18th Jan 2006 07:00
Go-Ahead Group PLC18 January 2006 The Go-Ahead Group plc ("Go-Ahead" or the "Company") Transaction in Own Shares Pursuant to its irrevocable, non-discretionary share repurchase programmeannounced on 19 December 2005, Go-Ahead announces that on 17 January 2006 itpurchased 25,000 of its 10p ordinary shares at 1677 pence per share throughDresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. All of these shares will be held as Treasuryshares. This purchase equates to approximately 0.05 per cent of the Company'stotal issued share capital. Following the purchase of these shares, Go-Ahead holds 2,302,500 of its sharesin Treasury and has 50,217,603 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasuryshares). The purchase was made by the Company pursuant to the authorisation granted atits Annual General Meeting on 27 October 2005 under Section 163 Companies Act1985. END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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