REG - Johnson Service Grp. - Transaction in Own Shares
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RNS Number : 6787P Johnson Service Group PLC 04 July 2025
4(th) July
2025
Johnson Service Group PLC
("JSG" or the "Company")
Transaction in Own Shares
The Company announces today it has purchased the following number of its
ordinary shares of 10 pence each through Investec Bank plc.
Ordinary Shares
Date of purchase: 3(rd) July 2025
Number of ordinary shares purchased: 352,000
Lowest price per share (pence): 154.20
Highest price per share (pence): 159.00
Weighted average price per day (pence): 157.6136
The Company intends to cancel the purchased shares.
The table below contains detailed information about the purchases made as part
of the buyback programme which was announced by the Company on 5(th) March
2025 (the "Programme").
Aggregate information:
Venue Volume-weighted average price (p) Aggregated volume Lowest price per share (p) Highest price per share (p)
XLON 157.6136 352,000 154.20 159.00
Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No
596/2014 as it forms part of UK law, a full breakdown of the individual trades
made by Investec on behalf of the Company as part of the Programme is detailed
below:
Date and time of each trade Number of shares purchased Price (pence per share) Trading Venue Transaction Reference Number
03 July 2025 08:00:17 660 154.60 XLON 00343133319TRLO1
03 July 2025 08:20:30 1,413 154.80 XLON 00343144896TRLO1
03 July 2025 08:35:50 541 154.80 XLON 00343154140TRLO1
03 July 2025 08:35:50 236 154.80 XLON 00343154141TRLO1
03 July 2025 08:35:59 1,336 154.80 XLON 00343154250TRLO1
03 July 2025 08:36:00 541 154.80 XLON 00343154252TRLO1
03 July 2025 08:36:00 591 154.80 XLON 00343154253TRLO1
03 July 2025 08:36:11 1,393 154.60 XLON 00343154373TRLO1
03 July 2025 08:38:03 610 154.40 XLON 00343155555TRLO1
03 July 2025 08:38:03 415 154.40 XLON 00343155556TRLO1
03 July 2025 08:38:03 653 154.40 XLON 00343155557TRLO1
03 July 2025 08:41:51 415 154.40 XLON 00343157741TRLO1
03 July 2025 08:41:51 587 154.40 XLON 00343157742TRLO1
03 July 2025 08:49:58 1,444 154.20 XLON 00343162624TRLO1
03 July 2025 08:51:30 46 154.40 XLON 00343163440TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:00:45 371 154.80 XLON 00343168671TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:11:35 1,444 155.40 XLON 00343177684TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:11:36 1,400 155.40 XLON 00343177690TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:11:36 541 155.40 XLON 00343177691TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:11:36 613 155.40 XLON 00343177692TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:11:46 1,406 155.20 XLON 00343177804TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:13:01 1,217 155.00 XLON 00343178557TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:27:48 1,452 155.80 XLON 00343186291TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:27:49 950 155.60 XLON 00343186306TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:27:49 433 155.60 XLON 00343186307TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:38:04 988 156.80 XLON 00343191933TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:40:40 691 157.00 XLON 00343193273TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:40:40 1,383 157.00 XLON 00343193274TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:40:40 39 156.80 XLON 00343193276TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:40:40 2,041 156.80 XLON 00343193277TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:41:03 581 157.20 XLON 00343193430TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:41:03 675 157.20 XLON 00343193431TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:42:40 881 156.80 XLON 00343194207TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:42:40 545 156.80 XLON 00343194208TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:54:28 2,500 156.80 XLON 00343201147TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:54:28 2,480 156.80 XLON 00343201148TRLO1
03 July 2025 09:54:28 744 156.80 XLON 00343201149TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:00:49 1,413 156.60 XLON 00343204709TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:00:49 707 156.60 XLON 00343204710TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:00:49 1,800 156.60 XLON 00343204711TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:07:51 1,364 156.80 XLON 00343208554TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:07:51 708 157.00 XLON 00343208555TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:07:51 2,203 157.00 XLON 00343208556TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:07:51 751 157.00 XLON 00343208557TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:07:51 700 157.00 XLON 00343208558TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 1,374 156.80 XLON 00343208634TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 664 157.00 XLON 00343208635TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 654 157.00 XLON 00343208636TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 707 157.00 XLON 00343208637TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 698 157.00 XLON 00343208638TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 526 157.00 XLON 00343208639TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 701 157.00 XLON 00343208640TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 654 157.00 XLON 00343208641TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 699 157.00 XLON 00343208642TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 