13:47:00	00037839659TRLO0	XLON
1,356	0.4134	14:21:50	00037840682TRLO0	XLON
1,337	0.4134	14:22:50	00037840696TRLO0	XLON
1,316	0.4134	14:23:50	00037840724TRLO0	XLON
934	0.4134	14:24:50	00037840744TRLO0	XLON
1,340	0.4134	14:25:50	00037840770TRLO0	XLON
880	0.4134	14:26:50	00037840791TRLO0	XLON
1,354	0.4102	14:40:14	00037842055TRLO0	XLON
1,345	0.4102	14:41:14	00037842101TRLO0	XLON
1,364	0.4102	14:42:14	00037842155TRLO0	XLON
1,347	0.4102	14:43:14	00037842196TRLO0	XLON
1,351	0.4102	14:44:14	00037842231TRLO0	XLON
89	0.4102	14:45:14	00037842247TRLO0	XLON
910	0.4024	15:23:06	00037844130TRLO0	XLON
1,305	0.4100	15:33:13	00037844783TRLO0	XLON
1,343	0.4100	15:34:13	00037844834TRLO0	XLON
1,358	0.4100	15:35:13	00037844987TRLO0	XLON
1,350	0.4100	15:36:13	00037845108TRLO0	XLON
744	0.4100	15:37:50	00037845229TRLO0	XLON
393	0.4100	15:38:04	00037845243TRLO0	XLON
1,247	0.4100	15:39:04	00037845294TRLO0	XLON
1,331	0.4100	15:40:04	00037845366TRLO0	XLON
1,346	0.4100	15:41:04	00037845415TRLO0	XLON
8,852	0.4100	15:41:10	00037845433TRLO0	XLON
949	0.4054	15:53:14	00037846218TRLO0	XLON
894	0.4086	15:56:13	00037846334TRLO0	XLON
6,845	0.4106	15:56:13	00037846333TRLO0	XLON
1,113	0.4086	15:56:13	00037846332TRLO0	XLON
905	0.4088	15:57:13	00037846386TRLO0	XLON
1,346	0.4090	15:59:32	00037846458TRLO0	XLON
1,347	0.4090	16:00:32	00037846517TRLO0	XLON
1,653	0.4106	16:00:52	00037846542TRLO0	XLON
419	0.4106	16:00:53	00037846545TRLO0	XLON
545	0.4106	16:01:53	00037846595TRLO0	XLON
1,400	0.4106	16:01:53	00037846594TRLO0	XLON
700	0.4106	16:01:53	00037846593TRLO0	XLON
1,347	0.4106	16:01:53	00037846592TRLO0	XLON
489	0.4106	16:03:53	00037846675TRLO0	XLON
1,347	0.4106	16:04:53	00037846716TRLO0	XLON
1,302	0.4106	16:06:32	00037846774TRLO0	XLON
1,352	0.4106	16:07:32	00037846849TRLO0	XLON
1,347	0.4106	16:08:32	00037846901TRLO0	XLON
521	0.4106	16:09:32	00037846978TRLO0	XLON
947	0.4106	16:19:06	00037847433TRLO0	XLON
1,346	0.4106	16:20:06	00037847538TRLO0	XLON
3,693	0.4106	16:21:06	00037847616TRLO0	XLON
2,100	0.4106	16:21:06	00037847615TRLO0	XLON
1,706	0.4106	16:21:06	00037847614TRLO0	XLON
1,292	0.4106	16:21:06	00037847613TRLO0	XLON
1,400	0.4106	16:21:06	00037847612TRLO0	XLON
1,352	0.4106	16:21:06	00037847611TRLO0	XLON
4,503	0.4082	16:35:01	00037848259TRLO0	XLON
486	0.4082	16:35:01	00037848258TRLO0	XLON
5,207	0.4082	16:35:01	00037848257TRLO0	XLON
1,522	0.4082	16:35:01	00037848256TRLO0	XLON
26,329	0.4082	16:35:01	00037848255TRLO0	XLON
3,077	0.4082	16:35:01	00037848254TRLO0	XLON
3,338	0.4082	16:35:01	00037848253TRLO0	XLON

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of Listing Rule 12.4.6.

Enquiries:

S4Capital	Tel: [phone]
Sir Martin Sorrell (Executive Chairman)
Powerscourt (PR Adviser to S4Capital)	Tel: [phone]
Elly Williamson
Pete Lambie

About S4 Capital

S⁴ Capital plc (SFOR.L) is the tech-led, new age/new era digital advertising, marketing and technology services company, established by Sir Martin Sorrell in May 2018.

Our strategy is to build a purely digital advertising and marketing services business for global, multinational, regional, and local clients, and millennial-driven influencer brands. This will be achieved by integrating leading businesses in three practices: Content, Data&Digital Media and Technology Services, along with an emphasis on 'faster, better, cheaper, more' execution in an always-on consumer-led environment, with a unitary structure. Victor Knaap, Wesley ter Haar, Christopher S. Martin, Scott Spirit and Mary Basterfield all joined the S4 Capital Board as Executive Directors. The S4 Capital Board also includes Rupert Faure Walker, Paul Roy, Daniel Pinto, Sue Prevezer, Elizabeth Buchanan, Naoko Okumoto, Margaret Ma Connolly, Miles Young and Colin Day.

The Company now has approximately 7,700 people in 32 countries with approximately 80% of net revenue across the Americas, 15% across Europe, the Middle East and Africa and 5% across Asia-Pacific. The longer-term objective is a geographic split of 60%:20%:20%. Content currently accounts for approximately 60% of net revenue, Data&Digital Media 25% and Technology Services 15%. The long-term objective for the practices is a split of 50%:25%:25%.

Sir Martin was CEO of WPP for 33 years, building it from a £1 million 'shell' company in 1985 into the world's largest advertising and marketing services company, with a market capitalisation of over £16 billion on the day he left. Prior to that Sir Martin was Group Financial Director of Saatchi & Saatchi Company Plc for nine years.

 

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