Purchase of own shares

RNS Number : 4249J

Ashmore Group PLC

03 December 2008

 



Ashmore Group plc  

0700 - 03 December 2008  

Purchase of own shares  

Ashmore Group plc ('Ashmore') announces that on 2 December 2008 it purchased 156,273 ordinary shares of 0.01p each at an average price of 106.942 pence per ordinary share. These shares will be held as treasury shares.

The highest price paid was 110.25 pence per share and the lowest price paid was 104.0 pence per share.  

Following these purchases, Ashmore holds 4,419,932 ordinary shares as treasury shares and has 704,505,068 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Ashmore shareholders should use 704,505,068 as the denominator to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in Ashmore under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries to:  

Ashmore Group plc                                       [phone] 

Michael Perman, Company Secretary          [phone]

Penrose Financial                                         [phone] 

Gay Collins / Lauren Stewart                        [phone]

 

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