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RNS Number : 0367Q  Associated British Foods PLC  22 January 2026

 22 January 2026

 Associated British Foods plc

 Transaction in own shares

 Associated British Foods plc (the 'Company') announces that on 22 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:                  22 January 2026
 Number of shares repurchased:         66,564
 Average price paid per share:         GBp 1873.15
 Highest price paid per share:         GBp 1887
 Lowest price paid per share:          GBp 1856

 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:                   22 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                                  1,872.94                                      31,669                                1,856.00                     1,884.50
 BATS Europe                                            1,873.50                                      10,528                                1,860.00                     1,886.00
 Chi-X Europe                                           1,873.43                                      20,057                                1,857.00                     1,887.00
 Aquis                                                  1,872.51                                        4,310                               1,860.00                     1,879.50

 Individual transactions:

 Number of ordinary shares purchased  Transaction price per ordinary share (pence)  Time of transaction (London time)             Trading venue                Match ID
 21                                                     1,880.50                    08:03:05                                      LSE                          3343309
 520                                                    1,880.50                    08:03:05                                      LSE                          3343307
 290                                                    1,886.00                    08:06:11                                      BATE                         3348859
 328                                                    1,887.00                    08:06:11                                      CHIX                         3348857
 299                                                    1,887.00                    08:06:11                                      CHIX                         3348855
 466                                                    1,884.50                    08:06:22                                      LSE                          3349106
 323                                                    1,880.00                    08:07:26                                      BATE                         3350429
 357                                                    1,880.00                    08:07:26                                      BATE                         3350427
 9                                                      1,880.00                    08:13:37                                      CHIX                         3361080
 285                                                    1,880.00                    08:13:37                                      CHIX                         3361078
 337                                                    1,880.00                    08:13:37                                      CHIX                         3361076
 91                                                     1,879.00                    08:15:11                                      LSE                          3363251
 403                                                    1,879.00                    08:15:11                                      LSE                          3363249
 345                                                    1,880.00                    08:18:21                                      CHIX                         3367388
 5                                                      1,880.00                    08:18:21                                      CHIX                         3367386
 223                                                    1,878.50                    08:20:55                                      CHIX                         3370915
 90                                                     1,878.50                    08:20:55                                      CHIX                         3370917
 179                                                    1,877.50                    08:34:09                                      CHIX                         3388255
 114                                                    1,877.50                    08:34:15                                      CHIX                         3388478
 494                                                    1,883.00                    08:37:35                                      LSE                          3395280
 508                                                    1,883.50                    08:37:35                                      LSE                          3395278
 133                                                    1,879.00                    08:37:58                                      LSE                          3395793
 439                                                    1,879.00                    08:41:42                                      LSE                          3401315
 108                                                    1,879.00                    08:41:42                                      LSE                          3401313
 414                                                    1,879.00                    08:41:42                                      LSE                          3401311
 325                                                    1,879.50                    08:41:42                                      Aquis                        3401290
 321                                                    1,878.00                    08:42:15                                      LSE                          3401921
 204                                                    1,878.00                    08:42:15                                      LSE                          3401919
 329                                                    1,878.00                    08:42:15                                      BATE                         3401917
 499                                                    1,877.50                    08:45:31                                      LSE                          3406430
 309                                                    1,878.50                    08:52:16                                      Aquis                        3415489
 341                                                    1,878.50                    08:52:16                                      CHIX                         3415487
 147                                                    1,878.50                    08:52:16                                      Aquis                        3415491
 141                                                    1,878.50                    08:52:16                                      Aquis                        3415493
 333                                                    1,874.50                    09:05:53                                      BATE                         3433131
 297                                                    1,874.50                    09:05:53                                      BATE                         3433129
 349                                                    1,875.00                    09:05:53                                      CHIX                         3433127
 493                                                    1,875.00                    09:05:53                                      LSE                          3433125
 333                                                    1,875.00                    09:05:53                                      CHIX                         3433123
 137                                                    1,874.50                    09:28:48                                      CHIX                         3458537
 336                                                    1,877.00                    09:37:42                                      CHIX                         3467364
 320                                                    1,877.00                    09:37:42                                      CHIX                         3467362
 221                                                    1,879.50                    09:46:55                                      BATE                         3475297
