{ "as_of": "2026-11-06", "cmr": "uk-cm-kg/LSE/ABF", "fence": "The page is the record's research on the issuer — no analyst, no rating, no view.", "markdown": "The page is the record's research on the issuer — no analyst, no rating, no view.\n\n# ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC (LSE Main Market: ABF) — research page\n\nAs of 2026-11-06 · uk-cm-kg · record version 1\n\n## Identity and listing\n\nThe issuer is ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS PLC, listed on the LSE Main Market under ticker ABF, with ISIN GB0006731235 and LEI GBQKSY6W7G0OHCQ8OQ72. Its security type is Corporate, its segment is SET1, its sector is Food Producers [451020], and its jurisdiction is England and Wales (Companies House jurisdiction field). Its listing status is listed, not halted.\n\n## The disclosure read\n\nThe record holds 296 filings in the twelve months from 2025-11-06 to 2026-11-06, across 138 filing days. The median gap between filing days is 1 day, against a median of 4 days for the exchange and 5.5 days for the sector. Days from the latest filing to the record date is 1, against a median of 3 days for the exchange and 4 days for the sector. The latest filing is dated 2026-11-05 and is of type financial_statement. The exchange median filing count is 29.0 across 892 issuers and the sector median is 40 across 31 issuers, against which the issuer's 296 filings is above both.\n\n## Auditor\n\nThe auditor of record is Ernst & Young LLP. The auditor's location is not on the record. Auditor changes are not on the record, as the market's register has no lifecycle type map yet.\n\n## Events and halts\n\nListing, delisting, name change, domicile change and segment move are not on the record, as the market's register has no lifecycle type map yet. The halt flag is listed, not halted.\n\n## Orderability\n\nFor the elective professional client category the outcome is signal ACM-200, determinable. 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