FERG Ferguson Plc

TIDMFERG

RNS Number : 9988L

Ferguson PLC

24 April 2018

Transaction in own shares

Ferguson plc (the "Company") announces that on 24 April 2018 it purchased for Treasury the following number of its ordinary shares of 10(53/66) pence each pursuant to its GBP500 million share repurchase programme, details of which were announced on 4 October 2017.

Description of shares: Ferguson plc - ordinary shares of 10(53/66) pence

Number of shares repurchased: 100,000

Date of transaction: 24 April 2018

Time of transaction: 08:15 - 16:35

Average price paid per share: 5652.6724p

Lowest price paid per share: 5616.0000p

Highest price paid per share: 5680.0000p

Broker: Merrill Lynch International

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 247,193,703 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 19,442,398 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 247,193,703 may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases is attached to this announcement.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9988L_-2018-4-24.pdf

For further information, please contact:

Ferguson plc

 
                                            +41(0) 41723 
 Mike Powell, Chief Financial Officer               2230 
 Mark Fearon, Director of Communications    +41(0) 41723 
  and Investor Relations                            2230 
                                             +44(0) 7711 
                                                  875070 
 

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