Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5296A

British Empire Trust PLC

24 March 2017

 

BRITISH EMPIRE TRUST PLC (the "Company")

Buy-back of own securities

The Company announces that on 24 March 2017, it bought back 298,000 Ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: 0133508 / ISIN: GB0001335081), representing approximately 0.230% of the issued Ordinary share capital, at a price of 673.39 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	129,526,165
Number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury	9,030,500
Total Voting Rights attaching to Ordinary Shares in issue	120,495,665

Capita Company Secretarial Services Limited

Secretary

24 March 2017

 

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