22 Aug 2023 11:45
Ferguson plc (NYSE: FERG, LSE: FERG) (the “Company”) announces today that it purchased a total of 87,951 of its ordinary shares in the period from August 14, 2023, up to and including August 18, 2023, in connection with its $3.0 billion share repurchase program.
Aggregated information about the purchases carried out during this period
Trading day | Aggregate daily volume (in number of shares) | Daily weighted average purchase price of the shares | Trading venue |
August 14, 2023 | 1,617 | 126.281361 | XLON |
August 15, 2023 | 8,694 | 126.000000 | XLON |
August 16, 2023 | 9,746 | 126.150000 | XLON |
August 17, 2023 | 24,597 | 123.750000 | XLON |
August 18, 2023 | 24,682 | 121.374719 | XLON |
August 18, 2023 | 11,179 | 121.374719 | BATE |
August 18, 2023 | 7,436 | 121.374719 | CHIX |
The Company intends to hold these shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares (including those purchased but not yet settled), the number of shares held by the Company in treasury will be 28,065,767.
Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 204,105,415. The figure of 204,105,415 may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), as it forms part of UK law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, and the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052, detailed information about the individual purchases can be found at Ferguson - Investors - Shareholder Center - Share Buy-Back Details - 2023 Share Buy-Back.
For further information please contact:
Brian Lantz, Vice President IR and Communications +1 224 285 2410
Pete Kennedy, Director of Investor Relations +1 757 603 0111
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