REG-RELX PLC Announcement of Non-Discretionary Share Buyback Programme and Cancellation of Shares held in Treasury

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09/12/2022 07:00

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Announcement of Non-Discretionary Share Buyback Programme and Cancellation of
Shares held in Treasury

 

ISSUED ON BEHALF OF RELX PLC

RELX PLC (the “Company”) announces the completion of its share buyback
programme for 2022. Since 10 February 2022, the Company has purchased 21.7
million shares at a total cost of £500 million. Consistent with historical
practice, and in compliance with the UK and EU Market Abuse Regulations, the
Company also announces that it will implement an irrevocable,
non-discretionary programme to repurchase its ordinary shares between 3
January 2023 and 13 February 2023 (the "Programme"), ahead of the Company’s
results announcement on 16 February 2023, with a spend in this period of up to
£150 million.

The purpose of the Programme is to reduce the capital of the Company and it
intends that shares purchased will be held in treasury.

Any share purchases will be made by the Company within certain pre-set
parameters and in accordance with the general authority of the Company to
repurchase shares granted by shareholders at the Company’s Annual General
Meeting held on 21 April 2022 which, taking into account shares purchased
subsequent to this meeting, permits the Company to purchase no more than 183.2
million ordinary shares. Any share purchases effected by the Company will be
in accordance with the UK and EU Market Abuse Regulations and Chapter 12 of
the Listing Rules.

The Company has entered into an agreement with UBS AG London Branch ("UBS")
under which it has issued irrevocable instructions to UBS to manage the
Programme. UBS will carry out the Company’s instructions through the
acquisition of ordinary shares in the Company for subsequent repurchase by the
Company. UBS will make its trading decisions under the Programme independently
of, and uninfluenced by, the Company.

RELX PLC also announces that yesterday it cancelled 32 million of its ordinary
shares held in treasury. Following the cancellation, RELX PLC holds a total of
19,800,067 ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,914,997,382 ordinary shares
in issue (excluding treasury shares).

-ENDS-

Enquiries

Colin Tennant (Investors)

Tel : +44 (0)20 7166 5751

Paul Abrahams (Media)

Tel : +44 (0)20 7166 5724



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