Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5580B

Artemis Alpha Trust PLC

18 August 2008

 

Artemis Alpha Trust plc

Transaction in own shares

On Friday 15 August 2008, the Company made a market purchase of 50,000 of its own ordinary shares of 1p, representing 0.15% of the issued share capital. The shares were bought at 203p per share and the Company intends to hold these shares in treasury. These shares will only be re-issued at prices which are in excess of the diluted net asset value of the Company's shares immediately before such re-issue.

Following this purchase, there are 32,618,488 ordinary shares in issue and 740,000 ordinary shares held in treasury.

Artemis Investment Management Limited,

Secretary

18 AUGUST 2008 

 

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