21st Aug 2014 07:00
Sepura plc
(the "Company")
Transaction in Own Shares
Sepura plc (the "Company"), a leading global provider of mission-critical communications systems, announces that on 20 August 2014 the Company purchased for treasury 1,170,867 of its ordinary shares of £0.0005 each ("Shares") at 145.25 pence per share. This represents 0.84 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company. Shares repurchased and held in treasury in this way are intended to be utilised to satisfy the exercise of employee share awards.
The Company also announces that on 20 August 2014 it transferred 1,691,423 of its Shares from treasury for the purpose of satisfying the vesting of share awards granted in 2011 under the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") following the achievement of targets under the Plan.
As a result, the Company currently holds 275,190 Shares in treasury. The total number of voting rights in the Company is 138,370,241. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
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For further information please contact:
Sepura plc Tony Hunter | + 44 (0)20 7603 1515 |
Bell Pottinger Olly Scott Charles Goodwin | +44 (0) 20 3772 2500 |
Related Shares:
SEPU.L