9 March 2011
Leeds Group plc
(the "Company")
Transaction in own shares
Leeds Group announces that on 8 March 2011 it purchased 25,000 of its own Ordinary Shares to be held in treasury. The shares were purchased at 18.5p each.
As a result of the above transaction, the total number of Ordinary Shares now held in treasury is 3,340,658 and the number of Ordinary Shares in issue (not including those held in treasury) is 28,759,342.
For the purposes of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company's total issued share capital at the date of this notice is 32,100,000. The Company's issued share capital consists of 32,100,000 ordinary shares of 12p each, with one voting right per share. There are 3,340,658 shares held in treasury, representing 10.4% of the total issued share capital.
The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 28,759,342.
The above figure of 28,759,342 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.
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Enquiries:
Malcolm Wilson Tel: 0113 391 9000
Leeds Group plc
Sarah Jacobs (Nominated Adviser) Tel: 020 7107 8000
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