Transaction in Own Shares

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GB Group plc has announced the purchase of 130,000 of its ordinary shares on March 17, 2026, as part of its ongoing share buyback program. The shares were acquired at prices ranging from 196.20 GBp to 203.50 GBp, with a volume-weighted average price of 201.0519 GBp. These repurchased shares will be cancelled, reducing the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 234,752,855, with no shares held in treasury. This update is relevant for shareholders calculating their notification requirements under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Disclaimer*

GB Group PLC
18 March 2026
 

Embargoed until 7.00 a.m.                                                                              18 March 2026

GB Group plc

Transaction in own shares

GB Group plc ("GBG", "Group" or the "Company"), announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme originally announced on 23 July 2025 and as extended on 25 November 2025 ("Share Buyback Programme"), the Company purchased the following number of its Ordinary 2.5p Shares ("Ordinary Shares") through Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch (trading for these purposes as Deutsche Numis) ("Deutsche Numis").

Date of purchase:

17 March 2026

Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:

130,000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

196.20

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

203.50

Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):

201.0519

 

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 234,752,855 with no shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company will therefore be 234,752,855. This figure 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 it forms part of Retained EU Law as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, the table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by Deutsche Numis as part of the Share Buyback Programme. 

Individual transactions: 

Number of ordinary shares purchased

Transaction price
(GBp share)

Time of transaction (UK Time)

