Transactions in own shares
Date of purchase: 22 September 2023
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: 91,079
Lowest price paid per share GBp 154.40
Highest price per share GBp 160.00
Average price per share GBp 157.01
The company intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Since 17 May 2023, the Company has purchased 7,173,391 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of $14,916,316.21 (£11,784,321.34).
Following the above transaction, the company holds 0 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,128,226,206 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: 22 September 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 |
156.80 |
55,411 |
154.60 |
160.00 |
Cboe BXE |
157.56 |
8,668 |
155.20 |
159.40 |
Cboe CXE |
157.27 |
27,000 |
154.40 |
160.00 |
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 |
22-Sep-23 |
09:04:23 |
119 |
159.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPE2M |
22-Sep-23 |
09:04:23 |
341 |
159.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPE2N |
22-Sep-23 |
09:04:23 |
574 |
159.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPE2O |
22-Sep-23 |
09:04:23 |
650 |
160.00 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPE2J |
22-Sep-23 |
09:04:23 |
1137 |
159.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPE2I |
22-Sep-23 |
09:04:23 |
1494 |
160.00 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPE2L |
22-Sep-23 |
09:09:56 |
379 |
159.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPE9O |
22-Sep-23 |
09:15:33 |
4 |
158.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPEGV |
22-Sep-23 |
09:15:33 |
1395 |
158.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPEGU |
22-Sep-23 |
09:15:48 |
193 |
158.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPEH4 |
22-Sep-23 |
09:18:57 |
2 |
158.60 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPELR |
22-Sep-23 |
09:19:24 |
1 |
158.60 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPEN5 |
22-Sep-23 |
09:21:57 |
2 |
158.60 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPERB |
22-Sep-23 |
09:23:43 |
348 |
158.60 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPETF |
22-Sep-23 |
09:23:43 |
444 |
158.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPETE |
22-Sep-23 |
09:27:57 |
2 |
158.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPF1R |
22-Sep-23 |
09:30:58 |
1 |
158.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPF4G |
22-Sep-23 |
09:33:58 |
2 |
158.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPF8P |
22-Sep-23 |
09:36:58 |
2 |
158.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPFCU |
22-Sep-23 |
09:37:23 |
696 |
159.60 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPFD6 |
22-Sep-23 |
09:39:58 |
2 |
159.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPFFH |
22-Sep-23 |
09:51:59 |
2 |
159.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPFV4 |
22-Sep-23 |
09:57:40 |
1 |
159.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPG4B |
22-Sep-23 |
09:57:59 |
1 |
159.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPG4J |
22-Sep-23 |
10:01:30 |
374 |
159.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPG8K |
22-Sep-23 |
10:04:22 |
732 |
160.00 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPGB9 |
22-Sep-23 |
10:43:22 |
530 |
160.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPHRB |
22-Sep-23 |
10:43:22 |
1295 |
160.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPHRA |
22-Sep-23 |
10:57:07 |
78 |
159.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPIAO |
22-Sep-23 |
10:57:07 |
517 |
159.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPIAP |
22-Sep-23 |
10:57:07 |
974 |
159.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPIAN |
22-Sep-23 |
10:57:07 |
1107 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPIAQ |
22-Sep-23 |
10:58:02 |
1 |
159.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPIBH |
22-Sep-23 |
11:01:02 |
2 |
159.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPIEK |
22-Sep-23 |
11:02:15 |
45 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPIG4 |
22-Sep-23 |
11:02:15 |
442 |
159.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPIG2 |
22-Sep-23 |
11:02:15 |
469 |
159.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPIG3 |
22-Sep-23 |
11:02:15 |
1366 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPIG1 |
22-Sep-23 |
11:04:02 |
2 |
158.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPIHT |
22-Sep-23 |
11:07:03 |
1 |
158.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPILN |
22-Sep-23 |
11:10:03 |
1 |
158.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPIQ4 |
22-Sep-23 |
11:10:19 |
568 |
158.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPIQC |
22-Sep-23 |
11:18:05 |
370 |
158.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPJ1J |
22-Sep-23 |
11:19:03 |
2 |
158.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPJ25 |
22-Sep-23 |
11:19:15 |
176 |
158.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPJ27 |
22-Sep-23 |
11:19:15 |
368 |
158.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPJ28 |
22-Sep-23 |
11:22:03 |
1 |
158.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPJ58 |
22-Sep-23 |
11:24:15 |
587 |
158.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPJ7E |
22-Sep-23 |
11:28:04 |
2 |
158.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPJ9J |
