REG - Dunelm Group plc - Transaction in Own Shares
18/02/2026 07:00
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RNS Number : 3991T Dunelm Group plc 18 February 2026
18 February 2026
DUNELM GROUP PLC
Transaction in own shares
Dunelm Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 17 February 2026 it
purchased the following number of ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the
Company pursuant to its share buyback programme, details of which were
announced on 16 February 2026:
Date of purchase 17 February 2026
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 105,460
Highest price paid per share (p): £9.84
Lowest price paid per share (p): £9.66
Volume weighted average price paid (p): £9.74
Broker: Barclays
The purchased shares will be held in treasury and may be utilised to satisfy
employee share-based award obligations.
Following the purchase of these shares, the Company's issued ordinary share
capital consists of 203,426,835 ordinary shares of which a total of 935,846
shares are held in treasury, including shares which have been purchased but
not yet settled. Therefore, the total number of ordinary shares with voting
rights in the Company is 202,490,989 ordinary shares.
The above figure of 202,490,989 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 and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it
applies in the UK (the Market Abuse Regulation), a detailed breakdown of
individual trades made by Barclays on behalf of the Company is detailed below:
Schedule of purchases - Individual transactions
Number of shares purchased Transaction price (p) Venue Time of transaction Trade ID
119 984.00 LSE 08:02:57 606173087599582453
134 984.00 LSE 08:03:19 592099335039525958
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investorrelations@dunelm.com (mailto:investorrelations@dunelm.com)
MHP Communications - Rachel Farrington/Charles
Hirst dunelm@mhpgroup.com
(mailto:dunelm@mhpgroup.com)
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