REG - Hunting PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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28/02/2020 07:15

RNS Number : 4197E
  
Hunting PLC
  
28 February 2020
  
 





For Immediate Release


28 February 2020




 
 
Hunting PLC
 
("Hunting" or "the Company" or "the Group")
 
Transaction in Own Shares
 
Hunting PLC (the "Company"), the international energy services group, today announces that it has purchased, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Company, the following number of its ordinary shares of £0.25 each ("Shares") on Exchange (as defined in the Rules of the London Stock Exchange) as part of the buyback programme announced on 27 February 2020: (the "Programme"):
 




Date of purchase:


27 February 2020




Venue:


London Stock Exchange




Number of Shares purchased:


42,690




Highest price paid per Share (pence):


314.4000




Lowest price paid per Share (pence):


286.0000




Volume weighted average price paid per Share (pence):


303.7023




Broker: 


Barclays Bank PLC




 
The Company intends to cancel these Shares.
 
The Company has 166,940,082 Shares in issue. This number represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
 
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases is attached to this announcement via the link below.
 
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4197E_1-2020-2-27.pdf
 
For further information, please contact:
 




 Hunting PLC
 Ben Willey, Company Secretary
 


Tel: +44 (0) 20 7321 0123




 
Shares purchased: Hunting PLC's (ISDN Code: 2138008S5FL78ITZRN66)


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