Share repurchase

RNS Number : 3175U

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

14 October 2014

 



RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SECURITIES

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc ("RB") announces today that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 10p each on the London Stock Exchange from Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC. Such purchase was effected pursuant to irrevocable instructions issued by RB on 1 September 2014, as announced on 2 September 2014:

Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase:	14 October 2014
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	165,878
Price per share:	£50.9996

RB intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the above transaction, RB holds 16,090,215 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 720,444,964 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

These purchases are the last purchases to be made under the irrevocable programme between RB, on the one hand, and Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC, on the other hand, announced on 2 September 2014, as that irrevocable programme has been completed in accordance with its terms. 

Contact:

William R Mordan

Company Secretary

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

01753 217800

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

 

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