| Traded | Action | Notifier | Price | Amount | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-25 | Buy Dividends | Nigel Crossley | 236.68p | 5,753 | £13,616.44 |
| 03-Oct-25 | Buy Dividends | Nigel Crossley | 218.40p | 12,268 | £26,793.31 |
| 03-Oct-25 | Buy Dividends | Anthony Kirby | 218.40p | 13,470 | £29,418.48 |
| 26-Aug-25 | Buy | John Rishton | 224.60p | 43,086 | £96,771.16 |
| 12-May-25 | Buy Dividends | Nigel Crossley | 174.50p | 14,938 | £26,066.81 |
| Traded | Action | Notifier | Price | Amount | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-25 | Sell | Anthony Kirby | 153.00p | 223,661 | £342,198.42 |
| 07-Apr-25 | Sell | Nigel Crossley | 153.00p | 192,646 | £294,745.87 |
| 26-Aug-25 | Buy | John Rishton | 224.60p | 43,086 | £96,771.16 |
| 28-Mar-25 | Sell | Nigel Crossley | 156.71p | 45,409 | £71,160.45 |
| 09-May-25 | Buy | Anthony Kirby | 159.30p | 35,300 | £56,232.90 |
| Notifier | Holding | Value* |
|---|---|---|
| Nigel Crossley | 760,362 | £1,951,089 |
| Ian El-Mokadem | 50,000 | £128,300 |
| Anthony Kirby | 48,770 | £125,144 |
| Tim Lodge | 40,000 | £102,640 |
| Lynne Peacock | 15,000 | £38,490 |
| Dame Sue Owen | 10,000 | £25,660 |
| Kirsty Bashforth | 10,000 | £25,660 |
| Notifier** | Holding | Value* |
|---|---|---|
| MSDC Management | 109,886,553 | £281,968,895 |
| BlackRock Inc | 81,080,887 | £208,053,556 |
| Fidelity International Limited | 73,169,712 | £187,753,481 |
| RWC Asset Management LLP | 61,187,686 | £157,007,602 |
| Majedie Asset Management Limited | 59,024,599 | £151,457,121 |
| Invesco Ltd | 55,878,958 | £143,385,406 |
| Invesco Limited | 54,814,057 | £140,652,870 |
| MSD Partners, L.P. | 54,563,815 | £140,010,749 |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 54,531,194 | £139,927,044 |
| Orbis Holdings Limited | 54,510,229 | £139,873,248 |
| Marathon Asset Management LLP | 54,372,120 | £139,518,860 |
| Slater Investments | 54,352,261 | £139,467,902 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 52,936,829 | £135,835,903 |
| FIL Limited | 51,698,098 | £132,657,320 |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 50,222,806 | £128,871,720 |
| Louis Peens | 46,959,778 | £120,498,790 |
| The Capital Group Companies, Inc. | 29,507,696 | £75,716,748 |
| Morstan Nominees Ltd | 25,100,000 | £64,406,600 |
| AXA S.A, and its group of companies | 24,379,602 | £62,558,059 |
| Baillie Gifford & Co | 24,000,000 | £61,584,000 |
| Newton Investment Management Limited | 23,600,721 | £60,559,450 |
| Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc | 22,254,335 | £57,104,624 |
| HBOS Plc | 20,500,000 | £52,603,000 |
| Valarc Master Fund Ltd | 15,810,216 | £40,569,014 |
| Currency | UK Pounds |
| Share Price | 256.60p |
| Change Today | -1.60p |
| % Change | -0.62 % |
| 52 Week High | 264.00p |
| 52 Week Low | 137.40p |
| Volume | 1,544,759 |
| Shares Issued | 1,002.74m |
| Market Cap | £2,573.04m |
| Beta | 0.83 |
| RiskGrade | 174 |
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| Strong Buy | 5 |
| Buy | 1 |
| Neutral | 4 |
| Sell | 0 |
| Strong Sell | 1 |
| Total | 11 |

| Latest | Previous | |
|---|---|---|
| Interim | Final | |
| Ex-Div | 28-Aug-25 | 10-Apr-25 |
| Paid | 03-Oct-25 | 09-May-25 |
| Amount | 1.45p | 2.82p |
| Time | Volume / Share Price |
| 16:12 | 4 @ 257.40p |
| 16:35 | 907,944 @ 256.60p |
| 16:35 | 1 @ 256.60p |
| 16:35 | 2,912 @ 256.60p |
| 16:35 | 1,650 @ 256.60p |
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