Transaction in Own Shares

Summary by AI BETAClose X

Associated British Foods plc has announced the repurchase of 91,438 of its ordinary shares for cancellation on January 19, 2026, from UBS AG London Branch as part of its ongoing share repurchase program. The average price paid per share was GBp 1857.75, with the highest price at GBp 1874.5 and the lowest at GBp 1849.5. This transaction, executed on various trading venues including the London Stock Exchange, BATS Europe, Chi-X Europe, and Aquis, is intended to reduce the number of outstanding shares.

Disclaimer*

Associated British Foods PLC
19 January 2026
 

19 January 2026

 








Associated British Foods plc

 








Transaction in own shares

 








Associated British Foods plc (the 'Company') announces that on 19 January 2026 it purchased for cancellation from UBS AG London Branch ('UBS') the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 15/22 pence each pursuant to the authority granted by its shareholders as part of its share repurchase programme, details of which were announced on 6 November 2025.






Description of shares:


Associated British Foods plc
Ordinary shares of 5 15/22 pence

Date of transaction:


19 January 2026

Number of shares repurchased:


91,438

Average price paid per share:


GBp 1857.75

Highest price paid per share:


GBp 1874.5

Lowest price paid per share:


GBp 1849.5






The Company intends to cancel these Shares.

All shares were purchased from UBS as an on exchange transaction subject to the rules of the London Stock Exchange. 

The table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by UBS as part of the buyback programme.

 

Schedule of purchases

 

 

 

 





Shares purchased:

Associated British Foods plc (ISIN: GB0006731235)


Date of purchases:

19 January 2026



Investment firm:

UBS AG London Branch








Aggregated information:

 

 

 

 

 




Venue

Volume-weighted average price

Aggregated volume

Lowest price per share

Highest price per share

London Stock Exchange

                  1,857.70

                  40,551

          1,850.00

          1,873.50

BATS Europe

                  1,857.68

                  16,193

          1,850.00

          1,874.00

Chi-X Europe

                  1,857.79

                  28,678

          1,849.50

          1,874.50

Aquis

                  1,858.12

                    6,016

          1,850.00

          1,872.50






Individual transactions:

 








Number of ordinary shares purchased

Transaction price per ordinary share (pence)

Time of transaction (London time)

