2nd Mar 2005 17:05
Cable & Wireless PLC02 March 2005 Cable & Wireless PLC02 March 2005 Cable and Wireless plc announces that on 02 March 2005, it purchased 1,500,000ordinary shares from Hoare Govett's affiliate, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., LondonBranch, at a price of 128.503p per ordinary share and now holds a total of39,650,000 ordinary shares in Treasury. The total number of ordinary shares inissue (excluding shares held as Treasury shares) is 2,353,789,641. Enquiries: Cable and Wireless Investor Relations : Louise Breen - Director, Investor Relations Tel: +44 20 7315 4460Craig Thornton - Manager, Investor Relations Tel: +44 20 7315 6225Virginia Porter - VP, Investor Relations and Assoc. General Counsel Tel: 001 212239 3581 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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