5 August 2024
Likewise Group plc
("Likewise", the "Company", or the "Group")
Transaction in Own Shares
Likewise Group plc (AIM: LIKE), the fast growing UK floor coverings distributor, announces that on 2 August 2024 it purchased 60,000 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 16 July 2024, as follows (together the "Transaction"):
| Date of purchase | 2 August 2024 |
| Number of ordinary shares purchased | 60,000 |
| Highest price paid per ordinary share | 18.1 pence |
| Lowest price paid per ordinary share | 18.1 pence |
| Volume weighted average price paid per ordinary share | 18.1 pence |
Total Voting Rights
Following the Transaction, the issued share capital of the Company remains unchanged at 245,583,480 and the Company now holds 235,355 shares in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company is now 245,348,125 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, Likewise under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
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:
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| Shares purchased: | Likewise Group plc (ISIN: GB00BHNWH003) | |
| Date of purchases: | 2 August 2024 | |
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| Aggregate information: |
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| Aggregated Volume | Volume-weighted | Venue |
| 60,000 | 18.1 | London Stock Exchange |
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| Individual transactions: |
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| Volume | Price | Time |
| 60,000 | 18.1000 pence | 16:36 UK |
| For further information, please contact: | |
| Likewise Group plc Tony Brewer, Chief Executive | Tel: +44 (0) 121 817 2900 |
| Zeus (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Jordan Warburton / David Foreman / James Edis (Investment Banking) Dominic King / Fraser Marshall (Corporate Broking) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3829 5000 |
| Ravenscroft (Joint Broker) Semelia Hamon (Corporate Finance) | Tel: +44 (0) 1481 732 746 |
| Novella Communications (Financial PR) Claire de Groot / Tim Robertson | Tel: +44 (0) 20 3151 7008 |
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