11 Jan 2010 10:06
| For immediate release | 11 January 2010 |
WALKER GREENBANK PLC
("Walker Greenbank" or "the Company")
Purchase of Own Shares
Walker Greenbank PLC (AIM: WGB), the luxury interior furnishings group whose brands include Sanderson, Morris & Co., Harlequin and Zoffany, announces that on 8 January 2009 it purchased 610,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a price of 21.0p per Ordinary Share.
These Ordinary Shares are being held in treasury and it is intended that they will be used to satisfy conditional awards under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan.
Walker Greenbank's issued ordinary share capital with voting rights consists of 59,006,162 Ordinary Shares of which 610,000 Ordinary Shares are now held in treasury. As a result, the total number of voting rights in, and the figure to be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in Walker Greenbank PLC under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency rules, is 58,396,162 Ordinary Shares.
Enquiries:
| Walker Greenbank PLC | +44 (0) 844 543 4667 |
| John Sach, Group Chief Executive | |
| Alan Dix, Finance Director | |
| Julian Wilson, Company Secretary | |
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| Chris Hardie / Adrian Trimmings | |
| Buchanan Communications | +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 |
| Mark Court / Suzanne Brocks / Miranda Higham |
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