23rd May 2007 17:10
BRIT Insurance Holdings PLC23 May 2007 23 May 2007 Brit Insurance Holdings PLCTransaction in own shares Brit Insurance Holdings PLC ("the Company"), the UK-domiciled internationalgeneral insurer and reinsurer, announces that in accordance with paragraph12.4.6R of the Listing Rules and paragraph 5.5.1R of the Disclosure andTransparency Rules it has today purchased 250,000 Ordinary Shares of 75p each atan average price of 359.00 pence per share. The highest price and lowest price paid for these shares were 363.50 pence and355.00 pence respectively. The purchased shares will all be held as Treasuryshares. Following the above purchase, the Company holds 6,145,000 Ordinary Shares inTreasury. The number of Ordinary Shares purchased represents 1.86% of the votingrights attributable to the total Ordinary Shares in issue prior to suchpurchases. The Company has 323,605,231 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasuryshares). The above figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for thecalculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify theirinterest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosureand Transparency Rules. For enquiries: Sarah WaineBrit Insurance Holdings PLCInterim Deputy SecretaryTel: 020 7984 8664 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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