Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7215H
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
19 August 2016
 

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 (the "Ordinary Shares") 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 28th June 2016, as announced on 28th June 2016:

 

Ordinary Shares

 

Date of purchase:

19 August 2016

Number of Ordinary Shares purchased:

143,248

Average Price per share:

£74.2601

 

Lowest:   £73.9900


Highest:  £74.5600

 

 

RB intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

 

Following the above transaction, RB holds 33,613,533 Ordinary Shares in treasury and has 702,921,646 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

 

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the attached schedule contains a breakdown of the individual trades.

 

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7215H_-2016-8-19.pdf 

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

 

Contact:

Christine Logan

Company Secretary

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc

01753 217800

 


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