Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7284F

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

19 May 2017

 

London Stock Exchange Group plc

Transaction in Own Shares

London Stock Exchange Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased through Barclays Capital Securities Limited, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 26 April 2017, the following number of its ordinary shares of 6 79/86 pence each ("Shares") on the London Stock Exchange as part of the buyback programme announced on 29 March 2017:

Date of purchase:	19 May 2017
Number of Shares purchased:	669 Shares
Highest price paid per Share:	3450.0000 pence
Lowest price paid per Share:	3443.0000 pence
Average price paid per Share:	3447.2048 pence

The Company intends to hold the purchased Shares in treasury.

The total number of Shares held in treasury by the Company following the above purchases is 1,700,092. The Company has 348,742,690 Shares in issue excluding such treasury shares.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the schedule below contains detailed information about the individual purchases made by Barclays Capital Securities Limited on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.

For further information, please contact:

Enquiries

Gavin Sullivan / Lucie Holloway / Ramesh Chhabra
London Stock Exchange Group plc Press Office                                  [phone]

Paul Froud
London Stock Exchange Group plc Investor Relations                     [phone]

Schedule of Purchases

Shares purchased:           London Stock Exchange Group plc (ISIN CODE: GB00B0SWJX34)

Date of purchases:          19 May 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	3447.2048	669

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
20	3,444.00	08:09:40	London Stock Exchange
100	3,443.00	08:10:14	London Stock Exchange
55	3,443.00	08:10:14	London Stock Exchange
88	3,445.00	08:14:56	London Stock Exchange
88	3,450.00	08:20:45	London Stock Exchange
93	3,450.00	08:59:04	London Stock Exchange
150	3,449.00	08:59:21	London Stock Exchange
75	3,449.00	08:59:21	London Stock Exchange

 

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