4th Aug 2008 17:00
TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES
BG Group plc announces that it has today transferred 750,262 ordinary shares of 10p each ("Shares") to the Trustee of its Long Term Incentive Scheme to satisfy awards made to participants which have vested under the Scheme. The Trustee has sold 157,941 of the Shares, equivalent to the income tax and NI withholdings arising on this release, to enable the Company to settle these withholdings. All the Shares were formerly held in Treasury.
Following the above transfer, BG Group plc holds 230,338,155 ordinary shares in Treasury and has a total of 3,346,689,151 ordinary shares (excluding shares held in Treasury) in issue.
4 August 2008
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Related Shares:
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