London Stock Exchange Group plc has purchased a total of 1,244,258 ordinary shares from Goldman Sachs International as part of its ongoing share buyback programme. These purchases occurred between April 20th and April 24th, 2026, with the volume-weighted average price paid per share ranging from £94.06 to £99.08. Following the intended cancellation of these repurchased shares, LSEG will have 494,035,157 ordinary shares in issue, with 21,451,599 held in treasury, resulting in a total of 494,035,157 voting rights.
LSEG announces it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 679/86 pence each from Goldman Sachs International ("GSI") on the London Stock Exchange as part of its share buyback programme, as announced on 09 April 2026
Date of Purchase
Number of ordinary shares purchased
Highest price paid per share
Lowest price paid per share
Volume weighted price paid per share
2026-04-20
211,506
£94.6200
£93.4000
£94.0635
2026-04-21
212,495
£96.5200
£93.8800
£95.7405
2026-04-22
207,254
£97.4000
£95.6800
£96.4980
2026-04-23
307,755
£100.3000
£97.2400
£98.8693
2026-04-24
305,748
£99.9600
£98.1800
£99.0790
LSEG intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, LSEG has 494,035,157 ordinary shares of 679/86pence each in issue (excluding treasury shares) and holds 21,451,599 of its ordinary shares of 679/86pence each in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company will be 494,035,157. 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, as implemented, retained, amended, extended, re-enacted or otherwise given effect in the United Kingdom from 1 January 2021 and as amended or supplemented in the United Kingdom thereafter), a full breakdown of the individual purchases by GSI on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme can be found at:
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