Director/PDMR Shareholding

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On October 6, 2025, Essentra PLC announced that CEO Scott Fawcett, a Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility, partially exercised share options to sell to cover tax liabilities. This follows an earlier announcement regarding the vesting of share options. Fawcett sold 23,068 shares from the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) and retained 24,954 shares, with the award date being October 4, 2022, and a price of £2.105. Additionally, from the Deferred Annual Share Bonus scheme (DASB), 24,273 shares were sold, and 27,268 were retained, also awarded on October 4, 2022, at £2.105. The LTIP sale included 9,952 shares from a dividend reinvestment scheme, and the DASB sale included 9,280 DRIP shares. Following these transactions, Fawcett's total holding in Essentra shares is 180,792 ordinary shares of 25 pence.

Disclaimer*

Essentra plc
06 October 2025
 

Essentra plc Director/PDMR Shareholding

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibility

Further to the announcement earlier today relating to the vesting of share options, Scott Fawcett, Chief Executive Officer, and a Person Discharing Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") under article 19 of the Market Abuse Regulation ("MAR"), has partially exercised share options to sell to cover, as set out below.

Following the transaction, the resultant holding held by Scott Fawcett in Essentra shares is 180,792 ordinary shares of 25 pence.

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

 

 

a)

 

Name

 

 

Scott Fawcett

 

2

 

Reason for the notification

Transfer and sale of shares, pursuant to the satisfaction of the performance conditions, awarded under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan Part B grant of September 2017 ("LTIP"), and the Deferred Annual Share Bonus scheme ("DASB").

 

a)

 

Position/status

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

Initial

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

 

 

a)

 

Name

Essentra plc

b)

 

LEI

 

5493007MOZNA03BVNE96

4

 

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

 

 

a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary 25p shares



Identification code

GB00B0744359



b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

Transfer and sale of shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)



Volume

Award date

Price (£)

Shares sold to settle tax liability

Balance of shares retained

LTIP

4 October 2022

2.105

23,068*

24,954

DASB

4 October 2022

2.105

24,273*

27,268







d)

 

Aggregated information




- Aggregated volume

As above

- Price




e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

 

6 October 2025

f)

 

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

*Essentra operates a dividend reinvestment scheme ("DRIP") and accordingly the following number of shares accumulated during the performance period and were included in the transaction.

LTIP

9,952

DASB

 

9,280

For further enquiries, please contact

Essentra plc

Emma Reid

Company Secretary

T: + 44 (0) 1908 359100

 

6th October 2025

 

 

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