Last checked at 23 Feb 2024 07:00
Transaction in own shares
Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (the "Company") announces today it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 10 pence each ("shares") from Merrill Lynch International in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 3 May 2023 (the "Purchase"). The Purchase was effected pursuant to instructions issued by the Company on 19 December 2023, as announced on 20 December 2023. The repurchased shares will be held in treasury.
Ordinary Shares
Date of purchase: | 22 February 2024 |
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased: | 66,436 |
Highest price paid per share (pence): | 5,848.00 |
Lowest price paid per share (pence): | 5,790.00 |
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence): | 5,813.57 |
Following settlement of the above transaction, the Company will hold 24,369,355 of its ordinary shares in treasury and have 712,165,824 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).
Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 712,165,824 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator when determining whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it applies in the UK, a full breakdown of the individual trades made by the Broker on behalf of the Company is detailed below:
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/1856E_1-2024-2-22.pdf
This announcement does not constitute, or form part of, an offer or any solicitation of an offer for securities in any jurisdiction.