Transactions in own shares
Date of purchase: 18 January 2024
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: 206,192
Lowest price paid per share GBp 158.00
Highest price per share GBp 161.00
Average price per share GBp 159.26
The company intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Since 17 May 2023, the Company has purchased 14,575,298 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of $29,091,385.28 (£23,156,584.44).
Following the above transaction, the company holds 0 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,120,824,299 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 | LEI: 213800HTCF8A7XM22A32)
Date of purchases: 18 January 2024
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 |
159.14 |
158,880 |
158.00 |
161.00 |
Cboe BXE |
159.48 |
10,312 |
158.40 |
160.20 |
Cboe CXE |
159.70 |
37,000 |
158.00 |
160.60 |
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 |
18-Jan-24 |
09:15:27 |
84 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARCSDN |
18-Jan-24 |
09:15:27 |
1177 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARCSDL |
18-Jan-24 |
09:15:55 |
483 |
158.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARCS7O |
18-Jan-24 |
09:16:32 |
1067 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARCSHT |
18-Jan-24 |
09:18:15 |
509 |
159.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARCSLV |
18-Jan-24 |
09:20:00 |
10895 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARCSQD |
18-Jan-24 |
09:22:11 |
315 |
158.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARCT3E |
18-Jan-24 |
09:22:11 |
672 |
158.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARCT3G |
18-Jan-24 |
09:22:11 |
966 |
158.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARCT3F |
18-Jan-24 |
09:35:32 |
4082 |
158.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARCUBV |
18-Jan-24 |
09:53:08 |
4123 |
158.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD057 |
18-Jan-24 |
10:00:53 |
259 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD11D |
18-Jan-24 |
10:00:53 |
269 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD11E |
18-Jan-24 |
10:00:53 |
340 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD11B |
18-Jan-24 |
10:00:53 |
340 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD11C |
18-Jan-24 |
10:00:53 |
440 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD11F |
18-Jan-24 |
10:00:53 |
467 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD11J |
18-Jan-24 |
10:00:53 |
530 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD11G |
18-Jan-24 |
10:00:53 |
530 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD11K |
18-Jan-24 |
10:00:53 |
695 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD11I |
18-Jan-24 |
10:22:57 |
427 |
158.80 |
BATE |
0XL7400000000000ARD3BR |
18-Jan-24 |
10:22:57 |
758 |
158.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARD327 |
18-Jan-24 |
10:22:57 |
1155 |
158.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARD328 |
18-Jan-24 |
10:22:57 |
1670 |
159.00 |
BATE |
0XL7400000000000ARD3BP |
18-Jan-24 |
10:22:57 |
13506 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3BO |
18-Jan-24 |
10:23:00 |
24 |
158.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARD32B |
18-Jan-24 |
10:23:22 |
5075 |
158.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3D2 |
18-Jan-24 |
10:23:27 |
52 |
158.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARD345 |
18-Jan-24 |
10:23:27 |
545 |
158.60 |
BATE |
0XL7400000000000ARD3DS |
18-Jan-24 |
10:23:27 |
885 |
158.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARD344 |
18-Jan-24 |
10:23:27 |
1770 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3DP |
18-Jan-24 |
10:23:32 |
220 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3E0 |
18-Jan-24 |
10:23:32 |
1482 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3E1 |
18-Jan-24 |
10:23:46 |
1034 |
158.40 |
BATE |
0XL7400000000000ARD3EO |
18-Jan-24 |
10:23:57 |
1452 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3FC |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:01 |
1770 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3FO |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:09 |
955 |
158.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3GE |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:13 |
623 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3GR |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:13 |
623 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3HC |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:13 |
636 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3HE |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:13 |
1770 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3GM |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:13 |
1770 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3GO |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:13 |
1770 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3GQ |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:13 |
1770 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3GT |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:13 |
1770 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3GV |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:13 |
1770 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3H1 |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:13 |
1770 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3H3 |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:13 |
