Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7982Y

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

19 May 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:	19 May 2016
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:	49,287
Price per share:	£67.7938

RB intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the above transaction, RB holds 31,348,323 Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 705,186,856 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

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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