 328                                                    1,879.50                    09:46:55                                      CHIX                         3475295
 74                                                     1,879.50                    09:46:55                                      BATE                         3475293
 283                                                    1,879.50                    09:53:32                                      LSE                          3481147
 274                                                    1,879.50                    09:53:32                                      LSE                          3481149
 337                                                    1,879.00                    09:53:41                                      LSE                          3481272
 180                                                    1,879.00                    09:53:41                                      LSE                          3481274
 527                                                    1,877.50                    10:06:13                                      LSE                          3495055
 280                                                    1,877.00                    10:06:15                                      CHIX                         3495073
 354                                                    1,878.00                    10:12:35                                      BATE                         3501246
 305                                                    1,878.50                    10:16:23                                      CHIX                         3505245
 353                                                    1,878.50                    10:16:23                                      BATE                         3505243
 356                                                    1,878.50                    10:16:23                                      CHIX                         3505241
 323                                                    1,878.00                    10:19:29                                      BATE                         3508370
 21                                                     1,877.00                    10:21:21                                      CHIX                         3511653
 320                                                    1,875.50                    10:35:46                                      CHIX                         3524933
 534                                                    1,875.00                    10:36:32                                      LSE                          3525521
 102                                                    1,879.00                    11:09:10                                      CHIX                         3555435
 467                                                    1,881.00                    11:13:36                                      LSE                          3559006
 161                                                    1,881.00                    11:13:36                                      CHIX                         3559002
 492                                                    1,881.00                    11:13:36                                      LSE                          3559004
 176                                                    1,881.00                    11:13:36                                      CHIX                         3559008
 7                                                      1,881.00                    11:13:36                                      CHIX                         3559010
 10                                                     1,881.00                    11:13:36                                      CHIX                         3559012
 295                                                    1,881.00                    11:13:46                                      CHIX                         3559248
 349                                                    1,880.00                    11:13:47                                      CHIX                         3559563
 163                                                    1,879.50                    11:15:32                                      LSE                          3562385
 402                                                    1,879.50                    11:15:32                                      LSE                          3562383
 548                                                    1,879.00                    11:15:42                                      LSE                          3562602
 542                                                    1,879.00                    11:15:42                                      LSE                          3562600
 327                                                    1,872.50                    11:28:50                                      Aquis                        3574795
 18                                                     1,872.50                    11:38:46                                      BATE                         3586444
 347                                                    1,872.00                    11:38:46                                      BATE                         3586442
 393                                                    1,872.00                    11:38:46                                      LSE                          3586440
 142                                                    1,872.00                    11:38:46                                      LSE                          3586438
 355                                                    1,872.00                    11:38:46                                      BATE                         3586436
 519                                                    1,870.50                    11:41:00                                      LSE                          3588841
 18                                                     1,870.00                    11:41:35                                      LSE                          3589372
 469                                                    1,870.00                    11:41:35                                      LSE                          3589370
 250                                                    1,870.00                    11:41:35                                      CHIX                         3589368
 290                                                    1,870.00                    11:41:37                                      BATE                         3589417
 107                                                    1,870.00                    11:41:37                                      CHIX                         3589415
 109                                                    1,870.50                    11:46:25                                      BATE                         3593738
 100                                                    1,870.00                    11:46:25                                      LSE                          3593730
 501                                                    1,870.00                    11:46:26                                      LSE                          3593766
 371                                                    1,870.00                    11:46:26                                      LSE                          3593764
 291                                                    1,870.00                    11:46:26                                      Aquis                        3593762
 22                                                     1,869.50                    11:46:33                                      CHIX                         3593866
 288                                                    1,869.50                    11:46:33                                      CHIX                         3593864
 176                                                    1,869.50                    11:46:33                                      CHIX                         3593862
 301                                                    1,871.50                    11:51:25                                      CHIX                         3598593
 119                                                    1,873.00                    11:57:41                                      CHIX                         3603659
 335                                                    1,872.00                    11:57:45                                      LSE                          3603683
