RPC Group PLC Transaction in Own Shares (0318R)

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RNS Number : 0318R

RPC Group PLC

11 June 2018

RPC Group plc - Transaction in own shares

RPC Group plc (the "Company") announces that today on 11th June 2018 it purchased the following number of ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company (the "Ordinary Shares") on the London Stock Exchange from Jefferies International Limited. These shares will be cancelled.

Ordinary Shares

 
 Date of Purchase             11-June-18 
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 Number of ordinary shares 
  purchased                       36,040 
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 Average price paid (GBp)       693.6600 
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 Highest price paid             701.4000 
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 Lowest price paid              683.0000 
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These share purchases form part of the Company's existing share buy-back programme which is expected to be completed over the period from 19th July 2017 to 18th July 2018, details of which were announced on 19th July 2017.

Following the above transaction, the Company has 405,859,595 ordinary shares in issue. To the extent that further Ordinary Shares are repurchased under the programme, these will also be cancelled.

In accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation 596/2014/EU, a full breakdown of the individual trades is detailed below:

Transaction details: RPC Group plc ordinary shares of 5 pence each

Issuer name: RPC Group plc

ISIN: GB0007197378

Intermediary name: Jefferies International Limited

Intermediary Code: DEUTGB2L

Timezone: GMT

Currency: GBp

Aggregated Information

Date of purchase: 11th June 2018

Number of ordinary shares purchased: 36,040

Volume weighted average price paid per share (p): 693.6600

Contacts:

Nick Giles

Company Secretary

RPC Group Plc

[e-mail]

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