Last checked at 25 Mar 2024 07:00
25 March 2024
Aptitude Software Group plc
("Aptitude", "the Group")
Transaction in Own Shares
Aptitude (LSE: APTD), a market-leading provider of finance transformation software solutions, specialising in delivering fully autonomous finance, announces that it has made the following purchases of ordinary shares of 7 1/3 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") to be held in treasury pursuant to the Share Buyback Programme announced on 21 March 2024.
Date of purchase | 22 March 2024 |
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased (aggregated volume): | 20,000 |
Highest Price paid per Ordinary Share (pence): | 303.00 |
Lowest Price paid per Ordinary Share (pence): | 292.00 |
Volume Weighted Average Price paid per Ordinary Share (pence): | 298.50 |
Venue where Ordinary Shares are traded | London Stock Exchange (Main Market) |
Following the purchase of the Ordinary Shares, the Company will hold 40,000 of its Ordinary Shares in treasury and the number of Ordinary Shares in issue and admitted to trading will be reduced to 57,297,611 (excluding treasury shares). This figure of 57,297,611 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
The Company will make further announcements in due course following the completion of any further purchases pursuant to the Share Buyback Programme.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Canaccord Genuity Limited on behalf of Aptitude.
Individual transactions:
Number of shares purchased | Transaction price (pence per share) | Time of transaction | Trading venue |
5000 | 303.00 | 10:47:24 | London Stock Exchange |
5000 | 302.00 | 13:42:50 | London Stock Exchange |
1500 | 297.00 | 15:32:06 | London Stock Exchange |
3500 | 297.00 | 15:36:26 | London Stock Exchange |
5000 | 292.00 | 16:22:21 | London Stock Exchange |
Aptitude Software Group plc | 020-3687-3200 |
Ivan Martin, Chairman |
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Alex Curran, Chief Executive Officer |
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Mike Johns, Chief Financial Officer |
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Canaccord Genuity Limited | 020-7523-8000 |
Simon Bridges / Andrew Potts |
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Alma Strategic Communications |
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Caroline Forde / Hilary Buchanan | 020-3405-0205 |
About Aptitude Software
Aptitude Software provides software solutions that deliver fully autonomous finance to enable its clients to drive growth, efficiency and sustainability. Fynapse is Aptitude's intelligent finance data management and accounting platform designed to increase productivity and lower costs for finance teams globally. Fynapse provides a single view of finance and business data, unparalleled performance and automation, faster and better insights, user-friendly functionality and market-leading total cost of ownership.