18th Mar 2005 16:43
Cable & Wireless PLC18 March 2005 Cable and Wireless plc announces that on 18 March 2005, it purchased 1,800,000ordinary shares from JPMorgan Cazenove Limited at a price of 124.903p perordinary share and now holds a total of 55,300,000 ordinary shares in Treasury.The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as Treasuryshares) is 2,339,328,989. Enquiries: Cable and Wireless Investor Relations: Louise Breen Director, Investor Relations Tel: +44 20 7315 4460 Craig Thornton Manager, Investor Relations Tel: +44 20 7315 6225 Virginia Porter VP, Investor Relations and Assoc. General Counsel Tel: 001 212 239 3581 Media : Lesley Smith Group Director Corporate and Public Affairs Tel: +44 (0) 1344 726945 Steve Double Group Head of Media Communications Tel: +44 (0) 1344 726946 Mob: +44 (0) 7917 067580 Cable & Wireless press office Tel: 01344 818888 End. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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