Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7970Y

Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC

08 March 2017

 

8 March 2017

The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (the "Company")

Transaction in own shares

The Company announces that on 7 March 2017 it purchased 134,861 of its ordinary shares of 5p each ("Shares") through UBS, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 6 September 2016.  

Date of transaction:                                                         7 March 2017

Number of Shares purchased:                                        134,861

Highest price paid per Share:                                          2950p

Lowest price paid per Share:                                           2922p

Volume weighted average price paid per Share:         2938.4277p

Broker:                                                                               UBS

The Company intends to hold the purchased Shares in Treasury.

Following the purchase of these Shares, the Company holds 1,989,172 of its Shares in Treasury and has 138,168,011 Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares).  This is the figure which should be used by shareholders as the denominator when determining whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of LR 12.4.6.

Gemma Parsons

Company Secretary

The Berkeley Group Holdings plc

Tel: [phone]

 

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