12th May 2026 07:03
12 May 2026
ESSENTRA PLC
Transaction in Own Shares
Essentra plc ("Essentra", or the "Company") announces that on 29 April and 1, 5 and 7 May 2026 it purchased in 200,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") from Peel Hunt LLP as part of the buyback programme announced on 29 March 2023 (the "Buyback Programme").
Date | Trading Venue | Volume-weighted average price paid per share (GBp) | Aggregated number of shares purchased | Lowest price paid per share (GBp): | Highest price paid per share (GBp): |
29/04/2026 | Aquis (AQXE) | - | - | - | - |
BATS (BATE) | - | - | - | - | |
Chi-X (CHIX) | - | - | - | - | |
Turquoise (TRQX) | - | - | - | - | |
London Stock Exchange (XLON) | 81.5000 | 50,000 | 81.5000 | 81.5000 | |
01/05/2026 | Aquis (AQXE) | - | - | - | - |
BATS (BATE) | - | - | - | - | |
Chi-X (CHIX) | - | - | - | - | |
Turquoise (TRQX) | - | - | - | - | |
London Stock Exchange (XLON) | 81.6000 | 50,000 | 81.6000 | 81.6000 | |
05/05/2026 | Aquis (AQXE) | - | - | - | - |
BATS (BATE) | - | - | - | - | |
Chi-X (CHIX) | - | - | - | - | |
Turquoise (TRQX) | - | - | - | - | |
London Stock Exchange (XLON) | 81.5000 | 50,000 | 81.5000 | 81.5000 | |
07/05/2026 | Aquis (AQXE) | - | - | - | - |
BATS (BATE) | - | - | - | - | |
Chi-X (CHIX) | - | - | - | - | |
Turquoise (TRQX) | - | - | - | - | |
London Stock Exchange (XLON) | 84.9000 | 50,000 | 84.9000 | 84.9000 |
The Company intends to hold these shares in Treasury and then either cancel them or retain them for the purpose of satisfying awards under the Company's employee share plans.
Following the settlement of the above purchases, Essentra will have 284 127 744 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in issue (excluding 3,077,057 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each held in treasury).
The figure 284,327,744 will represent the total number of voting rights in Essentra and can be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as such Regulation has become part of domestic law by virtue of and for the purposes of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020) and as such Regulation has been amended in such form by any regulations made under that Act), the schedule below contains detailed and aggregated information of the individual trades made by Peel Hunt LLP as part of the Buyback Programme.
This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of Listing Rule 12.4.6.
For further enquiries, please contact:
Essentra plc
Tim George, Deputy Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)1908 359100
Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions
Number of shares purchased | Transaction price (Gbp) | Market / Sytematic Internaliser |
Date | Time of transaction | Trade ID |
50000
| 81.5 | XLON | 29/04/2026 | 15:03:16 | 00193055358TRLO0 |
50000
| 81.6 | XLON | 01/05 | 13:58:32 | 00193160551TRLO0 |
50000 | 81.5 | XLON | 05/05/2026 | 15:38:46
| 00193264283TRLO0
|
50000
| 84.9
| XLON | 07/05/2026 | 12:15:14 | 00193402671TRLO0 |
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