Transactions in own shares
Date of purchase: 02 August 2023
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: 151,405
Lowest price paid per share GBp 162.60
Highest price per share GBp 167.60
Average price per share GBp 165.59
The company intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Since 17 May 2023, the Company has purchased 3,662,221 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of $7,540,803.78 (£5,928,517.95).
Following the above transaction, the company holds 0 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,131,737,376 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: 02 August 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 |
165.55 |
128,000 |
162.60 |
167.60 |
Cboe BXE |
165.76 |
5,922 |
163.80 |
167.40 |
Cboe CXE |
165.64 |
11,843 |
162.80 |
167.20 |
Aquis |
166.16 |
5,640 |
164.40 |
167.60 |
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 |
02-Aug-23 |
08:43:14 |
56 |
164.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A0000000000089023I |
02-Aug-23 |
08:45:09 |
686 |
164.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890268 |
02-Aug-23 |
08:45:14 |
272 |
164.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A0000000000089026D |
02-Aug-23 |
08:51:37 |
18 |
164.00 |
CHIX |
0XL740000000000089025J |
02-Aug-23 |
08:51:37 |
117 |
164.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008902G4 |
02-Aug-23 |
08:51:37 |
153 |
164.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008902G2 |
02-Aug-23 |
08:51:41 |
70 |
164.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890261 |
02-Aug-23 |
08:51:41 |
124 |
163.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890262 |
02-Aug-23 |
08:58:17 |
78 |
163.60 |
CHIX |
0XL74000000000008902D1 |
02-Aug-23 |
08:58:17 |
139 |
163.60 |
CHIX |
0XL74000000000008902D2 |
02-Aug-23 |
09:11:52 |
1 |
163.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008903NP |
02-Aug-23 |
09:12:31 |
2263 |
163.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008903OK |
02-Aug-23 |
09:13:17 |
361 |
163.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890308 |
02-Aug-23 |
09:13:18 |
133 |
163.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890309 |
02-Aug-23 |
09:41:28 |
319 |
163.00 |
CHIX |
0XL740000000000089048M |
02-Aug-23 |
09:41:28 |
2058 |
163.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008905GR |
02-Aug-23 |
09:41:30 |
382 |
162.80 |
CHIX |
0XL740000000000089048N |
02-Aug-23 |
09:47:39 |
3506 |
162.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008905QS |
02-Aug-23 |
09:48:18 |
1674 |
162.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008905RQ |
02-Aug-23 |
09:57:47 |
741 |
163.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008906A2 |
02-Aug-23 |
09:57:47 |
1343 |
163.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008906A1 |
02-Aug-23 |
09:57:51 |
268 |
163.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008906A8 |
02-Aug-23 |
09:57:51 |
818 |
163.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008906A7 |
02-Aug-23 |
09:57:51 |
5375 |
163.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008906A6 |
02-Aug-23 |
09:59:46 |
1040 |
163.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008906CO |
02-Aug-23 |
09:59:51 |
268 |
163.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008906CV |
02-Aug-23 |
09:59:51 |
551 |
163.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008906CU |
02-Aug-23 |
09:59:51 |
898 |
163.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008906CT |
02-Aug-23 |
09:59:51 |
932 |
163.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008906D0 |
02-Aug-23 |
09:59:51 |
936 |
163.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008906CS |
02-Aug-23 |
09:59:51 |
953 |
163.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008906D1 |
02-Aug-23 |
09:59:55 |
1098 |
163.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008906D8 |
02-Aug-23 |
10:00:00 |
1033 |
163.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008906DJ |
02-Aug-23 |
10:05:04 |
1 |
163.80 |
BATE |
0XL770000000000089081R |
02-Aug-23 |
10:19:24 |
175 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008907FC |
02-Aug-23 |
10:27:48 |
200 |
164.40 |
CHIX |
0XL74000000000008906DM |
02-Aug-23 |
10:27:48 |
232 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008907ON |
02-Aug-23 |
10:27:48 |
320 |
164.60 |
CHIX |
0XL74000000000008906DL |
02-Aug-23 |
10:27:48 |
320 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008907OO |
02-Aug-23 |
10:27:48 |
6722 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008907OL |
02-Aug-23 |
10:28:25 |
63 |
164.40 |
AQXE |
0XL77000000000008909ID |
02-Aug-23 |
10:28:42 |
