17th May 2006 18:04
BG GROUP plc17 May 2006 BG Group plc 17 May 2006 BG Group plc announces that it has today purchased through Goldman SachsInternational 2,750,000 ordinary shares at a price of 693.2901 pence per share.The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares. Following the above purchase, BG Group plc holds 38,723,492 ordinary shares astreasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding sharesheld as treasury shares) is 3,513,178,281. ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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