Issue of Equity

RNS Number : 6611V

Guinness Peat Group PLC

30 May 2008

 



GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC

2008 CAPITALISATION ISSUE and TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

Guinness Peat Group plc ("GPG") announces that at 5 p.m. on Friday 30 May 2008 it allotted 128,802,902 Ordinary shares of 5p each ("Shares") in respect of its 2008 Capitalisation Issue. These will be issued on Monday 2 June to its shareholders on the UK, Australian and New Zealand share registers. Of this number, 22,735,114 Shares will initially be registered on the Australian register in the form of CDIs.

Following the allotment in respect of the 2008 Capitalisation Issue, and pursuant to Rule 5.6.1 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, GPG advises that the total number of its ordinary shares of 5p each in issue as at the date of this notice is 1,416,978,269.

GPG does not hold any shares in treasury.

The total number of voting rights in GPG is therefore 1,416,978,269.  This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, GPG.

Richard Russell

Company Secretary

Guinness Peat Group plc

Tel: [phone]

30 May 2008

 

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