Mitchells & Butlers PLC
09 February 2005
Mitchells & Butlers plc announces that on 9 February 2005 it purchased 250,000
of its ordinary shares at a price of 340.7375 pence per ordinary share. 125,000
of these shares will be held as treasury shares and 125,000 shares will be
cancelled.
The total number of Mitchells & Butlers shares in issue (after cancellation of
125,000 shares and excluding treasury shares) is 518,458,892. Following the
above purchase, Mitchells & Butlers plc holds 2,465,148 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.
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