{
  "id": 11420597,
  "title": "Forterra employee trust buys 75,000 shares at £1.532",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/forterra-employee-trust-buys-75-000-shares-at-1-532",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-02T11:02:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/forterra-employee-trust-buys-75000-shares-at-1532-93CH-4929472"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Forterra plc, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker FORT, announced on Tuesday that its Employee Benefit Trust had acquired 75,000 ordinary shares. The purchase, facilitated by Apex Financial Services (Trust Company) Limited, was executed at an average price of £1.532 per share. This single transaction constituted half of the 150,000 shares the trust had intended to buy monthly, as part of a program disclosed on October 13, 2025. The Employee Benefit Trust, established to secure the interests of Forterra's employees and fulfill obligations under the company's share incentive schemes, now owns a total of 3,390,148 ordinary shares, representing 1.67% of the firm's current voting rights. Each share carries a nominal value of 1p. The company was informed of the acquisition on Wednesday. This report was AI-assisted and editorially reviewed before publication.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Forterra's Employee Benefit Trust purchased 75,000 shares",
    "Shares bought at average price of £1.532 per share",
    "Trust now owns 1.67% of Forterra's voting rights"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}