Share repurchase

RNS Number : 9166Y

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

04 December 2014

 



RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP PLC

TRANSACTION IN OWN SECURITIES

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc ("RB") announces today that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 10p each on the London Stock Exchange from Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC ("Morgan Stanley"). Such purchase was effected pursuant to irrevocable instructions issued by RB on 24 October 2014, as announced on 24 October 2014:

Ordinary Shares

Date of purchase:	4 December 2014
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	35,093
Price per share:	£51.855

RB intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the above transaction, RB holds 18,005,065 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 718,530,114 shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

These purchases are the last purchases to be made pursuant to both the irrevocable instructions between RB and Morgan Stanley announced on 24 October 2014 and the buyback programme announced by RB on 30 May 2014.

Contact:

William R Mordan

Company Secretary

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

01753 217800

This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.

 

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