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17 April 2012 |
Sagentia Group plc
("Sagentia")
Transaction in own shares
Sagentia Group plc (AIM:SAG) announces that yesterday, it purchased 2,000,000 of its 1p ordinary shares at an average price of 81.3125p per share. The highest price paid per share was 81.5408p and the lowest price paid per share was 80.0000p. Sagentia purchased these shares through Numis Securities Limited.
The number of shares purchased represented 4.78% of the voting rights attributable to the total ordinary shares in issue prior to such purchase. The purchased shares will be held in treasury.
Sagentia has purchased to date 4.78% of its own shares.
The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) following this announcement is 39,841,095. Sagentia holds 2,000,000 shares in treasury.
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For further information:
Sagentia Group plc |
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Martyn Ratcliffe, Chairman |
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Brent Hudson, Chief Executive |
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 875 200 |
Neil Elton, Finance Director |
Numis Securities Limited |
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Nominated Adviser: Oliver Cardigan / Simon Willis Corporate Broking: James Serjeant |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7260 1000 |
Media enquiries:
Abchurch |
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Henry Harrison-Topham / Jamie Hooper |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 7702 |