398 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008907PS |
02-Aug-23 |
10:28:42 |
561 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008907PR |
02-Aug-23 |
10:28:42 |
778 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008907PQ |
02-Aug-23 |
10:28:42 |
1786 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008907PP |
02-Aug-23 |
10:28:46 |
578 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008907Q1 |
02-Aug-23 |
10:28:48 |
130 |
164.20 |
CHIX |
0XL74000000000008906FF |
02-Aug-23 |
10:28:48 |
1327 |
164.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008907Q7 |
02-Aug-23 |
10:29:48 |
232 |
164.20 |
CHIX |
0XL74000000000008906GF |
02-Aug-23 |
10:29:48 |
427 |
164.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008907RI |
02-Aug-23 |
10:29:48 |
2824 |
164.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008907RJ |
02-Aug-23 |
11:05:58 |
388 |
164.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890948 |
02-Aug-23 |
11:14:07 |
4589 |
164.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A000000000008909CQ |
02-Aug-23 |
11:14:08 |
316 |
164.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000890BOL |
02-Aug-23 |
11:14:08 |
331 |
164.40 |
CHIX |
0XL740000000000089081E |
02-Aug-23 |
12:37:56 |
137 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CDF |
02-Aug-23 |
12:37:56 |
390 |
165.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890ACU |
02-Aug-23 |
12:37:56 |
464 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CDH |
02-Aug-23 |
12:37:56 |
619 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CDG |
02-Aug-23 |
12:37:56 |
5545 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CDE |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:01 |
120 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CDQ |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:01 |
619 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CDP |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:01 |
638 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CDR |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:01 |
1423 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CDO |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:01 |
1423 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CDS |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:05 |
213 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CE3 |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:05 |
720 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CE4 |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:05 |
738 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CE8 |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:05 |
853 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CE6 |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:05 |
1166 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CE7 |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:05 |
1645 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CE5 |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:09 |
160 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CEN |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:09 |
606 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CEM |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:09 |
853 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CEL |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:09 |
1103 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CEK |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:14 |
161 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CER |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:14 |
541 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CES |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:14 |
738 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CEQ |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:14 |
1423 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CEP |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:36 |
812 |
165.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CF4 |
02-Aug-23 |
12:38:36 |
1000 |
165.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890CF5 |
02-Aug-23 |
13:00:06 |
902 |
166.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890B27 |
02-Aug-23 |
13:01:38 |
241 |
165.80 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890GK3 |
02-Aug-23 |
13:15:26 |
107 |
166.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890DJN |
02-Aug-23 |
13:15:26 |
262 |
166.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890DJM |
02-Aug-23 |
13:15:26 |
571 |
166.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890DJO |
02-Aug-23 |
13:15:26 |
1099 |
