Transaction in Own Shares

 

FirstGroup plc

Transaction in own shares

FirstGroup plc ("FirstGroup") announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme (the "Programme") announced on 16 December 2022, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) through Liberum Capital Limited.

 

Date of Purchase

7 June 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

455,295

Weighted average price paid (p)

119.73

Highest price paid (p)

121.00

Lowest price paid (p)

118.90

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 48,427,986 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 702,222,991. FirstGroup initially intends to hold the purchased shares as treasury shares but may cancel them in the due course.

The total number of voting rights in FirstGroup, excluding treasury shares as at 7 June 2023 is 702,222,991. This figure may be used by shareholders 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, FirstGroup under the FCA’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Contacts at FirstGroup:


Marianna Bowes, Head of Investor Relations
David Blizzard, Company Secretary
corporate.comms@firstgroup.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354

Contacts at Brunswick PR:


Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959

Contacts at Liberum Capital Limited:


Nicholas How / John Fishley / William Hall 
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000 

Contacts at RBC Europe Limited:


James Agnew / Jonathan Hardy / Jack Wood
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7653 4000

 

Transaction details

Issuer name: FirstGroup PLC

LEI: 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

ISIN: GB0003452173

Classification: 2.4. Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares

Intermediary name: Liberum Capital Limited

Intermediary Code: RINFGB21XXX

Timezone: GMT

Currency: GBp

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), a breakdown of the individual trades made by Liberum Capital Limited on behalf of FirstGroup as part of the Programme is detailed below:

 

Aggregate information: 

Venue

Weighted average price (pence per share)

