Transactions in own shares
Date of purchase: 19 July 2023
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: 119,685
Lowest price paid per share GBp 165.80
Highest price per share GBp 170.80
Average price per share GBp 167.29
The company intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Since 17 May 2023, the Company has purchased 2,664,888 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of $5,412,615.72 (£4,269,069.41).
Following the above transaction, the company holds 0 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,132,734,709 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares and any shares purchased by the Company through Merrill Lynch International which are yet to be cancelled).
Schedule of Purchases
Shares purchased: (ISIN: GB00BL9ZF303)
Date of purchases: 19 July 2023
Investment Firm: Merrill Lynch International
Enquiries to
Petershill Partners plc
Gurjit Kambo
Head of Investor Relations
+44 (0) 7454 750 709
Aggregate information:
Venue |
Volume-weighted average price (GBp) |
Aggregated volume |
Lowest price per share (GBp) |
Highest price per share (GBp) |
London Stock Exchange |
167.18 |
100,000 |
165.80 |
170.20 |
Cboe BXE |
167.66 |
9,685 |
165.80 |
169.80 |
Cboe CXE |
168.08 |
10,000 |
165.80 |
170.80 |
Aquis |
0.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Turquoise |
0.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
The schedule accessible via the following link contains detailed and aggregated information of the individual trades made by Merrill Lynch International as part of the buyback programme:
Detailed Purchases:
Transaction Date |
Transaction Time |
Volume |
Price (GBp) |
Platform |
Transaction Reference Number |
19-Jul-23 |
08:25:17 |
1395 |
168.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008900JF |
19-Jul-23 |
08:32:36 |
46 |
168.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008900T2 |
19-Jul-23 |
08:32:36 |
1216 |
168.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008900T3 |
19-Jul-23 |
09:30:24 |
1563 |
167.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008903BP |
19-Jul-23 |
09:32:27 |
781 |
167.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008903FC |
19-Jul-23 |
09:32:27 |
781 |
167.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008903FD |
19-Jul-23 |
09:32:27 |
781 |
167.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008903FE |
19-Jul-23 |
09:32:27 |
781 |
167.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008903FF |
19-Jul-23 |
09:32:27 |
781 |
167.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008903FG |
19-Jul-23 |
09:32:27 |
781 |
167.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008903FH |
19-Jul-23 |
09:32:27 |
805 |
167.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008903FA |
19-Jul-23 |
09:32:27 |
805 |
167.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008903FB |
19-Jul-23 |
09:34:25 |
84 |
167.00 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000008902P3 |
19-Jul-23 |
09:38:25 |
203 |
166.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008903OU |
19-Jul-23 |
09:38:25 |
788 |
166.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008903OV |
19-Jul-23 |
09:49:08 |
139 |
166.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A0000000000089045A |
19-Jul-23 |
09:49:08 |
975 |
166.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A0000000000089045B |
19-Jul-23 |
09:49:08 |
1150 |
166.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890459 |
19-Jul-23 |
09:51:08 |
845 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A0000000000089047R |
19-Jul-23 |
09:51:43 |
640 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890487 |
19-Jul-23 |
09:58:25 |
377 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008904G6 |
19-Jul-23 |
09:58:25 |
1024 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008904G7 |
19-Jul-23 |
11:21:50 |
336 |
166.00 |
BATE |
0XL71000000000008906CO |
19-Jul-23 |
11:21:51 |
1440 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008907J5 |
19-Jul-23 |
11:44:47 |
11 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908B8 |
19-Jul-23 |
11:44:47 |
11 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908BC |
19-Jul-23 |
11:44:47 |
13 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908B9 |
19-Jul-23 |
11:44:47 |
13 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908BD |
19-Jul-23 |
11:44:47 |
16 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908BF |
19-Jul-23 |
11:44:47 |
31 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908BB |
19-Jul-23 |
11:44:47 |
31 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908BE |
19-Jul-23 |
11:44:47 |
32 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908B7 |
19-Jul-23 |
11:44:47 |
44 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908B6 |
19-Jul-23 |
11:44:47 |
62 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908BA |
19-Jul-23 |
11:49:11 |
248 |
166.00 |
CHIX |
0XL710000000000089077V |
19-Jul-23 |
11:49:11 |
648 |
166.00 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890780 |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
27 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MH |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
33 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MG |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
73 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908ML |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
73 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MP |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
77 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MF |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
88 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MK |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
88 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MO |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
148 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908ME |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
150 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MD |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
181 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MC |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
205 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MJ |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
205 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MN |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
396 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MI |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
396 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MM |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
422 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MB |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:14 |
816 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MA |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:19 |
73 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MT |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:19 |
88 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MU |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:19 |
205 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MS |
19-Jul-23 |
11:53:19 |
396 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008908MR |
19-Jul-23 |
13:00:22 |
431 |
165.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890A0J |
19-Jul-23 |
13:00:22 |
703 |
165.80 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890A0I |
19-Jul-23 |
13:00:22 |
6515 |
165.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890AU4 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:53:45 |
343 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D1N |
19-Jul-23 |
13:53:45 |
343 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D1Q |
19-Jul-23 |
13:53:45 |
412 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D1M |
19-Jul-23 |
13:53:45 |
412 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D1R |
19-Jul-23 |
13:53:45 |
962 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D1L |
19-Jul-23 |
13:53:45 |
962 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D1P |
19-Jul-23 |
13:53:45 |
1864 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D1K |
19-Jul-23 |
13:53:45 |
1864 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D1O |
19-Jul-23 |
13:55:47 |
665 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D4D |
19-Jul-23 |
13:55:47 |
1284 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D4E |
19-Jul-23 |
13:55:47 |
1284 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D4F |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:46 |
333 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D6T |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:46 |
365 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D70 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:46 |
365 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D74 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:46 |
438 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D6V |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:46 |
438 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D73 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:46 |
1022 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D6U |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:46 |
1022 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D72 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:46 |
2006 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D71 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:50 |
365 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D77 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:50 |
438 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D78 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:50 |
1022 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D76 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:54 |
181 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D79 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:54 |
