Issue of Shares

RNS Number : 2034R

Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC

31 October 2011

 



ARBUTHNOT BANKING GROUP PLC

31 October 2011

ISSUE OF SHARES

Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC (the "Company") announces that it has issued 279,703 ordinary shares of 1 pence each (the "New Ordinary Shares"), pursuant to the authority granted at a General Meeting of the Company held on 10 October 2011 regarding a scrip dividend offer to shareholders.

Application has been made for the New Ordinary Shares, ranking pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares in issue, to be admitted to trading on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange ("Admission").

It is expected that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence on 2 November 2011. Following Admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company will have 15,279,322 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in issue (which includes 380,274 that are held in Treasury), with each share having one voting right.

The Company's ISIN code is GB0007922338.

For further information, please contact:

Enquiries:
Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC Henry Angest Chairman and Chief Executive Andrew Salmon Chief Operating Officer James Cobb Group Finance Director	Tel: [phone]
Pelham Bell Pottinger Ben Woodford Dan De Belder	Tel: [phone]

 

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