Cancellation of Treasury Shar

RNS Number : 7511E

Leeds Group PLC

30 September 2008

 



Leeds Group plc 

(the 'Company')

Cancellation of Treasury Shares

Leeds Group announces that it is canceling 900,000 of its Ordinary Shares held in treasury, in order to bring its holding in treasury below 10% of the issued share capital.

As a result of the above cancellation, the total number of Ordinary Shares now held in treasury is 3,300,658 and the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue is 33,100,000. 

Total Voting Rights

For the purposes of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company's total issued share capital at the date of this notice is 33,100,000.

The Company's issued share capital consists of 33,100,000 ordinary shares of 12p each, with one voting right per share. There are 3,300,658 shares held in treasury, representing 9.97% of the total issued share capital.

The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 29,799,342.

The above figure of 29,799,342 may be used by shareholders 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.

Enquiries:

Ewen Wigley                Tel: [phone]

Leeds Group plc 

Sarah Jacobs                Tel: [phone]

Seymour Pierce Limited    

 

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