5th Nov 2014 18:15
5 November 2014
Friends Life Group Limited
("Friends Life" or the "Company")
Transaction in own shares
Friends Life announces that on 5 November 2014 it purchased for cancellation the following number of its ordinary shares of nil par value through RBC Europe Limited.
Such purchase was effected pursuant to irrevocable instructions issued by the Company and announced on 6 August 2014.
Date of Purchase | 5 November 2014 |
Number of ordinary shares purchased | 625,000 |
Highest price paid per share (pence) | 329.40 |
Lowest price paid per share (pence) | 326.10 |
The Company does not hold any ordinary shares in treasury.
The shares repurchased on 5 November 2014 will be cancelled in due course, and confirmation of the revised total voting rights will be announced when the cancellation is effected.
On 5 November 2014, the Company cancelled 150,000 ordinary shares in the Company which were repurchased on 31 October 2014. Following this cancellation, the Company's issued share capital consists of 1,417,959,028 ordinary shares of nil par value. This figure represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of Listing Rule 12.4.6.
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Enquiries
Victoria Hames, Company Secretary
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