Transactions in own shares
Date of purchase: 22 January 2024
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: 266,113
Lowest price paid per share GBp 163.00
Highest price per share GBp 166.00
Average price per share GBp 164.95
The company intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Since 17 May 2023, the Company has purchased 15,061,654 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of $30,100,169.91 (£23,950,834.84).
Following the above transaction, the company holds 0 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,120,337,943 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: 22 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 |
165.04 |
210,000 |
163.20 |
165.80 |
Cboe BXE |
164.30 |
21,446 |
163.00 |
165.20 |
Cboe CXE |
164.75 |
34,667 |
163.20 |
166.00 |
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-Jan-24 |
08:59:02 |
1049 |
163.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000346NBB |
22-Jan-24 |
09:18:52 |
560 |
164.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000346PDQ |
22-Jan-24 |
09:39:16 |
2564 |
163.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000346RHN |
22-Jan-24 |
09:59:27 |
515 |
164.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000346TCG |
22-Jan-24 |
09:59:27 |
614 |
164.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000346TCH |
22-Jan-24 |
10:00:01 |
99 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000346TEH |
22-Jan-24 |
10:00:01 |
2629 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000346TEF |
22-Jan-24 |
10:00:06 |
740 |
164.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000346TF3 |
22-Jan-24 |
10:22:47 |
863 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000346VMJ |
22-Jan-24 |
10:22:47 |
1738 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000346VMK |
22-Jan-24 |
10:24:19 |
44 |
164.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000346VRA |
22-Jan-24 |
10:24:31 |
2758 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000346VRU |
22-Jan-24 |
10:24:36 |
1255 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000346VSD |
22-Jan-24 |
10:25:07 |
538 |
165.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000346VVF |
22-Jan-24 |
10:25:21 |
2000 |
165.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347005 |
22-Jan-24 |
10:26:13 |
331 |
165.40 |
XLON |
0XL740000000000034702B |
22-Jan-24 |
10:38:52 |
634 |
165.00 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003470PA |
22-Jan-24 |
10:38:52 |
7902 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347130 |
22-Jan-24 |
10:38:57 |
74 |
165.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347139 |
22-Jan-24 |
10:38:57 |
224 |
165.20 |
XLON |
0XL740000000000034713A |
22-Jan-24 |
10:39:31 |
671 |
165.60 |
XLON |
0XL740000000000034714Q |
22-Jan-24 |
10:40:13 |
988 |
165.60 |
XLON |
0XL740000000000034716J |
22-Jan-24 |
10:40:49 |
512 |
165.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347182 |
22-Jan-24 |
10:40:49 |
600 |
165.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347181 |
22-Jan-24 |
10:40:52 |
3670 |
165.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347189 |
22-Jan-24 |
11:19:52 |
234 |
165.80 |
XLON |
0XL740000000000034745K |
22-Jan-24 |
11:19:52 |
700 |
165.80 |
XLON |
0XL740000000000034745J |
22-Jan-24 |
11:19:52 |
1161 |
165.80 |
XLON |
0XL740000000000034745I |
22-Jan-24 |
11:19:52 |
2495 |
165.80 |
XLON |
0XL740000000000034745L |
22-Jan-24 |
11:33:20 |
269 |
165.60 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003474TT |
22-Jan-24 |
11:33:20 |
700 |
165.60 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003474TS |
22-Jan-24 |
11:33:20 |
807 |
165.60 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003474TU |
22-Jan-24 |
11:33:20 |
2649 |
165.60 |
XLON |
0XL740000000000034755N |
22-Jan-24 |
11:53:21 |
1197 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003476BO |
22-Jan-24 |
11:54:53 |
15 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003476F4 |
22-Jan-24 |
11:54:53 |
33 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003476F6 |
22-Jan-24 |
11:54:53 |
52 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003476F5 |
22-Jan-24 |
11:56:42 |
1755 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003476K3 |
22-Jan-24 |
11:57:04 |
24 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003476KD |
22-Jan-24 |
11:57:18 |
20 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003476KQ |
22-Jan-24 |
11:57:31 |
20 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003476LC |
22-Jan-24 |
11:57:48 |
7 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003476LO |
22-Jan-24 |
11:57:48 |
29 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003476LP |
22-Jan-24 |
12:15:05 |
968 |
165.20 |
XLON |
0XL74000000000003477QM |
22-Jan-24 |
12:24:01 |
359 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003478JD |
22-Jan-24 |
12:24:01 |
700 |
165.20 |
XLON |
0XL74000000000003478E6 |
22-Jan-24 |
12:24:01 |
721 |
165.20 |
XLON |
0XL74000000000003478E8 |
