GlaxoSmithKline PLC GSK

DJ GlaxoSmithKline Buys Back 500,000 Shares

LONDON (Dow Jones)--GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK.LN) Wednesday said it purchased 500,000 ordinary shares on March 7.

MAIN FACTS:

-Highest price paid per share was 1413 pence per share.

-Lowest price paid per share was 1397 pence per share.

-Company intends to hold these shares in Treasury.

-Shares on Wednesday closed at GBP14.1.

-By Tapan Panchal, Dow Jones Newswires. Tel +44(0)207-842 9448, tapan.panchal@dowjones.com

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March 07, 2012 12:13 ET (17:13 GMT)