Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9676M

Balfour Beatty PLC

27 September 2021

 

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

27 September 2021

Balfour Beatty plc (the "Group" or "Balfour Beatty"), the international infrastructure group, announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme announced on 5 January 2021 and increased on 10 March 2021 (the "Share Buyback"), the Group purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 50 pence each through Numis Securities Ltd.

Date of purchase:	24 September 2021
Aggregate number of ordinary shares of 50 pence each purchased:	158,452
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	276.6000
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	274.6000
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):	275.3907

The Group will hold the repurchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 641,830,781 (excluding treasury shares).

The Group has to date, under the Share Buyback, repurchased 47,908,838 ordinary shares at a volume weighted average price of 298.8490 pence, which are to be held in treasury with no voting rights attached. The shares repurchased under the Share Buyback are the only shares held in treasury by the Group.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the table available on the Company's website here contains detailed and aggregated information of the individual trades made by Numis Securities Ltd as part of the Share Buyback.

Aggregated information of ordinary shares purchased according to each trading venue:

Venue	Weighted average price paid per share (GBp)	Aggregate number of shares purchased	Lowest price paid per share (GBp)	Highest price paid per share (GBp)
London Stock Exchange	275.2936	78,452	274.6000	276.6000
Turquoise	275.6094	14,000	275.0000	276.2000
Chi-X (CXE)	275.3588	16,000	274.8000	276.0000
BATS (BXE)	275.4920	50,000	274.8000	276.4000

Analyst/investor enquiries:

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Media enquiries: 

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Notes to editors:

· Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with 26,000 employees driving the delivery of powerful new solutions, shaping thinking, creating skylines and inspiring a new generation of talent to be the change-makers of tomorrow. 

· We finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of local communities.

· Over the last 112 years we have created iconic buildings and infrastructure all over the world including: the £1.5 billion A14 improvement scheme - Britain's biggest road project; Hong Kong's HK$5.5 billion world-class harbour theatre project for the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority; and the 12.5 mile $429 million North Metro Commuter Rail line in Colorado, US.

 

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