Buyback update6 Apr 2022 19:17
After 29 trading days, buyback complete to date:
Total shares to date..................................................1,201,997,218
Total Cost to date... ................................................ £559,951,815.06
Average price paid to date.......................................46.585p
Percentage of £2 billion buyback completed........28%
The cancelled shares to date will save £15,986,563.00 from the Final Dividend payment which goes ex-div on 7th April.