1770 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3H5 |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:13 |
1770 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3H7 |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:13 |
1770 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3H9 |
18-Jan-24 |
10:24:13 |
1770 |
158.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD3HB |
18-Jan-24 |
11:12:21 |
388 |
159.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARD6JL |
18-Jan-24 |
11:12:21 |
21774 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD773 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:16 |
6 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7HC |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:16 |
93 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7HD |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:16 |
183 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7HH |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:16 |
331 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7HF |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:16 |
372 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7H4 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:16 |
372 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7H5 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:16 |
372 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7H6 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:16 |
424 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7H9 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:16 |
509 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7H3 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:16 |
509 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7HA |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:16 |
524 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7HO |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:16 |
928 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7HJ |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:16 |
928 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7HL |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:16 |
1084 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7H2 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:21 |
331 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7I4 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:21 |
331 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7I9 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:21 |
397 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7I3 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:21 |
397 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7I8 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:21 |
663 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7I0 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:21 |
928 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7I2 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:21 |
928 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7I7 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:21 |
1790 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7I6 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:54 |
82 |
158.80 |
BATE |
0XL7400000000000ARD7JV |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:54 |
92 |
158.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7K1 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:54 |
603 |
158.80 |
BATE |
0XL7400000000000ARD7K2 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:54 |
2516 |
158.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7K3 |
18-Jan-24 |
11:17:54 |
2573 |
158.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARD7K0 |
18-Jan-24 |
12:49:04 |
899 |
158.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDDRV |
18-Jan-24 |
12:49:07 |
553 |
159.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDEC6 |
18-Jan-24 |
12:49:07 |
930 |
159.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDEC7 |
18-Jan-24 |
12:49:07 |
1043 |
159.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDEC8 |
18-Jan-24 |
12:58:39 |
882 |
159.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDEF1 |
18-Jan-24 |
13:25:23 |
352 |
160.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDGRA |
18-Jan-24 |
13:25:23 |
515 |
160.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDGR9 |
18-Jan-24 |
13:25:27 |
283 |
160.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDGRH |
18-Jan-24 |
13:25:27 |
315 |
160.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDGRJ |
18-Jan-24 |
13:25:27 |
520 |
160.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDGRE |
18-Jan-24 |
13:25:27 |
551 |
160.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDGRI |
18-Jan-24 |
13:25:27 |
1031 |
160.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDGRF |
18-Jan-24 |
13:25:27 |
1040 |
160.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDGRK |
18-Jan-24 |
13:30:11 |
1025 |
161.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDHAE |
18-Jan-24 |
13:30:53 |
263 |
160.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDGGO |
18-Jan-24 |
13:30:53 |
837 |
160.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDHGC |
18-Jan-24 |
13:30:53 |
4344 |
160.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDHGB |
18-Jan-24 |
14:19:58 |
68 |
160.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDKUV |
18-Jan-24 |
14:19:58 |
70 |
160.20 |
BATE |
0XL7400000000000ARDNA1 |
18-Jan-24 |
14:19:58 |
451 |
