19th Oct 2005 07:00
JKX Oil & Gas PLC19 October 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 OCTOBER 2005 JKX OIL & GAS plc TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES Pursuant to Resolution 7, passed at the AGM held on 12 May 2005, JKX Oil & Gasplc ("JKX" or the "Company") was authorised to buyback up to 14,257,266 ordinaryshares. The Board of Directors announces that on 18 October 2005 the Companypurchased 125,000 shares at 188p per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Following the abovepurchase, JKX now holds in total 675,000 treasury shares. The issued share capital of the Company (excluding shares held as treasuryshares) now stands at 151,217,600. ENDS For further information please contact: Bruce Burrows JKX Oil & Gas 020 7323 4464Sofia Rehman Cardew Group 020 7930 0777 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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