BIT - Transaction in Own Shares
THE BANKERS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
JANUS HENDERSON INVESTMENT FUND MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED
LEGAL ENTITY IDENTIFIER: 213800B9YWXL3X1VMZ69
20 May 2022
THE BANKERS INVESTMENT TRUST PLC
(“the Company”)
Market purchase by the Company of its own shares
Notification is given that pursuant to the authority granted at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 24 February 2022 to make market purchases of the Company’s own shares of 2.5p, a market purchase of 385,525 ordinary shares in the capital of the Company was made today at a price of 101.5703p per share to be held in treasury.
The issued share capital of the Company following this purchase will continue to be 1,315,102,830 ordinary shares of 2.5p each of which 10,531,754 (0.8%) are held in treasury and have no voting rights.
For calculations of interests in the Company’s voting rights, on a poll, members have one vote per share. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in The Bankers Investment Trust PLC is 1,304,571,076.
For further information, please call:
Alex Crooke
The Bankers Investment Trust PLC
Telephone: 020 7818 4447
Wendy King
For and on behalf of Janus Henderson Secretarial Services UK Limited
Corporate Secretary to The Bankers Investment Trust PLC
Telephone: 020 7818 4233
Harriet Hall
PR Manager, Investment Trusts
Janus Henderson Investors
Telephone: 020 7818 2919
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