30th Nov 2011 17:40
30 November 2011
bwin.party digital entertainment plc
('bwin.party' or the 'Company')
Transaction in Own Shares and Consequent Total Voting Rights
bwin.party announces that on 30 November 2011 it purchased, through Numis Securities Limited, 242,463 of its ordinary shares for cancellation at an average price of 136.07 pence per share. The highest price paid was 138.3 pence per share and the lowest price paid was 134.6 pence per share.
Following the above purchase, the Company has now bought back 12,092,006 shares for cancellation, since 6 September 2011 when the buy-back programme commenced.
In accordance with Chapter 5 (Vote Holder and Issuer Notification Rules) of the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules (the 'DTRs'), bwin.party makes the following declaration to the market:
As at 30 November 2011 bwin.party has a total of 840,817,265 ordinary shares of 0.015p each issued and admitted to trading. Each share carries the right to one vote, with the exception of shares held by the Company's employee benefit trust, bwin.party Shares Trust (the 'Trust'), which has waived the voting rights in respect of the shares it holds. As at 30 November 2011 the Trust holds 3,948,061 shares and therefore the total number of shares with voting rights is 836,869,204.
The total voting rights figure of 836,869,204 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, bwin.party under the DTRs.
Note: The Company's articles of association provide that the provisions of Chapter 5 of the DTRs, as revised from time to time, shall apply to the Company as if the Company were not a 'non-UK issuer' as defined in the DTRs.
Contact:
bwin.party digital entertainment plc
Robert Hoskin
Company Secretary +350 200 78700
Related Shares:
BPTY.L