Mercia Asset Management PLCLSE: MERC

Mercia Asset Management: Transaction in Own Shares

· Issued by Mercia Asset Management PLC via RNS

Summary by 6ix AI

Mercia Asset Management PLC, a private capital asset manager that backs regional small and medium-sized businesses, bought back 200,000 of its ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange from October 8 to October 14, 2026. The shares were bought under its share buyback programme first set out on April 1, 2026, at a volume weighted average price (average price weighted by shares bought) of 29.44p.

Key details

  • Daily purchases: 80,000 shares at 28.00p on October 8, 25,000 at 30.00p on October 9, 40,000 at 30.50p on October 12, 20,000 at 30.50p on October 13 and 35,000 at 30.50p on October 14, 2026.
  • Canaccord Genuity Limited made the purchases on behalf of the company.
  • On October 12, 2026, the company transferred 10,000 ordinary shares from treasury (shares it holds itself) to satisfy the exercise of employee share options.
  • Following the purchase, the number of ordinary shares in issue and admitted to trading on AIM, a London Stock Exchange market for smaller companies, will be 419,464,454 excluding treasury shares, and the company is holding 11,226,903 ordinary shares in treasury.

What’s still pending

  • The company intends to cancel the repurchased shares.

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RNS

15 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 8 October 2026 to 14 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)

08-Oct-26

80,000

28.00

28.00

28.00

09-Oct-26

25,000

30.00

30.00

30.00

12-Oct-26

40,000

30.50

30.50

30.50

13-Oct-26

20,000

30.50

30.50

30.50

14-Oct-26

35,000

30.50

30.50

30.50

The Company intends to cancel the shares.

The Company also announces that on 12 October 2026, the Company transferred 10,000 Ordinary Shares from Treasury to satisfy the exercise of employee share options.

Following the purchase, the number of Ordinary Shares in issue and admitted to trading on AIM will be 419,464,454 (excluding treasury shares), and the Company is holding 11,226,903 Ordinary Shares in treasury.

This figure of 419,464,454 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

29.44

200,000

Individual transactions:

Date of Transaction:

Volume

Price per Ordinary Share (p)

Transaction Time

Trading Venue

Transaction Reference

08-Oct-26

80,000

28.00

08:29:33

AIMX

00113461656TRLO1

09-Oct-26

25,000

30.00

16:42:13

AIMX

00113544631TRLO1

12-Oct-26

40,000

30.50

10:37:20

AIMX

00113561517TRLO1

13-Oct-26

20,000

30.50

14:29:52

AIMX

00113615229TRLO1

14-Oct-26

10,000

30.50

13:15:43

AIMX

00113654322TRLO1

14-Oct-26

15,000

30.50

12:59:16

AIMX

00113653884TRLO1

14-Oct-26

10,000

30.50

13:00:48

AIMX

00113653921TRLO1

- 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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