15 August 2023
Future plc
Transaction in own shares
Future plc ("Future" or the "Company"), announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme announced on 10 July 2023 (the "Share Buyback Programme"), the Company purchased the following number of its Ordinary 15p Shares ("Ordinary Shares") through Numis Securities Limited:
| Date of purchase: | 14/08/2023 |
| Aggregate number of Ordinary Shares purchased: | 50,000 |
| Lowest price paid per share (GBp): | 778.00 |
| Highest price paid per share (GBp): | 787.00 |
| Volume weighted average price paid per share (GBp): | 783.4973 |
The purchased shares will be cancelled. Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of Ordinary Shares in issue will be 120,719,223 with no shares held in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company will be 120,719,223. This figure for the total number of voting rights 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 FCA's 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 Retained EU Law as defined in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, the table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by Numis Securities Limited as part of the Share Buyback Programme.
Individual transactions:
| Number of ordinary shares purchased | Transaction price | Time of transaction (UK Time) | Transaction reference number | Trading venue |
| 348 | 779.00 | 08:15:46 | 00066606511TRLO0 | XLON |
| 361 | 779.00 | 08:16:07 | 00066606513TRLO0 | XLON |
| 7 | 781.00 | 08:18:27 | 00066606570TRLO0 | XLON |
| 339 | 781.00 | 08:18:27 | 00066606571TRLO0 | XLON |
| 410 | 781.50 | 08:18:57 | 00066606589TRLO0 | XLON |
| 74 | 782.00 | 08:26:17 | 00066606727TRLO0 | XLON |
| 190 | 782.00 | 08:26:17 | 00066606728TRLO0 | XLON |
| 174 | 781.50 | 08:29:17 | 00066606835TRLO0 | XLON |
| 152 | 781.50 | 08:29:17 | 00066606836TRLO0 | XLON |
| 125 | 780.00 | 08:29:17 | 00066606837TRLO0 | XLON |
| 125 | 780.00 | 08:29:17 | 00066606838TRLO0 | XLON |
| 64 | 780.00 | 08:29:17 | 00066606839TRLO0 | XLON |
| 344 | 778.50 | 08:35:13 | 00066607084TRLO0 | XLON |
| 27 | 778.50 | 08:35:13 | 00066607085TRLO0 | XLON |
| 250 | 778.50 | 08:40:13 | 00066607249TRLO0 | XLON |
| 85 | 778.50 | 08:40:13 | 00066607250TRLO0 | XLON |
| 250 | 778.50 | 08:44:13 | 00066607381TRLO0 | XLON |
| 104 | 778.50 | 08:44:13 | 00066607382TRLO0 | XLON |
| 310 | 778.50 | 08:48:13 | 00066607518TRLO0 | XLON |
| 599 | 786.50 | 09:11:41 | 00066608201TRLO0 | XLON |
| 927 | 786.50 | 09:11:41 | 00066608202TRLO0 | XLON |
| 1645 | 787.00 | 09:11:41 | 00066608203TRLO0 | XLON |
| 318 | 785.50 | 09:35:54 | 00066608646TRLO0 | XLON |
| 125 | 784.00 | 09:42:19 | 00066608755TRLO0 | XLON |
| 250 | 784.00 | 09:42:19 | 00066608756TRLO0 | XLON |
| 1 | 784.00 | 09:42:19 | 00066608757TRLO0 | XLON |
| 225 | 781.50 | 09:48:53 | 00066608891TRLO0 | XLON |
| 648 | 783.50 | 10:10:36 | 00066609444TRLO0 | XLON |
| 152 | 783.50 | 10:10:36 | 00066609445TRLO0 | XLON |
| 203 | 783.50 | 10:10:36 | 00066609446TRLO0 | XLON |
| 365 | 783.50 | 10:21:43 | 00066609744TRLO0 | XLON |
| 305 | 783.50 | 10:21:43 | 00066609745TRLO0 | XLON |
| 125 | 783.50 | 10:23:43 | 00066609811TRLO0 | XLON |
| 125 | 783.50 | 10:23:43 | 00066609812TRLO0 | XLON |
| 62 | 783.50 | 10:23:43 | 00066609813TRLO0 | XLON |
| 433 | 786.00 | 10:39:05 | 00066610197TRLO0 | XLON |
| 36 | 785.00 | 10:39:05 | 00066610198TRLO0 | XLON |
| 328 | 785.00 | 10:39:05 | 00066610199TRLO0 | XLON |
| 246 | 784.00 | 10:44:36 | 00066610376TRLO0 | XLON |
| 125 | 784.00 | 10:44:36 | 00066610377TRLO0 | XLON |
| 182 | 784.50 | 11:08:20 | 00066611131TRLO0 | XLON |
| 85 | 786.50 | 11:12:16 | 00066611176TRLO0 | XLON |
| 500 | 786.50 | 11:12:16 | 00066611177TRLO0 | XLON |
| 18 | 786.50 | 11:12:16 | 00066611178TRLO0 | XLON |
| 366 | 786.50 | 11:12:16 | 00066611179TRLO0 | XLON |
| 198 | 786.50 | 11:17:37 | 00066611225TRLO0 | XLON |
| 110 | 786.50 | 11:24:37 | 00066611298TRLO0 | XLON |
| 202 | 786.50 | 11:24:37 | 00066611299TRLO0 | XLON |
| 125 | 786.50 | 11:31:47 | 00066611416TRLO0 | XLON |
| 125 | 786.50 | 11:31:47 | 00066611417TRLO0 | XLON |
| 62 | 786.50 | 11:31:47 | 00066611418TRLO0 | XLON |
| 195 | 786.50 | 11:37:57 | 00066611496TRLO0 | XLON |
| 31 | 786.50 | 11:37:57 | 00066611497TRLO0 | XLON |
| 110 | 786.50 | 11:44:22 | | |
This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of Listing Rule 12.4.6.
Enquiries:
David Bateson
General Counsel and Company Secretary
Future plc
Tel: 01225 442244
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