Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0419W

M. P. Evans Group PLC

06 February 2017

 

Transaction in Own Shares

M.P. Evans Group PLC (the "Company") announces that it has purchased for cancellation (through Peel Hunt LLP acting as the Company's broker) the following number of its shares of 10p each on the London Stock Exchange.

Date of purchase:	03 February 2017
Number of shares purchased (aggregated volume):	62,036
Highest price paid per share (pence):	730.0p
Lowest price paid per share (pence):	725.5p
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence):	727.74p

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company has 55,605,290 shares in issue. All of the shares have equal voting rights and there are no shares held in treasury.  This figure 55,605,290 represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

The schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Peel Hunt on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.

Enquiries:

M.P. Evans Group PLC                   Telephone: [phone]

Peter Hadsley-Chaplin, Chairman

Tristan Price , Chief Executive

Matthew Coulson, Chief Financial Officer

Peel Hunt LLP                                    Telephone: [phone]

Dan Webster

Adrian Trimmings

George Sellar

Hudson Sandler                                Telephone: [phone]

Charlie Jack

Bertie Berger

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
22,036	730.0	09:05:19	London Stock Exchange
22,036	727.5	11:02:06	London Stock Exchange
20,000	725.5	16:16:49	London Stock Exchange

 

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