Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8864E

Balfour Beatty PLC

16 March 2022

 

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Wednesday 16^th March 2022

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 11 March 2022 (the "Share Buyback"), the Group purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 50 pence each through Numis Securities Limited.

Date of purchase:	15 March 2022
Aggregate number of ordinary shares of 50 pence each purchased:	400,000
Highest price paid per share (GBp):	261.8000
Lowest price paid per share (GBp):	257.4000
Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp):	259.9572

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 638,585,970 (excluding treasury shares).

The Group has to date, under the Share Buyback, repurchased 819,299 ordinary shares at a volume weighted average price of 256.1624 pence, which are to be held in treasury with no voting rights attached. In addition to the shares repurchased under the Share Buyback, the Group also holds 50,334,350 shares in Treasury.  Following the latest repurchase, the Group owns a total of 51,153,649 shares in treasury. Accordingly, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 638,585,970. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to, their interest in Balfour Beatty plc under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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 Limited 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	259.9319	300,000	257.4000	261.8000
Turquoise	260.0251	15,000	258.0000	261.6000
Chi-X (CXE)	260.0404	30,000	257.8000	261.2000
BATS (BXE)	260.0309	55,000	257.8000	261.6000

Analyst/investor enquiries:

Andrew Beaumont
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Media enquiries: 

Antonia Walton
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Notes to editors:

· Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with 24,500 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 113 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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