5 Dec 2019 07:00
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LEI: 213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24
5 December 2019
SSP GROUP PLC(the "Company")
Transaction in Own Shares
SSP Group plc announces that it has purchased the following number of ordinary shares of 1 17/200 pence each ("Shares") on Exchange (as defined in the Rules of the London Stock Exchange) as part of the buyback programme announced on 20 November 2019:
Date of purchase: | 4 December 2019 |
Number of Shares purchased: | 39,000 |
Highest price paid per Share: | 652.0000 pence |
Lowest price paid per Share: | 638.0000 pence |
Volume weighted average price paid per Share: | 647.3323 pence |
Broker: | Barclays Bank plc |
Following the purchase of these Shares, the remaining number of Shares in issue will be 447,395,125 (excluding Treasury shares), and the Company will hold 224,959 Shares in Treasury.
The figure of 447,395,125 may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) 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, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases is available at http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7258V_1-2019-12-4.pdf.
For further information contact:
Helen Byrne, Company Secretary & General Counsel, SSP Group plc
+ 44 (0)20 7543 3300
Investor and analyst enquiries
Sarah John, Director of Investor Relations, SSP Group plc
+44 (0)20 3714 5251; E-mail: sarah.john@ssp-itl.com
SSP Group (SSPG)