Re-issue of Treasury Shares

RNS Number : 8411N

FBD Holdings PLC

07 September 2011

 



FBD HOLDINGS PLC

7 September 2011

Re-issue of Treasury Shares

FBD Holdings plc ("FBD" or the "Company") announces that earlier today, 1,500 shares were transferred out of the Company's holding of treasury shares pursuant to the exercise of a share option under the FBD Holdings plc Executive Share Option Scheme.

The shares were re-issued at a price of €2.50 per share.

Issued Share Capital Update

Following the above transfer FBD now holds 2,190,230 shares in treasury and has 33,270,976 Ordinary Shares of €0.60 each in issue, excluding the treasury shares.

Confirmation of number of voting rights

The total number of shares in issue which are both admitted to trading on the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange and carry voting rights is 33,270,976.  This number may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest, or a change to their interest, in FBD Holdings plc. 

Section 209 (3) of the Companies Act, 1990 effectively suspends any voting rights attaching to the 2,190,230 treasury shares for so long as they are held in treasury.

For Reference

FBD Holdings plc	Telephone
Conor Gouldson, Company Secretary	[phone]

About FBD Holdings plc

FBD is one of Ireland's largest property and casualty insurers looking after the insurance needs of farmers, private individuals and business owners.  The Group has developed complementary financial services businesses and also has hotel and leisure property interests which include four hotels in Ireland and two resorts in southern Spain.  The Group was established in the 1960s.

The following details relate to FBD's ordinary shares of €0.60 each which are publicly traded:

Listing	Irish Stock Exchange	UK Listing Authority
Listing Category	Dual	Premium (Equity)
Trading Venue	Irish Stock Exchange	London Stock Exchange
Market	Main Securities Market	Main Market
ISIN	IE0003290289	IE0003290289
Ticker	EG7.IR	FBH.L

FBD Holdings plc    FBD House, Bluebell, Dublin 12

Registered in Dublin, Ireland Registered Number 135882

 

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