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EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc purchased 142,000 of its Ordinary Shares on 18 March 2026 at a weighted average price of 25 pence per share, holding these shares in treasury. Following this, the Company's total voting rights became 431,254,112 Ordinary Shares. This buyback included EKF acquiring 42,000 Ordinary Shares at 25 pence each from Oryx International Growth Fund Limited and North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC, associated with Non-Executive Director Christopher Mills.
| Date | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Time | 11:20:31 |
| Category | Capital structure |
| ID | 3462X |
EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc
("EKF" or the "Company")
Share Buyback
EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc (AIM: EKF), the AIM-listed global diagnostics business, announces that it has purchased a total of 142,000 of its ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a weighted average price of 25 pence per share. The Ordinary Shares purchased will be held in treasury.
Aggregated information
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Date of purchase |
18 March 2026 |
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Number of Ordinary Shares purchased |
142,000 |
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Highest price paid per Ordinary Share |
25p |
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Lowest price paid per Ordinary Share |
25p |
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Volume weighted average price paid |
25p |
Transaction details
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation) (which forms part of domestic UK law pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a detailed breakdown of individual trades is available below:
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Number of Ordinary Shares purchased |
Transaction price (GBp) |
Time of transaction |
Trading venue |
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50,000 |
25p |
09:46:12 |
AIMX |
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50,000 |
25p |
16:09:49 |
AIMX |
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42,000 |
25p |
16:25:08 |
AIMX |
Total voting rights
Following the purchase, the Company's total issued share capital will consist of 431,963,112 Ordinary Shares, of which 709,000 Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares carrying voting rights will be 431,254,112. This figure 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.
PDMR dealing
As part of the buyback and within the above aggregate purchase, EKF acquired 42,000 Ordinary Shares in total at a price of 25 pence per Ordinary Share from Harwood as investment manager to Oryx International Growth Fund Limited ("Oryx") and North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC ("NASCIT"). EKF acquired 14,000 and 28,000 Ordinary Shares from Oryx and NASCIT respectively. Harwood has facilitated this transaction solely in order to ensure that the aggregate indirect beneficial interest of Mr. Mills remains at approximately the same level and in any event does not exceed 30% of the prevailing total voting rights in the Company following any repurchases.
Following the above sale of Ordinary Shares by Oryx and NASCIT to the Company, Mr. Mills' aggregate indirect interest in the Company is 127,172,000 Ordinary Shares.
Additional disclosures relating to this PDMR dealing are detailed below.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014 (which forms part of domestic UK law pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).
The person responsible for arranging the release of this Announcement
on behalf of the Company is Julian Baines, Executive Chair.
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EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc |
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Julian Baines, Executive Chair |
via Walbrook PR |
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Gavin Jones, Chief Executive Officer |
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Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser & Broker) |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7496 3000 |
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Phil Davies / Patrick Weaver |
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Walbrook PR Limited |
Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or [email protected] |
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Paul McManus / Alice Woodings |
Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 / +44 (0)7407 804 654 |
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About EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc (www.ekfdiagnostics.com)
EKF is an AIM-listed global diagnostics business focussed on:
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Point-of-Care analysers in the key areas of Hematology and Diabetes |
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Life Sciences services provide specialist manufacture of enzymes and custom products for use in diagnostic, food and industrial applications. |
EKF has headquarters in Penarth (near Cardiff) and operates five manufacturing sites across the US and Germany, selling into over 120 countries world-wide.
Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
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a)
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Name |
Christopher Mills |
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Reason for the notification
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Position/status
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Non-Executive Director |
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b)
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Initial notification /Amendment
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Initial Notification |
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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Name |
EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc |
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LEI
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213800DXTF3EAUK1AR05
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Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
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a)
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument |
Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each |
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Identification code |
GB0031509804
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b)
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Nature of the transaction
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Disposal of Ordinary Shares |
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Price(s) and volume(s) |
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Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
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25p |
42,000 |
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d)
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Aggregated information |
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- Aggregated volume |
n/a |
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e)
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Date of the transaction
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18 March 2026 |
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Place of the transaction
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London Stock Exchange, AIMX |
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