JKX.L Regulatory News (JKX)

17 May 2006 15:43

JKX Oil & Gas PLC17 May 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JKX OIL & GAS plc TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES Pursuant to Resolution 7, passes at the AGM held on 12 May 2005, JKX Oil & Gasplc ("JKX" or the "Company") was authorised to buyback up to 14,257,266 ordinaryshares. The Board of Directors announces that on 15 May 2006 the Companypurchased 305,000 shares at an average price of 364.02p per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Following the abovepurchase, JKX now holds in total 417,771 treasury shares. The issued share capital of the Company (excluding shares held as treasuryshares) now stands at 152,632,329. Ends For further information please contact: Sofia Rehman Cardew Group 020 7930 0777 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange