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Share Buyback & Completion of Share Buyback Prog.
Share Buyback & Completion of Share Buyback Prog..
About this update from Ekf Diagnostics Holdings Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nEKF Diagnostics Holdings plc\n(\"EKF\" or the \"Company\")\n \nShare Buyback\n& Completion of Share Buyback Programme\n \nEKF Diagnostics Holdings plc (AIM: EKF), the AIM-listed global diagnostics business, announces that it has purchased a total of 367,000 of its ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company (\"Ordinary Shares\") at a weighted average price of 21.5 pence per share. The Ordinary Shares purchased will be held in treasury.\n \nThis transaction marks the successful conclusion of the share buyback programme as set out in the announcement on 1 April 2025. Pursuant to the share buyback programme, a total of 4,636,774 ordinary shares were purchased at a weighted average cost of 21.48 pence per Ordinary Share.\n \nAggregated information\n \n\n\n\n\nDate of purchase\n\n\n12 May 2025\n\n\n\n\nNumber of Ordinary Shares purchased\n\n\n367,000\n\n\n\n\nHighest price paid per Ordinary Share\n\n\n21.5p\n\n\n\n\nLowest price paid per Ordinary Share\n\n\n21.5p\n\n\n\n\nVolume weighted average price paid\n\n\n21.5p\n\n\n\n\n \n Transaction details\n \nIn accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation) (which forms part of domestic UK law pursuant to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a detailed breakdown of individual trades is available below:\n \n\n\n\n\nNumber of Ordinary Shares purchased\n\n\nTransaction price (GBp)\n\n\nTime of transaction\n\n\nTrading venue\n\n\n\n\n258,775\n\n\n21.5p\n\n\n09:39:55\n\n\nAIMX\n\n\n\n\n108,225\n\n\n21.5p\n\n\n09:55:18\n\n\nAIMX\n\n\n\n\n \nTotal voting rights\n \nFollowing the purchase, the Company's total issued share capital will consist of 454,930,564 Ordinary Shares each carrying one voting right, of which 5,836,774 Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares carrying voting rights will be 449,093,790. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.\n \nPDMR dealing\n \nAs part of the buyback and within the above aggregate purchase, EKF acquired 1...