Mitchells & Butlers PLC
06 January 2005
6 January 2005
Mitchells & Butlers plc
Purchase of Own Securities
Mitchells & Butlers plc announces that on 6 January 2005 it purchased 300,000 of
its ordinary shares at a price of 332.3292 pence per ordinary share. 150,000 of
these shares will be held as treasury shares and 150,000 shares will be
cancelled.
The total number of Mitchells & Butlers shares in issue (after cancellation of
150,000 shares and excluding treasury shares) is 522,425,171. Following the
above purchase, Mitchells & Butlers plc holds 923,869 ordinary shares as
treasury shares.
It is intended that the shares held as treasury shares will be used to meet
obligations of Mitchells & Butlers under employee share option schemes.
ENDS
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