Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3720C

Artemis Alpha Trust PLC

29 August 2008

 



Artemis Alpha Trust plc

Transaction in own shares

The Company has today made a market purchase of 50,000 of its own ordinary shares of 1p, representing 0.16% of the issued share capital. The shares were bought at 204.0p 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 31,968,488 ordinary shares in issue and 1,390,000 ordinary shares held in treasury.

Artemis Investment Management Limited,

Secretary

29 AUGUST 2008 

 

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