21 March 2024
ESSENTRA PLC
Transaction in Own Shares
Essentra plc ("Essentra", or the "Company") announces that on 20 March 2024 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: | 20/03/2024 |
| Aggregate number of Ordinary 25p Shares purchased: | 23,000 |
| Lowest price paid per share (GBp): | 170.4000 |
| Highest price paid per share (GBp): | 170.4000 |
| Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp): | 170.4000 |
| Broker | PEEL HUNT |
Essentra intends to cancel the purchased Ordinary Shares.
Following the settlement of the above purchases and cancellation, Essentra will have 286,995,036
Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in issue (excluding 5,039,265 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each held in treasury).
Upon cancellation, the figure 286,995,036 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.
| Trading Venue | Volume-weighted average price paid per share (Gbp) | Aggregated number of shares purchased |
| Aquis (AQXE) | - | - |
| BATS (BATE) | - | - |
| Chi-X (CHIX) | - | - |
| Turquoise (TRQX) | - | - |
| London Stock Exchange (XLON) | 170.4000 | 23,000 |
| Total | 170.4000 | 23,000 |
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
| Number of shares purchased | Transaction price (Gbp) | Market / Sytematic Internaliser | Time of transaction | Trade ID |
| 23000 | 170.4000 | XLON | 10:45:49 | 00159800347TRLO0 |
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