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Essentra plc announced that on 31 October 2025, it purchased 11,500 of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each from Peel Hunt LLP. These shares were purchased on the London Stock Exchange at a volume weighted average price of 98.3000 GBp per share, as part of its buyback programme announced on 29 March 2023. Essentra intends to cancel the purchased shares, which will result in 285,390,744 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in issue (excluding 3,127,057 held in treasury).
| Date | 3 Nov 2025 |
| Time | 07:00:10 |
| Category | Capital structure |
| ID | 7938F |
3 November 2025
ESSENTRA PLC
Transaction in Own Shares
Essentra plc ("Essentra", or the "Company") announces that on 31 October 2025 it purchased the following number of its 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").
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ESSENTRA ORD 25P |
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Date of purchase: |
31/10/2025 |
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Aggregate number of Ordinary 25p Shares purchased: |
11,500 |
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Lowest price paid per share (GBp): |
98.3000 |
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Highest price paid per share (GBp): |
98.3000 |
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Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp): |
98.3000 |
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Broker |
PEEL HUNT |
Essentra intends to cancel the purchased Ordinary Shares.
Following the settlement of the above purchases and cancellation, Essentra will have 285,390,744
Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in issue (excluding 3,127,057 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each held in treasury).
Upon cancellation, the figure 285,390,744 will represent the total number of voting rights in Essentra and can be used by shareholders once the shares have been cancelled 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.
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Trading Venue |
Volume-weighted average price paid per share (Gbp) |
Aggregated number of shares purchased |
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Aquis (AQXE) |
- |
- |
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BATS (BATE) |
- |
- |
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Chi-X (CHIX) |
- |
- |
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Turquoise (TRQX) |
- |
- |
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London Stock Exchange (XLON) |
98.3000 |
11,500 |
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Total |
98.3000 |
11,500 |
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
Emma Reid, Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)1908 359100
Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions
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Number of shares purchased |
Transaction price (Gbp) |
Market / Sytematic Internaliser |
Time of transaction |
Trade ID |
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11,500 |
98.30 |
XLON |
14:50:05 |
00184415562TRLO0 |