 202                                                    1,872.00                    11:57:45                                      LSE                          3603681
 267                                                    1,871.50                    11:59:58                                      Aquis                        3605317
 293                                                    1,871.00                    12:00:30                                      Aquis                        3606683
 549                                                    1,870.00                    12:01:33                                      LSE                          3607510
 359                                                    1,870.00                    12:01:33                                      CHIX                         3607508
 330                                                    1,870.50                    12:01:33                                      CHIX                         3607506
 349                                                    1,870.00                    12:01:33                                      BATE                         3607504
 298                                                    1,869.00                    12:02:00                                      CHIX                         3607771
 482                                                    1,864.00                    12:06:28                                      LSE                          3612245
 515                                                    1,865.00                    12:06:28                                      LSE                          3612225
 74                                                     1,859.00                    12:06:31                                      LSE                          3612279
 87                                                     1,859.00                    12:06:31                                      LSE                          3612281
 454                                                    1,860.00                    12:06:31                                      LSE                          3612272
 460                                                    1,861.00                    12:06:31                                      LSE                          3612270
 360                                                    1,860.00                    12:06:31                                      Aquis                        3612268
 351                                                    1,860.00                    12:06:31                                      CHIX                         3612266
 320                                                    1,858.50                    12:06:32                                      LSE                          3612290
 233                                                    1,858.50                    12:06:32                                      LSE                          3612288
 527                                                    1,856.50                    12:06:50                                      LSE                          3612488
 298                                                    1,857.00                    12:06:50                                      CHIX                         3612486
 497                                                    1,856.00                    12:07:01                                      LSE                          3612594
 361                                                    1,856.00                    12:07:01                                      LSE                          3612592
 151                                                    1,856.00                    12:07:01                                      LSE                          3612590
 14                                                     1,859.00                    12:07:41                                      CHIX                         3613047
 324                                                    1,860.00                    12:08:39                                      CHIX                         3613786
 290                                                    1,860.00                    12:08:39                                      BATE                         3613784
 305                                                    1,860.00                    12:08:39                                      BATE                         3613782
 340                                                    1,860.00                    12:08:39                                      CHIX                         3613780
 16                                                     1,861.50                    12:11:28                                      LSE                          3616946
 345                                                    1,862.50                    12:17:49                                      CHIX                         3621997
 538                                                    1,865.00                    12:25:06                                      LSE                          3628128
 354                                                    1,865.50                    12:25:06                                      BATE                         3628120
 300                                                    1,865.50                    12:25:06                                      BATE                         3628118
 321                                                    1,865.50                    12:25:06                                      CHIX                         3628116
 339                                                    1,865.50                    12:25:06                                      CHIX                         3628122
 513                                                    1,865.50                    12:25:06                                      LSE                          3628126
 520                                                    1,865.50                    12:25:06                                      LSE                          3628124
 354                                                    1,863.50                    12:31:30                                      CHIX                         3634895
 100                                                    1,867.00                    12:37:50                                      LSE                          3641773
 42                                                     1,867.00                    12:37:50                                      LSE                          3641771
 36                                                     1,867.00                    12:38:30                                      LSE                          3642296
 229                                                    1,868.00                    12:41:59                                      CHIX                         3645781
 102                                                    1,868.00                    12:41:59                                      CHIX                         3645779
 516                                                    1,869.00                    12:45:07                                      LSE                          3649289
 521                                                    1,869.00                    12:45:07                                      LSE                          3649287
 30                                                     1,869.00                    12:46:05                                      LSE                          3650071
 463                                                    1,869.00                    12:46:05                                      LSE                          3650069
 555                                                    1,869.00                    12:46:05                                      LSE                          3650073
 511                                                    1,869.00                    12:46:05                                      LSE                          3650075
 325                                                    1,869.00                    12:46:05                                      BATE                         3650067
 352                                                    1,869.50                    12:53:20                                      CHIX                         3656506
 313                                                    1,869.00                    12:53:45                                      Aquis                        3656870
 544                                                    1,869.50                    12:53:45                                      LSE                          3656854
