Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3735Q

British Empire Trust PLC

26 February 2016

 

BRITISH EMPIRE TRUST PLC (the "Company")

Buy-back of own securities

The Company announces that on 26 February 2016, it bought back 49,000 Ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: 0133508 / ISIN: GB0001335081), representing approximately 0.031% of the issued Ordinary share capital, at a price of 440.87 pence per Ordinary share. The Ordinary shares bought back will be placed in treasury.

As a result of the above transaction the Ordinary shares in issue, shares held in treasury, and the Total Voting Rights of the Company are now as follows:

Number of Ordinary Shares in issue	160,014,089
Number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury	28,156,225
Total Voting Rights attaching to Ordinary Shares in issue	131,857,864

Capita Company Secretarial Services Limited

Secretary

26 February 2016

 

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