Trading venue

Match ID

565

                  1,851.00

08:00:16

LSE

3445506

505

                  1,851.00

08:00:16

LSE

3445504

560

                  1,851.00

08:00:16

LSE

3445502

559

                  1,855.00

08:01:10

LSE

3451758

492

                  1,855.00

08:12:03

LSE

3472445

414

                  1,855.00

08:12:03

LSE

3472441

358

                  1,855.00

08:12:03

BATE

3472443

118

                  1,855.00

08:12:03

BATE

3472451

121

                  1,855.00

08:12:03

LSE

3472447

197

                  1,855.00

08:12:03

BATE

3472449

390

                  1,853.50

08:12:10

CHIX

3472619

311

                  1,853.50

08:12:10

CHIX

3472617

346

                  1,853.50

08:12:10

CHIX

3472615

40

                  1,853.50

08:12:10

CHIX

3472613

274

                  1,853.50

08:12:10

CHIX

3472611

303

                  1,851.50

08:12:17

BATE

3472842

125

                  1,861.50

08:25:00

CHIX

3488587

337

                  1,861.50

08:25:00

CHIX

3488584

225

                  1,861.50

08:25:00

CHIX

3488589

237

                  1,864.50

08:30:17

LSE

3495613

261

                  1,864.50

08:30:17

LSE

3495615

572

                  1,864.50

08:30:26

LSE

3495858

322

                  1,864.00

08:30:56

Aquis

3496525

332

                  1,864.00

08:30:56

Aquis

3496523

348

                  1,864.00

08:30:56

BATE

3496521

354

                  1,864.00

08:30:56

BATE

3496519

352

                  1,864.00

08:30:56

BATE

3496517

330

                  1,864.00

08:30:56

CHIX

3496515

320

                  1,863.00

08:30:57

CHIX

3496538

475

                  1,865.50

08:39:50

LSE

3506883

554

                  1,863.50

08:43:22

LSE

3510929

314

                  1,864.50

08:43:22

CHIX

3510925

14

                  1,864.50

08:43:22

CHIX

3510927

87

                  1,864.50

08:48:20

LSE

3516160

434

                  1,864.50

08:48:20

LSE

3516158

291

                  1,867.50

08:53:01

CHIX

3520920

248

                  1,868.00

08:53:01

CHIX

3520918

215

                  1,868.00

08:53:01

Aquis

3520916

48

                  1,868.00

08:53:01

CHIX

3520914

464

                  1,868.00

09:01:00

LSE

3529102

28

                  1,868.00

09:01:00

LSE

3529100

294

                  1,867.00

09:10:25

CHIX

3540069

255

                  1,863.50

09:12:40

LSE

3542821

278

                  1,863.50

09:12:40

LSE

3542819

341

                  1,867.00

09:18:03

CHIX

3548290

349

                  1,866.50

09:19:32

BATE

3549442

141

                  1,870.50

09:28:43

LSE

3558809

348

                  1,870.50

09:28:43

LSE

3558807

309

                  1,870.00

09:28:45

BATE

3558853

193

                  1,868.50

09:36:36

CHIX

3566072

164

                  1,868.50

09:36:36

CHIX

3566074

120

                  1,870.50

09:46:09

LSE

3575162

354

                  1,870.50

09:46:09

LSE

3575160

332

                  1,870.50

09:46:09

CHIX

3575158

58

                  1,871.50

09:52:37

LSE

3580810

491

                  1,871.50

09:52:37

LSE

3580808

295

                  1,874.50

10:07:09

CHIX

3593401

549

                  1,873.50

10:10:22

LSE

3596272

311

                  1,874.00

10:10:22

BATE

3596270

290

                  1,874.00

10:10:22

BATE

3596268

292

                  1,872.50

10:20:24

CHIX

3605306

321

                  1,872.50

10:20:30

Aquis

3605386

326

                  1,872.00

10:21:35

CHIX

3606092

162

                  1,872.00

10:21:35

LSE

3606090

304

                  1,872.00

10:21:35

LSE

3606088

293

                  1,870.00

10:30:20

BATE

3612827

316

                  1,870.00

10:30:20

CHIX

3612825

478

                  1,870.00

10:30:20

LSE

3612823

44

                  1,870.00

10:38:50

LSE

3619068

101

                  1,869.50

10:40:37

CHIX

3620911

245

                  1,869.50

10:40:37

CHIX

3620907

68

                  1,869.50

10:40:37

CHIX

3620901

288

                  1,869.50

10:40:37

CHIX

3620903

323

                  1,869.50

10:40:37

BATE

3620899

310

                  1,869.50

10:40:40

Aquis

3620988

532

                  1,869.00

10:40:43

LSE

3621075

515

                  1,869.00

10:40:43

LSE

3621073

321

                  1,866.50

10:49:33

CHIX

3628640

270

                  1,867.00

10:49:33

LSE

3628638

260

                  1,867.00

10:49:33

LSE

3628636

352

                  1,864.00

10:57:19

BATE

3634397

3

                  1,864.00

10:57:25

BATE

3634669

3

                  1,861.00

11:09:46

CHIX

3644033

