14th Feb 2005 17:03
Cable & Wireless PLC14 February 2005 Cable & Wireless PLC14 February 2005 Cable and Wireless plc announces that on 14 February 2005, it purchased 500,000ordinary shares from Hoare Govett's affiliate, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., LondonBranch, at a price of 129.60p per ordinary share and now holds a total of25,300,000ordinary shares in Treasury. The total number of ordinary shares inissue (excluding shares held as Treasury shares) is 2,367,725,043. Enquiries: Cable and Wireless Investor Relations : Virginia Porter Acting Director +44 20 7315 4460Craig Thornton Manager +44 20 7315 6225Glenn Wight Manager +44 20 7315 4468 Media : Lesley Smith Director Corporate Affairs +44 20 7315 4410Steve Double Head of Media Communications +44 20 7315 6759Peter Eustace Group Manager, Media Relations +44 20 7315 4495Rollo Head /Julius Duncan Finsbury +44 20 7251 3801. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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