Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4678V

Paragon Banking Group PLC

09 August 2022

 

Paragon Banking Group PLC:

Transaction in own shares

09 August 2022

Paragon Banking Group PLC (the "Company") announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of £1.00 each through Peel Hunt LLP ("Peel Hunt"), as part of the extended share buyback programme, of up to £75m, announced on 14 June 2022 .

Date of purchase:	09 August 2022
Number of ordinary £1.00 shares purchased:	40,000
Highest price paid per share:	562.50p
Lowest price paid per share:	558.28p
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	560.3372p

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 9,632,940 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 240,884,849 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).  This figure 240,884,849 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.

Aggregated information of ordinary shares purchased according to each trading venue:

Venue / Systematic Internaliser	Weighted average price paid per share (GBp)	Aggregate number of shares purchased
London Stock Exchange (XLON)	560.3372	40,000

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 purchases made by Peel Hunt on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.

Enquiries to:
Paragon Banking Group PLC	Marius van Niekerk
	General Counsel and Company Secretary
	0121 712 2051

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Market / Sytematic Internaliser	Transaction time
10000	562.5	XLON	16:36:15
7500	561	XLON	16:22:27
7500	559	XLON	13:56:11
7500	560.185	XLON	10:28:51
7500	558.28	XLON	09:39:35

 

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