164 157.00 XLON 00343208643TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 328 157.00 XLON 00343208644TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 1,722 157.00 XLON 00343208645TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 654 157.00 XLON 00343208646TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 654 157.00 XLON 00343208647TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 164 157.00 XLON 00343208648TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 526 157.00 XLON 00343208649TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 164 157.00 XLON 00343208650TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:01 526 157.00 XLON 00343208651TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:12 1,340 156.60 XLON 00343208733TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:08:12 1,321 156.60 XLON 00343208740TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:09:34 674 156.40 XLON 00343209496TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:09:40 715 156.20 XLON 00343209530TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:13:01 950 156.40 XLON 00343211271TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:19:36 1,407 156.80 XLON 00343214791TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:19:40 2,162 156.80 XLON 00343214827TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:27:03 1,340 156.60 XLON 00343218973TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:31:40 1,407 156.40 XLON 00343222391TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:33:54 1,363 156.20 XLON 00343224051TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:33:56 1,442 156.20 XLON 00343224076TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:33:57 925 156.20 XLON 00343224136TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:33:57 479 156.20 XLON 00343224137TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:33:59 479 156.20 XLON 00343224201TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:33:59 925 156.20 XLON 00343224202TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:48:11 2,112 156.80 XLON 00343235276TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:56:32 2,143 156.60 XLON 00343240372TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:58:38 48 156.40 XLON 00343241786TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:58:38 235 156.40 XLON 00343241787TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:58:38 192 156.40 XLON 00343241788TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:58:38 29 156.40 XLON 00343241789TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:58:38 19 156.40 XLON 00343241790TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:58:38 859 156.40 XLON 00343241791TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:58:38 240 156.40 XLON 00343241792TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:58:38 283 156.40 XLON 00343241793TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:58:39 830 156.20 XLON 00343241796TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:58:39 130 156.60 XLON 00343241797TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:58:39 192 156.60 XLON 00343241798TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:58:39 544 156.60 XLON 00343241799TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:58:41 1,349 156.40 XLON 00343241813TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:58:43 1,327 156.00 XLON 00343241832TRLO1
03 July 2025 10:58:45 1,338 156.00 XLON 00343241850TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:00:27 677 156.20 XLON 00343242595TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:01:47 677 156.40 XLON 00343242746TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:03:56 1,265 156.60 XLON 00343242856TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:03:56 23,735 156.60 XLON 00343242857TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:04:37 2,826 156.60 XLON 00343242898TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:04:37 3,326 156.60 XLON 00343242899TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:04:41 1,424 156.80 XLON 00343242901TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:04:47 687 156.60 XLON 00343242903TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:05:25 1,974 156.80 XLON 00343242963TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:05:25 661 156.60 XLON 00343242964TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:05:25 660 156.60 XLON 00343242965TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:05:57 1,368 156.60 XLON 00343242983TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:07:50 56 156.40 XLON 00343243005TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:07:50 48 156.40 XLON 00343243006TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:07:50 48 156.40 XLON 00343243007TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:16:22 48 156.40 XLON 00343243236TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:16:22 48 156.40 XLON 00343243237TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:16:22 436 156.40 XLON 00343243238TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:16:22 152 156.40 XLON 00343243239TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:16:22 684 156.40 XLON 00343243240TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:22:54 1,446 156.20 XLON 00343243456TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:40:55 1,395 156.80 XLON 00343243989TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:51:00 1,403 156.60 XLON 00343244226TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:51:00 701 156.60 XLON 00343244227TRLO1
