Transaction in Own Shares

IMI PLC: Transaction in own shares

IMI PLC announces that on 16 December 2013 it purchased through J.P. Morgan Securities plc 100,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence each, at an average price of 1457.408 pence per share. The highest and lowest prices paid for these shares were 1475 pence per share and 1430.5 pence per share respectively. The purchased shares will all be held as treasury shares.

Following the above purchase, IMI PLC holds 30,563,095 ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) is 310,410,339.