Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6991Q

Howden Joinery Group PLC

01 March 2016

 

HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES

Howden Joinery Group Plc (the "Company") announces that on 1 March 2016 it purchased through UBS Limited the following number of its ordinary shares at an average price of 497.53p per share:

Number of ordinary shares purchased:	200,000
Highest purchase price paid per share:	500.25p
Lowest purchase price paid per share:	491.90p

The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above transaction, the Company holds 9,952,000 ordinary shares in treasury, and has 641,878,815 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of LR 12.4.6.

Enquiries should be directed to:

Forbes McNaughton

Company Secretary

020 7535 1137

 

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