IMI PLC has announced the purchase of its own ordinary shares for cancellation. The company bought 67,143 ordinary shares through Merrill Lynch International at an average price of 1,856.7370 pence per share. Following this transaction, IMI PLC has 274,985,909 ordinary shares in issue and holds 13,648,836 ordinary shares in treasury, resulting in a total of 261,337,073 voting rights in the company.

The purchases were made on various trading venues, including the London Stock Exchange, Chi-X (CXE), BATS (BXE), and Turquoise, with volume weighted average prices ranging from 18.56 to 18.59 (£ per share). The full breakdown of the individual trades made by Merrill Lynch International on behalf of the company is available on the London Stock Exchange's website.

This announcement provides transparency regarding IMI PLC's recent transaction in its own shares, in compliance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as part of UK law. For further information, enquiries can be directed to Louise Waldek, the Company Secretary at IMI PLC.