166.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890DJP |
02-Aug-23 |
13:15:34 |
119 |
166.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890DJS |
02-Aug-23 |
13:15:34 |
714 |
166.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890DJR |
02-Aug-23 |
13:30:34 |
559 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890E6H |
02-Aug-23 |
13:30:34 |
988 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890E6I |
02-Aug-23 |
13:34:22 |
173 |
167.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890EEH |
02-Aug-23 |
13:34:22 |
542 |
167.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890EEG |
02-Aug-23 |
13:50:02 |
200 |
166.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890F62 |
02-Aug-23 |
13:50:02 |
4208 |
166.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890F61 |
02-Aug-23 |
13:50:02 |
4951 |
166.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890F60 |
02-Aug-23 |
13:50:04 |
81 |
166.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890F64 |
02-Aug-23 |
13:50:04 |
698 |
166.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890COC |
02-Aug-23 |
13:50:04 |
2526 |
166.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890F63 |
02-Aug-23 |
13:50:07 |
453 |
166.40 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890J0O |
02-Aug-23 |
13:50:07 |
815 |
166.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890F65 |
02-Aug-23 |
14:30:33 |
10 |
166.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890E54 |
02-Aug-23 |
14:30:33 |
131 |
166.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890E57 |
02-Aug-23 |
14:30:33 |
136 |
166.80 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890LA0 |
02-Aug-23 |
14:30:33 |
215 |
166.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890E56 |
02-Aug-23 |
14:30:33 |
269 |
166.80 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000890L9U |
02-Aug-23 |
14:30:33 |
369 |
166.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890E58 |
02-Aug-23 |
14:30:33 |
634 |
167.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890H71 |
02-Aug-23 |
14:30:33 |
738 |
166.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890E55 |
02-Aug-23 |
14:30:33 |
1043 |
167.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890H72 |
02-Aug-23 |
14:30:33 |
3534 |
167.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890H70 |
02-Aug-23 |
14:36:50 |
147 |
166.80 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890M0I |
02-Aug-23 |
14:36:50 |
645 |
166.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890I0U |
02-Aug-23 |
14:37:11 |
260 |
166.80 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890M1R |
02-Aug-23 |
14:37:11 |
7724 |
166.80 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890I1V |
02-Aug-23 |
14:38:43 |
203 |
167.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890I7G |
02-Aug-23 |
14:38:43 |
800 |
167.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890I7F |
02-Aug-23 |
14:39:13 |
321 |
167.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000890M8L |
02-Aug-23 |
14:58:51 |
388 |
167.60 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890NU7 |
02-Aug-23 |
14:58:51 |
489 |
167.60 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890NU6 |
02-Aug-23 |
15:08:55 |
132 |
167.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890GLU |
02-Aug-23 |
15:08:55 |
400 |
167.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890GLS |
02-Aug-23 |
15:08:55 |
529 |
167.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890GLR |
02-Aug-23 |
15:08:55 |
534 |
167.00 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890OSK |
02-Aug-23 |
15:08:55 |
1515 |
167.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890GLT |
02-Aug-23 |
15:08:55 |
8237 |
167.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890L47 |
02-Aug-23 |
15:08:57 |
734 |
166.80 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000890OSN |
02-Aug-23 |
15:09:05 |
325 |
166.80 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000890OTD |
02-Aug-23 |
15:13:56 |
4565 |
167.00 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890LJC |
02-Aug-23 |
15:18:02 |
108 |
166.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890HBN |
02-Aug-23 |
15:18:02 |
108 |
166.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890M10 |
02-Aug-23 |
15:18:02 |
400 |
166.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890M12 |
02-Aug-23 |
15:18:02 |
407 |
166.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890M13 |
02-Aug-23 |
15:18:02 |
800 |
166.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890M11 |
02-Aug-23 |
15:18:02 |
2863 |
166.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890M14 |
02-Aug-23 |
