12th Mar 2007 17:43
Mitchells & Butlers PLC12 March 2007 12 March 2007 Mitchells & Butlers plc Purchase of Own Securities Mitchells & Butlers plc announces that on 12 March 2007 it purchased 135,000 ofits ordinary shares at a price of 735 pence per ordinary share. All of theseshares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, and the release of 5,996 shares from treasury tosatisfy option exercises by non-directors, Mitchells & Butlers plc holds1,002,178 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of Mitchells &Butlers shares in issue is 402,777,515 (excluding shares to be held intreasury). It is intended that the shares held as treasury shares will be used to meetobligations of Mitchells & Butlers under employee share option schemes. ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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