467

                  1,861.00

11:09:46

LSE

3644031

97

                  1,861.50

11:09:49

LSE

3644050

3

                  1,861.50

11:09:49

LSE

3644048

6

                  1,858.00

11:11:50

CHIX

3646173

243

                  1,860.00

11:11:50

LSE

3646163

539

                  1,860.00

11:11:50

LSE

3646161

309

                  1,860.00

11:11:50

LSE

3646159

289

                  1,860.00

11:11:50

BATE

3646149

343

                  1,860.00

11:11:50

CHIX

3646143

307

                  1,860.00

11:11:50

BATE

3646145

260

                  1,860.00

11:11:50

Aquis

3646147

535

                  1,860.00

11:11:50

LSE

3646155

348

                  1,860.00

11:11:50

CHIX

3646151

345

                  1,860.00

11:11:50

CHIX

3646153

511

                  1,860.00

11:11:50

LSE

3646157

130

                  1,858.00

11:11:55

CHIX

3646227

190

                  1,858.00

11:11:55

CHIX

3646225

297

                  1,859.00

11:18:03

CHIX

3650931

291

                  1,859.00

11:18:03

CHIX

3650929

518

                  1,859.00

11:23:56

LSE

3654967

347

                  1,858.00

11:53:23

CHIX

3673231

264

                  1,858.00

11:53:23

CHIX

3673229

30

                  1,858.00

11:53:23

CHIX

3673227

293

                  1,858.00

11:53:23

CHIX

3673225

254

                  1,858.00

11:53:23

BATE

3673223

82

                  1,858.00

11:53:23

BATE

3673221

311

                  1,858.00

11:53:23

BATE

3673219

522

                  1,858.50

11:53:23

LSE

3673217

460

                  1,858.50

11:53:23

LSE

3673215

311

                  1,857.50

11:58:50

LSE

3676439

126

                  1,857.50

11:58:50

CHIX

3676437

181

                  1,857.50

11:58:50

LSE

3676441

525

                  1,857.50

11:58:50

LSE

3676443

287

                  1,857.50

11:58:56

BATE

3676484

210

                  1,857.50

12:00:00

CHIX

3677494

307

                  1,857.50

12:02:23

BATE

3678934

53

                  1,857.50

12:02:23

BATE

3678932

246

                  1,856.50

12:07:25

Aquis

3682505

329

                  1,857.00

12:16:51

CHIX

3688368

157

                  1,856.50

12:19:56

CHIX

3689759

211

                  1,856.50

12:19:56

Aquis

3689761

181

                  1,856.50

12:19:56

CHIX

3689763

497

                  1,856.50

12:19:56

LSE

3689765

298

                  1,858.00

12:36:50

Aquis

3702400

548

                  1,858.50

12:36:50

LSE

3702398

113

                  1,858.50

12:36:50

LSE

3702396

399

                  1,858.50

12:36:50

LSE

3702394

304

                  1,858.50

12:36:50

BATE

3702392

34

                  1,858.50

12:43:28

LSE

3707266

125

                  1,858.50

12:43:28

LSE

3707264

304

                  1,858.00

12:47:16

CHIX

3709926

555

                  1,857.00

12:50:46

LSE

3712539

339

                  1,857.00

12:50:46

CHIX

3712537

171

                  1,857.00

12:53:47

CHIX

3714523

131

                  1,857.00

12:53:47

CHIX

3714521

21

                  1,853.50

13:05:52

Aquis

3723310

309

                  1,853.50

13:05:52

BATE

3723308

224

                  1,854.00

13:05:52

LSE

3723306

231

                  1,854.00

13:05:52

LSE

3723304

160

                  1,853.50

13:05:53

Aquis

3723454

138

                  1,853.50

13:09:01

Aquis

3725331

312

                  1,853.00

13:14:39

CHIX

3729278

309

                  1,853.00

13:14:39

CHIX

3729280

556

                  1,854.50

13:20:09

LSE

3733751

272

                  1,854.50

13:20:09

BATE

3733749

53

                  1,854.50

13:20:09

BATE

3733747

137

                  1,855.00

13:25:05

LSE

3737288

335

                  1,855.00

13:25:05

LSE

3737286

324

                  1,855.00

13:25:05

CHIX

3737284

301

                  1,855.50

13:36:45

BATE

3746820

323

                  1,855.00

13:37:23

CHIX

3747229

294

                  1,855.00

13:37:23

CHIX

3747227

96

                  1,855.00

13:37:23

CHIX

3747225

540

                  1,855.00

13:37:23

LSE

3747223

486

                  1,855.00

13:37:23

LSE

3747221

240

                  1,855.00

13:37:23

CHIX

3747219

298

                  1,856.00

13:50:48

BATE

3759214

291

                  1,856.00

13:50:48

CHIX

3759210

302

                  1,856.00

13:50:48

BATE

3759212

477

                  1,856.00

13:50:48

LSE

3759220

305

                  1,856.00

13:50:48

CHIX

3759216

357

                  1,856.00

13:50:48

BATE

3759218

301

                  1,855.50

13:58:20

CHIX

3765685

298

