Purchase of own shares

RNS Number : 6938J

Ashmore Group PLC

08 December 2008

 



Ashmore Group plc  

0700 - 08 December 2008  

Purchase of own shares  

Ashmore Group plc ('Ashmore') announces that on 5 December 2008 it purchased  75,853 ordinary shares of 0.01p each at an average price of 110.3516 pence per ordinary share. These shares will be held as treasury shares.

The highest price paid was 112.0 pence per share and the lowest price paid was 109.0 pence per share.  

Following these purchases, Ashmore holds 4,758,393 ordinary shares as treasury shares and has 704,166,607 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Ashmore shareholders should use 704,166,607 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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