For immediate release, July 9 2008
Adventis Group plc ('Adventis' or the 'Company')
Market Purchase of the Company's Own Shares
Notification is given that pursuant to the authority granted at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on 29 May 2008 to make market purchases of the Company's own shares, a market purchase of 55,555 ordinary shares of 0.25p each in the capital ('Shares') of the Company was made on 9 July 2008 at a price of 18p per share.
These Shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above, the Company holds 305,552 Shares in treasury.
The number of Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) following the above, and the figure to be used as the denominator for calculations of interests in the Company's voting rights, is 43,030,290 Shares (but shall increase to 43,210,319 Shares on 11 July 2008 following admission of the 180,029 new Shares as detailed in the Company's announcement of 7.00 a.m. on 8 July 2008).
Enquiries:
Adventis Group 020 7034 4750
Charles Phillpot, CEO
Arbuthnot Securities 020 7012 2000
Tom Griffiths
Adventis Financial PR 020 7034 4759
Chris Steele
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