Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3322B

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

15 June 2016

 

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 (the "Ordinary Shares") 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 10 May 2016, as announced on 10 May 2016:

Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase:	15 June 2016
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	152,980
Price per share:	£67.0265

RB intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the above transaction, RB holds 31,665,976 Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 704,869,203 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, on the other hand, announced on 10 May 2016, as that irrevocable programme has been completed in accordance with its terms. 

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

Contact:

Christine Logan

Company Secretary

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

01753 217800

 

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