Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9729D

British Empire Trust PLC

05 February 2018

 

BRITISH EMPIRE TRUST PLC (the "Company")

Buy-back of own securities

The Company announces that on 5 February 2018, it bought back 125,841 Ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: 0133508 / ISIN: GB0001335081), representing approximately 0.097% of the issued Ordinary share capital, at a price of 717.8708 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	129,526,165
Number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury	14,306,676
Total Voting Rights attaching to Ordinary Shares in issue	115,219,489

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Secretary

5 February 2018

LEI: 213800QUODCLWWRVI968

 

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