22-Jan-24 |
12:24:01 |
1445 |
165.20 |
XLON |
0XL74000000000003478E5 |
22-Jan-24 |
12:24:01 |
2100 |
165.20 |
XLON |
0XL74000000000003478E7 |
22-Jan-24 |
12:24:54 |
20 |
165.00 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003478KP |
22-Jan-24 |
12:24:54 |
24 |
164.80 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003478KT |
22-Jan-24 |
12:24:54 |
26 |
164.80 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003478KR |
22-Jan-24 |
12:24:54 |
30 |
164.80 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003478KS |
22-Jan-24 |
12:24:54 |
329 |
164.80 |
BATE |
0XL7A000000000003476JJ |
22-Jan-24 |
12:24:54 |
776 |
164.80 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003478KU |
22-Jan-24 |
12:24:54 |
787 |
165.00 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003478KQ |
22-Jan-24 |
12:24:54 |
4321 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL74000000000003478FJ |
22-Jan-24 |
12:24:58 |
548 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL74000000000003478G1 |
22-Jan-24 |
12:24:58 |
1599 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL74000000000003478G0 |
22-Jan-24 |
12:39:55 |
2081 |
165.40 |
XLON |
0XL74000000000003479FT |
22-Jan-24 |
12:42:59 |
432 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003479TH |
22-Jan-24 |
12:56:36 |
9 |
165.20 |
BATE |
0XL7A000000000003478HE |
22-Jan-24 |
13:01:50 |
3355 |
165.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347ATI |
22-Jan-24 |
13:01:50 |
4771 |
165.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347ATH |
22-Jan-24 |
13:02:42 |
1270 |
166.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347B7D |
22-Jan-24 |
13:11:11 |
1751 |
165.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347BL5 |
22-Jan-24 |
13:11:11 |
1913 |
165.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347BL6 |
22-Jan-24 |
13:11:11 |
4510 |
165.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347BL7 |
22-Jan-24 |
13:21:13 |
48 |
165.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347CFE |
22-Jan-24 |
13:21:13 |
57 |
165.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347CFF |
22-Jan-24 |
13:33:33 |
734 |
165.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347DI5 |
22-Jan-24 |
13:33:33 |
820 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347DI6 |
22-Jan-24 |
13:33:33 |
1342 |
165.20 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347BMC |
22-Jan-24 |
13:33:33 |
25084 |
165.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347DJR |
22-Jan-24 |
13:33:37 |
1893 |
165.20 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347BMI |
22-Jan-24 |
13:33:37 |
2365 |
165.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347DK6 |
22-Jan-24 |
13:33:37 |
5852 |
165.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347DK5 |
22-Jan-24 |
13:33:37 |
15798 |
165.20 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347DK7 |
22-Jan-24 |
13:40:10 |
562 |
164.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347E60 |
22-Jan-24 |
13:42:51 |
663 |
164.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347ECI |
22-Jan-24 |
13:42:51 |
720 |
164.60 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347CLL |
22-Jan-24 |
13:42:51 |
789 |
164.60 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347CLO |
22-Jan-24 |
13:42:51 |
1241 |
164.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347EMK |
22-Jan-24 |
13:42:51 |
1774 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347EMI |
22-Jan-24 |
13:42:51 |
17728 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347EMJ |
22-Jan-24 |
13:48:21 |
43 |
164.40 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347D3V |
22-Jan-24 |
13:48:21 |
62 |
164.40 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347D3U |
22-Jan-24 |
13:48:21 |
141 |
164.40 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347D3T |
22-Jan-24 |
13:48:21 |
480 |
164.40 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347D40 |
22-Jan-24 |
13:48:21 |
958 |
164.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347EO3 |
22-Jan-24 |
13:48:21 |
1818 |
164.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347F9P |
22-Jan-24 |
13:48:21 |
2332 |
164.40 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347F9R |
22-Jan-24 |
13:59:01 |
608 |
164.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347FFD |
22-Jan-24 |
13:59:14 |
3 |
164.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347FG3 |
22-Jan-24 |
13:59:33 |
3374 |
164.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347GKR |
22-Jan-24 |
14:18:51 |
756 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347IJH |
22-Jan-24 |
14:18:51 |
912 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347IJI |
22-Jan-24 |
14:18:51 |
3743 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347IJG |
22-Jan-24 |
14:20:09 |
1143 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347INU |
22-Jan-24 |
14:20:09 |
9313 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347INR |
22-Jan-24 |
14:28:31 |
