Transactions in own shares
Date of purchase: 25 March 2024
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: 40,908
Lowest price paid per share GBp 171.80
Highest price per share GBp 174.80
Average price per share GBp 173.26
The company intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Since 17 May 2023, the Company has purchased 15,819,402 shares at a cost (including dealing and associated costs) of $31,757,331.77 (£25,256,848.54).
Following the above transaction, the company holds 0 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,119,580,195 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: 25 March 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 |
173.29 |
38,444 |
172.20 |
174.80 |
|
Cboe BXE |
173.16 |
1,337 |
172.40 |
173.40 |
|
Cboe CXE |
172.55 |
1,025 |
171.80 |
173.20 |
|
Aquis |
173.60 |
15 |
173.60 |
173.60 |
|
Turquoise |
172.48 |
87 |
172.40 |
172.60 |
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 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
09:05:53 |
507 |
173.60 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346C60 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
09:09:02 |
770 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346C9M |
|
25-Mar-24 |
09:11:24 |
68 |
173.80 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346CDH |
|
25-Mar-24 |
09:11:55 |
16 |
173.80 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346CE9 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
09:14:41 |
161 |
173.80 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346CI8 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
09:18:51 |
31 |
174.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346CMI |
|
25-Mar-24 |
09:22:14 |
169 |
174.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346CQC |
|
25-Mar-24 |
09:23:13 |
5 |
174.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346CRA |
|
25-Mar-24 |
09:23:13 |
325 |
174.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346CRB |
|
25-Mar-24 |
09:25:20 |
516 |
174.20 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346CTU |
|
25-Mar-24 |
09:25:20 |
536 |
174.20 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346CTR |
|
25-Mar-24 |
09:25:20 |
1851 |
174.20 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346CTS |
|
25-Mar-24 |
09:27:06 |
980 |
174.80 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346CVM |
|
25-Mar-24 |
09:55:02 |
334 |
174.00 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346DUG |
|
25-Mar-24 |
09:55:02 |
506 |
174.00 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346DUH |
|
25-Mar-24 |
10:18:54 |
3 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346ET4 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
10:18:54 |
4 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346ET3 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
10:18:54 |
7 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346ET1 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
10:18:54 |
547 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346ET5 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
10:18:58 |
4 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346ET9 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
10:18:58 |
1163 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346ETA |
|
25-Mar-24 |
10:20:05 |
108 |
173.00 |
CHIX |
0XL0917000000000346EQQ |
|
25-Mar-24 |
10:20:05 |
236 |
173.00 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346EUL |
|
25-Mar-24 |
10:25:33 |
628 |
173.00 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346F40 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
10:52:49 |
36 |
172.60 |
TRQX |
0XL0914000000000346FD5 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
10:57:03 |
51 |
172.40 |
TRQX |
0XL0914000000000346FGD |
|
25-Mar-24 |
10:57:03 |
114 |
172.40 |
BATE |
0XL0940000000000346GQN |
|
25-Mar-24 |
10:57:03 |
523 |
172.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346G9E |
|
25-Mar-24 |
11:08:04 |
126 |
172.00 |
CHIX |
0XL0917000000000346GDK |
|
25-Mar-24 |
11:52:18 |
112 |
172.00 |
CHIX |
0XL0917000000000346HJ5 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
12:03:28 |
110 |
171.80 |
CHIX |
0XL0917000000000346HV2 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
12:19:33 |
637 |
172.20 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346JE1 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
12:19:33 |
684 |
172.20 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346JE2 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
12:28:00 |
40 |
172.60 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346JLA |
|
25-Mar-24 |
13:48:00 |
56 |
172.20 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346N74 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
13:48:00 |
124 |
172.40 |
CHIX |
0XL0917000000000346KST |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:03:54 |
180 |
172.80 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346O4E |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:03:54 |
689 |
172.80 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346O4F |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:12:47 |
113 |
172.60 |
BATE |
0XL0940000000000346PE8 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:13:03 |
584 |
172.80 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346OIM |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:13:03 |
964 |
172.80 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346OIN |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:13:48 |
1 |
172.80 |
BATE |
0XL0940000000000346PGR |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:13:48 |
167 |
172.80 |
BATE |
0XL0940000000000346PGQ |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:19:06 |
48 |
173.20 |
BATE |
0XL0940000000000346PPM |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:40:38 |
126 |
173.20 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346Q2A |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:48:57 |
124 |
173.40 |
BATE |
0XL0940000000000346RQE |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:48:57 |
276 |
173.40 |
BATE |
0XL0940000000000346RQC |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:49:00 |
595 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346QKQ |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:49:00 |
677 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346QKN |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:50:52 |
11 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346QOQ |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:55:23 |
614 |
173.00 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346R3G |
|
25-Mar-24 |
14:55:23 |
1708 |
173.00 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346R3F |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:12:05 |
9 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346S7V |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:12:09 |
13 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346S82 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:12:14 |
7 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346S8H |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:34:21 |
405 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346TJP |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:34:21 |
405 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346TJS |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:37:40 |
568 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346TQG |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:37:40 |
665 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346TQD |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:38:24 |
10 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346TRU |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:38:28 |
7 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346TS5 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:38:33 |
4 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346TS8 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:38:41 |
494 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346TST |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:38:41 |
494 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346TT0 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:39:23 |
646 |
173.20 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346TU5 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:39:27 |
188 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346TUJ |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:44:37 |
62 |
173.40 |
BATE |
