Transaction in Own Shares

Summary by AI BETAClose X

Essentra plc has purchased a total of 115,000 ordinary shares as part of its ongoing buyback program, with transactions occurring between July 1 and September 1, 2026. The average price paid per share ranged from 81.06 GBp to 112.60 GBp, with all purchases executed on the London Stock Exchange. These shares will be held in treasury and may be cancelled or used for employee share plans. Following these purchases, Essentra will have 287,420,301 ordinary shares in issue, with 283,391,913 representing the total number of voting rights.

Disclaimer*

Essentra plc
02 September 2026
 

ESSENTRA PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

 

Essentra plc ("Essentra", or the "Company") announces that on 01, 03, 06, 08, 10, 13, 15, 20, 24, 27, 31 July 2026  and 03, 05, 07, 10, 12, 13, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26, 28 August 2026 and 1 September 2026 it purchased 115,000 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").

 

Date

Trading Venue

Volume-weighted average price paid per share (GBp)

Aggregated number of shares purchased

Lowest price paid per share (GBp):

Highest price paid per share (GBp):

 

 

 

01/07/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-

BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-

Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-

Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

81.0600

11,500

81.0600

81.0600

 

 

 

03/07/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-

BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-

Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-

Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

83.9000

11,500

83.9000

83.9000

 

 

 

06/07/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-

BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-

Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-

Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-

London Stock Exchange (XLON)

84.9000

11,500

84.9000

84.9000

08/07/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

82.0000

 

11,500

82.0000

82.0000

10/07/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

82.4000

 

11,500

82.4000

82.4000

13/07/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

84.8000

 

11,500

84.8000

 

84.8000

15/07/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

84.0000

 

11,500

 

84.0000

 

84.0000

20/07/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

88.9000

 

11,500

 

88.9000

 

 

88.9000

 

24/07/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

94.1000

 

11,500

 

94.1000

 

 

94.1000

 

27/07/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

 

95.8000

 

11,500

 

95.8000

 

 

95.8000

 

31/07/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

106.4000

 

11,500

 

106.4000

 

106.4000

 

03/08/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

105.5000

 

11,500

 

105.5000

 

105.5000

 

05/08/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

110.3000

 

11,500

 

110.3000

 

110.3000

 

07/08/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

112.000

 

11,500

 

112.000

 

112.000

 







10/08/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

112.600

 

11,500

 

112.600

 

112.600

 

12/08/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

111.000

 

44,250

 

111.000

 

111.000

 

13/08/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

109.000

 

44,250

 

109.000

 

109.000

 







17/08/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

107.140

 

33,333

 

107.000

 

107.200

 

19/08/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

104.800

 

33,333

 

104.800

 

104.800

 

21/08/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

104.800

 

33,333

 

104.800

 

104.800

 

24/08/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

106.200

 

33,333

 

106.200

 

106.200

 

26/08/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

109.000

 

33,333

 

109.000

 

109.000

 

28/08/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

112.100

 

33,333

 

112.100

 

112.100

 

01/09/2026

Aquis (AQXE)

-

-

-

-


BATS (BATE)

-

-

-

-


Chi-X (CHIX)

-

-

-

-


Turquoise (TRQX)

-

-

-

-


London Stock Exchange (XLON)

110.000

 

33,333

 

110.000

 

110.000

 

 

The Company intends to hold these shares in Treasury and then either cancel them or retain them for the purpose of satisfying awards under the Company's employee share plans.

 

Following the settlement of the above purchases, Essentra will  have 287 420 301 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each in issue (excluding 4,028,388 Ordinary Shares of 25 pence each held in treasury).

 

The figure 283,391,913 will represent 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. 

 

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 LR 9.6.6

 

For further enquiries, please contact:

Essentra plc

Tim George, Deputy Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0)1908 35910

 

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

 

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price (Gbp)

Market / Sytematic Internaliser

 

Date

Time of transaction

Trade ID

11500

81.06

XLON

01/07/2026

15:36:57

00196280271TRLO1

11500

83.9

XLON

03/07/2026

08:34:27

00196360331TRLO1

11500

84.9

XLON

06/07/2026

13:48:42

00196420899TRLO1

11500

82.00

XLON

08/07/2026

13:51:42

00196545768TRLO1

11500

82.4

XLON

10/07/2026

13:28:51

00196643568TRLO1

11500

84.8

XLON

13/07/2026

11:56:08

00196686390TRLO1

11500

84.0

XLON

15/07/2026

09:31:10

00196780302TRLO1

11500

88.9

XLON

20/07/2026

11:46:00

00196957365TRLO1

11500

94.1

XLON

24/07/2026

15:21:32

00197223877TRLO1

11500

95.8

XLON

27/07/2026

14:05:24

00197272956TRLO1

11500

105.5

XLON

31/07/2026

13:35:05

00197549597TRLO1

11500

106.4

XLON

03/08/2026

15:36:54

00197634766TRLO1

11500

110.3

XLON

05/08/2026

13:11:46

00197766837TRLO1

11500

112.0

XLON

07/08/2026

09:29:23

00197882291TRLO1

11500

112.6

XLON

10/08/2026

15:23:38

00197989475TRLO1

44250

111.0

XLON

12/08/2026

12:10:31

00198093400TRLO1

44250

109.0

XLON

13/08/2026

13:59:49

00198160726TRLO1

10000

107.0

XLON

17/08/2026

16:06:21

00198288255TRLO1

23333

107.2

XLON

17/08/2026

16:07:33

00198288491TRLO1

33333

104.8

XLON

19/08/2026

08:21:29

00198356025TRLO1

33333

106.2

XLON

21/08/2026

12:00:15

00198488605TRLO1

33333

109.6

XLON

24/08/2026

11:46:32

00198543643TRLO1

33333

109.0

XLON

26/08/2026

10:07:17

00198643421TRLO1

33333

112.1

XLON

28/08/2026

10:09:08

00198745437TRLO1

33333

110.0

XLON

01/09/2026

14:22:46

00198833120TRLO1

 

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