Mercia Asset Management PLCLSE: MERC

Mercia Asset Management: Transaction in Own Shares

· Issued by Mercia Asset Management PLC

Summary by 6ix AI

Mercia Asset Management PLC, a private capital asset manager focused on regional small and medium-sized businesses, bought 460,000 of its ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange from October 1 to October 7, 2026. The purchases were made under its share buyback programme announced on April 1, 2026.

Key details

  • The volume weighted average price paid (the average price weighted by the number of shares bought) was 28.04 pence per share across the period.
  • Daily purchases were 100,000 shares on October 1, 120,000 on October 2, and 80,000 each on October 5, 6 and 7, 2026, at prices from 27.75 pence to 28.50 pence per share.
  • Canaccord Genuity Limited made the purchases on behalf of the company.
  • After the purchases, Mercia will have 419,654,454 ordinary shares in issue and admitted to trading on AIM (the London Stock Exchange's market for smaller growing companies), excluding treasury shares, and holds 11,236,903 ordinary shares in treasury.

What’s still pending

  • Mercia intends to cancel the repurchased shares.

6ix AI wrote this summary from the release below and checked it against the release.

RNS

8 October 2026

Mercia Asset Management PLC

("Mercia", the "Company" or the "Group")

Transaction in Own Shares

Mercia Asset Management PLC (AIM: MERC), the proactive, regionally focused private capital asset manager with over £2.2billion of assets under management, announces that it has made the following purchases of Ordinary shares in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on the London Stock Exchange, pursuant to the Share Buyback Programme announced on 1 April 2026, for the period from 1 October 2026 to 7 October 2026 (the "Period").

Date of purchase:

Number of Ordinary Shares repurchased:

Highest price paid per Ordinary Share (p):

Lowest price paid per Ordinary Share (p):

Volume weighted average price paid (p)

01-Oct-26

100,000

28.50

28.00

28.18

02-Oct-26

120,000

28.10

28.10

28.10

05-Oct-26

80,000

28.10

28.10

28.10

06-Oct-26

80,000

28.00

28.00

28.00

07-Oct-26

80,000

27.75

27.75

27.75

The Company intends to cancel the shares. Following the purchase, the number of Ordinary Shares in issue and admitted to trading on AIM will be 419,654,454 (excluding treasury shares), and the Company is holding 11,236,903 Ordinary Shares in treasury.

This figure of 419,654,454 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended, the schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Canaccord Genuity Limited for the Period, on behalf of the Company, as part of the Share Buyback Programme on both an aggregate and individual trade basis:

Aggregate information: 

Venue

Volume Weighted Average Price (p)

Aggregated Volume

AIMX

28.04

460,000

Individual transactions:

Date of Transaction:

Volume

Price per Ordinary Share (p)

Transaction Time

Trading Venue

Transaction Reference

01-Oct-26

25,000

28.50

08:15:40

AIMX

00113261738TRLO1

01-Oct-26

50,000

28.10

15:58:52

AIMX

00113291328TRLO1

01-Oct-26

25,000

28.00

15:04:21

AIMX

00113283679TRLO1

02-Oct-26

120,000

28.10

15:47:54

AIMX

00113329015TRLO1

05-Oct-26

80,000

28.10

10:36:02

AIMX

00113353619TRLO1

06-Oct-26

80,000

28.00

08:58:09

AIMX

00113388091TRLO1

07-Oct-26

80,000

27.75

09:41:09

AIMX

00113426067TRLO1

- Ends -

For further information, please contact:

Mercia Asset Management PLC

Mark Payton, Chief Executive Officer

Martin Glanfield, Chief Financial Officer

www.mercia.co.uk

+44 (0)330 223 1430

Canaccord Genuity Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker)

Simon Bridges, Emma Gabriel, Harry Rees

+44 (0)20 7523 8000

Singer Capital Markets (Joint Broker)

Charles Leigh-Pemberton

+44 (0)20 7496 3000

Cardew Group (PR Adviser)

Tania Wild, Luke Bramwell

mercia@cardewgroup.com

+44 (0)20 7930 0777

About Mercia Asset Management PLC

Mercia is a private capital asset manager focused on supporting regional SMEs to achieve their growth aspirations. Mercia provides capital across its four asset classes of venture, development capital, property finance and proprietary capital: the Group's 'Complete Connected Capital'.

The Group has a strong UK footprint through its 11 regional offices, extensive local adviser and personal networks, and university partnerships, providing it with access to high-quality deal flow.

Mercia Asset Management PLC is quoted on AIM with the EPIC "MERC".

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