15:22:44 |
6 |
166.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000890QAG |
02-Aug-23 |
15:22:44 |
151 |
166.40 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890QAE |
02-Aug-23 |
15:22:44 |
188 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890MFP |
02-Aug-23 |
15:22:44 |
203 |
166.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890HK2 |
02-Aug-23 |
15:22:44 |
257 |
166.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890HK3 |
02-Aug-23 |
15:22:44 |
400 |
166.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000890QAF |
02-Aug-23 |
15:22:44 |
650 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890MFM |
02-Aug-23 |
15:22:44 |
1632 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890MFO |
02-Aug-23 |
15:22:44 |
1719 |
166.40 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890MFL |
02-Aug-23 |
15:22:44 |
1729 |
166.20 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890MFN |
02-Aug-23 |
15:22:45 |
120 |
165.60 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890QAN |
02-Aug-23 |
15:22:45 |
230 |
165.80 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890QAM |
02-Aug-23 |
15:22:45 |
276 |
166.00 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000890QAJ |
02-Aug-23 |
15:22:45 |
465 |
166.00 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000890QAK |
02-Aug-23 |
15:22:45 |
653 |
166.20 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890QAI |
02-Aug-23 |
15:36:46 |
159 |
165.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890IHH |
02-Aug-23 |
15:36:46 |
161 |
165.40 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890IHI |
02-Aug-23 |
15:36:46 |
339 |
165.60 |
XLON |
0XL7A00000000000890NU2 |
02-Aug-23 |
15:36:46 |
520 |
165.60 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000890RPB |
02-Aug-23 |
15:36:46 |
541 |
165.40 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000890RPC |
02-Aug-23 |
15:36:47 |
63 |
165.20 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890RPG |
02-Aug-23 |
15:36:47 |
169 |
165.40 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890RPF |
02-Aug-23 |
15:41:05 |
107 |
165.00 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890S8G |
02-Aug-23 |
15:44:04 |
102 |
164.80 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890J1G |
02-Aug-23 |
15:44:04 |
350 |
164.80 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000890SJ1 |
02-Aug-23 |
15:49:56 |
115 |
164.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890JFP |
02-Aug-23 |
15:49:56 |
131 |
164.80 |
AQXE |
0XL7700000000000890T89 |
02-Aug-23 |
16:10:05 |
12 |
165.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890L11 |
02-Aug-23 |
16:10:05 |
132 |
165.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890L12 |
02-Aug-23 |
16:10:05 |
322 |
165.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890L10 |
02-Aug-23 |
16:11:31 |
12 |
164.80 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000891017 |
02-Aug-23 |
16:12:14 |
185 |
164.80 |
BATE |
0XL770000000000089103P |
02-Aug-23 |
16:15:00 |
11 |
164.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890LEK |
02-Aug-23 |
16:15:00 |
100 |
164.80 |
BATE |
0XL77000000000008910EL |
02-Aug-23 |
16:15:46 |
11 |
164.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890LGS |
02-Aug-23 |
16:20:21 |
106 |
164.60 |
AQXE |
0XL77000000000008911DD |
02-Aug-23 |
16:20:21 |
190 |
164.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890LVB |
02-Aug-23 |
16:20:21 |
567 |
164.60 |
BATE |
0XL77000000000008911DC |
02-Aug-23 |
16:20:40 |
301 |
164.60 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890M08 |
02-Aug-23 |
16:27:08 |
311 |
165.00 |
AQXE |
0XL77000000000008912KH |
02-Aug-23 |
16:27:08 |
378 |
165.00 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890MP9 |
02-Aug-23 |
16:29:51 |
129 |
165.20 |
AQXE |
0XL770000000000089133F |
02-Aug-23 |
16:29:51 |
429 |
165.20 |
AQXE |
0XL770000000000089133G |
02-Aug-23 |
16:29:53 |
58 |
165.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000891348 |
02-Aug-23 |
16:29:53 |
87 |
165.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000891346 |
02-Aug-23 |
16:29:53 |
205 |
165.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000891347 |
02-Aug-23 |
16:29:54 |
71 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890N33 |
02-Aug-23 |
16:29:54 |
312 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890N34 |
02-Aug-23 |
16:29:54 |
330 |
165.20 |
AQXE |
0XL770000000000089134C |
02-Aug-23 |
16:29:57 |
132 |
165.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000891357 |
02-Aug-23 |
16:29:58 |
132 |
165.20 |
CHIX |
0XL7400000000000890N3T |
02-Aug-23 |
16:29:59 |
52 |
165.20 |
BATE |
0XL7700000000000891363 |