6 Jun 2022 17:00
Hays plc
Transaction in own shares
Hays plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the 2021 Annual General Meeting of the Company, the following number of its ordinary shares of 1p each on the London Stock Exchange through UBS AG as part of its £75 million share buyback programme announced on 28 April 2022.
Date of purchase: | 6 June 2022
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Number of ordinary shares purchased: | 350,000
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Highest price per share (pence per share): | 125.30p
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Lowest price per share (pence per share): | 122.10p
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Average price per share (pence per share) | 123.5787p |
The purchased shares will be cancelled.
Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the Company will have 1,658,953,685 ordinary shares in issue (excluding 16,358,090 treasury shares).
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it applies in the UK (the Market Abuse Regulation), a full breakdown of the individual purchases is attached to this announcement.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/8932N_1-2022-6-6.pdf
Chris Winters
Deputy Company Secretary
Enquiries: +44 (0) 20 3978 2520
LEI code: 213800QC8AWD4BO8TH08
Hays (HAS)