REG - Assoc.British Foods - Transaction in Own Shares
24/11/2023 17:45
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RNS Number : 6594U Associated British Foods PLC 24 November 2023
24 November 2023
Associated British Foods plc
Transaction in own shares
Associated British Foods plc (the 'Company') announces that on 24 November
2023 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 9 November 2023.
Description of shares: Associated British Foods plc
Ordinary shares of 5 15/22 pence
Date of transaction: 24 November 2023
Number of shares repurchased: 128,776
Average price paid per share: GBp 2370.7621
Highest price paid per share: GBp 2377
Lowest price paid per share: GBp 2360
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: 24 November 2023
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 2,371.6160 73,996 2,360.0000 2,377.0000
BATS Europe 2,369.6578 32,004 2,360.0000 2,376.0000
Chi-X Europe 2,369.6272 20,646 2,360.0000 2,376.0000
Aquis 2,368.6915 2,130 2,367.0000 2,371.0000
Individual transactions:
Number of ordinary shares purchased Transaction price per ordinary share (pence) Time of transaction (London time) Trading venue Match ID
734 2,371.0000 08:24:02 Aquis 1365603
147 2,367.0000 08:56:25 Aquis 1385172
324 2,367.0000 08:56:25 Aquis 1385176
258 2,367.0000 08:56:25 Aquis 1385178
125 2,368.0000 09:47:57 Aquis 1414823
8 2,368.0000 09:47:57 Aquis 1414821
118 2,368.0000 09:47:57 Aquis 1414817
416 2,368.0000 09:47:57 Aquis 1414809
293 2,360.0000 08:04:45 BATE 1352037
500 2,360.0000 08:04:45 BATE 1352033
756 2,365.0000 08:15:00 BATE 1359995
123 2,371.0000 08:24:02 BATE 1365613
342 2,371.0000 08:24:02 BATE 1365611
226 2,371.0000 08:24:02 BATE 1365607
708 2,369.0000 08:25:43 BATE 1366630
19 2,365.0000 08:33:02 BATE 1370848
86 2,365.0000 08:33:02 BATE 1370846
151 2,365.0000 08:33:02 BATE 1370844
479 2,365.0000 08:33:07 BATE 1370893
162 2,364.0000 08:43:10 BATE 1376638
500 2,364.0000 08:43:11 BATE 1376655
119 2,364.0000 08:43:11 BATE 1376653
460 2,367.0000 08:56:08 BATE 1385038
340 2,367.0000 08:56:25 BATE 1385174
89 2,364.0000 09:14:04 BATE 1396037
31 2,364.0000 09:14:04 BATE 1396033
324 2,364.0000 09:15:04 BATE 1396639
331 2,364.0000 09:15:04 BATE 1396643
695 2,366.0000 09:20:30 BATE 1399606
58 2,364.0000 09:31:17 BATE 1405619
357 2,368.0000 09:47:57 BATE 1414815
500 2,368.0000 09:47:57 BATE 1414811
43 2,368.0000 09:59:45 BATE 1420034
652 2,368.0000 09:59:45 BATE 1420038
53 2,367.0000 10:01:55 BATE 1421314
700 2,367.0000 10:01:55 BATE 1421312
200 2,368.0000 10:15:45 BATE 1427631
591 2,368.0000 10:25:07 BATE 1431935
718 2,369.0000 10:29:50 BATE 1433940
713 2,369.0000 10:35:48 BATE 1436504
407 2,370.0000 10:57:35 BATE 1446916
43 2,370.0000 10:57:35 BATE 1446914
223 2,370.0000 10:57:35 BATE 1446912
803 2,370.0000 11:04:25 BATE 1449762
462 2,370.0000 11:13:45 BATE 1453098
212 2,370.0000 11:13:45 BATE 1453096
500 2,374.0000 11:36:50 BATE 1461531
215 2,374.0000 11:36:50 BATE 1461537
482 2,373.0000 11:45:09 BATE 1464169
116 2,373.0000 11:45:09 BATE 1464167
101 2,373.0000 11:45:09 BATE 1464165
87 2,373.0000 11:45:09 BATE 1464163
736 2,371.0000 12:15:36 BATE 1475375
259 2,369.0000 12:19:45 BATE 1477264
519 2,369.0000 12:19:45 BATE 1477262
205 2,367.0000 12:27:48 BATE 1479886
723 2,370.0000 12:55:12 BATE 1490457
826 2,370.0000 12:55:12 BATE 1490461
45 2,368.0000 13:07:17 BATE 1495190
500 2,368.0000 13:07:17 BATE 1495188
44 2,368.0000 13:07:17 BATE 1495186
32 2,368.0000 13:07:17 BATE 1495184
163 2,368.0000 13:07:17 BATE 1495182
192 2,368.0000 13:20:27 BATE 1500942
