Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1086A
Genel Energy PLC
17 December 2014
 



17 December 2014

 

Genel Energy plc

 

Transaction in own shares

 

Genel Energy plc announces that on 17 December 2014 it purchased from J.P. Morgan Securities plc 150,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 632.0430 pence per share. The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following this purchase, Genel Energy plc holds 2,081,368 ordinary shares in treasury, and has 278,166,830 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares), of which 244,628,529 are voting ordinary shares and 33,538,301 are suspended voting ordinary shares.

 

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For further information, please contact:

 

Genel Energy

Phil Corbett, Head of Investor Relations

Andrew Benbow, Head of Public Relations

 

+44 20 7659 5100

Vigo Communications

Patrick d'Ancona

+44 20 7016 9573

 

 

Notes to editors:

 

Genel Energy is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: GENL). The Company, with headquarters in London and additional offices in Ankara and Erbil, is the largest independent oil producer and the largest holder of reserves and resources in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and, through its Miran and Bina Bawi gas fields, is set to be a cornerstone provider of gas to Turkey under the KRI-Turkey Gas Sales Agreement. Genel also continues to pursue further growth opportunities within the Middle East and Africa.  For further information, please refer to www.genelenergy.com.       

 


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