LSEG announces it has purchased the following number of its voting ordinary shares of 679/86 pence each from Goldman Sachs International ("GSI") on the London Stock Exchange pursuant to instructions issued by LSEG on 05 August 2022 as part of its share buyback programme, as announced on 05 August 2022.
Date of purchase:
20 September 2022
Aggregate number of voting ordinary shares purchased:
145,993
Lowest price paid per share:
74.6200
Highest price paid per share:
76.1400
Average price paid per share:
75.2903
LSEG intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.
Following the above transaction, LSEG holds 2,146,255 of its voting ordinary shares of 679/86 pence each in treasury and has 504,973,392 voting ordinary shares of 679/86 pence each in issue (excluding treasury shares). LSEG also has 51,124,377 limited-voting ordinary shares of 679/86 pence each in issue, which carry one-tenth of a vote each. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company will be 510,085,830. This figure for the total number of voting rights may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation) (as such legislation forms part of retained EU law as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a full breakdown of the individual purchases by GSI on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme is included below.
This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.
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