16th Jan 2008 17:27
Spectris PLC16 January 2008 Spectris plc: Transaction in own shares Pursuant to the regulatory announcement made by Spectris plc on 30 November2007 that it intends to undertake additional share repurchases under its sharebuy-back programme, Spectris plc announces that, on 16 January 2008, itpurchased 60,000 of its 5p ordinary shares at a volume weighted average pricepaid per share of 681p. Spectris plc purchased these shares via Hoare GovettLimited's affiliate, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., London Branch. The highest price paid per share was 685p, and the lowest price paid was 675.5p. Spectris plc has purchased, to date, 9,397,000 of its own shares since makingan initial announcement concerning the buyback on 23 February 2007. The sharespurchased are held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, Spectrisplc holds 8,798,250 shares in treasury. The balance of the purchased shares hasbeen used to satisfy share option exercises under Spectris plc's share optionschemes. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) is116,206,873. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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