                  1,855.50

13:58:20

CHIX

3765683

296

                  1,855.50

13:58:20

CHIX

3765687

565

                  1,855.50

14:02:26

LSE

3770290

344

                  1,855.50

14:02:26

BATE

3770288

328

                  1,854.50

14:10:32

BATE

3778506

17

                  1,854.50

14:10:32

BATE

3778508

525

                  1,855.00

14:10:32

LSE

3778504

316

                  1,855.00

14:10:32

CHIX

3778502

340

                  1,855.00

14:10:32

BATE

3778500

323

                  1,855.00

14:10:32

CHIX

3778498

343

                  1,855.00

14:10:32

Aquis

3778496

516

                  1,853.50

14:11:14

LSE

3779057

231

                  1,853.50

14:13:12

Aquis

3780922

36

                  1,857.50

14:26:24

Aquis

3794580

71

                  1,857.50

14:26:24

Aquis

3794578

486

                  1,858.00

14:26:24

LSE

3794576

487

                  1,858.00

14:26:24

LSE

3794572

335

                  1,858.00

14:26:24

CHIX

3794570

292

                  1,858.00

14:26:24

CHIX

3794568

293

                  1,858.00

14:26:24

CHIX

3794566

272

                  1,858.00

14:26:24

CHIX

3794564

493

                  1,858.00

14:26:24

LSE

3794574

27

                  1,858.00

14:26:24

CHIX

3794562

239

                  1,857.50

14:27:02

Aquis

3795053

124

                  1,858.00

14:29:14

BATE

3797353

316

                  1,859.00

14:30:51

BATE

3801379

193

                  1,859.00

14:30:51

Aquis

3801377

132

                  1,859.00

14:34:06

CHIX

3805842

225

                  1,859.00

14:34:06

CHIX

3805840

328

                  1,859.00

14:34:06

CHIX

3805838

165

                  1,858.00

14:35:00

BATE

3807310

294

                  1,854.50

14:36:32

CHIX

3810871

469

                  1,853.50

14:38:05

LSE

3812623

101

                  1,852.50

14:41:00

LSE

3817130

178

                  1,852.50

14:41:18

LSE

3817419

162

                  1,852.50

14:41:33

LSE

3817671

18

                  1,852.50

14:42:01

CHIX

3818150

295

                  1,852.00

14:42:43

BATE

3818892

325

                  1,852.00

14:46:08

CHIX

3823547

313

                  1,852.00

14:46:08

CHIX

3823545

356

                  1,852.00

14:46:08

CHIX

3823543

291

                  1,852.00

14:46:08

BATE

3823541

100

                  1,852.50

14:47:55

LSE

3826324

105

                  1,852.50

14:47:55

LSE

3826322

178

                  1,852.50

14:47:55

LSE

3826320

76

                  1,852.50

14:47:55

LSE

3826318

274

                  1,852.50

14:47:55

LSE

3826316

17

                  1,852.00

14:52:40

BATE

3832647

54

                  1,852.00

14:52:40

LSE

3832645

133

                  1,852.00

14:52:40

LSE

3832643

121

                  1,852.00

14:52:40

LSE

3832641

56

                  1,852.00

14:52:40

LSE

3832639

163

                  1,851.50

14:52:41

LSE

3832683

66

                  1,851.50

14:52:41

LSE

3832681

178

                  1,851.50

14:52:41

LSE

3832679

349

                  1,851.50

14:52:41

BATE

3832677

324

                  1,851.50

14:57:09

CHIX

3838598

8

                  1,851.50

14:57:09

CHIX

3838596

300

                  1,851.50

14:57:09

BATE

3838594

343

                  1,851.50

14:57:09

CHIX

3838592

388

                  1,851.00

15:01:06

LSE

3846088

155

                  1,851.00

15:01:06

LSE

3846090

110

                  1,851.00

15:01:06

LSE

3846092

354

                  1,851.00

15:01:06

CHIX

3846094

453

                  1,851.00

15:01:06

LSE

3846086

314

                  1,851.00

15:01:06

LSE

3846084

170

                  1,851.50

15:03:01

Aquis

3848172

124

                  1,851.50

15:03:01

Aquis

3848170

312

                  1,853.00

15:08:02

CHIX

3855261

536

                  1,854.00

15:10:11

LSE

3858299

272

                  1,853.50

15:12:51

LSE

3861189

316

                  1,853.50

15:12:51

CHIX

3861179

339

                  1,853.50

15:12:51

BATE

3861175

326

                  1,853.50

15:12:51

CHIX

3861177

4

                  1,853.50

15:12:51

LSE

3861183

85

                  1,853.50

15:12:51

LSE

3861181

116

                  1,853.50

15:12:51

LSE

3861185

45

                  1,853.50

15:12:51

LSE

3861187

308

                  1,853.00

15:15:09

BATE

3864404

123

                  1,852.50

15:15:14

LSE

3864458

230

                  1,852.50

15:15:14

LSE

3864456

178

                  1,852.50

15:15:14

LSE

3864454

161

                  1,851.50

15:19:15

CHIX

3867946

158

                  1,851.50

15:19:21