0XL0940000000000346VJ6 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:44:37 |
202 |
173.40 |
BATE |
0XL0940000000000346VJ5 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:44:45 |
662 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346U75 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:46:00 |
59 |
173.20 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346U9N |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:46:00 |
542 |
173.20 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346U9O |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:51:21 |
230 |
173.40 |
BATE |
0XL0940000000000347033 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
15:54:49 |
5 |
173.00 |
CHIX |
0XL0917000000000346PPG |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:03:04 |
74 |
173.00 |
CHIX |
0XL0917000000000346Q88 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:05:39 |
26 |
173.00 |
CHIX |
0XL0917000000000346QE3 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:05:39 |
52 |
173.00 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346VMR |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:05:39 |
1160 |
173.00 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000346VMS |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:16:00 |
1763 |
172.60 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470HB |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:16:01 |
102 |
172.40 |
CHIX |
0XL0917000000000346R28 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:16:08 |
411 |
172.80 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470HH |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:16:08 |
440 |
172.80 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470HJ |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:16:08 |
689 |
172.80 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470HI |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:16:08 |
793 |
172.80 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470HG |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:16:13 |
725 |
172.80 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470HM |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:21 |
497 |
173.00 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470KH |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
72 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470LR |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
72 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470M5 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
114 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470L5 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470L7 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470L9 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470LB |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470LD |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470LF |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470LH |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470LJ |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470LL |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470LN |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470LP |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470LT |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470LV |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470M1 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470M3 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470M7 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470M9 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470MB |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470MD |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470MF |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470MH |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470MJ |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
379 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470L4 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
514 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470KV |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:29 |
962 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470L0 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:33 |
30 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470N9 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:33 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470MT |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:33 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470MV |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:33 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470N1 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:33 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470N3 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:33 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470N5 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:33 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470N7 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:33 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470NB |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:33 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470ND |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:38 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470NK |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:38 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470NM |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:38 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470NO |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:38 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470NQ |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:38 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470NS |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:38 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470NU |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:38 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470O0 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:38 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470O5 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:38 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470O7 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:43 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470OI |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:43 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470OK |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:43 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470OM |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:43 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470OO |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:43 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470OQ |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:43 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470OS |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:43 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470OU |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:43 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470P0 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:43 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470P2 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:43 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470P4 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:47 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470PC |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:47 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470PE |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:17:47 |
129 |
173.40 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003470PG |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:29:26 |
21 |
173.60 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003471TI |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:29:40 |
235 |
173.20 |
CHIX |
0XL0917000000000346S0U |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:29:41 |
336 |
173.00 |
XLON |
0XL09D00000000003471VC |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:29:53 |
3 |
173.20 |
CHIX |
0XL0917000000000346S20 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:29:54 |
14 |
173.60 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000347214 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:29:54 |
15 |
173.60 |
AQXE |
0XL09A0000000000346VD3 |
|
25-Mar-24 |
16:29:54 |
188 |
173.60 |
XLON |
0XL09D0000000000347215 |