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SAB - SABMiller Plc - Acquisition of Shares into Treasury
SABMiller Plc
JSE ALPHA CODE: SAB
ISSUER CODE: SOSAB
ISIN CODE: GB0004835483
26 February 2009
Acquisition of Shares into Treasury
On 23 February 2009, the Company announced its applications to have 77,368,338
of its ordinary shares of US$0.10 each (the "Shares") admitted to the official
list of the United Kingdom Listing Authority ("UKLA") and to be admitted to
trading on the London ("LSE") and Johannesburg ("JSE") Stock Exchanges.
The Company now announces that the admission to the official list of the UKLA
and to trading on the LSE is now complete, that the Shares have been acquired by
it and are now held as treasury shares. The Shares were acquired at GBP10.54
each, with the purchase monies being paid to wholly owned subsidiaries of the
Group.
The Shares will be admitted to trading on the JSE tomorrow.
The Company now has 1,507,915,631 ordinary shares in issue and a further
77,368,338 ordinary shares held as treasury shares. The treasury shares
represent approximately 4.88% of the issued ordinary share capital of the
Company, on a fully diluted basis.
John Davidson
General Counsel and Group Company Secretary
26 February 2009
Ends
About SABMiller plc
SABMiller plc is one of the world`s largest brewers with brewing interests and
distribution agreements across six continents. The group`s wide portfolio of
brands includes premium international beers such as Grolsch, Miller Genuine
Draft, Peroni Nastro Azzurro and Pilsner Urquell, as well as market-leading
local brands such as Aguila, Castle, Miller Lite, Snow and Tyskie. SABMiller is
also one of the largest bottlers of Coca-Cola products in the world.
In the year ended 31 March 2008, the group reported US$3,639 million in adjusted
pre-tax profit and revenue of US$21,410 million. SABMiller plc is listed on the
London and Johannesburg stock exchanges.
This announcement is available on the company website: www.sabmiller.com
High resolution images are available for the media to view and download free of
charge from www.sabmiller.com or www.newscast.co.uk
Enquiries:
SABMiller plc Tel:+44 20 7659 0100
Sue Clark Director of Corporate Tel:+44 20 7659 0184
Affairs
Gary Leibowitz Senior Vice President, Tel:+44 20 7659 0174
Investor Relations
Nigel Fairbrass Head of Media Relations Tel:+44 7799 894265
This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or issue or the
solicitation of an offer to buy or acquire securities of SABMiller plc (the
"Company") or any of its affiliates in any jurisdiction or an inducement to
enter into investment activity.
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