Aggregated volume

XLON

119.70

313,465

BATE

119.82

57,885

CHIX

119.81

58,066

TRQX

119.80

25,879

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:04:25

1431

119.2

XLON

08:04:25

1759

119.2

XLON

08:04:25

2000

119.3

XLON

08:04:25

378

119.3

XLON

08:05:22

2961

119.9

BATE

08:05:22

2698

120.1

CHIX

08:05:24

2593

119.7

XLON

08:05:24

1497

119.7

XLON

08:05:24

501

119.6

XLON

08:05:24

1198

119.4

XLON

08:05:24

3030

119.6

XLON

08:05:24

2273

119.6

XLON

08:05:24

253

119.6

XLON

08:09:24

2416

119.3

XLON

08:11:24

1823

119

XLON

08:11:24

1000

119

XLON

08:17:24

2597

119.3

XLON

08:17:25

2576

119.3

XLON

08:17:25

2552

119.3

XLON

08:17:25

245

119.3

XLON

08:17:25

2740

119.3

XLON

08:19:32

2726

119.9

XLON

08:20:07

2501

119.7

CHIX

08:20:07

2004

119.7

TRQX

08:20:07

602

119.7

TRQX

08:20:22

3120

120.4

BATE

08:20:22

3788

119.9

BATE

08:20:32

2880

120.1

XLON

08:22:26

2755

119.9

XLON

08:22:28

1734

119.5

XLON

08:22:28

965

119.5

XLON

08:25:01

1644

119.3

XLON

08:25:01

724

119.3

XLON

08:26:05

2682

119.9

XLON

08:26:15

2773

120.1

XLON

08:26:15

3071

120.1

XLON

08:27:15

774

119.9

XLON

08:27:15

2000

119.9

XLON

08:31:55

1731

120.1

XLON

08:31:55

2157

120.1

XLON

08:34:21

160

120.1

XLON

08:34:21

2544

120.1

XLON

08:34:21

946

120.2

CHIX

08:34:21

1821

120.2

CHIX

08:36:26

2704

120.1

XLON

08:43:26

616

119.8

XLON

08:43:26

2000

119.8

XLON

08:48:23

2395

120.1

XLON

08:52:23

1500

119.8

XLON

08:55:23

2671

120.1

XLON

09:01:48

753

120

XLON

09:01:48

2000

120

XLON

09:05:29

2513

120.2

CHIX

09:06:48

2918

120.2

XLON

09:09:30

1950

120.8

BATE

09:09:30

1039

120.8

BATE

09:09:30

139

120.7

BATE

09:09:30

1636

121

BATE

09:09:30

786

121

BATE

09:13:30

2507

120.5

XLON

09:19:30

2709

120.5

XLON

09:24:23

274

120.5

XLON

09:24:23

2246

120.5

XLON

09:24:23

355

120.6

TRQX

09:24:23

2522

120.6

TRQX

09:26:52

2334

120.5

CHIX

09:26:52

307

120.5

CHIX

09:29:24

2346

120.5

XLON

09:39:43

2726

120.5

XLON

09:45:43

2510

120.5

XLON

09:53:02

1214

120.3

XLON

09:53:02

1000

120.3

XLON

09:53:02

363

120.3

XLON

09:58:17

2000

120.2

CHIX

09:59:02

316

120.3

XLON

09:59:02

2143

120.3

XLON

09:59:02

13

120.3

XLON

09:59:02

1084

120.2

CHIX

09:59:02

2543

120.2

XLON

10:10:01

2042

119.2

XLON

10:10:01

466

119.2

XLON

10:19:02

2020

119.1

XLON

10:19:02

672

119.1

XLON

10:31:23

2862

119.5

XLON

10:37:02

1965

119.4

XLON

10:37:02

672

119.4

XLON

10:41:02

2641

119.4

XLON

10:42:33

1259

119.3

CHIX

10:42:33

1514

119.3

CHIX

10:42:33

197

119.3

CHIX

10:43:30

2275

119.3

BATE

10:50:23

1000

119.4

TRQX

10:50:23

1490

119.4

TRQX

10:50:23

2531

119.4

XLON

10:50:23

142

119.4

TRQX

10:50:24

208

119.3

BATE

10:53:23

717

119.3

XLON

10:53:23

2000

119.3

XLON

11:01:36

2895

119.6

XLON

11:09:33

1008

119.7

CHIX

11:09:33

1603

119.7

CHIX

11:09:36

2475

119.8

XLON

11:16:36

610

119.8

XLON

11:16:36

2000

119.8

XLON

11:23:36

915

119.8

XLON

11:23:36

2000

119.8

XLON

11:37:01

2688

119.6

XLON

11:41:01

997

119.4

XLON

11:41:01

666

119.4

XLON

11:41:03

1146

119.4

XLON

11:58:27

1894

119.4

XLON

11:58:27

808

119.4

XLON

11:58:27

200

119.4

XLON

11:58:27

1000

119.4

XLON

11:58:27

1446

119.4

XLON

11:58:27

1554

119.4

XLON

11:58:27

1000

119.4

XLON

11:58:27

252

119.4

XLON

11:59:24

2650

119.9

CHIX

12:04:46

150

120.1

BATE

12:04:46

3000

120.1

BATE

12:04:46

1092

120.1

BATE

12:04:46

1913

120.1

BATE

12:05:45

2557

