Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7067G

Science Group PLC

19 March 2020

 

 19 March 2020

Science Group plc

(the "Company" or "Science Group")

Transaction in own shares

Science Group plc (AIM:SAG) announces that, on 18 March 2020, it purchased 5,000 of its 1 pence ordinary shares at an average price of 180.0 pence per share. The highest price paid per share was 180.0 pence and the lowest price paid per share was 180.0 pence. The Company purchased these shares through Liberum Capital Limited.

The number of shares purchased represented 0.01% of the voting rights attributable to the total ordinary shares in issue prior to the purchase. The purchased shares will be held in treasury.

The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) following this announcement is 41,695,440.  Science Group holds 366,595 shares in treasury.  The total number of voting rights in the Company following this announcement is 41,591,040.

The figure of 41,591,040 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company, under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Liberum Capital Limited on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (per share)	Time of transaction	Execution venue
5000	180.0	16:32:38	AIMX

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For further information:

Science Group plc
Sarah Cole, Company Secretary	Tel: [phone]

Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited
Nominated Adviser: Dominic Morley/Alina Vaskina	Tel: [phone]
Corporate Broking: Erik Anderson

Liberum Capital Limited	Tel: [phone]
Neil Patel/Cameron Duncan/Robert Morton/Ed Phillips

 

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