Nichols: Transaction in Own Shares

Nichols PLC (the 'Company')

Transaction in own shares

Nichols plc announces that on 6 May 2009 it purchased 60,000 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company at a price of 230 pence per share from Brendan Hynes, the Company's Chief Executive.  These shares will be held in Treasury.  This purchase equates to approximately 0.16 per cent of the Company's issued share capital.

Following the purchase, the Company holds 385,667 of its ordinary shares in Treasury and has a total of 36,583,105 ordinary shares (excluding shares held in Treasury) in issue.

For further enquiries please contact: 

Taylor M Purkis, Company Secretary                 01925 294027

Mark Brady, Brewin Dolphin (NOMAD)               0845 213 4730

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