356 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D7C |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:54 |
427 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D7B |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:54 |
998 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D7A |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:59 |
347 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D7J |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:59 |
417 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D7I |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:59 |
973 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D7H |
19-Jul-23 |
13:57:59 |
1958 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D7G |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:07 |
347 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D7T |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:07 |
365 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D81 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:07 |
417 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D7S |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:07 |
438 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D80 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:07 |
973 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D7R |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:07 |
1023 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D7V |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:07 |
1661 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D7Q |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:07 |
1936 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D7U |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:11 |
365 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D84 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:11 |
438 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D85 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:11 |
1023 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D83 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:11 |
1936 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D82 |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:50 |
350 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D9C |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:50 |
420 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D9B |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:50 |
980 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D9A |
19-Jul-23 |
13:58:50 |
1868 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890D99 |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
61 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBE |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
61 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBI |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
61 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBN |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
73 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBF |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
73 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBJ |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
73 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBM |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
171 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBD |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
171 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBH |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
171 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBL |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBB |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBC |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBG |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBK |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBO |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBP |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBQ |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBR |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBS |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBT |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBU |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBV |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GC0 |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GC1 |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GC2 |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GC3 |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GC4 |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GC5 |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GC6 |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GC7 |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GC8 |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GC9 |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GCA |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GCB |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
346 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GB9 |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
456 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GB8 |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:54 |
1750 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GBA |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:59 |
330 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GCL |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:59 |
557 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GCP |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:59 |
740 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GCO |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:59 |
992 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GCM |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:59 |
1030 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GCQ |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:59 |
1297 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GCN |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:59 |
1297 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GCR |
19-Jul-23 |
14:46:59 |
1297 |
168.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GCS |
19-Jul-23 |
14:47:12 |
692 |
169.20 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890FBP |
19-Jul-23 |
14:47:12 |
757 |
169.20 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890FBQ |
19-Jul-23 |
14:50:33 |
1154 |
170.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890FMA |
19-Jul-23 |
14:51:23 |
7106 |
170.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GPI |
19-Jul-23 |
14:51:43 |
330 |
169.80 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890FPI |
19-Jul-23 |
14:52:11 |
1553 |
169.60 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890FQR |
19-Jul-23 |
14:52:11 |
2615 |
169.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890FQS |
19-Jul-23 |
14:52:11 |
6545 |
169.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890GS7 |
19-Jul-23 |
15:04:10 |
160 |
167.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890GN5 |
19-Jul-23 |
15:04:10 |
258 |
167.60 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890GN6 |
19-Jul-23 |
15:04:10 |
871 |
167.40 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890GN7 |
19-Jul-23 |
15:04:15 |
88 |
167.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890GNC |
19-Jul-23 |
15:04:15 |
147 |
167.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890GND |
19-Jul-23 |
15:12:15 |
96 |
167.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890HBO |
19-Jul-23 |
15:12:53 |
98 |
166.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890HCR |
19-Jul-23 |
15:12:53 |
248 |
166.80 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890HCQ |
19-Jul-23 |
15:20:34 |
156 |
166.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890HV6 |
19-Jul-23 |
15:20:34 |
317 |
166.60 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890HV5 |
19-Jul-23 |
15:28:06 |
91 |
166.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890IHG |
19-Jul-23 |
15:46:41 |
198 |
166.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890K21 |
19-Jul-23 |
15:53:25 |
80 |
166.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890KKC |
19-Jul-23 |
15:53:25 |
511 |
166.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890KKB |
19-Jul-23 |
15:57:31 |
116 |
165.80 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890L1B |
19-Jul-23 |
15:57:31 |
364 |
166.00 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890L19 |
19-Jul-23 |
15:57:31 |
476 |
166.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890L1A |
19-Jul-23 |
16:14:05 |
1 |
165.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890MJF |
19-Jul-23 |
16:14:05 |
5 |
165.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890MJE |
19-Jul-23 |
16:14:28 |
1 |
165.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890MKN |
19-Jul-23 |
16:27:24 |
110 |
167.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890O8H |
19-Jul-23 |
16:27:24 |
261 |
167.20 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890O8K |
19-Jul-23 |
16:27:24 |
373 |
167.00 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890O8L |
19-Jul-23 |
16:27:24 |
408 |
167.20 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890O8G |
19-Jul-23 |
16:27:24 |
522 |
167.20 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890O8J |
19-Jul-23 |
16:27:24 |
735 |
167.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890O8E |
19-Jul-23 |
16:27:24 |
950 |
167.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890O8F |
19-Jul-23 |
16:29:52 |
530 |
167.00 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890OI7 |
19-Jul-23 |
16:29:56 |
1565 |
167.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000890OIT |
19-Jul-23 |
16:29:57 |
265 |
167.00 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890OJB |
19-Jul-23 |
16:29:59 |
133 |
167.00 |
BATE |
0XL7100000000000890OJU |