Transaction in Own Shares and Major Shareholding

Shoe Zone PLC

13 October 2026

 

13 October 2026
Shoe Zone plc
(“Shoe Zone” or the “Company”)
Transaction in Own Shares and Notification of Major Shareholding
Shoe Zone plc (AIM: SHOE) announces that on 12 October 2026 it purchased 100,000 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the Company (the “Repurchased Shares”), pursuant to the share buyback programme (the “Buyback Programme”) that was announced on 11 August 2026, as follows (together the “Transaction”):
Date of purchase		12 October 2026
Number of ordinary shares purchased		100,000
Highest price paid per ordinary share		74 pence
Lowest price paid per ordinary share		74 pence
Volume weighted average price paid per ordinary share		74 pence
Total Voting Rights
Following the Transaction, the issued share capital of the Company remains unchanged at 46,250,000 and the Company now holds 599,802 shares in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company is now 45,650,198 which 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, Shoe Zone under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. Notification of Major Shareholding Following the Transaction and reduction in the number of Voting Rights, Shoe Zone announces that Anthony Smith, Chief Executive Officer, and his wife, Catherine Smith now hold in aggregate 36.06% of the total voting rights. Anthony and Catherine Smith's shareholding remains unchanged at 16,460,250 Ordinary Shares. The Panel has confirmed that, pursuant to Rule 37.1 of the Takeover Code, neither Charles Smith (Executive Chairman) nor Anthony Smith will incur an obligation to make a mandatory offer pursuant to Rule 9 of the Takeover Code should either of their respective interests in the Company exceed 30 per cent. of the total issued Ordinary Shares or increase above 30 per cent. of the total issued Ordinary Shares (as applicable), in each case as a result of any share purchases conducted through a share buyback programme.
The Company will make further announcements in due course following the completion of any further purchases pursuant to the Buyback Programme.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 details of the purchase of its own ordinary shares by the Company, which were all executed through the Company’s broker, Zeus Capital Limited, are set out below:
Schedule of Purchases:
Shares purchased:	Shoe Zone plc  (ISIN: GB00BLTVCF91)
Date of purchases:	12 October 2026
Aggregate information:
Aggregated Volume	Volume-weighted average price (pence)	Venue
100,000	74.0000	London Stock Exchange
Individual transactions:
Volume	Price	Time
50,000	74.0000 pence	15:50 UK
50,000	74.0000 pence	16:02 UK
Shoe Zone plc		[phone]
Charles Smith (Chairman) Terry Boot (Finance Director)
Zeus (Nominated Adviser and Broker)		[phone]
James Hornigold, Ed Beddows (Investment Banking)
Dominic King (Corporate Broking)
About ShoeZone
Shoezone is a Town Centre, Retail Park and Digital footwear retailer, offering low price, high quality footwear for the whole family. Shoezone operates from a portfolio of 253 stores and has approximately 2,050 employees across the UK. The store portfolio consists of 44 original high street store and 209 larger format stores. The new format stores sell additional brands such as Skechers, Hush Puppies, Rieker and Lilley & Skinner. shoezone.com combined with the store network, ensures a full multi-channel offering for great customer service. During an average year Shoe Zone sells 13.3 million pairs of shoes per annum at an average retail price of c.£13.00.

 

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