03 July 2025 11:56:39 1,387 156.60 XLON 00343244316TRLO1
03 July 2025 12:36:27 486 157.40 XLON 00343245300TRLO1
03 July 2025 12:36:27 1,081 157.40 XLON 00343245301TRLO1
03 July 2025 12:44:12 2,819 158.20 XLON 00343245466TRLO1
03 July 2025 12:45:43 1,046 158.00 XLON 00343245572TRLO1
03 July 2025 12:45:43 1,733 158.00 XLON 00343245573TRLO1
03 July 2025 12:47:50 433 157.80 XLON 00343245654TRLO1
03 July 2025 12:47:50 1,004 157.80 XLON 00343245655TRLO1
03 July 2025 13:03:18 536 158.40 XLON 00343246015TRLO1
03 July 2025 13:07:09 2,029 158.20 XLON 00343246155TRLO1
03 July 2025 13:11:52 50 158.20 XLON 00343246247TRLO1
03 July 2025 13:11:52 1,312 158.20 XLON 00343246248TRLO1
03 July 2025 13:17:34 669 158.00 XLON 00343246382TRLO1
03 July 2025 13:28:04 928 158.20 XLON 00343246670TRLO1
03 July 2025 13:28:04 1,100 158.20 XLON 00343246671TRLO1
03 July 2025 13:28:22 1,354 158.20 XLON 00343246680TRLO1
03 July 2025 13:31:25 2,031 158.40 XLON 00343246959TRLO1
03 July 2025 13:33:17 1,380 158.20 XLON 00343247068TRLO1
03 July 2025 13:36:29 1,360 158.20 XLON 00343247217TRLO1
03 July 2025 13:41:47 680 158.00 XLON 00343247507TRLO1
03 July 2025 13:47:04 1,355 158.00 XLON 00343248449TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:29:41 1,397 157.80 XLON 00343250285TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:29:41 699 157.80 XLON 00343250286TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:29:41 698 157.80 XLON 00343250287TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:29:42 2,897 157.60 XLON 00343250288TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:29:42 1,800 157.80 XLON 00343250289TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:29:42 649 157.80 XLON 00343250290TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:30:08 444 157.40 XLON 00343250346TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:34:21 2,453 157.40 XLON 00343251439TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:34:21 444 157.40 XLON 00343251440TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:34:21 724 157.40 XLON 00343251441TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:35:33 2,487 157.60 XLON 00343251673TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:35:33 1,692 157.60 XLON 00343251674TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:35:33 17,733 157.60 XLON 00343251675TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:35:33 2,313 158.00 XLON 00343251676TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:35:33 485 158.40 XLON 00343251677TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:35:33 130 158.40 XLON 00343251678TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:35:33 2,679 158.20 XLON 00343251679TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:36:06 2,811 158.20 XLON 00343251696TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:36:27 25,000 158.40 XLON 00343251705TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:38:04 3,427 158.60 XLON 00343251810TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:42:58 2,304 158.60 XLON 00343252064TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:42:58 364 158.60 XLON 00343252065TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:45:40 3,776 158.80 XLON 00343252216TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:46:19 2,810 158.60 XLON 00343252232TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:46:19 703 158.60 XLON 00343252233TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:19 574 158.40 XLON 00343252548TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:19 793 158.40 XLON 00343252549TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:19 2,252 158.40 XLON 00343252550TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:19 2,252 158.40 XLON 00343252551TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:20 591 158.40 XLON 00343252552TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:27 234 158.60 XLON 00343252555TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:27 1,746 158.60 XLON 00343252556TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:34 2,600 158.60 XLON 00343252564TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:34 2,600 158.60 XLON 00343252565TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:34 2,600 158.60 XLON 00343252566TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:34 1,395 158.60 XLON 00343252567TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:34 2,600 158.60 XLON 00343252568TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:34 1,746 158.60 XLON 00343252569TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:35 2,600 158.60 XLON 00343252570TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:35 2,600 158.60 XLON 00343252571TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:35 2,600 158.60 XLON 00343252572TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:38 807 158.60 XLON 00343252574TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:43 844 158.60 XLON 00343252577TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:47 831 158.60 XLON 00343252580TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:52 826 158.60 XLON 00343252588TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:52:57 817 158.60 XLON 00343252591TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:53:02 126 158.60 XLON 00343252600TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:53:03 848 158.60 XLON 00343252601TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:53:08 799 158.60 XLON 00343252605TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:53:13 795 158.60 XLON 00343252609TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:53:18 