REG - Virgin Wines UK PLC - Transfer of Treasury Shares & Total Voting Rights

Virgin Wines UKAnnouncement

11/09/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 8620Y  Virgin Wines UK PLC  11 September 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11 September 2025

 

Virgin Wines UK plc

("Virgin Wines" or the "Group")

Transfer of Treasury Shares and Total Voting Rights

Virgin Wines UK plc (AIM: VINO), one of the UK's largest direct-to-consumer
online wine retailers, announces that it has transferred 123,956 ordinary
shares of the Company from its treasury account to satisfy employee share
options exercised within the terms of the Company's Long Term Incentive Share
Scheme.

Following the exercise of share options the Company's issued ordinary share
capital consists of 55,972,405 ordinary shares of which a total of 4,133,298
ordinary shares are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of ordinary
shares with voting rights in Virgin Wines is 51,839,107 ordinary shares.

The above figure of 51,839,107 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.

 

 Virgin Wines UK plc                                                Via Hudson Sandler

 Jay Wright, CEO

 Amanda Cherry, CFO

 Cavendish

 (Nominated Adviser and Sole Broker)

 Matt Goode, Seamus Fricker, Elyssia Bough (Corporate Finance)

 Matt Lewis (Corporate Broking)

 Hudson Sandler

 (Public Relations)

 Dan de Belder

 Harry Griffiths

 Jackson Redley

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Notes to editors:

About Virgin Wines

Virgin Wines is one of the UK's largest direct-to-consumer online wine
retailers. It is an award-winning business which has a reputation for
supplying and curating high quality products, excellent levels of customer
service and innovative ways of retailing.

 

The Company was established in 2000 by the Virgin Group and was subsequently
acquired by Direct Wines in 2005 before being bought out by the Virgin
Wines management team, led by CEO Jay Wright and former CFO Graeme Weir,
in 2013. It listed on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment
Market (AIM) in 2021.  Virgin Wines is headquartered in Norwich, with two
fully bonded national distribution centres in Preston and Bolton. It stocks
over 650 wines sourced from more than 40 trusted winemaking partners and
suppliers around the world which it sells to a large active customer base of
over 145k, the majority of whom are on one of the Group's subscription
schemes.

 

The Company drives the majority of its revenue through its WineBank
subscription scheme, using a variety of marketing channels, as well as through
its Wine Advisor team, Wine Plan channel and Pay As You Go service.

 

The Company also has a fast-growing Commercial division, as well as having
recently launched Warehouse Wines, its DTC value proposition in 2024.

 

Along with its extensive range of award-winning products, Virgin Wines was
delighted that its flagship WineBank service was awarded 'Wine Club of the
Year' at the 2024 IWC Awards, as well as being voted by UK consumers as
Online Retailer of the Year for 2025 at the People's Choice Awards. In
addition, in 2023 the Group's Buying Director, Sophie Lord, was named Buyer
of the Year by Decanter magazine.

 

https://www.virginwinesplc.co.uk/ (https://www.virginwinesplc.co.uk/)

 

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