22-Sep-23 |
11:31:04 |
2 |
158.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPJC2 |
22-Sep-23 |
11:34:04 |
1 |
158.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPJEL |
22-Sep-23 |
11:37:04 |
2 |
158.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPJHK |
22-Sep-23 |
11:40:04 |
2 |
158.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPJK0 |
22-Sep-23 |
11:45:15 |
551 |
158.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPJOF |
22-Sep-23 |
12:10:06 |
2 |
158.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPKGU |
22-Sep-23 |
12:11:34 |
1 |
158.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPKHU |
22-Sep-23 |
12:12:18 |
83 |
158.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPKIJ |
22-Sep-23 |
12:13:06 |
2 |
158.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPKJA |
22-Sep-23 |
12:16:06 |
1 |
158.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPKLK |
22-Sep-23 |
12:19:06 |
2 |
158.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPKO5 |
22-Sep-23 |
12:22:07 |
2 |
158.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPKQI |
22-Sep-23 |
12:23:13 |
285 |
158.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPKRA |
22-Sep-23 |
12:23:13 |
496 |
158.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPKR9 |
22-Sep-23 |
12:25:07 |
2 |
158.00 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPKSH |
22-Sep-23 |
12:28:07 |
2 |
158.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPKVB |
22-Sep-23 |
12:28:07 |
386 |
158.00 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPKVD |
22-Sep-23 |
12:28:07 |
414 |
158.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPKVC |
22-Sep-23 |
12:34:07 |
2 |
157.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPL5A |
22-Sep-23 |
12:49:50 |
1 |
157.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPLM4 |
22-Sep-23 |
12:58:08 |
1 |
157.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPLU9 |
22-Sep-23 |
13:08:58 |
1 |
157.80 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPM9U |
22-Sep-23 |
13:13:44 |
258 |
157.80 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPMFU |
22-Sep-23 |
13:13:44 |
281 |
157.60 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPMG0 |
22-Sep-23 |
13:13:44 |
466 |
157.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPMG1 |
22-Sep-23 |
13:13:44 |
653 |
157.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPMG2 |
22-Sep-23 |
13:13:44 |
694 |
157.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPMFT |
22-Sep-23 |
13:13:44 |
800 |
157.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPMG3 |
22-Sep-23 |
13:13:44 |
1042 |
157.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPMG4 |
22-Sep-23 |
13:13:44 |
1050 |
157.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPMG5 |
22-Sep-23 |
13:13:44 |
2817 |
157.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPMFV |
22-Sep-23 |
13:16:09 |
2 |
157.00 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPMJM |
22-Sep-23 |
13:22:22 |
211 |
157.00 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPMS5 |
22-Sep-23 |
13:22:52 |
359 |
157.00 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPMSP |
22-Sep-23 |
13:22:52 |
872 |
157.00 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPMSQ |
22-Sep-23 |
13:22:52 |
1004 |
157.00 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPMSR |
22-Sep-23 |
13:24:02 |
1628 |
156.40 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPMUS |
22-Sep-23 |
13:35:40 |
1525 |
156.40 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPNEK |
22-Sep-23 |
13:37:16 |
238 |
155.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPNGL |
22-Sep-23 |
13:43:11 |
2 |
155.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPNNQ |
22-Sep-23 |
13:58:12 |
370 |
155.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPOBI |
22-Sep-23 |
13:58:12 |
1406 |
155.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPOBH |
22-Sep-23 |
13:58:17 |
949 |
155.60 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPOBK |
22-Sep-23 |
14:01:12 |
2 |
155.60 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPOFQ |
22-Sep-23 |
14:04:12 |
2 |
155.60 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPOJT |
22-Sep-23 |
14:06:12 |
821 |
155.60 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPOLT |
22-Sep-23 |
14:06:21 |
1 |
155.60 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPOM8 |
22-Sep-23 |
14:07:12 |
1 |
155.60 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPONI |
22-Sep-23 |
14:08:17 |
278 |
155.60 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPOP3 |
22-Sep-23 |
14:09:14 |
487 |
155.60 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPOQH |
22-Sep-23 |
14:09:47 |
32 |
155.60 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPORG |
22-Sep-23 |
14:09:47 |
175 |
155.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPORF |
22-Sep-23 |
14:13:58 |
185 |
155.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPP3B |
22-Sep-23 |
14:22:13 |
1 |
155.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPPJ8 |
22-Sep-23 |
14:25:13 |
2 |
155.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPPNN |
22-Sep-23 |
14:28:13 |
2 |
155.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPPSH |
22-Sep-23 |
14:28:13 |
321 |
155.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDPPSJ |
22-Sep-23 |
14:28:13 |
410 |
