London Stock Exchange Group plc has purchased a total of 1,064,409 ordinary shares from Goldman Sachs International as part of its ongoing share buyback programme. The purchases occurred between May 5th and May 8th, 2026, with the highest price paid per share being £97.42 and the lowest £89.94, resulting in a volume-weighted average price of approximately £93.60 across the transactions. Following the intended cancellation of these repurchased shares, LSEG will have 491,952,435 ordinary shares in issue, excluding treasury shares, which will serve as the denominator for shareholder notification calculations under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
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
2026-05-05
207,814
£97.4200
£94.7000
£96.5509
2026-05-06
208,812
£96.2200
£93.4400
£95.0414
2026-05-07
321,199
£93.7000
£91.1200
£92.2330
2026-05-08
326,584
£91.3800
£89.9400
£90.6475
LSEG intends to cancel the purchased shares.
Following the cancellation of the repurchased shares, LSEG has 491,952,435 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 491,952,435. 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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