500 2,368.0000 13:20:27 BATE 1500936
59 2,367.0000 13:31:40 BATE 1506310
612 2,367.0000 13:31:40 BATE 1506308
706 2,368.0000 13:36:01 BATE 1508645
29 2,370.0000 13:56:31 BATE 1519705
718 2,370.0000 13:56:31 BATE 1519703
460 2,370.0000 14:01:21 BATE 1523006
276 2,370.0000 14:01:21 BATE 1523004
371 2,369.0000 14:13:12 BATE 1529703
38 2,369.0000 14:13:12 BATE 1529701
407 2,369.0000 14:13:12 BATE 1529699
659 2,369.0000 14:24:55 BATE 1536977
84 2,369.0000 14:24:55 BATE 1536975
48 2,369.0000 14:24:55 BATE 1536973
1,129 2,372.0000 14:42:35 BATE 1563176
817 2,371.0000 14:43:35 BATE 1564379
670 2,376.0000 14:46:49 BATE 1567959
5 2,376.0000 14:46:49 BATE 1567957
283 2,375.0000 14:54:02 BATE 1576082
485 2,375.0000 14:54:02 BATE 1576078
43 2,373.0000 14:59:01 BATE 1581357
500 2,373.0000 14:59:11 BATE 1581512
287 2,373.0000 14:59:11 BATE 1581514
819 2,376.0000 15:11:58 BATE 1597554
785 2,375.0000 15:12:16 BATE 1597828
34 2,376.0000 15:32:05 BATE 1618434
421 2,376.0000 15:32:05 BATE 1618428
405 2,373.0000 15:52:22 BATE 1639162
7 2,373.0000 16:05:29 BATE 1654225
135 2,373.0000 16:05:31 BATE 1654250
271 2,373.0000 16:05:31 BATE 1654248
465 2,375.0000 16:18:56 BATE 1670647
262 2,375.0000 16:25:04 BATE 1679861
291 2,360.0000 08:04:45 CHIX 1352041
411 2,360.0000 08:04:45 CHIX 1352035
704 2,365.0000 08:15:00 CHIX 1359993
13 2,371.0000 08:24:02 CHIX 1365609
512 2,371.0000 08:24:02 CHIX 1365605
184 2,371.0000 08:24:02 CHIX 1365601
740 2,366.0000 08:38:11 CHIX 1373737
348 2,367.0000 08:50:10 CHIX 1381228
400 2,367.0000 08:50:10 CHIX 1381226
159 2,364.0000 09:14:04 CHIX 1396039
37 2,364.0000 09:14:04 CHIX 1396035
498 2,364.0000 09:15:04 CHIX 1396641
360 2,365.0000 09:30:15 CHIX 1405066
369 2,365.0000 09:30:15 CHIX 1405068
643 2,368.0000 09:47:57 CHIX 1414819
59 2,368.0000 09:47:57 CHIX 1414813
590 2,368.0000 09:59:45 CHIX 1420036
125 2,368.0000 09:59:45 CHIX 1420040
806 2,368.0000 10:25:07 CHIX 1431933
281 2,369.0000 10:35:48 CHIX 1436508
117 2,369.0000 10:35:48 CHIX 1436506
318 2,369.0000 10:35:48 CHIX 1436510
117 2,370.0000 11:04:25 CHIX 1449758
339 2,370.0000 11:04:25 CHIX 1449760
360 2,370.0000 11:04:25 CHIX 1449764
391 2,370.0000 11:13:45 CHIX 1453106
305 2,370.0000 11:13:45 CHIX 1453104
313 2,374.0000 11:36:50 CHIX 1461533
248 2,374.0000 11:36:50 CHIX 1461529
176 2,374.0000 11:36:50 CHIX 1461535
761 2,370.0000 11:56:34 CHIX 1468344
715 2,371.0000 12:15:36 CHIX 1475377
751 2,370.0000 12:55:12 CHIX 1490459
706 2,368.0000 13:20:27 CHIX 1500938
190 2,368.0000 13:36:01 CHIX 1508649
606 2,368.0000 13:36:01 CHIX 1508647
581 2,370.0000 13:56:31 CHIX 1519701
128 2,370.0000 13:56:31 CHIX 1519699
57 2,368.0000 14:17:10 CHIX 1531879
620 2,368.0000 14:17:10 CHIX 1531883
153 2,368.0000 14:17:10 CHIX 1531881
320 2,372.0000 14:37:34 CHIX 1556976
445 2,372.0000 14:37:34 CHIX 1556974
728 2,372.0000 14:42:35 CHIX 1563178
149 2,375.0000 14:53:51 CHIX 1575916
91 2,375.0000 14:53:51 CHIX 1575920
100 2,375.0000 14:53:53 CHIX 1575941
330 2,375.0000 14:54:02 CHIX 1576080
800 2,376.0000 15:11:58 CHIX 1597552
668 2,374.0000 15:14:28 CHIX 1599985
71 2,374.0000 15:14:28 CHIX 1599983
312 2,376.0000 15:32:05 CHIX 1618432
373 2,376.0000 15:32:05 CHIX 1618426
222 2,374.0000 15:40:46 CHIX 1627577
555 2,374.0000 15:40:46 CHIX 1627579
296 2,360.0000 08:04:45 LSE 1352043
296 2,360.0000 08:04:45 LSE 1352039
549 2,362.0000 08:08:18 LSE 1354527
645 2,365.0000 08:15:00 LSE 1359997
613 2,371.0000 08:24:02 LSE 1365615
598 2,366.0000 08:32:45 LSE 1370657
338 2,364.0000 08:43:10 LSE 1376642
