9th Dec 2005 17:33
Cable & Wireless PLC09 December 2005 Cable & Wireless PLC09 December 2005 Cable and Wireless plc announces that on 09 December 2005, it purchased 400,000ordinary shares from Hoare Govett's affiliate, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., LondonBranch, at a price of 116.93p per ordinary share and now holds a total of71,400,000 ordinary shares in Treasury. The total number of ordinary shares inissue (excluding shares held as Treasury shares) is 2,333,857,987. Enquiries: Cable and Wireless Investor Relations: Louise BreenDirector, Investor RelationsTel: +44 20 7315 4460 Craig ThorntonManager, Investor RelationsTel: +44 20 7315 6225 Virginia PorterVP, Investor Relations and Assoc. General CounselTel: 001 212 239 3581 Media : Lesley SmithGroup Director Corporate and Public AffairsTel: +44 (0) 1344 726945 Steve DoubleGroup Head of Media CommunicationsTel: +44 (0) 1344 726946Mob: +44 (0) 7917 067580 Cable & Wireless press officeTel: 01344 818888 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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