Last checked at 2 Jul 2018 11:52
2 July 2018
Motorpoint Group Plc
("Motorpoint" or "the Company")
Transaction in Own Shares
Motorpoint, the UK's largest independent vehicle retailer, announces that the Company has purchased ordinary shares of 1 pence each in its issued share capital as follows:
(1) Date of purchase: | 29 June 2018 |
(2) Number of shares purchased: | 1,415,000 |
(3) Average price per share: | 225.6214 pence |
Highest price per share: | 235 pence |
Lowest price per share: | 225 pence |
(4) Treatment of purchased shares: | Cancellation |
Following the cancellation, the Company's issued share capital consists of 98,124,023 ordinary shares, each with one voting right.
The total number of voting rights in the Company is 98,124,023.
This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
The transaction is in accordance with Motorpoint's buy-back program announced on 29 November 2017.
This notification is made pursuant to Listing Rule 12.4.6R and Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6. In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, the schedule below contains further information on the individual trades that are reported in the aggregate above.
Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions
Number of shares purchased | Transaction price (pence per share) | Time of transaction |
1,300,000 | 225 | 07:18:08 |
25,000 | 232 | 11:36:19 |
4,637 | 232 | 11:37:49 |
414 | 232 | 11:37:49 |
338 | 232 | 11:37:49 |
9,611 | 232 | 11:37:56 |
28 | 232 | 11:39:39 |
26 | 232 | 11:39:39 |
11 | 232 | 11:39:39 |
10 | 232 | 11:39:39 |
32 | 232 | 11:39:39 |
32 | 232 | 11:39:39 |
14,500 | 232 | 11:40:21 |
361 | 232 | 11:41:34 |
1 | 231 | 11:44:05 |
2,315 | 231 | 11:44:10 |
627 | 232 | 11:49:51 |
669 | 232 | 11:49:51 |
132 | 232 | 11:49:51 |
4,993 | 233 | 11:50:07 |
10,000 | 235 | 11:51:33 |
368 | 234 | 11:59:22 |
1,070 | 234 | 11:59:22 |
528 | 234 | 11:59:22 |
378 | 234 | 12:03:36 |
4,344 | 234 | 12:30:43 |
656 | 234 | 12:30:43 |
1,980 | 234 | 12:30:43 |
588 | 234 | 12:30:43 |
589 | 234 | 12:30:43 |
483 | 234 | 12:30:43 |
1,752 | 234 | 12:30:43 |
264 | 234 | 12:30:43 |
34 | 233 | 13:04:26 |
2,212 | 233 | 13:24:01 |
2,330 | 233 | 13:35:13 |
431 | 233 | 13:54:23 |
3,572 | 232 | 13:58:58 |
9,569 | 231 | 14:15:04 |
1,218 | 234 | 15:22:47 |
601 | 234 | 15:22:47 |
3,181 | 234 | 15:22:47 |
5,115 | 234 | 15:23:06 |
Contact Information: |
|
Motorpoint Group PLC (www.motorpointplc.com) Manjit K. Virk, Company Secretary
| Via FTI Consulting |
FTI Consulting (Financial PR) Alex Beagley James Styles Fern Duncan
| 020 3727 1000 |
Notes to editors
Motorpoint is the largest independent vehicle retailer in the United Kingdom. The Company's principal business is the sale of nearly-new vehicles, the majority of which are up to two years old and which have covered less than 15,000 miles. Motorpoint sells vehicles from brands representing over 95 per cent. of new vehicle sales in the United Kingdom, with models from Ford, Vauxhall, Volkswagen, Nissan, Hyundai, Audi and BMW being amongst the top sellers. The Group operates from 12 retail sites across the United Kingdom; Derby, Burnley, Glasgow, Newport, Peterborough, Chingford, Birmingham, Widnes, Birtley, Castleford, Oldbury and Sheffield, of which four have opened in the last three years; together with a national contact-centre dealing with online enquiries.
More information is available at www.motorpointplc.com and www.motorpoint.co.uk.