Transaction in Own Shares

20 Aug 2008 07:00



20 August 2008

DOLPHIN CAPITAL INVESTORS LIMITED

Share buy back 

Dolphin Capital Investors Limited (the "Company") announces that on 19 August 2008 it purchased 1,246,000 of its common shares at an average price per share of 88.7027p. 

Following the above purchase, the Company holds 30,996,000 of its common shares in treasury and has 518,040,141 common shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

The purchase was made from Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited pursuant to a pre-set mandate to buy shares in the market during the close period prior to release of the Company's interim results for the six month period ended 30 June 2008. These arrangements are in accordance with the Company's general authority to repurchase shares.

For further information, please contact:

Dolphin Capital Partners Limited 

Miltos Kambourides / Pierre Charalambides

miltos@dolphincp.com / pierre@dolphincp.com

Grant Thornton Corporate Finance Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100

(Nominated Adviser)

Philip Secrett

Panmure Gordon Tel: +44 (0) 20 7459 3600

(Broker)

Richard Gray / Dominic Morley / Andrew Potts

Financial Dynamics Tel: +44 (0) 20 7831 3113

Stephanie Highett / Rachel Drysdale