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RNS Number : 7569I

BowLeven Plc

02 September 2016

2 September 2016

Bowleven plc ('Bowleven' or 'the Company')

Transaction in own shares

The Company announces that it has purchased the following number of ordinary shares of 10p each ('Shares') on AIM through Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited as part of its buyback programme announced on 19 August 2016:

 
 Date of transactions:     1 September 2016 
 Total number of Shares 
  purchased:               564,769 
 Highest price paid 
  per Share:               27.25p 
 Lowest price paid 
  per Share:               26.25p 
 

The Shares purchased are being held in treasury. Following the purchases, Bowleven holds 2,323,887 Shares in treasury and its issued share capital (excluding treasury Shares) consists of 325,116,772 Shares with voting rights attached (one vote per share). Accordingly, the total voting rights in Bowleven is 325,116,772. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Bowleven under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority.

This announcement will also be available on Bowleven's website (www.bowleven.com).

ENQUIRIES

For further information, please contact:

Bowleven plc

   Kevin Hart, Chief Executive                                          00 44 131 524 5678 

Kerry Crawford, Finance Director

Brunswick Group LLP

   Patrick Handley                                                            00 44 207 404 5959 

Simon Maine

Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited (Nomad and Broker)

   Ken Fleming                                                                 00 44 203 037 2000 

Nick Stamp

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