Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8975U

Ferguson PLC

27 October 2017

 

The following amendment has been made to the 'Transaction in own shares' announcement released on 26 October 2017 at 18:15 under RNS No 7701U.

The ordinary shares in issue and ordinary shares in Treasury figures were incorrectly stated. The ordinary shares in issue figure should have been stated as 251,781,852 and the ordinary shares in Treasury figure should have been stated as 14,854,254.

All other details remain unchanged.

The full amended text is shown below.

Transaction in own shares

Ferguson plc (the "Company") announces that on 26 October 2017 it purchased for Treasury the following number of its ordinary shares of 10^53/66 pence each pursuant to its £500 million share repurchase programme, details of which were announced on 4 October 2017.    

Description of shares: Ferguson plc - ordinary shares of 10^53/66 pence

Number of shares repurchased: 100,000

Date of transaction: 26 October 2017

Time of transaction: 08:15 - 16:30

Average price paid per share: 5201.9984p

Lowest price paid per share: 5165.0000p

Highest price paid per share: 5245.0000p

Broker: Merrill Lynch International

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 251,781,852 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 14,854,254 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 251,781,852 may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases is attached to this announcement.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8975U_-2017-10-27.pdf 

For further information, please contact:

Ferguson plc

Mike Powell, Chief Financial Officer	[phone]
Mark Fearon, Director of Communications and Investor Relations	[phone]
	[phone]

 

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