Transaction in Own Shares

S4 Capital PLC
27 February 2024
 

27 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 26 February 2024 it purchased 239,945 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:

26 February 2024

Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:

239,945

Lowest price paid per Ordinary Share (GBP):

0.3930

Highest price paid per Ordinary Share (GBP):

0.4098

Volume weighted average price paid per Ordinary Share (GBP):

0.4042

 

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 3,591,685 Ordinary Shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights attributable to the Ordinary Shares is 579,472,571. 

 

The above figure of 579,472,571 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



 179

 0.4090

08:00:15

00038165415TRLO0

XLON


 7,475

 0.4090

08:00:15

00038165413TRLO0

XLON


 6,572

 0.3956

09:11:32

00038167061TRLO0

XLON


 5,421

 0.3946

09:11:33

00038167063TRLO0

XLON


 1,920

 0.3946

09:11:33

00038167062TRLO0

XLON


 681

 0.3956

10:45:12

00038170334TRLO0

XLON


 22

 0.3956

10:45:12

00038170333TRLO0

XLON


 1

 0.3956

10:45:12

00038170332TRLO0

XLON


 7,238

 0.3956

10:45:12

00038170331TRLO0

XLON


 6,452

 0.3958

10:53:12

00038170628TRLO0

XLON


 7,520

 0.3932

11:08:19

00038171193TRLO0

XLON


 6,345

 0.3932

11:08:19

00038171192TRLO0

XLON


 9

 0.3932

11:08:19

00038171191TRLO0

XLON


 98

 0.3932

11:08:19

00038171190TRLO0

XLON


 7,301

 0.3950

12:35:17

00038173738TRLO0

XLON


 7,154

 0.3930

12:35:17

00038173739TRLO0

XLON


 2,079

 0.4090

13:24:51

00038175593TRLO0

XLON


 21

 0.4090

13:24:51

00038175592TRLO0

XLON


 5,068

 0.4070

13:24:51

00038175597TRLO0

XLON


 1,879

 0.4070

13:24:51

00038175596TRLO0

XLON


 87

 0.4070

13:24:51

00038175595TRLO0

XLON


 2,068

 0.4070

13:24:51

00038175594TRLO0

XLON


 7,607

 0.4052

13:40:11

00038176011TRLO0

XLON


 3,804

 0.4052

13:40:11

00038176010TRLO0

XLON


 6,428

 0.4032

14:08:11

00038176877TRLO0

XLON


 25

 0.4032

14:08:11

00038176876TRLO0

XLON


 606

 0.4032

14:08:11

00038176875TRLO0

XLON


 7,466

 0.4032

14:08:11

00038176874TRLO0

XLON


 255

 0.4032

14:08:11

00038176873TRLO0

XLON


 7,724

 0.3962

14:36:30

00038178323TRLO0

XLON


 4,116

 0.3956

14:36:33

00038178328TRLO0

XLON


 2,322

 0.3956

14:37:41

00038178398TRLO0

XLON


 217

 0.4064

15:29:42

00038181223TRLO0

XLON


 178

 0.4064

15:29:42

00038181222TRLO0

XLON


 6,947

 0.4066

15:36:09

00038181757TRLO0

XLON


 194

 0.4066

15:36:09

00038181756TRLO0

XLON


 7,761

 0.4080

15:45:52

00038182300TRLO0

XLON


 2,637

 0.4098

16:05:19

00038183474TRLO0

XLON


 4,000

 0.4098

16:05:19

00038183473TRLO0

XLON


 3,380

 0.4070

16:08:45

00038183644TRLO0

XLON


 3,445

 0.4070

16:08:45

00038183643TRLO0

XLON


 7,040

 0.4070

16:08:45

00038183642TRLO0

XLON


 6,016

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185789TRLO0

XLON


 1,071

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185788TRLO0

XLON


 2,832

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185787TRLO0

XLON


 3,708

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185786TRLO0

XLON


 4,452

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185785TRLO0

XLON


 704

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185784TRLO0

XLON


 3,375

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185783TRLO0

XLON


 10,181

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185782TRLO0

XLON


 12,277

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185781TRLO0

XLON


 4,891

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185780TRLO0

XLON


 4,246

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185779TRLO0

XLON


 8,236

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185778TRLO0

XLON


 739

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185777TRLO0

XLON


 6,303

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185776TRLO0

XLON


 360

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185775TRLO0

XLON


 15,535

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185774TRLO0

XLON


 1,084

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185773TRLO0

XLON


 2,193

 0.4096

16:35:23

00038185772TRLO0

XLON


 

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

 

Enquiries:

S4Capital

Tel: +44 (0)20 3793 0003

Sir Martin Sorrell (Executive Chairman)


Powerscourt (PR Adviser to S4Capital)

Tel: +44 (0) 7970 246 725

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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