International Biotechnology Trust plc (the "Company")
Transaction in own shares
The Company announces that today it made a market purchase of 270,000 of its own Ordinary shares of 25p each, representing 0.50% of the issued share capital. The shares were bought at 312.65p per share and the Company intends to hold these shares in treasury. These shares will only be re-issued at discounts which are less than the discounts at which the shares were bought.
Following this purchase, there are 53,887,663 Ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and 1,870,000 Ordinary shares held in treasury.
Susan Gledhill
For and on behalf of
BNP Paribas Secretarial Services Limited
Company Secretary
Telephone: 020 7410 5971
14 OCTOBER 2014