EKF DIAGNOSTICS HOLDINGS PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • Oct 15, 2025

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EKF Diagnostics Holdings PLC

15 October 2025

EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc

("EKF" or the "Company")

Share Buyback

EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc  (AIM: EKF), the AIM-listed global diagnostics business, announces that it has purchased a total of 709,193 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.

Aggregated information

Date of purchase	14 October 2025
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased	709,193
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
500,000	28p	11:19:37	AIMX
209,193	28p	15:51:08	AIMX

Total voting rights

Following the purchase, the Company's total issued share capital will consist of 449,093,790 Ordinary Shares, of which 709,193 Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares carrying voting rights will be 448,384,597. 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 209,193 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 69,731 and 139,462 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 132,224,000 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
Julian Baines, Executive Chair		via Walbrook PR
Gavin Jones, Chief Executive Officer
Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser & Broker)			Tel: +44 (0)20 7496 3000
Phil Davies / Oliver Platts
Walbrook PR Limited	Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or [email protected]
Paul McManus / Alice Woodings	Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 / +44 (0) 7407 804 654

About EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc ( 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	209,193
d)	Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume	n/a
- Price
e)	Date of the transaction	14 October 2025
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, AIMX

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