Completion of Buyback Programme

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Oxford Metrics plc has successfully completed its share buyback programme, returning a total of £10 million to shareholders through an initial £6 million and a subsequent £4 million extension. The company purchased and cancelled 19,505,301 ordinary shares at an average price of 51.37 pence, representing approximately 14.83% of its issued share capital at the programme's commencement. Investors can anticipate an update on the Group's refined strategy and three-year capital allocation framework alongside the unaudited interim results for the six months ending 31 March 2026, scheduled for release on 17 June 2026.

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Oxford Metrics PLC
21 May 2026
 

21 May 2026

Oxford Metrics plc
(Oxford Metrics or the Group)

 

Completion of Buyback Programme


Oxford Metrics, the smart sensing and measurement technology Group, is pleased to announce that it has completed its share buyback programme. Through the buyback programme, Oxford Metrics has returned £10m to shareholders, with an initial amount of £6m announced on 11 October 2024 and an extension of £4m announced on 10 July 2025.

 

Through the programme, Oxford Metrics has purchased and cancelled 19,505,301 Ordinary Shares of 0.25p each at an average price of 51.37p. This represents approximately 14.83% of its issued share capital at the start of the buyback.

 

The Group expects to report its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2026 on 17 June 2026. Alongside the interim results, the Group's management team will present an update on its refined strategy and three-year framework, which will include its approach to capital allocation.

 

 

For more information, please contact:

Oxford Metrics plc

+44 (0) 18 6526 1860

Imogen O'Connor, CEO
Zoe Fox, CFO

 

Panmure Liberum (Nomad and Broker)

+44 (0) 20 3100 2000

James Sinclair-Ford / Rupert Dearden / Ailsa Macmaster / Gaya Bhatt

 

Alma Strategic Communications

+44 (0) 20 3405 0205

Hilary Buchanan / Rebecca Sanders-Hewett
David Ison / Kinvara Verdon

oxfordmetrics@almastrategic.com

 

About Oxford Metrics

Oxford Metrics (LSE:OMG) is a smart sensing and measurement technology Group that serves thousands of customers in more than 70 countries. Founded in 1984, we started our journey in healthcare, expanded into entertainment, winning an OSCAR® and an Emmy®, moved into engineering and more recently, manufacturing. We have a strong track record of creating value by incubating, growing, and then augmenting through acquisition, unique technology businesses.

The Group trades through two divisions; in motion capture its market-leading company Vicon Motion Systems provides motion measurement systems and analysis to thousands of customers worldwide in healthcare, entertainment, and engineering markets. In manufacturing, Industrial Vision and Metrology Systems is a specialist in machine vision software and measurement technology for high precision, automated quality control systems trusted by blue-chip, manufacturing companies in medical devices, pharmaceuticals, performance engineering, advanced semiconductors, automotive and aerospace.

The Group is headquartered in Oxford with offices in the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States and Germany.

 

For more information about Oxford Metrics, visit www.oxfordmetrics.com.

 

 

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