| Traded | Action | Notifier | Price | Amount | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-25 | Buy | Guy Ellis | 138.93p | 59 | £81.97 |
| 17-Dec-25 | Buy | Mike Maddison | 121.93p | 118 | £143.88 |
| 17-Nov-25 | Buy | Guy Ellis | 144.87p | 57 | £82.58 |
| 17-Nov-25 | Buy | Mike Maddison | 144.87p | 114 | £165.15 |
| 17-Oct-25 | Buy | Guy Ellis | 145.27p | 56 | £81.35 |
| Traded | Action | Notifier | Price | Amount | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-25 | Buy Dividends | Mike Maddison | 149.00p | 1,664 | £2,479.36 |
| 07-Apr-25 | Buy Dividends | Mike Maddison | 130.36p | 1,880 | £2,450.70 |
| 17-Jun-25 | Buy | Mike Maddison | 166.10p | 100 | £166.10 |
| 17-Nov-25 | Buy | Mike Maddison | 144.87p | 114 | £165.15 |
| 18-Aug-25 | Buy | Mike Maddison | 141.80p | 116 | £164.49 |
| Notifier | Holding | Value* |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher M R Stone | 756,195 | £1,035,987 |
| Julie Chakraverty | 63,914 | £87,562 |
| Mike Ettling | 50,000 | £68,500 |
| Lynn Fordham | 50,000 | £68,500 |
| Mike Maddison | 23,551 | £32,265 |
| Jennifer Duvalier | 19,115 | £26,188 |
| Guy Ellis | 230 | £315 |
| Notifier** | Holding | Value* |
|---|---|---|
| Aberforth Partners LLP | 38,305,282 | £52,478,236 |
| Richard Griffiths | 32,671,106 | £44,759,415 |
| Richard Griffiths | 27,237,753 | £37,315,722 |
| AXA S.A. | 21,107,706 | £28,917,557 |
| Odyssean Investment Trust PLC | 19,578,896 | £26,823,088 |
| Aberforth Partners LLP | 16,221,626 | £22,223,628 |
| SANFORD DELAND ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD | 15,550,000 | £21,303,500 |
| Canaccord Genuity Group Inc | 14,470,000 | £19,823,900 |
| Castlefield Fund Partners Limited | 14,325,000 | £19,625,250 |
| NFU Mutual Insurance Society Limited | 13,978,795 | £19,150,949 |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP | 13,822,640 | £18,937,017 |
| Harwood Capital LLP | 13,697,500 | £18,765,575 |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 13,606,370 | £18,640,727 |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 13,482,151 | £18,470,547 |
| Neptune Investment Management Limited | 13,324,888 | £18,255,097 |
| Vanguard Group | 13,295,985 | £18,215,500 |
| The Wellcome Trust Limited | 12,644,449 | £17,322,895 |
| Slater Investments | 12,403,914 | £16,993,362 |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 11,886,968 | £16,285,146 |
| Schroder Investment Management | 11,440,000 | £15,672,800 |
| JO Hambro Capital Management | 11,382,302 | £15,593,754 |
| Unicorn Asset Management | 10,796,426 | £14,791,104 |
| Kestrel Partners | 10,255,458 | £14,049,978 |
| AXA Investment Managers SA | 9,021,253 | £12,359,117 |
| Norges Bank | 8,954,316 | £12,267,413 |
| Herald Investment Management | 6,420,000 | £8,795,400 |
| Currency | UK Pounds |
| Share Price | 137.00p |
| Change Today | -2.80p |
| % Change | -2.00 % |
| 52 Week High | 167.20p |
| 52 Week Low | 127.40p |
| Volume | 2,926,192 |
| Shares Issued | 315.23m |
| Market Cap | £431.86m |
| Beta | 0.81 |
| RiskGrade | 166 |
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| Strong Buy | 5 |
| Buy | 2 |
| Neutral | 2 |
| Sell | 0 |
| Strong Sell | 0 |
| Total | 9 |

| Latest | Previous | |
|---|---|---|
| Final | Interim | |
| Ex-Div | 12-Mar-26 | 03-Jul-25 |
| Paid | 10-Apr-26 | 01-Aug-25 |
| Amount | 3.15p | 1.50p |
| Time | Volume / Share Price |
| 17:07 | 64,000 @ 137.00p |
| 17:00 | 2,303 @ 137.00p |
| 16:38 | 200,000 @ 136.60p |
| 16:37 | 1,500 @ 137.00p |
| 16:35 | 186 @ 137.00p |
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