Transaction in Own Shares

Essentra plc

24 October 2023

 

24 October 2023

ESSENTRA PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

Essentra plc ("Essentra", or the "Company") announces that on 23 October 2023 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").

ESSENTRA ORD 25P
Date of purchase:	23/10/2023
Aggregate number of Ordinary 25p Shares purchased:	48,006
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	153.0000
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	156.4000
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):	154.1908
Broker	PEEL HUNT

Essentra intends to cancel the purchased Ordinary Shares.

Following the settlement of the above purchases and cancellation, Essentra has 290,103,453 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in issue (excluding 5,039,265 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each held in treasury).

The figure 290,103,453 represents 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.      

Trading Venue	Volume-weighted average price paid per share (Gbp)	Aggregated number of shares purchased
BATS (BATE)	-	-
BATS (BATP)	-	-
Chi-X (CHIX)	154.3422	2,988
Chi-X (CHID)	-	-
London Stock Exchange (XLON)	154.1808	45,018
Total	154.1908	48,006

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

Amina Olatunji, Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (Gbp)	Market / Sytematic Internaliser	Time of transaction	Trade ID
25000	154.27	XLON	20231023 08:12:48.210646 +0100s	00154441312TRLO0
2500	153	XLON	20231023 12:45:30.149904 +0100s	00154459519TRLO0
8000	153	XLON	20231023 14:48:59.624788 +0100s	00154467840TRLO0
1395	153.6	XLON	20231023 14:49:33.279000 +0100s	00154467914TRLO0
931	153.4	CHIX	20231023 15:02:55.406000 +0100s	00154469522TRLO0
493	153.4	CHIX	20231023 15:02:55.406000 +0100s	00154469521TRLO0
1564	155.2	CHIX	20231023 15:26:22.324000 +0100s	00154472335TRLO0
739	155	XLON	20231023 15:34:05.099000 +0100s	00154473028TRLO0
835	155	XLON	20231023 15:34:05.099000 +0100s	00154473027TRLO0
1591	155	XLON	20231023 15:55:41.239000 +0100s	00154475383TRLO0
1562	154.8	XLON	20231023 15:57:37.712000 +0100s	00154475553TRLO0
910	156.4	XLON	20231023 16:23:27.988000 +0100s	00154479163TRLO0
545	156.4	XLON	20231023 16:23:27.988000 +0100s	00154479162TRLO0
198	156.2	XLON	20231023 16:25:32.984000 +0100s	00154479447TRLO0
786	156.4	XLON	20231023 16:27:17.077000 +0100s	00154479711TRLO0
691	156.4	XLON	20231023 16:27:17.077000 +0100s	00154479710TRLO0
66	156.4	XLON	20231023 16:27:17.077000 +0100s	00154479709TRLO0
200	156	XLON	20231023 16:28:39.020000 +0100s	00154479861TRLO0

 

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