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12 Jul 2016 17:35
International Biotechnology Trust plc (the "Company")
Transaction in own shares
The Company announces that on 12 July 2016 it made a market purchase of 40,000 of its own Ordinary shares of 25p each, representing 0.11% of the issued share capital (excluding treasury shares). The shares were bought at 488.5p per share and the Company intends to hold these shares in treasury. These shares will only be re-issued at discounts which are less than the discounts at which the shares were bought.
Following this purchase, there are 37,872,663 Ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) and 4,170,000 Ordinary shares held in treasury.
Susan Gledhill
For and on behalf of
BNP Paribas Secretarial Services Limited
Company Secretary
Telephone: 020 7410 5971
12 JULY 2016