Transaction in Own Shares

Vertu Motors PLC

27 May 2026

 

27 May 2026
Vertu Motors plc
("Vertu Motors" or the "Company")
Transaction in Own Shares
Vertu Motors plc (AIM: VTU) announces that on 26 May 2026 it purchased 106,866 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company (the "Repurchased Shares"), pursuant to the share buyback programme (the "Buyback Programme") that was announced on 05 March 2026, as follows (together the "Transaction"):
Date of purchase			26 May 2026
Number of ordinary shares purchased			106,866
Highest price paid per ordinary share			63.300 pence
Lowest price paid per ordinary share			62.800 pence
Volume weighted average price paid per ordinary share			62.902 pence
Application will be made for the Repurchased Shares to be cancelled. Following the cancellation of the Repurchased Shares, the total number of ordinary shares with voting rights will be 311,960,680 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, Vertu Motors under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. The Company holds no shares in treasury. Since the Group began Share Buybacks in July 2017, over £ 46.8m has been returned to shareholders, reducing the Company's shares in issue by 21.5% over the same period.
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 Vertu Motors, which were all executed through the Company's broker, Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited ("Shore Capital"), are set out below:
Schedule of Purchases:
Shares purchased:	Vertu Motors plc (ISIN: GB00B1GK4645)
Date of purchases:	26th May 2026
Aggregate information:
Aggregated Volume	Volume-weighted average price (pence)		Venue
106,866	62.902		London Stock Exchange
Individual transactions:
21,866 85,000	63.300 62.800		16:10 UK 15:04 UK
Vertu Motors plc			Tel: [phone]
Robert Forrester, CEO
Karen Anderson, CFO Phil Clark, Investor Relations
Stifel (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)		Tel: [phone]
Matthew Blawat
Callum Stewart
Shore Capital (Joint Broker)			Tel: [phone]
Mark Percy / Sophie Collins (Corporate Advisory)
Isobel Jones (Corporate Broking)
Camarco			Tel: [phone]
Billy Clegg
Tom Huddart
Notes to Editors

Vertu Motors is the fourth largest automotive retailer in the UK with a network of 191 sales outlets across the UK.

Vertu Motors was established in November 2006 with the strategy to consolidate the UK motor retail sector.  It is intended that the Group will continue to acquire motor retail operations to grow a scaled dealership group.  The Group's acquisition strategy is supplemented by a focused organic growth strategy to drive operational efficiencies through its national dealership network.

Vertu's Mission Statement is to "deliver an outstanding customer motoring experience through honesty and trust".

Vertu Motors Group websites - https://investors.vertumotors.com / www.vertucareers.com Vertu brand websites - www.vertumotors.com

 

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