Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1526M

Home Retail Group Plc

18 May 2010

 



HOME RETAIL GROUP PLC

(the "Company")

Transaction in own shares

The Company announces that, pursuant to the previously announced share buy-back programme, it has purchased Ordinary shares of 10p each as follows:

Date of purchase: 18 May 2010

Number of Ordinary shares purchased:  1,165,000

Highest price paid per share:  278.70p

Lowest price paid per share:  273.40p

The purchase, including stamp duty and other transaction costs, represented an average price of 276.09 pence per share and £3.22m in total; this has been funded from Group cash resources.  The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase of these shares, the number of Ordinary shares with voting rights in issue will be 870,310,001.

Gordon Bentley

Secretary

18 May 2010

 

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