 6                                                      1,868.00                    12:53:45                                      CHIX                         3656833
 309                                                    1,869.00                    12:53:45                                      BATE                         3656824
 3                                                      1,870.00                    13:05:07                                      CHIX                         3668834
 93                                                     1,869.50                    13:08:33                                      Aquis                        3671502
 2                                                      1,870.00                    13:08:49                                      BATE                         3671695
 203                                                    1,869.50                    13:09:10                                      Aquis                        3672074
 299                                                    1,869.50                    13:09:10                                      CHIX                         3672072
 409                                                    1,869.50                    13:16:17                                      LSE                          3678772
 329                                                    1,869.50                    13:16:17                                      BATE                         3678770
 85                                                     1,869.50                    13:16:17                                      LSE                          3678774
 225                                                    1,869.50                    13:16:31                                      CHIX                         3678972
 274                                                    1,869.50                    13:16:31                                      CHIX                         3678966
 64                                                     1,869.50                    13:16:31                                      CHIX                         3678968
 119                                                    1,869.50                    13:16:31                                      CHIX                         3678970
 195                                                    1,870.00                    13:19:22                                      Aquis                        3680827
 25                                                     1,869.00                    13:24:55                                      CHIX                         3686368
 3                                                      1,869.00                    13:24:55                                      CHIX                         3686366
 5                                                      1,869.50                    13:28:36                                      CHIX                         3690155
 500                                                    1,869.00                    13:30:00                                      LSE                          3691554
 462                                                    1,869.00                    13:30:00                                      LSE                          3691552
 53                                                     1,869.00                    13:30:00                                      LSE                          3691550
 321                                                    1,869.00                    13:31:28                                      CHIX                         3693885
 168                                                    1,869.00                    13:31:29                                      CHIX                         3693917
 40                                                     1,869.00                    13:31:29                                      CHIX                         3693915
 151                                                    1,869.00                    13:31:29                                      CHIX                         3693913
 14                                                     1,869.00                    13:31:29                                      CHIX                         3693911
 244                                                    1,870.00                    13:35:33                                      BATE                         3701258
 1                                                      1,870.00                    13:35:46                                      BATE                         3701439
 41                                                     1,870.00                    13:35:46                                      BATE                         3701437
 3                                                      1,870.00                    13:36:45                                      BATE                         3702191
 294                                                    1,869.50                    13:42:15                                      LSE                          3707762
 469                                                    1,869.50                    13:42:15                                      LSE                          3707760
 159                                                    1,869.50                    13:42:15                                      LSE                          3707758
 300                                                    1,869.50                    13:42:15                                      CHIX                         3707756
 291                                                    1,869.50                    13:42:15                                      CHIX                         3707754
 320                                                    1,869.50                    13:42:15                                      BATE                         3707752
 350                                                    1,869.50                    13:42:15                                      BATE                         3707750
 319                                                    1,869.50                    13:42:15                                      CHIX                         3707748
 2                                                      1,874.00                    13:49:42                                      BATE                         3716117
 6                                                      1,874.00                    13:50:14                                      BATE                         3717694
 329                                                    1,873.50                    13:50:30                                      CHIX                         3717922
 351                                                    1,873.50                    13:50:30                                      BATE                         3717920
 66                                                     1,876.50                    14:02:58                                      CHIX                         3733264
 78                                                     1,876.50                    14:03:01                                      LSE                          3733325
 293                                                    1,876.50                    14:03:04                                      CHIX                         3733401
 106                                                    1,876.00                    14:04:50                                      CHIX                         3735084
 342                                                    1,876.00                    14:04:50                                      BATE                         3735082
 495                                                    1,875.50                    14:05:08                                      LSE                          3737412
 194                                                    1,875.00                    14:05:12                                      CHIX                         3737468
 5                                                      1,875.00                    14:05:12                                      CHIX                         3737462
 211                                                    1,874.00                    14:05:30                                      Aquis                        3737823
 115                                                    1,874.00                    14:05:34                                      Aquis                        3737896
