22nd May 2007 17:20
Spectris PLC22 May 2007 22 May 2007 Spectris plc: Transaction in own shares Spectris plc announces that on 22 May 2007 it purchased 100,000 of its 5pordinary shares at a volume weighted average price paid per share of 966.85p.Spectris plc purchased these shares via Merrill Lynch International. The highest price paid per share was 970p, and the lowest price paid was 961p. Spectris plc has purchased, to date, 1,510,000 of its own shares sinceannouncing a share buy-back in its 23 February 2007 preliminary resultsannouncement. The shares purchased are held as treasury shares. Following theabove purchase, Spectris plc holds 1,113,511 shares in treasury. The balance ofthe purchased shares has been used to satisfy share option exercises underSpectris plc's share option schemes. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) is123,891,612. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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