| Traded | Action | Notifier | Price | Amount | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-25 | Buy | Eddie Johnson | 221.10p | 9,040 | £19,987.44 |
| 06-Oct-25 | Buy | Eddie Johnson | 219.90p | 9,546 | £20,991.65 |
| 06-Oct-25 | Sell | Eddie Johnson | 219.98p | 18,726 | £41,193.46 |
| 24-Sep-25 | Sell | A Christopher (Chris) Meredith | 218.50p | 50,510 | £110,364.35 |
| Traded | Action | Notifier | Price | Amount | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-Sep-25 | Sell | A Christopher (Chris) Meredith | 218.50p | 50,510 | £110,364.35 |
| 06-Oct-25 | Sell | Eddie Johnson | 219.98p | 18,726 | £41,193.46 |
| 06-Oct-25 | Buy | Eddie Johnson | 219.90p | 9,546 | £20,991.65 |
| 06-Oct-25 | Buy | Eddie Johnson | 221.10p | 9,040 | £19,987.44 |
| Notifier | Holding | Value* |
|---|---|---|
| A Christopher (Chris) Meredith | 2,009,699 | £5,637,206 |
| Eddie Johnson | 526,331 | £1,476,358 |
| Grahame Cook | 48,864 | £137,064 |
| Notifier** | Holding | Value* |
|---|---|---|
| Octopus Investments Nominees Limited | 21,922,329 | £61,492,133 |
| Rathbone plc | 19,939,040 | £55,929,007 |
| Investec Wealth & Investment Limited | 18,661,710 | £52,346,097 |
| Canaccord Genuity Group Inc | 16,042,818 | £45,000,104 |
| Hargreave Hale Ltd Stockbrokers | 13,270,056 | £37,222,507 |
| Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Limited | 11,297,046 | £31,688,214 |
| Briarwood Chase Management LLC | 11,007,708 | £30,876,621 |
| AXA S.A. | 10,645,216 | £29,859,831 |
| Schroder Investment Management | 10,332,830 | £28,983,588 |
| Charles Stanley Group | 10,256,740 | £28,770,156 |
| Schroders | 9,105,407 | £25,540,667 |
| Norges Bank | 8,570,000 | £24,038,850 |
| La Financière de L'Echiquier for the account of these funds | 6,955,322 | £19,509,678 |
| BlackRock Inc | 6,761,737 | £18,966,672 |
| Aviva plc & its subsidiaries | 6,674,790 | £18,722,786 |
| Invesco Perpetual | 6,641,019 | £18,628,058 |
| Groupama | 6,597,623 | £18,506,332 |
| Ignis Investment Services Limited | 6,577,730 | £18,450,533 |
| Kames Capital Plc | 6,516,135 | £18,277,759 |
| Old Mutual Asset Managers | 5,224,154 | £14,653,752 |
| Cavendish Asset Management | 4,796,225 | £13,453,411 |
| Currency | UK Pounds |
| Share Price | 280.50p |
| Change Today | 2.00p |
| % Change | 0.72 % |
| 52 Week High | 280.50 |
| 52 Week Low | 191.00 |
| Volume | 8,628,916 |
| Shares Issued | 220.45m |
| Market Cap | £618.36m |
| RiskGrade | 156 |
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| Strong Buy | 4 |
| Buy | 3 |
| Neutral | 0 |
| Sell | 1 |
| Strong Sell | 0 |
| Total | 8 |

| Latest | Previous | |
|---|---|---|
| Final | Interim | |
| Ex-Div | 28-May-26 | 25-Sep-25 |
| Paid | 26-Jun-26 | 24-Oct-25 |
| Amount | 2.01p | 0.85p |
| Time | Volume / Share Price |
| 08:00 | 564,022 @ 278.00p |
| 15:29 | 1,000,000 @ 279.00p |
| 16:48 | 19,565 @ 278.71p |
| 16:48 | 1,716 @ 278.00p |
| 15:44 | 228,542 @ 278.75p |
| CEO | A Christopher (Chris) Meredith |
| CFO | Eddie Johnson |
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