786 158.60 XLON 00343252623TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:53:23 781 158.60 XLON 00343252629TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:53:28 772 158.60 XLON 00343252633TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:53:33 219 158.60 XLON 00343252638TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:53:35 827 158.60 XLON 00343252641TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:53:42 789 158.60 XLON 00343252647TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:53:51 738 158.60 XLON 00343252654TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:53:51 1,437 158.40 XLON 00343252655TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:54:16 742 158.40 XLON 00343252664TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:54:32 765 158.40 XLON 00343252707TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:54:48 734 158.40 XLON 00343252721TRLO1
03 July 2025 14:59:06 340 158.20 XLON 00343252949TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:06:51 182 158.60 XLON 00343253255TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:06:51 539 158.60 XLON 00343253256TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:06:51 1,500 158.60 XLON 00343253257TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:06:51 728 158.60 XLON 00343253258TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:06:52 119 158.40 XLON 00343253259TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:06:52 2,769 158.40 XLON 00343253260TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:06:52 620 158.20 XLON 00343253261TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:17:42 1,989 158.40 XLON 00343253795TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:20:48 2,600 158.60 XLON 00343253989TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:20:48 2,600 158.60 XLON 00343253990TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:20:48 1,638 158.60 XLON 00343253991TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:20:57 762 158.60 XLON 00343254006TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:21:04 739 158.60 XLON 00343254017TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:21:11 90 158.60 XLON 00343254019TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:21:11 718 158.60 XLON 00343254020TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:21:15 200 158.60 XLON 00343254021TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:21:15 2,600 158.60 XLON 00343254022TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:21:15 742 158.60 XLON 00343254023TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:21:15 2,091 158.60 XLON 00343254024TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:21:15 742 158.60 XLON 00343254025TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:21:15 1,801 158.60 XLON 00343254026TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:21:50 100 158.60 XLON 00343254050TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:21:50 2,600 158.60 XLON 00343254051TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:21:50 114 158.60 XLON 00343254052TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:21:50 1,997 158.60 XLON 00343254053TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:22:13 190 158.60 XLON 00343254075TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:22:13 2,624 158.60 XLON 00343254076TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:32:35 2,005 158.60 XLON 00343254568TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:35:19 37 158.60 XLON 00343254667TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:35:19 1,324 158.60 XLON 00343254668TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:35:19 51 158.60 XLON 00343254669TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:35:19 630 158.60 XLON 00343254670TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:36:13 721 158.60 XLON 00343254782TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:36:13 629 158.60 XLON 00343254783TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:36:13 91 158.60 XLON 00343254784TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:36:13 720 158.60 XLON 00343254785TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:36:13 720 158.60 XLON 00343254786TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:36:13 1 158.60 XLON 00343254787TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:47:57 698 158.80 XLON 00343255596TRLO1
03 July 2025 15:51:34 1,626 159.00 XLON 00343255947TRLO1
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03 July 2025 15:51:35 4,173 158.80 XLON 00343255950TRLO1
03 July 2025 16:00:08 2,077 158.80 XLON 00343256551TRLO1
03 July 2025 16:00:08 692 158.80 XLON 00343256552TRLO1
03 July 2025 16:00:13 720 158.60 XLON 00343256555TRLO1
03 July 2025 16:01:13 606 158.60 XLON 00343256631TRLO1
03 July 2025 16:01:17 669 158.60 XLON 00343256639TRLO1
03 July 2025 16:01:40 258 158.60 XLON 00343256664TRLO1
03 July 2025 16:01:48 678 158.60 XLON 00343256669TRLO1
03 July 2025 16:02:11 249 158.80 XLON 00343256724TRLO1
03 July 2025 16:02:11 437 158.80 XLON 00343256725TRLO1
03 July 2025 16:03:40 667 158.40 XLON 00343256915TRLO1
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03 July 2025 16:15:02 2,149 158.40 XLON 00343257452TRLO1
03 July 2025 16:19:38 236 158.60 XLON 00343257869TRLO1
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03 July 2025 16:19:38 1,319 158.60 XLON 00343257871TRLO1
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03 July 2025 16:19:38 495 158.40 XLON 00343257875TRLO1
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