Treasury Stock

RNS Number : 2154T

Persimmon PLC

01 December 2011

 

1 December 2011

Persimmon Plc ("the Company") - Transfer of Shares held in Treasury

Persimmon Plc announces that on 1 December 2011 it transferred 511,360 Ordinary Shares held in Treasury to participants in the Persimmon Plc Savings Related Share Option Scheme 1998 to satisfy the exercise of options at £3.26.  On the same day 556 Ordinary Shares held in Treasury were transferred to a participant in the Persimmon Plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2007 to satisfy the exercise of a nil cost option.

Following this transfer the Company holds 601,765 Ordinary Shares of 10p each in Treasury and the Company's issued share capital is 301,989,666 Ordinary Shares (excluding Treasury Shares).

 

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