20th Jul 2006 07:00
Go-Ahead Group PLC20 July 2006 The Go-Ahead Group plc ("Go-Ahead" or the "Company") Transaction in Own Shares Pursuant to its irrevocable, non-discretionary share repurchase programmeannounced on 7 July 2006, Go-Ahead announces that on 19 July 2006 it purchased200,000 of its 10p ordinary shares at 1760 pence per share through DresdnerKleinwort Wasserstein. All of these shares will be held as Treasury shares.This purchase equates to approximately 0.41 per cent of the Company's totalissued share capital. Following the purchase of these shares, Go-Ahead holds 4,442,230 of its sharesin Treasury and has 48,159,152 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasuryshares). The purchase was made by the Company pursuant to the authorisation granted atits Annual General Meeting on 27 October 2005 under Section 163 Companies Act1985. END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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