M. P. Evans Group PLC Transaction in Own Shares (3776X)

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RNS Number : 3776X

M. P. Evans Group PLC

21 February 2017

Transaction in Own Shares

M.P. Evans Group PLC (the "Company") announces that it has purchased for cancellation (through Peel Hunt LLP acting as the Company's broker) the following number of its shares of 10p each on the London Stock Exchange.

 
 Date of purchase:                                        20 February 2017 
 Number of shares purchased (aggregated volume):          5,500 
 Highest price paid per share (pence):                    735.0p 
 Lowest price paid per share (pence):                     731.0p 
 Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence):    734.6364p 
 

Following the purchase of these shares, the Company has 55,612,235 shares in issue. All of the shares have equal voting rights and there are no shares held in treasury. This figure 55,612,235 represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

The schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Peel Hunt on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.

Enquiries:

   M.P. Evans Group PLC                   Telephone: [phone] 

Peter Hadsley-Chaplin, Chairman

Tristan Price , Chief Executive

Matthew Coulson, Chief Financial Officer

   Peel Hunt LLP                                    Telephone: [phone] 

Dan Webster

Adrian Trimmings

George Sellar

   Hudson Sandler                                Telephone: [phone] 

Charlie Jack

Bertie Berger

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

 
 Number of shares purchased   Transaction price    Time of transaction   Trading venue 
                               (pence per share) 
 5,000                        735.0                10:43:41              London Stock Exchange 
 500                          731.0                15:25:40              London Stock Exchange 
 

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