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RNS Number : 8268D S4 Capital PLC 21 February 2024
21 February 2024
S4 Capital plc
("S4Capital" or the "Company")
Transaction in own shares
In accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme announced on 26
January 2024, the Company announces that on 20 February 2024 it purchased
258,681 ordinary shares of £0.25 each in the capital of the Company
("Ordinary Shares") in the market through Dowgate Capital Limited. The Company
intends that the repurchased Ordinary Shares will be held as treasury shares
in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006.
Date of purchase: 20 February 2024
Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased: 258,681
Lowest price paid per Ordinary Share (GBP): 0.3912
Highest price paid per Ordinary Share (GBP): 0.4180
Volume weighted average price paid per Ordinary Share (GBP): 0.4116
Following the repurchase of Ordinary Shares, S4Capital has 583,064,256
Ordinary Shares with voting rights in issue and one B ordinary share of £1.00
with voting rights in issue. The Company holds 2,734,204 Ordinary Shares in
treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights attributable to the
Ordinary Shares is 580,330,052.
The above figure of 580,330,052 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 in force in the UK and as amended by the Market Abuse
(Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019), the table below contains detailed
information of the individual trades made as part of the buyback programme.
Shares purchased: S4 Capital plc (ISIN: GB00BFZZM640)
Individual transactions:
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased Transaction price (GBP) Time of transaction Transaction reference number Trading venue
(UK Time)
5,848 0.3912 08:20:02 00038076212TRLO0 XLON
6,372 0.3994 09:52:57 00038079027TRLO0 XLON
10,021 0.3994 09:52:57 00038079026TRLO0 XLON
246 0.3994 09:52:57 00038079025TRLO0 XLON
627 0.3994 09:52:57 00038079024TRLO0 XLON
5,785 0.3966 10:21:01 00038079753TRLO0 XLON
781 0.3950 10:59:53 00038080842TRLO0 XLON
5,488 0.3950 10:59:53 00038080841TRLO0 XLON
7,266 0.3950 10:59:53 00038080840TRLO0 XLON
37 0.3950 10:59:53 00038080839TRLO0 XLON
6,158 0.3950 14:07:18 00038085567TRLO0 XLON
5,650 0.3948 14:07:18 00038085569TRLO0 XLON
293 0.3948 14:07:18 00038085568TRLO0 XLON
9,480 0.4010 15:26:39 00038090939TRLO0 XLON
4,137 0.4068 15:39:58 00038091472TRLO0 XLON
2,235 0.4068 15:39:59 00038091474TRLO0 XLON
6,600 0.4068 15:39:59 00038091473TRLO0 XLON
9,828 0.4120 15:57:34 00038092209TRLO0 XLON
6,705 0.4132 16:04:47 00038092468TRLO0 XLON
6,588 0.4132 16:04:47 00038092467TRLO0 XLON
6,381 0.4132 16:04:47 00038092466TRLO0 XLON
946 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094156TRLO0 XLON
321 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094155TRLO0 XLON
1,097 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094154TRLO0 XLON
968 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094153TRLO0 XLON
969 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094152TRLO0 XLON
2,387 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094151TRLO0 XLON
3,876 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094150TRLO0 XLON
969 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094149TRLO0 XLON
4,557 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094148TRLO0 XLON
350 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094147TRLO0 XLON
4,701 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094146TRLO0 XLON
1,202 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094145TRLO0 XLON
2,586 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094144TRLO0 XLON
1,593 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094143TRLO0 XLON
7,511 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094142TRLO0 XLON
1,199 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094141TRLO0 XLON
3,272 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094140TRLO0 XLON
3,177 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094139TRLO0 XLON
3,461 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094138TRLO0 XLON
4,893 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094137TRLO0 XLON
7,895 0.4180 16:35:21 00038094136TRLO0 XLON
2,996 0.4180 16:35:28 00038094233TRLO0 XLON
6,596 0.4180 16:35:28 00038094232TRLO0 XLON
3,907 0.4180 16:35:28 00038094231TRLO0 XLON
10,799 0.4180 16:35:28 00038094230TRLO0 XLON
702 0.4180 16:35:28 00038094229TRLO0 XLON
8,075 0.4180 16:36:22 00038094249TRLO0 XLON
5,880 0.4180 16:36:22 00038094248TRLO0 XLON
8,167 0.4180 16:36:22 00038094247TRLO0 XLON
6,401 0.4180 16:36:22 00038094246TRLO0 XLON
6,477 0.4180 16:36:22 00038094245TRLO0 XLON
4,905 0.4180 16:36:48 00038094258TRLO0 XLON
25,095 0.4180 16:36:48 00038094257TRLO0 XLON
4,225 0.4180 16:37:12 00038094274TRLO0 XLON
This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of Listing Rule
12.4.6.
Enquiries:
S(4)Capital Tel: +44 (0)20 3793 0003
Sir Martin Sorrell (Executive Chairman)
Powerscourt (PR Adviser to S(4)Capital) Tel: +44 (0) 7970 246 725
Elly Williamson
Pete Lambie
About S4 Capital
S(4) Capital plc (SFOR.L) is the tech-led, new age/new era digital
advertising, marketing and technology services company, established by Sir
Martin Sorrell in May 2018.
Our strategy is to build a purely digital advertising and marketing services
business for global, multinational, regional, and local clients, and
millennial-driven influencer brands. This will be achieved by integrating
leading businesses in three practices: Content, Data&Digital Media and
Technology Services, along with an emphasis on 'faster, better, cheaper, more'
execution in an always-on consumer-led environment, with a unitary structure.
Victor Knaap, Wesley ter Haar, Christopher S. Martin, Scott Spirit and Mary
Basterfield all joined the S4 Capital Board as Executive Directors. The S4
Capital Board also includes Rupert Faure Walker, Paul Roy, Daniel Pinto, Sue
Prevezer, Elizabeth Buchanan, Naoko Okumoto, Margaret Ma Connolly, Miles Young
and Colin Day.
The Company now has approximately 7,700 people in 32 countries with
approximately 80% of net revenue across the Americas, 15% across Europe, the
Middle East and Africa and 5% across Asia-Pacific. The longer-term objective
is a geographic split of 60%:20%:20%. Content currently accounts for
approximately 60% of net revenue, Data&Digital Media 25% and Technology
Services 15%. The long-term objective for the practices is a split of
50%:25%:25%.
Sir Martin was CEO of WPP for 33 years, building it from a £1 million 'shell'
company in 1985 into the world's largest advertising and marketing services
company, with a market capitalisation of over £16 billion on the day he left.
Prior to that Sir Martin was Group Financial Director of Saatchi & Saatchi
Company Plc for nine years.
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