Transaction in Own Shares

Summary by AI BETAClose X

Kerry Group plc announced on February 20, 2026, that it purchased 28,578 of its own A ordinary shares on Euronext Dublin for a volume weighted average price of €72.1748 per share, with the highest price paid being €73.4000 and the lowest €71.2000. These shares will be cancelled and are part of the company's ongoing buyback programme, which aims to repurchase shares up to a total value of €300 million by December 31, 2026. Following this transaction and subsequent cancellation, Kerry Group will have 160,441,285 ordinary shares in issue.

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Kerry Group PLC
20 February 2026
 

20 February 2026

 

LEI: 635400TLVVBNXLFHWC59

 

KERRY GROUP PLC

Regulatory Announcement

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Kerry Group plc ("Kerry" or the "Company") announces that on Thursday, February 19, 2026  it purchased the following number of its A ordinary shares of €0.125 each (the "Ordinary Shares") on Euronext Dublin from J&E Davy. The Ordinary Shares purchased will be cancelled.


Euronext Dublin

 

Number of Ordinary Shares purchased: 

28,578

 

Highest price paid per Ordinary Share:

73.4000

 

Lowest price paid per Ordinary Share:

71.2000

 

Volume weighted average price paid per Ordinary Share:

72.1748

 



 

The Ordinary Shares purchased form part of Kerry's intention to buyback Ordinary Shares of a total value of up to €300 million in the period up to 31 December 2026 at the latest ("Buyback Programme"). This Buyback Programme was announced on 17 February 2026 and formally commenced on 17 February 2026.

Following settlement of the above transactions and subsequent share cancellation Kerry will have  160,441,285 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the "Market Abuse Regulation") (including as it forms part of retained EU law in the United Kingdom ('UK') from time to time and, where relevant, pursuant to the UK's European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and the UK's Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019), a detailed breakdown of individual trades made by J&E Davy as riskless principal on behalf of Kerry on Euronext Dublin as part of the Buyback Programme for subsequent repurchase by the Company is scheduled to this announcement.

 

 

 

 

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

 

 




 

 

Group Secretary

 

 

 

Ronan Deasy

 

 

 


+353 66 7182000 | TraleeCoSec@kerry.ie


 

 




 

 

Website

 

 

 

www.kerry.com

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 



 

Issuer name:


Kerry Group plc


 

 

LEI


635400TLVVBNXLFHWC59


 

ISIN:


IE0004906560


 

Intermediary name:

J&E Davy


 

Intermediary code:

DAVYIE21



 

Time zone:


GMT



 

Currency:


EUR


 






 

Aggregated Information

 






 

Trading venue

Currency

Volume Weighted Average Price

Aggregated volume

 

Euronext Dublin

EUR

72.1748

28,578

 






 

Euronext Dublin

 






 

Number of
Shares

Price per Share (EUR)

Trading Venue

Time of Transaction

MatchID

 

5656

71.9500

Euronext Dublin

 08:02:51

00045871746TRLO0-1

 

5656

71.5000

Euronext Dublin

 08:22:07

00045872182TRLO0-1

 

500

71.2000

Euronext Dublin

 09:07:05

00045873017TRLO0-1

 

5656

71.6000

Euronext Dublin

 13:47:58

00045876963TRLO0-1

 

4441

72.45

Euronext Dublin

 15:20:21

00045878993TRLO0-1

 

5669

73.30

Euronext Dublin

 15:38:45

00045879362TRLO0-1

 

1000

73.40

Euronext Dublin

 16:08:24

00045879928TRLO0-1

 

 

 

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