Company Announcements

 

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7 May 2025

Bodycote plc

 

Share Buyback Programme - Transactions in Own Securities

 

Bodycote plc (the Company) announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback extension programme announced on 20 December 2024 (the Extended Programme) it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 17 3 / 11 pence each (Ordinary Shares) through HSBC Bank PLC:

   

 __________________________________________________________
|Date of purchase:                              |6 May 2025|
|_______________________________________________|__________|
|Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: |87,413    |
|_______________________________________________|__________|
|Highest price paid per share (pence per share):|503.0p    |
|_______________________________________________|__________|
|Lowest price paid per share (pence per share): |493.80p   |
|_______________________________________________|__________|
|Volume weighted average price paid per share   |          |
|                                               |498.8258p |
|(pence per share)                              |          |
|_______________________________________________|__________|

 

The Company intends to cancel these Ordinary Shares.

 

Following the purchase, settlement and cancellation of these Ordinary Shares, the Company will have 178,977,051 Ordinary Shares in issue, with no shares held in treasury. This figure represents the total number of voting rights.              

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it applies in the UK (the Market Abuse Regulation), the table below contains the detailed breakdown of the individual trades made by HSBC Bank PLC on behalf of the Company as part of the Programme.

Since the commencement of this Extended Programme, the Company has purchased a total of 3,499,362 Ordinary Shares.   In addition to the 8,979,759 Ordinary Shares purchased under the Share Buyback Programme which commenced in March 2024 and concluded in January 2025, the Company has purchased a total of 12,479,121 Ordinary Shares.  

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of UK Listing Rule 9.6.6.

For further information, please contact:

Bodycote plc

Jim Fairbairn, Chief Executive Officer

Ben Fidler, Chief Financial Officer

Peter Lapthorn, Head of FP&A and Investor Relations

Tel: +44 1625 505300

FTI Consulting

Richard Mountain

Susanne Yule

Tel: +44 203 727 1340

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule of Purchases

 

Transaction Details:

 

Issuer name:     Bodycote plc

ISIN:       GB00B3FLWH99

LEI:       213800V93QFW53NB7Y29

Intermediary name:   HSBC Bank PLC

Intermediary code:   HBEU

Time zone:     GMT

Currency:     GBP

 

 

Schedule of Purchases

Individual Transactions are included in the attached PDF document.

 

250507 - BOY Buyback transactions