26th Apr 2006 17:40
This amendment release relates to the Transaction in Own Shares release made at17.06 today. This amendment contains corrected figures for the number of sharespurchased (350,000 not 300,000), the cumulative number of shares held intreasury and the number of shares in issue. GKN plc Purchase of own securities held in Treasury GKN plc announces that on 26 April 2006 it purchased 350,000 of its ordinaryshares at a price of 323.55p per share from Credit Suisse Securities (Europe)Limited. It is intended that these shares are held in Treasury.Following the purchase, GKN plc holds 26,920,000 of its ordinary shares inTreasury and has a total of 713,710,204 ordinary shares (excluding Treasuryshares) in issue. Grey Denham Company Secretary 26 April 2006 ENDGKN PLCRelated Shares:
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