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AVI Global TrustAnnouncement

06/01/2017 17:30

RNS Number : 5934T
British Empire Trust PLC
06 January 2017
BRITISH EMPIRE TRUST PLC (the "Company")
Buy-back of own securities
The Company announces that on 6 January 2017, it bought back 185,000 Ordinary shares of 10p each in the capital of the Company (SEDOL: 0133508 / ISIN: GB0001335081), representing approximately 0.143% of the issued Ordinary share capital, at a price of 646 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
129,526,165
Number of Ordinary Shares held in treasury
6,591,000
Total Voting Rights attaching to Ordinary Shares in issue
122,935,165
Capita Company Secretarial Services Limited
Secretary
6 January 2017

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