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AVI Global TrustAnnouncement

19/12/2016 09:25

RNS Number : 2256S
British Empire Trust PLC
19 December 2016
BRITISH EMPIRE TRUST PLC (the "Company")
Buy-back of own securities
The Company announces that on 16 December 2016, it bought back 118,500 Ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: 0133508 / ISIN: GB0001335081), representing approximately 0.074% of the issued Ordinary share capital, at a price of 619.14 pence per Ordinary share. The Ordinary shares bought back will be placed in treasury.
As a result of the above transaction the Ordinary shares in issue, shares held in treasury, and the Total Voting Rights of the Company are now as follows:
Number of Ordinary Shares in issue
160,014,089
Number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury
36,655,924
Total Voting Rights attaching to Ordinary Shares in issue
123,358,165
Capita Company Secretarial Services Limited
Secretary
19 December 2016

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