5th Jul 2006 11:37
JKX Oil & Gas PLC05 July 2006 JKX OIL & GAS plc TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES Pursuant to Resolution 6, passed at the AGM held on 18 May 2006, JKX Oil & Gasplc ("JKX" or the "Company") was authorised to buyback up to 15,189,258 ordinaryshares. The Board of Directors announces that on 4 July 2006 the Companypurchased 60,000 shares at 386p per share. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Following the abovepurchase, JKX now holds in total 402,771 treasury shares. The issued share capital of the Company (excluding shares held as treasuryshares) now stands at 152,709,829. Ends For further information please contact: Sofia Rehman, Cardew Group 020 7930 0777 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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