Transaction in Own Shares/TVR

RNS Number : 3843A

Leeds Group PLC

31 January 2011

 

31 January 2011

Leeds Group plc

(the "Company")

Transaction in own shares

Leeds Group announces that on 27 January 2011 it purchased 25,000 of its own Ordinary Shares to be held in treasury. The shares were purchased at 18.75p each.

As a result of the above transaction, the total number of Ordinary Shares now held in treasury is 3,215,658 and the number of Ordinary Shares in issue (not including those held in treasury) is 28,884,342.

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 3,215,658 shares held in treasury, representing 10% of the total issued share capital.

The total number of voting rights in the Company is therefore 28,884,342.

The above figure of 28,884,342 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:  [phone]

Leeds Group plc

Sarah Jacobs (Nominated Adviser)                                               Tel:  [phone]

Seymour Pierce Limited     

 

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