 308                                                    1,872.50                    14:13:08                                      CHIX                         3746276
 322                                                    1,874.00                    14:28:18                                      CHIX                         3770283
 331                                                    1,874.00                    14:28:18                                      CHIX                         3770281
 180                                                    1,874.00                    14:28:18                                      Aquis                        3770279
 270                                                    1,876.50                    14:33:13                                      BATE                         3791391
 353                                                    1,878.00                    14:34:20                                      BATE                         3794516
 549                                                    1,880.50                    14:39:55                                      LSE                          3811062
 313                                                    1,880.50                    14:39:55                                      CHIX                         3811060
 237                                                    1,880.00                    14:39:57                                      LSE                          3811107
 310                                                    1,880.00                    14:39:57                                      LSE                          3811105
 330                                                    1,880.00                    14:39:57                                      BATE                         3811103
 350                                                    1,880.00                    14:39:57                                      CHIX                         3811101
 315                                                    1,879.50                    14:40:05                                      CHIX                         3812580
 280                                                    1,876.50                    14:45:51                                      LSE                          3828465
 183                                                    1,876.50                    14:45:51                                      LSE                          3828463
 300                                                    1,877.00                    14:50:30                                      CHIX                         3843549
 232                                                    1,876.00                    14:56:00                                      BATE                         3856197
 312                                                    1,876.50                    14:56:00                                      LSE                          3856195
 172                                                    1,876.50                    14:56:00                                      LSE                          3856193
 255                                                    1,877.00                    14:56:00                                      CHIX                         3856191
 96                                                     1,876.00                    14:57:25                                      BATE                         3858851
 328                                                    1,876.00                    14:57:25                                      BATE                         3858853
 26                                                     1,875.50                    14:57:27                                      Aquis                        3858961
 249                                                    1,875.50                    14:57:27                                      Aquis                        3858937
 71                                                     1,875.50                    14:57:32                                      Aquis                        3859061
 544                                                    1,875.00                    15:01:40                                      LSE                          3870509
 311                                                    1,876.00                    15:05:07                                      CHIX                         3879671
 39                                                     1,876.50                    15:12:34                                      CHIX                         3896614
 8                                                      1,876.50                    15:12:34                                      CHIX                         3896616
 38                                                     1,876.50                    15:12:34                                      CHIX                         3896612
 255                                                    1,876.50                    15:12:34                                      CHIX                         3896610
 255                                                    1,876.50                    15:12:34                                      CHIX                         3896608
 278                                                    1,876.00                    15:12:34                                      CHIX                         3896606
 72                                                     1,876.00                    15:12:34                                      CHIX                         3896604
 328                                                    1,876.00                    15:12:34                                      CHIX                         3896602
 323                                                    1,876.50                    15:12:34                                      BATE                         3896600
 194                                                    1,876.50                    15:12:34                                      Aquis                        3896598
 107                                                    1,876.00                    15:23:18                                      LSE                          3918925
 53                                                     1,876.00                    15:23:18                                      LSE                          3918923
 33                                                     1,876.00                    15:23:18                                      LSE                          3918921
 154                                                    1,876.00                    15:23:18                                      LSE                          3918919
 6                                                      1,876.00                    15:23:18                                      LSE                          3918917
 105                                                    1,876.00                    15:23:19                                      LSE                          3918949
 41                                                     1,876.50                    15:43:13                                      LSE                          3965432
 427                                                    1,876.50                    15:43:13                                      LSE                          3965430
 479                                                    1,880.00                    16:11:53                                      LSE                          4027388
 480                                                    1,880.00                    16:11:53                                      LSE                          4027386
 476                                                    1,879.50                    16:12:27                                      LSE                          4028814
 250                                                    1,878.50                    16:20:02                                      LSE                          4050489
 306                                                    1,878.50                    16:20:04                                      LSE                          4050593
 339                                                    1,879.50                    16:26:03                                      LSE                          4063486
 294                                                    1,880.00                    16:26:32                                      LSE                          4064592

 

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