Retail FX and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) announced the commencement of a new share buyback programme today.

The company will to purchase a total of up to $100 million of its shares. The Share Buyback Programme forms part of the $187.5 million of shareholder returns announced in the company’s FY 2025 Preliminary Results on 9 February 2026, which also included total dividends of $87.5 million.

As of 31 December 2025, the Group held approximately $0.8bn of its own cash on its balance sheet, enabling it to pursue accretive organic and inorganic growth initiatives, while continuing to deliver attractive and sustainable shareholder returns.

The maximum number of shares the Company is entitled to repurchase under the Share Buyback Programme is up to 3,769,933 shares. This figure represents the total number of shares the Company is authorised to purchase pursuant to the authority granted by shareholders at the Company’s most recent Annual General Meeting held on 6 May 2025, less the number of shares that have already been repurchased pursuant to that authority.

The company will seek additional authority from its shareholders to make purchases of its own ordinary shares at its upcoming AGM.

Share purchases will take place in open market transactions and may be executed from time to time depending on market conditions, share price, trading volume and other factors. Panmure Liberum Limited will manage the Share Buyback Programme, which is an irrevocable, non‐discretionary share buyback programme to repurchase the Company’s shares on its behalf, and within certain defined parameters.

The Share Buyback Programme will run from today until no later than the announcement date of the Preliminary Results for FY 2026. Purchases may continue during any closed period to which the Company is subject during the above‐mentioned period.