225 2,364.0000 08:43:10 LSE 1376640
662 2,367.0000 08:51:06 LSE 1381842
76 2,367.0000 08:56:25 LSE 1385182
500 2,367.0000 08:56:25 LSE 1385180
581 2,364.0000 09:14:04 LSE 1396041
394 2,364.0000 09:15:04 LSE 1396649
172 2,364.0000 09:15:04 LSE 1396647
51 2,364.0000 09:15:04 LSE 1396645
608 2,366.0000 09:20:30 LSE 1399608
607 2,365.0000 09:25:00 LSE 1402029
400 2,368.0000 09:59:45 LSE 1420042
144 2,368.0000 09:59:45 LSE 1420044
547 2,367.0000 10:01:55 LSE 1421318
60 2,367.0000 10:01:55 LSE 1421316
571 2,366.0000 10:05:43 LSE 1422832
655 2,368.0000 10:15:45 LSE 1427633
409 2,369.0000 10:22:58 LSE 1431018
199 2,369.0000 10:22:58 LSE 1431022
56 2,369.0000 10:22:58 LSE 1431020
535 2,368.0000 10:25:07 LSE 1431931
639 2,369.0000 10:29:50 LSE 1433944
383 2,369.0000 10:29:50 LSE 1433942
159 2,369.0000 10:29:50 LSE 1433938
575 2,369.0000 10:35:48 LSE 1436512
432 2,369.0000 10:36:45 LSE 1436837
189 2,369.0000 10:36:45 LSE 1436835
97 2,370.0000 10:56:24 LSE 1446456
577 2,370.0000 10:57:35 LSE 1446918
113 2,371.0000 10:57:35 LSE 1446910
336 2,371.0000 10:57:35 LSE 1446908
140 2,371.0000 10:57:35 LSE 1446906
113 2,371.0000 10:57:35 LSE 1446904
563 2,370.0000 11:04:25 LSE 1449766
536 2,370.0000 11:13:45 LSE 1453102
609 2,370.0000 11:13:45 LSE 1453100
190 2,374.0000 11:27:37 LSE 1458468
102 2,374.0000 11:27:37 LSE 1458472
190 2,374.0000 11:27:37 LSE 1458470
119 2,374.0000 11:27:37 LSE 1458466
419 2,374.0000 11:27:37 LSE 1458464
30 2,373.0000 11:27:44 LSE 1458508
101 2,373.0000 11:27:44 LSE 1458506
74 2,373.0000 11:27:44 LSE 1458504
170 2,373.0000 11:27:44 LSE 1458502
48 2,373.0000 11:27:44 LSE 1458500
490 2,373.0000 11:27:44 LSE 1458498
635 2,374.0000 11:36:50 LSE 1461539
567 2,373.0000 11:45:09 LSE 1464171
543 2,370.0000 11:56:34 LSE 1468346
866 2,370.0000 11:56:34 LSE 1468342
138 2,373.0000 12:00:02 LSE 1469657
190 2,373.0000 12:00:02 LSE 1469655
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570 2,371.0000 12:15:36 LSE 1475379
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275 2,370.0000 12:17:44 LSE 1476346
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276 2,369.0000 12:19:01 LSE 1476829
328 2,369.0000 12:19:45 LSE 1477268
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75 2,371.0000 12:43:42 LSE 1485928
153 2,371.0000 12:44:38 LSE 1486225
140 2,371.0000 12:44:38 LSE 1486223
74 2,371.0000 12:44:38 LSE 1486221
80 2,371.0000 12:44:38 LSE 1486219
92 2,371.0000 12:52:38 LSE 1489518
500 2,371.0000 12:52:38 LSE 1489516
467 2,370.0000 12:55:12 LSE 1490463
79 2,370.0000 12:55:12 LSE 1490465
297 2,370.0000 12:55:12 LSE 1490467
336 2,370.0000 12:55:12 LSE 1490469
43 2,368.0000 13:07:17 LSE 1495194
612 2,368.0000 13:07:17 LSE 1495192
356 2,367.0000 13:11:56 LSE 1497252
302 2,367.0000 13:11:56 LSE 1497254
581 2,366.0000 13:14:11 LSE 1498044
82 2,368.0000 13:20:27 LSE 1500950
320 2,368.0000 13:20:27 LSE 1500948
94 2,368.0000 13:20:27 LSE 1500946
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572 2,368.0000 13:20:27 LSE 1500940
279 2,368.0000 13:31:01 LSE 1505800
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605 2,366.0000 13:44:55 LSE 1513035
539 2,365.0000 13:46:15 LSE 1513798
533 2,370.0000 13:56:31 LSE 1519707
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588 2,370.0000 13:58:09 LSE 1520523
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560 2,369.0000 14:10:34 LSE 1528264
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374 2,369.0000 14:24:55 LSE 1536983
105 2,369.0000 14:24:55 LSE 1536981
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