Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2265W

Paragon Banking Group PLC

16 August 2022

 

Paragon Banking Group PLC:

Transaction in own shares

16 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:	16 August 2022
Number of ordinary £1.00 shares purchased:	115,601
Highest price paid per share:	585.00p
Lowest price paid per share:	568.00p
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	580.0742p

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 9,921,522 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 240,596,267 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).  This figure 240,596,267 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
AQUIS (AQXE)	581.5000	4
Chi-X (CHIX)	579.9914	521
London Stock Exchange (XLON)	580.0745	115,076

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
58376	577.25	XLON	10:05:57
86	576.5	XLON	09:59:25
183	576.5	XLON	09:59:25
260	577.5	XLON	09:44:27
147	578	XLON	09:44:02
141	578	XLON	09:41:32
116	578.5	CHIX	09:41:02
146	578.5	CHIX	09:41:02
286	579.5	XLON	09:41:01
81	581.5	CHIX	09:23:32
178	581.5	CHIX	09:23:32
3393	583.04	XLON	09:10:47
50000	583.04	XLON	09:07:01
7	582.5	XLON	08:59:26
284	583	XLON	08:53:18
47	584	XLON	08:52:45
69	584	XLON	08:52:45
177	584	XLON	08:52:45
270	585	XLON	08:50:44
270	585	XLON	08:47:23
249	584	XLON	08:44:20
5	584	XLON	08:44:20
289	583.5	XLON	08:28:25
274	584.5	XLON	08:28:23
258	584.5	XLON	08:20:41
4	581.5	AQXE	08:14:22
5	568	XLON	08:00:28

 

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