Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1336I

Paddy Power Betfair plc

22 November 2018

 

 22 November 2018

Paddy Power Betfair plc (the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

The Company announces that on 21 November 2018 it had purchased a total of 6,559 of its ordinary shares of EUR 0.09 each (the "ordinary shares") on the London Stock Exchange and the Irish Stock Exchange, trading as Euronext Dublin, through the Company's broker, Goodbody Stockbrokers UC ("Goodbody") as detailed below. The repurchased shares will be cancelled.

	London Stock Exchange	Irish Stock Exchange, trading as Euronext Dublin
Number of ordinary shares purchased	1,559	5,000
Highest price paid (per ordinary share)	£71.3500	€78.8500
Lowest price paid (per ordinary share)	£70.9500	€78.8500
Volume weighted average price paid (per ordinary share)	£71.1867	€78.8500

The purchases form part of the Company's share buyback programme announced on 8 August 2018.

Following settlement of the above purchases, the Company's total number of ordinary shares in issue shall be 80,137,269 ordinary shares, each carrying the right to one vote. The Company also holds 1,965,600 ordinary shares in treasury, which do not carry voting rights.

Trading venue	Currency	Aggregated Volume	Volume Weighted Average Price
XLON	GBP	1,559	£71.1867
XDUB	EUR	5,000	€78.8500

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the detailed breakdown of individual trades made by Goodbody on behalf of the Company as part of the share buyback programme is set out in the Appendix to this announcement.

Pritti Patel

Deputy Company Secretary

Paddy Power Betfair plc

Appendix

Transaction Details

Issuer Name	Paddy Power Betfair plc
LEI	635400EG4YIJLJMZJ782
ISIN	IE00BWT6H894
Intermediary Name	Goodbody Stockbrokers UC
Intermediary Code	GDBSIE21XXX
Timezone	BST
Currency	GBP & EUR (as indicated below)

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (GBP)	Trading Venue	Time of Transaction	Transaction Reference Number
10	71.10	XLON	13:05:41	00019347106TRDU1
141	71.10	XLON	13:05:41	00019347107TRDU1
146	71.35	XLON	13:18:44	00019347333TRDU1
146	71.05	XLON	13:42:15	00019347579TRDU1
141	71.05	XLON	13:42:15	00019347580TRDU1
132	70.95	XLON	13:43:54	00019347600TRDU1
48	71.25	XLON	15:40:40	00019350344TRDU1
91	71.25	XLON	15:40:40	00019350345TRDU1
25	71.25	XLON	15:40:40	00019350346TRDU1
11	71.25	XLON	15:40:40	00019350347TRDU1
109	71.25	XLON	15:40:40	00019350348TRDU1
25	71.25	XLON	15:40:40	00019350349TRDU1
68	71.25	XLON	15:40:40	00019350350TRDU1
188	71.25	XLON	15:40:40	00019350351TRDU1
128	71.30	XLON	15:42:39	00019350398TRDU1
37	71.25	XLON	15:45:05	00019350446TRDU1
19	71.25	XLON	15:45:05	00019350443TRDU1
45	71.25	XLON	15:45:05	00019350444TRDU1
49	71.25	XLON	15:45:05	00019350445TRDU1

Irish Stock Exchange, trading as Euronext Dublin

Number of Shares	Price Per Share (EUR)	Trading Venue	Time of Transaction	Transaction Reference Number
5000	78.85	XDUB	11:01:07	00019345423TRDU1

 

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