2802 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347JKI |
22-Jan-24 |
14:28:31 |
4713 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347JKH |
22-Jan-24 |
14:29:34 |
775 |
165.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347HSQ |
22-Jan-24 |
14:29:34 |
2076 |
165.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347HSR |
22-Jan-24 |
14:29:38 |
861 |
165.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347HT9 |
22-Jan-24 |
14:30:14 |
471 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347K01 |
22-Jan-24 |
14:30:14 |
757 |
165.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347I15 |
22-Jan-24 |
14:30:14 |
3353 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347JVT |
22-Jan-24 |
14:30:14 |
6011 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347JVU |
22-Jan-24 |
14:30:14 |
10058 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347K02 |
22-Jan-24 |
14:30:14 |
11694 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347K00 |
22-Jan-24 |
14:30:19 |
291 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347K0T |
22-Jan-24 |
14:30:19 |
862 |
165.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347I1P |
22-Jan-24 |
14:30:19 |
2349 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347K0V |
22-Jan-24 |
14:31:36 |
452 |
164.80 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347HSV |
22-Jan-24 |
14:31:36 |
587 |
164.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347KEK |
22-Jan-24 |
14:31:36 |
997 |
165.00 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347HT0 |
22-Jan-24 |
14:31:36 |
1058 |
165.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347IBS |
22-Jan-24 |
14:31:36 |
1579 |
164.80 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347KEL |
22-Jan-24 |
14:31:36 |
1794 |
165.00 |
XLON |
0XL7400000000000347KEJ |
22-Jan-24 |
14:31:41 |
457 |
165.00 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347HTJ |
22-Jan-24 |
14:31:41 |
1143 |
165.00 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347HTI |
22-Jan-24 |
14:31:46 |
1406 |
164.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347ICT |
22-Jan-24 |
14:55:51 |
498 |
164.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347M2O |
22-Jan-24 |
15:05:20 |
1523 |
165.20 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347OUR |
22-Jan-24 |
15:06:04 |
425 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347NPB |
22-Jan-24 |
15:06:04 |
1450 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347NPA |
22-Jan-24 |
15:12:10 |
1253 |
164.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347OGT |
22-Jan-24 |
15:12:35 |
300 |
164.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347OHS |
22-Jan-24 |
15:12:35 |
348 |
164.60 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347Q6R |
22-Jan-24 |
15:31:32 |
44 |
164.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347QS4 |
22-Jan-24 |
15:31:32 |
588 |
164.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347QS3 |
22-Jan-24 |
15:31:32 |
634 |
164.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347QS5 |
22-Jan-24 |
15:31:32 |
1284 |
164.40 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347T1I |
22-Jan-24 |
15:39:21 |
60 |
164.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347RPE |
22-Jan-24 |
15:39:21 |
344 |
164.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347RPF |
22-Jan-24 |
15:40:13 |
716 |
164.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347RSD |
22-Jan-24 |
15:40:13 |
899 |
163.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347RSE |
22-Jan-24 |
15:40:30 |
225 |
164.00 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347UA5 |
22-Jan-24 |
15:42:52 |
480 |
164.00 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347UMI |
22-Jan-24 |
15:42:52 |
1281 |
163.80 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000347UMH |
22-Jan-24 |
15:47:47 |
244 |
163.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347SPE |
22-Jan-24 |
15:50:44 |
507 |
163.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347T5R |
22-Jan-24 |
15:53:20 |
512 |
163.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347TH6 |
22-Jan-24 |
15:54:29 |
919 |
163.80 |
BATE |
0XL7A000000000003480E2 |
22-Jan-24 |
15:58:47 |
511 |
163.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347U64 |
22-Jan-24 |
16:00:13 |
527 |
163.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347UCL |
22-Jan-24 |
16:00:14 |
1034 |
164.00 |
BATE |
0XL7A000000000003481BD |
22-Jan-24 |
16:01:35 |
2398 |
163.00 |
BATE |
0XL7A000000000003481JN |
22-Jan-24 |
16:06:53 |
482 |
163.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347VCF |
22-Jan-24 |
16:08:22 |
1873 |
163.60 |
BATE |
0XL7A000000000003482QR |
22-Jan-24 |
16:10:30 |
525 |
163.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7100000000000347VRV |
22-Jan-24 |
16:10:30 |
1224 |
163.40 |
BATE |
0XL7A00000000000348366 |
22-Jan-24 |
16:27:30 |
42 |
164.80 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003482V3 |
22-Jan-24 |
16:29:40 |
2677 |
164.40 |
CHIX |
0XL71000000000003483CU |