Share repurchase

RNS Number : 1708G

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

02 March 2015

 



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 ("Morgan Stanley"). Such purchase was effected pursuant to irrevocable instructions issued by RB on 12 December 2014, as announced on 12 December 2014:

Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase:	27 February 2015
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	26,600
Price per share:	58.5494

RB intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the above transaction, RB holds 18,831,930 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 717,703,249 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, on the other hand, announced on 12 December 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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