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RNS Number : 2630E  EKF Diagnostics Holdings PLC  21 October 2025

 

 

EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc

("EKF" or the "Company")

 

Share Buyback & Extension of Share Buyback Programme

 

EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc (AIM: EKF), the AIM-listed global diagnostics
business, announces that it has purchased a total of 919,331 of its ordinary
shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a
weighted average price of 28 pence per share. The Ordinary Shares purchased
will be held in treasury.

 

The Company today announces an extension to the additional share buyback
programme announced on 21 May 2025 and intends to conduct additional on-market
purchases of Ordinary Shares of up to a further c.£1.0m, pursuant to the
authorities obtained at the Company's last annual general meeting held on 20
May 2025. The Ordinary Shares will be held in treasury.

 

Aggregated information

 

 Date of purchase                       20 October 2025
 Number of Ordinary Shares purchased    919,331
 Highest price paid per Ordinary Share  28p
 Lowest price paid per Ordinary Share   28p
 Volume weighted average price paid     28p

 

 Transaction details

 

In 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:

 

 Number of Ordinary Shares purchased  Transaction price (GBp)  Time of transaction  Trading venue
 647,331                              28p                      13:19:22             AIMX
 272,000                              28p                      13:26:05             AIMX

 

Total voting rights

 

Following the purchase, the Company's total issued share capital will consist
of 449,093,790 Ordinary Shares, of which 3,575,045 Ordinary Shares are held
in treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares carrying voting
rights will be 445,518,745. 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.

 

PDMR dealing

 

As part of the buyback and within the above aggregate purchase, EKF acquired
272,000 Ordinary Shares in total at a price of 28 pence per Ordinary Share
from Harwood as investment manager to Oryx International Growth Fund Limited
("Oryx") and North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC ("NASCIT").
EKF acquired 90,667 and 181,333 Ordinary Shares from Oryx and NASCIT
respectively. Harwood has facilitated this transaction solely in order to
ensure that the aggregate indirect beneficial interest of Mr. Mills remains at
approximately the same level and in any event does not exceed 30% of the
prevailing total voting rights in the Company following any repurchases.

 

Following the above sale of Ordinary Shares by Oryx and NASCIT to the Company,
Mr. Mills' aggregate indirect interest in the Company is 131,378,000 Ordinary
Shares.

 

Additional disclosures relating to this PDMR dealing are detailed below.

 

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of
EU Regulation 596/2014 (which forms part of domestic UK law pursuant to the
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).

 

 

The person responsible for arranging the release of this Announcement

on behalf of the Company is Julian Baines, Executive Chair.

 

 

 EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc                                www.ekfdiagnostics.com (http://www.ekfdiagnostics.com)
 Julian Baines, Executive Chair                               via Walbrook PR
 Gavin Jones, Chief Executive Officer
                                                                                           Tel: +44 (0)20 7496 3000

 Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser & Broker)
 Phil Davies / Oliver Platts

 Walbrook PR Limited              Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or ekf@walbrookpr.com (mailto:ekf@walbrookpr.com)
 Paul McManus / Alice Woodings    Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 / +44 (0)7407 804 654

 

 

 

About EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc (www.ekfdiagnostics.com
(http://www.ekfdiagnostics.com) )

 

EKF is an AIM-listed global diagnostics business focussed on:

 

 ●    Point-of-Care analysers in the key areas of Hematology and Diabetes
 ●    Life Sciences services provide specialist manufacture of enzymes and custom
      products for use in diagnostic, food and industrial applications.

 

EKF has headquarters in Penarth (near Cardiff) and operates five manufacturing
sites across the US and Germany, selling into over 120 countries world-wide.

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging
managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them

 

 1    Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely

    associated

 a)   Name                                                         Christopher Mills

 2    Reason for the notification

 a)   Position/status                                              Non-Executive Director

 b)   Initial notification /Amendment                              Initial Notification

 3    Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction
      platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
 a)   Name                                                         EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc
 b)   LEI                                                          213800DXTF3EAUK1AR05

 4    Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of

    instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each
      place where transactions have been conducted

 a)   Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument  Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each

      Identification code                                          GB0031509804

 b)   Nature of the transaction                                    Disposal of Ordinary Shares

 c)   Price(s) and volume(s)

                                                                                     Price(s)          Volume(s)
                                                                                     28p               272,000

 d)   Aggregated information

      - Aggregated volume                                          n/a

      - Price

 e)   Date of the transaction

                                                                   20 October 2025

 f)   Place of the transaction                                     London Stock Exchange, AIMX

 

 

 

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