30 May 2008 17:24
Hays plc
Purchase of own shares
Hays plc announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of £0.01 each on the London Stock Exchange via ABN AMRO Bank NV.
Ordinary shares:
Date of purchase: | 30 May 2008 |
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Number of ordinary shares purchased: | 750,000 |
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Highest price paid per share: | 103.5p |
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Lowest price paid per share: | 102.5p |
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Volume weighted average price paid per share: | 102.73p |
Hays intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.
Following the purchases of these shares, Hays holds 75,668,056 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,388,428,510 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).