11 April 2016
Cancellation of Treasury Shares
The Company announces that 43,111,620 Ordinary Sterling shares held in treasury have been cancelled. This represents approximately 3.64 per cent of the Company's current issued Sterling shares.
Following the cancellation, the Company has 1,141,879,582 Sterling Shares in issue of which 57,614,621 are held in treasury. The Company also has 47,668,441 US Dollar Shares in issue of which 2,007,627 are held in treasury. US Dollar Shares have 1 vote per share and Sterling Shares have 1.6 votes per share.
For reporting purposes under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules the market should exclude any shares held in treasury and should use the figure of 1,780,484,751 total voting rights when determining if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company.
Enquiries:
Carey Group, Company Secretary
Claire McSwiggan
+44 (0)1481 737281