23rd Aug 2006 17:19
Johnson Matthey PLC23 August 2006 Transaction in Own Shares Johnson Matthey PLC announces that it has today purchased 100,000 ordinaryshares at a price of 1294.89 pence per share. All of the purchased shares willbe held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, Johnson Matthey PLC holds 1,060,000 ordinaryshares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue(excluding shares held as treasury shares) is 219,316,077. S FarrantCompany Secretary23 August 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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