Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust has announced the purchase of 809,246 ordinary shares for cancellation.
The shares were acquired at a price of 181.53 pence per share.
Following this transaction, the company's share capital now consists of 1,011,362,820 shares in issue, with an additional 60 million shares held in treasury.
This means the total number of voting rights in the company is 1,011,362,820.
Templeton said that in order to protect the interests of existing shareholders, the shares held in treasury will only be reissued at a price above the prevailing net asset value per share at the time of reissue.
Shareholders were advised to use the figure of 1,011,362,820 as the denominator for calculations related to their interest in the company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
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