Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0037Z

Paragon Banking Group PLC

09 September 2022

 

Paragon Banking Group PLC:

Transaction in own shares

09 September 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 September 2022
Number of ordinary £1.00 shares purchased:	118,840
Highest price paid per share:	497.40p
Lowest price paid per share:	494.40p
Volume weighted average price paid per share:	496.5456p

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company holds 1,853,114 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 239,518,947 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).  This figure 239,518,947 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)	496.5456	118,840

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
21340	497	XLON	16:24:35
15000	497.4	XLON	16:09:33
17500	496.2	XLON	15:58:09
10000	494.4	XLON	14:47:35
5000	495.6	XLON	13:29:21
15000	497	XLON	12:39:48
15000	497	XLON	11:39:57
10000	496.9	XLON	10:36:08
10000	495.8	XLON	08:27:08

 

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