Purchase of own shares

RNS Number : 8371I

Ashmore Group PLC

25 November 2008

 



Ashmore Group plc  

0700 - 25 November 2008  

Purchase of own shares  

Ashmore Group plc ('Ashmore') announces that on 24 November 2008 it purchased  148,013 ordinary shares of 0.01p each at an average price of 111.7265 pence per ordinary share. These shares will be held as treasury shares.

The highest price paid was 114 pence per share and the lowest price paid was 109.75 pence per share.  

Following these purchases, Ashmore holds 3,408,217 ordinary shares as treasury shares and has 705,516,783 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Ashmore shareholders should use 705,516,783 as the denominator to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in Ashmore under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries to:  

Ashmore Group plc                                       [phone] 

Michael Perman, Company Secretary          [phone]

Penrose Financial                                         [phone] 

Gay Collins / Lauren Stewart                        [phone]

 

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