1 Mar 2013 17:02
GUINNESS PEAT GROUP plc
("GPG" or the "Company")
PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES
GPG announces that on 1 March 2013 it purchased for cancellation 1,861,047 of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each from Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited.
The highest price paid was 32.70 pence per ordinary share and the lowest price paid was 32.69 pence per ordinary share.
Chris Healy
Company Secretary
Guinness Peat Group plc
Tel: +44 20 7484 3370
1 March 2013
Enquiry details are:
New Zealand and Australian media: Geoff Senescall on: +64 9 309 5659
UK media: Kevin Smith on: +44 20 7282 1054