26th Feb 2009 07:00
Ashmore Group plc
0700 - 26 February 2009
Purchase of own shares
Ashmore Group plc ("Ashmore") announces that on 24 February 2009 it purchased 200,000 ordinary shares of 0.01p each at an average price of 118.179 pence per ordinary share. These shares will be held as treasury shares.
The highest price paid was 120.0 pence per share and the lowest price paid was 114.5 pence per share.
Following these purchases, Ashmore holds 5,368,331 ordinary shares as treasury shares and has 703,556,669 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). Ashmore shareholders should use 703,556,669 as the denominator to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in Ashmore under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries to:
Ashmore Group plc +44 (0)20 3077 6000
Michael Perman, Company Secretary +44 (0)20 3077 6190
Penrose Financial +44 (0)20 7786 4888
Gay Collins / Lauren Stewart +44 (0)7798 626282
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