Portmeirion Group PLC
05 September 2005
This announcement replaces the Acquisition announcement released on the RNS
system on the RNS no 8606Q on Monday 05 September 2005 at 16.54. An amendment
has been made to the headline which is now Transaction in Own Shares. The full
announcement text appears below.
Portmeirion Group Plc (the 'Company')
Acquisition of own shares
The Company announces that, pursuant to its general authority granted by
shareholders of the Company on 16 May 2005 to make market purchases of its
ordinary shares of 5p each ('Ordinary Shares'), the Company today made on market
purchases of 25,000 Ordinary Shares at 186p per share (all of which are to be
held as treasury shares).
The Company now holds 420,418 Ordinary Shares in treasury and the total number
of Ordinary Shares in issue less the total number of Ordinary Shares held in
treasury following the purchase and non-cancellation of such Ordinary Shares is
10,000,812 Ordinary Shares. This notification is pursuant to the amendment of
the Companies Act 1985 to allow companies to buy-back and hold certain types of
their own shares 'in treasury'.
5 September 2005
Enquiries:
Arthur Ralley - Chairman 01782 744721
Brett Phillips - Finance Director 01782 744721
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