155.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPPSI |
22-Sep-23 |
14:28:13 |
1297 |
155.20 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPPSK |
22-Sep-23 |
14:29:27 |
430 |
155.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPPUS |
22-Sep-23 |
14:29:27 |
1443 |
155.00 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPPUT |
22-Sep-23 |
14:31:13 |
2 |
154.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPQ6J |
22-Sep-23 |
14:37:56 |
440 |
154.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPQQM |
22-Sep-23 |
14:40:34 |
10 |
154.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPR28 |
22-Sep-23 |
14:44:02 |
16 |
154.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPRCK |
22-Sep-23 |
14:44:37 |
1 |
154.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPRDV |
22-Sep-23 |
14:44:37 |
519 |
154.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPRE0 |
22-Sep-23 |
14:44:37 |
3925 |
154.60 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPRE1 |
22-Sep-23 |
14:52:14 |
2 |
154.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPS9A |
22-Sep-23 |
14:54:53 |
521 |
154.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPSHJ |
22-Sep-23 |
14:57:10 |
3221 |
155.20 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPSO7 |
22-Sep-23 |
15:12:01 |
100 |
156.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPUAP |
22-Sep-23 |
15:13:16 |
2 |
156.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPUEE |
22-Sep-23 |
15:16:16 |
1 |
156.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDPUMQ |
22-Sep-23 |
15:19:45 |
111 |
156.00 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDPV02 |
22-Sep-23 |
15:56:13 |
33 |
155.80 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDQ2HC |
22-Sep-23 |
15:56:13 |
49 |
155.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ2HG |
22-Sep-23 |
15:56:13 |
87 |
155.80 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDQ2HF |
22-Sep-23 |
15:56:13 |
174 |
156.00 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDQ2HB |
22-Sep-23 |
15:56:13 |
234 |
156.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ2HH |
22-Sep-23 |
15:56:13 |
508 |
155.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ2HE |
22-Sep-23 |
15:56:13 |
800 |
156.00 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDQ2HA |
22-Sep-23 |
15:56:13 |
915 |
155.80 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDQ2HD |
22-Sep-23 |
15:56:13 |
2069 |
156.00 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDQ2H9 |
22-Sep-23 |
15:56:13 |
3749 |
156.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ2H6 |
22-Sep-23 |
15:56:13 |
7653 |
156.00 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDQ2H8 |
22-Sep-23 |
15:56:18 |
150 |
155.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ2I2 |
22-Sep-23 |
15:56:18 |
1727 |
155.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ2I3 |
22-Sep-23 |
16:03:12 |
1254 |
157.60 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDQ3B5 |
22-Sep-23 |
16:04:01 |
57 |
157.60 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDQ3DS |
22-Sep-23 |
16:04:01 |
446 |
157.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ3DQ |
22-Sep-23 |
16:04:01 |
471 |
157.60 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDQ3DR |
22-Sep-23 |
16:04:09 |
1552 |
157.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ3E7 |
22-Sep-23 |
16:04:09 |
1787 |
157.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000DDQ3E6 |
22-Sep-23 |
16:04:09 |
2421 |
157.40 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDQ3E8 |
22-Sep-23 |
16:04:09 |
5826 |
157.40 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDQ3E9 |
22-Sep-23 |
16:07:18 |
2 |
156.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDQ3QG |
22-Sep-23 |
16:07:18 |
1121 |
156.80 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDQ3QH |
22-Sep-23 |
16:08:45 |
194 |
156.60 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDQ3VC |
22-Sep-23 |
16:20:16 |
1 |
156.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ59A |
22-Sep-23 |
16:20:54 |
474 |
156.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ5BR |
22-Sep-23 |
16:21:42 |
544 |
156.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ5EN |
22-Sep-23 |
16:27:57 |
987 |
156.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ68C |
22-Sep-23 |
16:28:08 |
111 |
156.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ690 |
22-Sep-23 |
16:28:20 |
2 |
156.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ69Q |
22-Sep-23 |
16:29:40 |
339 |
156.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ6G7 |
22-Sep-23 |
16:29:41 |
859 |
156.60 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDQ6GP |
22-Sep-23 |
16:29:41 |
2111 |
156.60 |
XLON |
0XL7700000000000DDQ6GO |
22-Sep-23 |
16:29:42 |
239 |
156.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ6GQ |
22-Sep-23 |
16:29:54 |
20 |
156.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ6J2 |
22-Sep-23 |
16:29:54 |
50 |
156.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ6IS |
22-Sep-23 |
16:29:54 |
51 |
156.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ6IR |
22-Sep-23 |
16:29:54 |
77 |
156.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ6J0 |
22-Sep-23 |
16:29:54 |
111 |
156.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ6IU |
22-Sep-23 |
16:29:54 |
393 |
156.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7700000000000DDQ6IP |