Transaction in Own Shares

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GB Group PLC has purchased 130,000 of its ordinary shares on March 19, 2026, as part of its ongoing share buyback program. The shares were acquired at prices ranging from 195.20 GBp to 199.40 GBp, with a volume-weighted average price of 197.2084 GBp. These purchased shares will be cancelled, reducing the total number of ordinary shares in issue to 234,493,155, with no shares held in treasury. This new total represents the denominator for shareholders to use when calculating their notifiable interests under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Disclaimer*

GB Group PLC
20 March 2026
 

Embargoed until 7.00 a.m.                                                                        20 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:

19 March 2026

Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased:

130,000

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

195.20

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

199.40

Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):

197.2084

 

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be             234,493,155 with no shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company will therefore be 234,493,155. 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

2395

196.80

 08:21:26

00079757211TRLO0

XLON

2082

196.80

 08:24:29

00079757385TRLO0

XLON

2068

197.80

 08:40:01

00079758623TRLO0

XLON

18

198.00

 08:43:52

00079758821TRLO0

XLON

450

198.00

 08:43:52

00079758820TRLO0

XLON

25000

197.30

 08:43:57

00079758823TRLO0

XLON

2268

197.20

 08:45:23

00079758966TRLO0

XLON

2293

196.40

 08:52:19

00079759346TRLO0

XLON

1116

196.00

 09:01:02

00079760011TRLO0

XLON

5097

196.00

 09:01:02

00079760010TRLO0

XLON

1269

196.00

 09:01:02

00079760012TRLO0

XLON

2058

196.00

 09:09:09

00079760453TRLO0

XLON

632

196.00

 09:14:10

00079760841TRLO0

XLON

1675

196.00

 09:14:10

00079760842TRLO0

XLON

98

196.00

 09:14:10

00079760861TRLO0

XLON

2125

196.00

 09:14:10

00079760862TRLO0

XLON

25

196.00

 09:16:19

00079761124TRLO0

XLON

1974

196.00

 09:16:19

00079761125TRLO0

XLON

731

195.40

 09:23:59

00079761759TRLO0

XLON

1286

195.40

 09:23:59

00079761760TRLO0

XLON

109

196.00

 09:29:10

00079762200TRLO0

XLON

1858

196.00

 09:29:10

00079762201TRLO0

XLON

1977

196.00

 09:54:29

00079763511TRLO0

XLON

273

196.00

 09:54:29

00079763512TRLO0

XLON

1683

196.00

 09:54:29

00079763513TRLO0

XLON

595

196.00

 09:54:29

00079763514TRLO0

XLON

2055

195.20

 10:14:21

00079764271TRLO0

XLON

2324

197.20

 10:32:53

00079764889TRLO0

XLON

2128

197.60

 10:38:44

00079765098TRLO0

XLON

1990

197.40

 10:39:05

00079765101TRLO0

XLON

2239

197.40

 11:12:50

00079765813TRLO0

XLON

2309

197.20

 11:12:58

00079765814TRLO0

XLON

267

198.40

 11:31:15

00079766690TRLO0

XLON

434

198.40

 11:31:15

00079766692TRLO0

XLON

780

198.40

 11:31:15

00079766691TRLO0

XLON

2233

198.20

 11:33:29

00079766726TRLO0

XLON

1956

198.20

 11:45:13

00079767258TRLO0

XLON

421

197.60

 12:04:29

00079768631TRLO0

XLON

433

197.60

 12:04:29

00079768632TRLO0

XLON

519

197.60

 12:04:29

00079768633TRLO0

XLON

2602

197.20

 12:04:34

00079768640TRLO0

XLON

38

196.80

 12:17:36

00079769207TRLO0

XLON

1576

196.80

 12:17:52

00079769221TRLO0

XLON

671

196.80

 12:19:35

00079769277TRLO0

XLON

2294

196.60

 12:27:38

00079769562TRLO0

XLON

2169

196.20

 12:49:40

00079770893TRLO0

XLON

2232

196.60

 13:01:16

00079771441TRLO0

XLON

2304

196.80

 13:22:58

00079772506TRLO0

XLON

1974

198.60

 13:45:46

00079773407TRLO0

XLON

2017

199.40

 13:53:53

00079773829TRLO0

XLON

2038

199.20

 13:53:55

00079773830TRLO0

XLON

2017

198.00

 14:15:51

00079774666TRLO0

XLON

126

198.00

 14:23:55

00079774982TRLO0

XLON

1662

198.00

 14:23:55

00079774983TRLO0

XLON

207

198.00

 14:25:00

00079775011TRLO0

XLON

1004

197.40

 14:25:52

00079775022TRLO0

XLON

1264

197.40

 14:25:52

00079775021TRLO0

XLON

2027

198.20

 14:41:58

00079775792TRLO0

XLON

374

198.00

 14:55:58

00079776354TRLO0

XLON

1920

198.00

 14:55:58

00079776355TRLO0

XLON

1997

199.20

 15:08:53

00079776971TRLO0

XLON

2044

198.40

 15:12:06

00079777105TRLO0

XLON

2277

198.60

 15:25:45

00079778212TRLO0

XLON

2208

198.20

 15:38:14

00079779003TRLO0

XLON

518

197.40

 15:45:30

00079779726TRLO0

XLON

1574

197.40

 15:45:30

00079779725TRLO0

XLON

1949

197.40

 15:58:05

00079780603TRLO0

XLON

2257

197.80

 16:04:25

00079780998TRLO0

XLON

2318

197.40

 16:10:33

00079781559TRLO0

XLON

335

197.80

 16:19:43

00079782191TRLO0

XLON

764

197.80

 16:19:43

00079782190TRLO0

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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