160.20 |
BATE |
0XL7400000000000ARDNA4 |
18-Jan-24 |
14:19:58 |
752 |
160.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDKUU |
18-Jan-24 |
14:19:58 |
830 |
160.20 |
BATE |
0XL7400000000000ARDNA0 |
18-Jan-24 |
14:19:58 |
2518 |
160.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDKV0 |
18-Jan-24 |
14:19:58 |
2562 |
160.20 |
BATE |
0XL7400000000000ARDNA2 |
18-Jan-24 |
14:19:59 |
129 |
160.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDKV9 |
18-Jan-24 |
14:19:59 |
287 |
160.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDKVB |
18-Jan-24 |
14:19:59 |
571 |
160.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDNA9 |
18-Jan-24 |
14:19:59 |
700 |
160.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDKVA |
18-Jan-24 |
14:19:59 |
910 |
160.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDNAA |
18-Jan-24 |
14:19:59 |
1474 |
160.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDNA8 |
18-Jan-24 |
14:19:59 |
3802 |
160.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDNAC |
18-Jan-24 |
14:20:24 |
439 |
160.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDNCO |
18-Jan-24 |
14:20:24 |
740 |
160.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDNCP |
18-Jan-24 |
14:33:14 |
369 |
160.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDMOU |
18-Jan-24 |
15:00:25 |
196 |
160.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDV4A |
18-Jan-24 |
15:00:25 |
1033 |
160.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDV4B |
18-Jan-24 |
15:00:25 |
1090 |
160.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDV4C |
18-Jan-24 |
15:01:32 |
566 |
160.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDRI5 |
18-Jan-24 |
15:01:32 |
3474 |
160.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDRI4 |
18-Jan-24 |
15:01:32 |
5181 |
160.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDVC6 |
18-Jan-24 |
15:01:33 |
279 |
159.80 |
BATE |
0XL7400000000000ARDVCE |
18-Jan-24 |
15:01:33 |
2597 |
159.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDVCD |
18-Jan-24 |
15:01:35 |
161 |
159.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDVCN |
18-Jan-24 |
15:01:35 |
400 |
159.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDVCM |
18-Jan-24 |
15:01:35 |
1525 |
159.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDRIS |
18-Jan-24 |
15:01:35 |
4311 |
159.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARDVCO |
18-Jan-24 |
15:09:58 |
51 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARE0VV |
18-Jan-24 |
15:09:58 |
103 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARE0VU |
18-Jan-24 |
15:09:59 |
951 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARE107 |
18-Jan-24 |
15:14:58 |
649 |
159.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDTPE |
18-Jan-24 |
15:14:59 |
2 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARE1UO |
18-Jan-24 |
15:14:59 |
21 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARE1UP |
18-Jan-24 |
15:14:59 |
89 |
159.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000ARE1UN |
18-Jan-24 |
15:14:59 |
397 |
159.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDTPG |
18-Jan-24 |
15:19:59 |
303 |
159.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDUIS |
18-Jan-24 |
15:19:59 |
439 |
159.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDUIT |
18-Jan-24 |
15:20:02 |
1050 |
159.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDUJE |
18-Jan-24 |
15:29:56 |
632 |
159.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDVT9 |
18-Jan-24 |
15:29:56 |
925 |
159.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARDVT7 |
18-Jan-24 |
15:32:59 |
260 |
159.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARE0D1 |
18-Jan-24 |
15:32:59 |
370 |
159.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARE0D3 |
18-Jan-24 |
15:34:27 |
344 |
159.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARE0JD |
18-Jan-24 |
15:57:45 |
4 |
159.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARE4HG |
18-Jan-24 |
15:57:45 |
911 |
159.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARE4HF |
18-Jan-24 |
15:59:34 |
2 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000AREACE |
18-Jan-24 |
15:59:34 |
24 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000AREACF |
18-Jan-24 |
15:59:34 |
51 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000AREACD |
18-Jan-24 |
15:59:34 |
278 |
159.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARE4RK |
18-Jan-24 |
15:59:34 |
422 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000AREACI |
18-Jan-24 |
15:59:34 |
578 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000AREACJ |
18-Jan-24 |
15:59:34 |
700 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000AREACH |
18-Jan-24 |
15:59:34 |
2750 |
159.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000AREACG |
18-Jan-24 |
15:59:35 |
47 |
159.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARE4RP |
18-Jan-24 |
15:59:35 |
398 |
159.00 |
BATE |
0XL7400000000000AREACO |
18-Jan-24 |
15:59:35 |
1108 |
159.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000ARE4RN |
18-Jan-24 |
16:22:06 |
2195 |
160.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000AREESC |
18-Jan-24 |
16:29:52 |
1361 |
159.80 |
BATE |
0XL7400000000000AREGIU |
18-Jan-24 |
16:29:52 |
10493 |
160.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000AREABA |
18-Jan-24 |
16:29:56 |
1155 |
160.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000AREAD1 |
18-Jan-24 |
16:29:56 |
1458 |
160.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7A00000000000AREAD2 |