6 Feb 2018 08:02
6 February 2018
Stobart Group Limited
('Stobart', 'the Group' or 'the Company')
Transaction in Own Shares
Stobart Group Limited, the infrastructure and support services group, notifies that, on 5 February 2018, the Company acquired 200,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at an average price of 238.72 pence per share. The highest and lowest prices paid per share were 241 pence and 237 pence respectively. The Ordinary Shares acquired will be held in treasury and will be utilised to meet obligations arising from share awards granted to employees of the Company (or an associate company).
Following the above purchase, the Company's issued share capital comprises 354,328,831 Ordinary Shares, of which 3,305,425 Ordinary Shares are held in treasury. Therefore the total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights in Stobart is 351,023,406, which may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Stobart under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Stobart Group Limited C/o Redleaf Communications
Warwick Brady
Redleaf Communications +44 207 382 4730
Charlie Geller Stobart@redleafpr.com
Ian Silvera