Transaction reference number

Trading venue

283

197.60

 08:12:41

00079709308TRLO0

XLON

185

197.60

 08:12:41

00079709307TRLO0

XLON

1830

196.20

 08:15:37

00079709425TRLO0

XLON

798

196.20

 08:15:37

00079709426TRLO0

XLON

1961

198.20

 08:44:14

00079710664TRLO0

XLON

1719

198.20

 08:51:18

00079710934TRLO0

XLON

207

198.20

 08:51:18

00079710933TRLO0

XLON

2294

197.60

 09:01:03

00079711236TRLO0

XLON

2256

196.80

 09:18:02

00079712113TRLO0

XLON

2124

197.80

 09:36:54

00079712899TRLO0

XLON

1943

197.40

 09:42:50

00079713110TRLO0

XLON

35

196.80

 09:56:00

00079713875TRLO0

XLON

1964

197.60

 10:14:01

00079714815TRLO0

XLON

1170

197.40

 10:16:16

00079714939TRLO0

XLON

87

197.60

 10:31:00

00079715728TRLO0

XLON

112

197.60

 10:31:00

00079715731TRLO0

XLON

336

197.60

 10:31:00

00079715730TRLO0

XLON

1001

198.80

 10:42:59

00079716184TRLO0

XLON

37

198.80

 10:43:00

00079716186TRLO0

XLON

1136

198.80

 10:43:04

00079716187TRLO0

XLON

1505

198.80

 10:48:57

00079716392TRLO0

XLON

797

198.80

 10:48:57

00079716391TRLO0

XLON

37

199.20

 11:24:02

00079717283TRLO0

XLON

909

199.20

 11:24:02

00079717284TRLO0

XLON

145

199.20

 11:24:02

00079717286TRLO0

XLON

435

199.20

 11:24:02

00079717285TRLO0

XLON

2413

198.80

 11:34:30

00079717585TRLO0

XLON

959

198.60

 11:34:30

00079717586TRLO0

XLON

320

198.60

 11:34:30

00079717587TRLO0

XLON

136

199.00

 11:49:27

00079717818TRLO0

XLON

407

199.00

 11:49:27

00079717817TRLO0

XLON

532

199.00

 11:49:27

00079717816TRLO0

XLON

400

199.00

 11:49:56

00079717823TRLO0

XLON

37

199.00

 11:49:59

00079717824TRLO0

XLON

448

199.00

 11:52:49

00079717864TRLO0

XLON

194

199.20

 12:19:28

00079718519TRLO0

XLON

287

199.20

 12:19:28

00079718518TRLO0

XLON

440

199.20

 12:19:28

00079718517TRLO0

XLON

440

199.20

 12:19:28

00079718516TRLO0

XLON

880

199.00

 12:19:28

00079718515TRLO0

XLON

100

199.00

 12:19:28

00079718514TRLO0

XLON

1965

198.80

 12:26:26

00079718796TRLO0

XLON

2296

198.60

 12:45:07

00079719609TRLO0

XLON

2237

199.80

 13:21:18

00079721332TRLO0

XLON

633

199.80

 13:21:19

00079721337TRLO0

XLON

704

199.80

 13:21:19

00079721336TRLO0

XLON

395

199.80

 13:21:19

00079721335TRLO0

XLON

1535

199.80

 13:21:19

00079721334TRLO0

XLON

63

199.60

 13:21:19

00079721333TRLO0

XLON

2306

201.50

 13:53:25

00079723275TRLO0

XLON

2039

201.50

 14:03:02

00079723937TRLO0

XLON

2011

201.00

 14:08:44

00079724268TRLO0

XLON

2226

201.00

 14:08:44

00079724267TRLO0

XLON

558

200.50

 14:16:30

00079724717TRLO0

XLON

1

200.50

 14:21:36

00079725037TRLO0

XLON

288

200.50

 14:25:57

00079725353TRLO0

XLON

3000

200.50

 14:25:57

00079725352TRLO0

XLON

491

200.50

 14:25:57

00079725351TRLO0

XLON

779

201.50

 14:30:17

00079725539TRLO0

XLON

1185

201.50

 14:30:18

00079725542TRLO0

XLON

1373

201.50

 14:30:18

00079725541TRLO0

XLON

1270

201.50

 14:30:18

00079725544TRLO0

XLON

1108

201.50

 14:30:18

00079725543TRLO0

XLON

1924

201.50

 14:32:20

00079725611TRLO0

XLON

27

201.50

 14:32:20

00079725610TRLO0

XLON

10

201.50

 14:32:20

00079725609TRLO0

XLON

32

201.50

 14:32:20

00079725608TRLO0

XLON

672

202.00

 14:46:10

00079726310TRLO0

XLON

5867

203.00

 14:46:31

00079726315TRLO0

XLON

2939

203.00

 14:46:31

00079726319TRLO0

XLON

980

203.00

 14:46:31

00079726318TRLO0

XLON

99

203.00

 14:46:31

00079726317TRLO0

XLON

101

203.00

 14:46:31

00079726316TRLO0

XLON

1115

202.50

 14:48:01

00079726353TRLO0

XLON

1771

202.50

 14:48:01

00079726352TRLO0

XLON

404

202.50

 14:52:01

00079726530TRLO0

XLON

963

202.50

 14:52:01

00079726529TRLO0

XLON

404

202.50

 14:52:01

00079726528TRLO0

XLON

2289

203.00

 15:06:39

00079727242TRLO0

XLON

1944

203.00

 15:06:39

00079727241TRLO0

XLON

2246

203.00

 15:10:39

00079727437TRLO0

XLON

2246

202.50

 15:11:47

00079727488TRLO0

XLON

2188

202.50

 15:11:47

00079727487TRLO0

XLON

2123

203.00

 15:24:04

00079728016TRLO0

XLON

131

203.00

 15:25:04

00079728051TRLO0

XLON

2585

203.00

 15:25:04

00079728050TRLO0

XLON

591

203.00

 15:27:15

00079728117TRLO0

XLON

1669

203.00

 15:27:15

00079728116TRLO0

XLON

83

202.50

 15:31:01

00079728270TRLO0

XLON

2159

202.50

 15:31:01

00079728272TRLO0

XLON

1865

202.50

 15:31:01

00079728271TRLO0

XLON

2109

202.50

 15:39:01

00079728842TRLO0

XLON

35

203.00

 15:41:37

00079728909TRLO0

XLON

14

203.00

 15:41:37

00079728908TRLO0

XLON

198

203.00

 15:41:37

00079728914TRLO0

XLON

1032

203.00

 15:41:37

00079728913TRLO0

XLON

61

203.00

 15:41:37

00079728912TRLO0

XLON

135

203.00

 15:41:37

00079728911TRLO0

XLON

99

203.00

 15:41:37

00079728910TRLO0

XLON

378

203.00

 15:43:27

00079729029TRLO0

XLON

1091

203.00

 15:43:27

00079729028TRLO0

XLON

63

203.00

 15:43:27

00079729027TRLO0

XLON

832

203.00

 15:47:32

00079729192TRLO0

XLON

1968

203.00

 15:47:32

00079729191TRLO0

XLON

931

203.50

 15:56:23

00079729790TRLO0

XLON

911

203.50

 15:56:23

00079729789TRLO0

XLON

1677

203.00

 15:56:42

00079729814TRLO0

XLON

294

203.00

 15:56:42

00079729813TRLO0

XLON

1172

203.00

 15:56:42

00079729817TRLO0

XLON

1771

203.00

 15:56:42

00079729816TRLO0

XLON

1900

203.00

 15:56:42

00079729815TRLO0

XLON

1669

203.00

 16:02:34

00079730101TRLO0

XLON

2131

202.50

 16:05:41

00079730312TRLO0

XLON

2221

202.00

 16:06:30

00079730336TRLO0

XLON

1982

202.00

 16:15:30

00079730886TRLO0

XLON

36

202.00

 16:17:47

00079731043TRLO0

XLON

1898

202.50

 16:18:16

00079731074TRLO0

XLON

1749

202.50

 16:21:16

00079731292TRLO0

XLON

454

202.50

 16:21:17

00079731294TRLO0

XLON

 

For further information please contact:

GBG

Annabelle Burton, Group Company Secretary

Richard Foster, Investor Relations

 

+44 (0) 7976 660181

+44 (0) 781 612 4164

FTI Consulting (Financial PR)

Ed Bridges, Dwight Burden & Emma Hall

+44 (0) 203 727 1779

GBG@fticonsulting.com

Corporate website

www.gbgplc.com/investors

 

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