Transaction in Own Shares

19 August 2026

Shoe Zone plc

("Shoe Zone" or the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

Shoe Zone plc (AIM: SHOE) announces that on 18 August 2026 it purchased 15,000 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 11 August 2026, as follows (together the "Transaction"):

Date of purchase

 18 August 2026

Number of ordinary shares purchased

 15,000

Highest price paid per ordinary share

 73.5 pence

Lowest price paid per ordinary share

 73.5 pence

Volume weighted average price paid per ordinary share

 73.5 pence

Total Voting Rights

Following the Transaction, the issued share capital of the Company remains unchanged at 46,250,000 and the Company now holds 38,170 shares in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company is now 46,211,830 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, Shoe Zone 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:

Schedule of Purchases: 

Shares purchased:

Shoe Zone plc (ISIN: GB00BLTVCF91)

Date of purchases:

18 August 2026

Aggregate information:

Aggregated Volume

Volume-weighted average price (pence)

Venue

 15,000

73.5000

London Stock Exchange

Individual transactions:

Volume

Price

Time

15,000

73.5000 pence

 13:08 UK

Shoe Zone plc

+44 (0) 116 222 3001

Charles Smith (Chairman)Terry Boot (Finance Director)

Zeus (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

+44 (0) 20 3829 5000

James Hornigold, Ed Beddows (Investment Banking)

Dominic King (Corporate Broking)

About ShoeZone

Shoezone is a Town Centre, Retail Park and Digital footwear retailer, offering, low price, high quality footwear for the whole family.Shoezone operates from a portfolio of 253 stores and has approximately 2,050 employees across the UK.The store portfolio consists of 44 original high street store and 209 larger format stores. The new format stores sell additional brands such as Skechers, Hush Puppies, Rieker and Lilley & Skinner.shoezone.com combined with the store network, ensures a full multi-channel offering for great customer service.During an average year Shoe Zone sells 13.3 million pairs of shoes per annum at an average retail price of c.£13.00.