Director/PDMR Shareholding

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Essentra plc announced on 07 April 2026 that on 31 March 2026, Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMRs) were granted Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) awards and Deferred Annual Share Bonus (DASB) awards. The share price used for calculation was 90.1p. Executive Directors Scott Fawcett and Rowan Baker received significant awards, with Fawcett receiving 958,381 LTIP shares and 81,463 DASB shares, totaling 1,039,844 shares, while Baker received 732,520 LTIP shares and 62,265 DASB shares, totaling 794,785 shares. The total number of shares awarded across all PDMRs was 2,932,029, with these awards being made on the London Stock Exchange.

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Essentra plc
07 April 2026
 

Essentra plc

Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility (PDMR)

                                 Notification and public disclosure of transactions by PDMRs

 

The notification below, is made on behalf of PDMRs under article 19.1 of the Market Abuse Regulation ('MAR') and in accordance with Article 19.3 of MAR.

On 31 March 2026, the Company granted Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) awards to PDMRs as set out below.  The performance period is three years with a further two- year holding for the Executive Directors, Scott Fawcett and Rowan Baker.

On 31 March 2026. awards under the Deferred Annual Share Bonus (DASB) Plan were also made. These awards normally vest after three years subject to continued service.

The share price used to calculate the number of shares was 90.1p (closing share price at 30 March 2026).

Employee Name

No. of shares 2026 LTIP

No. of shares 2025 DASB

Total shares

Scott Fawcett

Chief Executive Officer

    958,381

         81,463

         1,039,844

Rowan Baker

Chief Financial Officer

    732,520

         62,265

             794,785

Sam Edwards

Chief Digital Information Officer

    220,106

           9,171

             229,277

Richard David Sederman

MD, APAC

    198,371

           6,918

             205,289

Chris Brooks

MD Americas

    401,513

           8,490

             410,003

Shaun Laubscher

Chief People Officer

    252,831

0

             252,831

Total

 

 

         2,932,029

 

1

 

Further details applying to all PDMRs:

 

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

 

Grant of awards under the Essentra plc 2024 Long Term Incentive Plan and the Deferred Annual Share Bonus Plan.

 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)


Volume

Price (p)





2,932,029

Nil








d)

 

Aggregated information

-     Aggregated volume

-     Aggregated Price




As above.
















e)

 

Date of the transaction

 

 

07 April 2026











f)

 

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange (XLON)





  

For further enquiries, please contact

Essentra plc

Tim George

Deputy Company Secretary

T: + 44 (0) 1908 359100

 

 

 

 

 

 

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