Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1364E

Artemis Alpha Trust PLC

23 September 2008

 

Artemis Alpha Trust plc

Transaction in own shares

The Company has today made a market purchase of 25,000 of its own ordinary shares of 1p, representing 0.08% of the issued share capital. The shares were bought at 197.55p per share and the Company intends to hold these shares in treasury.  These shares will only be re-issued at prices which are in excess of the diluted net asset value of the Company's shares immediately before such re-issue.

Following this purchase, there are 31,943,488 ordinary shares in issue and 1,415,000 ordinary shares held in treasury.

Artemis Investment Management Limited,

Secretary

23 SEPTEMBER 2008 

 

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