Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7400D

British Empire Trust PLC

08 July 2016

 

BRITISH EMPIRE TRUST PLC (the "Company")

Buy-back of own securities

The Company announces that on 8 July 2016, it bought back 222,500 Ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: 0133508 / ISIN: GB0001335081), representing approximately 0.139% of the issued Ordinary share capital, at a price of 509.03 pence per Ordinary share. The Ordinary shares bought back will be placed in treasury.

As a result of the above transaction the Ordinary shares in issue, shares held in treasury, and the Total Voting Rights of the Company are now as follows:

Number of Ordinary Shares in issue	160,014,089
Number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury	30,957,285
Total Voting Rights attaching to Ordinary Shares in issue	129,056,804

Capita Company Secretarial Services Limited

Secretary

8 July 2016

 

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