Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5894E
Hunting PLC
02 March 2020
 

For Immediate Release

2 March 2020

 

 

Hunting PLC

 

("Hunting" or "the Company" or "the Group")

 

Transaction in Own Shares

 

Hunting PLC (the "Company"), the international energy services group, today announces that it has purchased, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Company, the following number of its ordinary shares of £0.25 each ("Shares") on Exchange (as defined in the Rules of the London Stock Exchange) as part of the buyback programme announced on 27 February 2020: (the "Programme"):

 

Date of purchase:

28 February 2020

Venue:

London Stock Exchange

Number of Shares purchased:

118,000

Highest price paid per Share (pence):

317.8000

Lowest price paid per Share (pence):

305.0000

Volume weighted average price paid per Share (pence):

313.5220

Broker:

Barclays Bank PLC

 

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.

 

At 27 February 2020, the Company had 166,940,082 Shares in issue.

 

Since the 27 February 2020, when the Programme commenced, 160,690 shares have been purchased, which have been or will be cancelled, and includes shares that have not settled yet, giving a current issued share capital of 166,779,392. This number represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases is attached to this announcement via the link below.

 

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5894E_1-2020-3-1.pdf

 

For further information, please contact :

 

 Hunting PLC

 Ben Willey, Company Secretary

 

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7321 0123

 

Shares purchased: Hunting PLC's (ISDN Code: 2138008S5FL78ITZRN66)


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