21st Aug 2008 16:38
Hays plc
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Purchase of own shares
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Hays plc announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of £0.01 each on the London Stock Exchange via UBS Investment Bank.
Ordinary shares:
Date of purchase: 21 August 2008
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 39,284
Highest price paid per share: 89p
Lowest price paid per share: 88p
Volume weighted average price per share: 88.7663p
Hays intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.
Following the purchase of these shares, Hays holds 88,354,020 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,375,742,546 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Related Shares:
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