24th May 2006 17:36
BG GROUP plc24 May 2006 BG Group plc24 May 2006 BG Group plc announces that it has today purchased through Goldman SachsInternational 2,700,000 ordinary shares at a price of 669.4666 pence per share.The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, BG Group plc holds 48,751,063 ordinary shares astreasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding sharesheld as treasury shares) is 3,503,202,142. ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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