CHIX

3868015

296

                  1,851.50

15:19:21

CHIX

3868017

517

                  1,850.00

15:20:45

LSE

3870211

298

                  1,850.00

15:20:45

Aquis

3870209

299

                  1,850.00

15:20:45

BATE

3870207

114

                  1,849.50

15:21:36

CHIX

3870955

232

                  1,849.50

15:21:36

CHIX

3870953

128

                  1,849.50

15:22:36

CHIX

3871885

559

                  1,850.00

15:22:59

LSE

3872173

6

                  1,853.00

15:25:55

LSE

3879240

126

                  1,853.00

15:26:12

LSE

3879550

242

                  1,852.50

15:26:41

Aquis

3879959

302

                  1,852.50

15:26:41

CHIX

3879957

348

                  1,852.50

15:26:41

Aquis

3879961

517

                  1,852.50

15:29:51

LSE

3882353

23

                  1,853.00

15:29:52

BATE

3882368

63

                  1,853.00

15:29:52

BATE

3882366

255

                  1,852.50

15:30:10

CHIX

3883861

192

                  1,852.00

15:30:34

LSE

3884284

280

                  1,851.50

15:30:34

LSE

3884282

73

                  1,852.00

15:30:34

LSE

3884286

310

                  1,852.00

15:30:34

BATE

3884278

348

                  1,852.00

15:30:34

BATE

3884276

515

                  1,852.00

15:30:34

LSE

3884280

290

                  1,854.00

15:36:53

BATE

3890806

345

                  1,854.50

15:36:53

CHIX

3890804

314

                  1,853.50

15:36:58

CHIX

3890890

96

                  1,853.00

15:38:52

CHIX

3892360

484

                  1,853.50

15:41:42

LSE

3896038

335

                  1,853.50

15:41:42

BATE

3896036

298

                  1,853.50

15:41:42

CHIX

3896034

130

                  1,853.50

15:44:42

LSE

3899242

566

                  1,853.50

15:49:37

LSE

3905169

326

                  1,853.50

15:49:37

BATE

3905167

357

                  1,853.50

15:49:37

CHIX

3905165

487

                  1,854.00

15:50:57

LSE

3907871

245

                  1,853.50

15:57:08

Aquis

3914988

142

                  1,853.50

16:00:59

CHIX

3921912

189

                  1,853.50

16:00:59

CHIX

3921910

548

                  1,854.50

16:03:17

LSE

3924549

561

                  1,854.50

16:03:17

LSE

3924547

290

                  1,856.50

16:07:26

CHIX

3930399

314

                  1,856.50

16:07:26

CHIX

3930397

320

                  1,856.00

16:07:32

BATE

3930528

340

                  1,856.50

16:07:32

BATE

3930526

464

                  1,856.00

16:07:33

LSE

3930555

1

                  1,855.50

16:09:18

CHIX

3932160

334

                  1,855.50

16:09:18

CHIX

3932158

220

                  1,857.00

16:10:02

LSE

3934464

358

                  1,857.00

16:10:04

CHIX

3934537

343

                  1,857.00

16:10:04

LSE

3934535

342

                  1,856.50

16:10:11

BATE

3934663

319

                  1,856.50

16:10:11

CHIX

3934661

201

                  1,856.50

16:10:14

Aquis

3934698

347

                  1,855.00

16:11:46

CHIX

3936553

66

                  1,855.50

16:11:48

LSE

3936601

413

                  1,855.50

16:11:48

LSE

3936599

332

                  1,856.00

16:13:20

BATE

3938787

259

                  1,856.50

16:13:20

LSE

3938748

206

                  1,856.50

16:13:20

LSE

3938746

505

                  1,856.50

16:15:24

LSE

3942839

343

                  1,856.00

16:16:37

CHIX

3945244

138

                  1,856.50

16:17:03

LSE

3945916

160

                  1,856.50

16:17:03

LSE

3945914

192

                  1,856.50

16:17:03

LSE

3945912

52

                  1,856.00

16:18:00

CHIX

3947416

349

                  1,856.00

16:18:10

BATE

3947702

280

                  1,856.00

16:18:10

CHIX

3947700

70

                  1,855.50

16:18:40

Aquis

3948522

501

                  1,856.00

16:19:45

LSE

3950111

21

                  1,855.50

16:20:11

Aquis

3952559

150

                  1,855.50

16:20:25

Aquis

3952960

326

                  1,855.50

16:20:25

CHIX

3952933

299

                  1,855.00

16:21:36

BATE

3954562

318

                  1,855.00

16:21:36

CHIX

3954560

520

                  1,855.00

16:22:18

LSE

3955603

95

                  1,855.50

16:23:53

LSE

3957925

276

                  1,856.00

16:24:33

LSE

3959077

348

                  1,856.00

16:24:33

CHIX

3959056

172

                  1,856.00

16:24:40

LSE

3959241

338

                  1,856.50

16:27:02

BATE

3964265

416

                  1,856.50

16:27:33

CHIX

3965053

200

                  1,856.00

16:27:57

Aquis

3965824

 

 

 

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