ITV PLC has announced the purchase of 1,580,082 of its ordinary shares of 10 pence each from Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc on the London Stock Exchange and Multilateral Trading Facilities. The purchase was made in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 2 May 2024. The highest price paid per share was 76.55 pence, the lowest was 75.70 pence, and the volume-weighted average price paid per share was 76.12 pence. The company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following this transaction, the Company now holds 62,442,513 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,989,966,681 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). The total number of voting rights in the Company will be 3,989,966,681, which may be used by shareholders as the denominator when determining whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, ITV under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Since the commencement of the share buyback programme announced on 7 March 2024, the Company has repurchased 70,942,513 ordinary shares in aggregate at a weighted average price of 73.44 pence per share.