10th Sep 2007 09:15
Filtrona plc10 September 2007 RNS 5369D released at 17.23 on 7 September 2007 showed an incorrect number ofshares purchased. The correct number of shares purchased was 100,000 and hencethe number of shares held in treasury is 100,000 and the number of shares inissue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 219,226,795. The fullcorrected announcement is as follows:- 7 September 2007. TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES Filtrona plc (" Filtrona") announces that it has today purchased throughJPMorgan Cazenove Limited 100,000 of its ordinary shares at a price of 238.47pper share. The purchased shares will be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, Filtrona holds 100,000 ordinary shares as treasuryshares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held astreasury shares) is 219,226,795. This purchase was made pursuant to the authority that was granted byshareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 30 April 2007 and isconsistent with Filtrona's objective of maintaining an appropriate balance sheetstructure while continuing with the strategic priority of growing bothorganically and by acquisition. Further purchases may be made from time to timesubject to market conditions. End This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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