120.1

TRQX

12:05:45

455

120.1

TRQX

12:06:02

915

119.9

XLON

12:06:02

1000

119.9

XLON

12:06:02

512

119.9

XLON

12:14:02

782

119.9

XLON

12:14:02

182

119.9

XLON

12:14:02

1500

119.9

XLON

12:27:10

11

120.1

XLON

12:27:10

23

120.1

XLON

12:27:25

2409

120.1

XLON

12:27:25

1632

120.1

XLON

12:30:10

123

120

CHIX

12:30:29

619

120.1

XLON

12:30:29

2204

120.1

XLON

12:35:02

1008

120

CHIX

12:35:02

1569

120

CHIX

12:41:02

2411

119.9

XLON

12:47:58

708

119.8

XLON

12:49:02

1008

119.8

XLON

12:55:02

2601

120

XLON

12:55:02

732

120

XLON

13:08:27

52

119.9

CHIX

13:08:55

20

119.9

CHIX

13:09:20

21

119.9

CHIX

13:09:23

2584

119.9

XLON

13:09:23

24

119.9

XLON

13:09:23

2746

119.9

XLON

13:09:23

1008

119.9

CHIX

13:09:23

1526

119.9

CHIX

13:10:25

414

119.8

XLON

13:10:25

1930

119.8

XLON

13:15:25

912

119.8

XLON

13:15:25

807

119.8

XLON

13:15:25

912

119.8

XLON

13:24:13

2565

119.9

XLON

13:25:35

539

120

TRQX

13:25:35

2000

120

TRQX

13:25:35

305

120

TRQX

13:32:31

4431

120.1

XLON

13:34:47

1139

120.1

XLON

13:34:47

442

120.1

XLON

13:34:47

1000

120.1

XLON

13:38:20

679

120

CHIX

13:38:20

1000

120

CHIX

13:38:20

1210

120

CHIX

13:39:47

731

119.8

XLON

13:39:47

1740

119.8

XLON

13:46:47

2511

119.9

XLON

13:56:05

2831

119.8

XLON

13:56:05

2220

119.8

XLON

13:56:05

363

119.8

XLON

13:59:05

1676

119.8

XLON

13:59:05

1008

119.8

XLON

13:59:55

127

119.7

CHIX

14:00:25

1351

119.7

CHIX

14:00:25

1444

119.7

CHIX

14:08:42

1135

120

BATE

14:08:42

9

119.9

BATE

14:08:42

789

120

BATE

14:08:42

694

120

BATE

14:08:42

1

119.9

BATE

14:08:42

1000

119.9

BATE

14:08:42

2000

119.9

BATE

14:08:42

590

119.9

XLON

14:08:42

3225

119.9

XLON

14:18:35

1000

119.8

XLON

14:18:35

913

119.8

XLON

14:19:35

2877

120.1

XLON

14:19:35

676

120.1

XLON

14:19:35

159

120

XLON

14:19:35

97

120

XLON

14:19:35

13

120

XLON

14:19:35

2925

120

TRQX

14:26:02

2513

120

XLON

14:26:02

2461

120

XLON

14:26:02

1008

120

CHIX

14:26:02

1546

120

CHIX

14:30:53

2509

119.8

XLON

14:33:25

692

119.8

XLON

14:33:25

1906

119.8

XLON

14:38:25

879

119.9

XLON

14:38:25

2000

119.9

XLON

14:39:21

1155

119.8

CHIX

14:39:25

1016

119.8

CHIX

14:39:25

509

119.8

CHIX

14:40:27

732

119.8

XLON

14:40:39

612

119.8

XLON

14:40:39

1000

119.8

XLON

14:44:31

2876

119.6

XLON

14:48:23

2796

119.6

XLON

14:48:23

2591

119.7

BATE

14:51:23

1000

119.7

CHIX

14:51:23

1873

119.7

CHIX

14:51:37

507

119.6

XLON

14:51:37

2000

119.6

XLON

14:54:37

2692

119.6

XLON

14:54:37

137

119.6

XLON

14:55:09

411

119.5

TRQX

14:55:09

2074

119.5

TRQX

14:59:30

87

119.5

XLON

14:59:30

2559

119.5

XLON

15:02:48

650

119.7

BATE

15:02:48

358

119.7

BATE

15:02:48

3470

119.7

BATE

15:03:09

1573

119.7

XLON

15:03:09

1000

119.7

XLON

15:04:17

247

119.6

CHIX

15:05:11

1008

119.6

CHIX

15:05:11

1000

119.6

CHIX

15:05:11

338

119.6

CHIX

15:06:28

829

119.5

XLON

15:06:28

1000

119.5

XLON

15:06:28

1000

119.5

XLON

15:22:11

6793

119.6

XLON

15:22:12

519

119.6

BATE

15:22:12

941

119.6

BATE

15:22:12

29

119.6

BATE

15:22:12

1061

119.6

BATE

15:22:12

135

119.6

BATE

15:22:12

1972

119.6

XLON

15:22:12

1000

119.6

XLON

15:22:12

1000

119.6

XLON

15:22:12

835

119.6

CHIX

15:22:12

1715

119.6

CHIX

15:22:16

789

119.6

BATE

15:22:16

726

119.6

BATE

15:23:32

2000

119.4

XLON

15:27:26

1604

119.4

XLON

15:27:26

1079

119.4

XLON

15:27:26

323

119.4

XLON

15:27:26

78

119.4

XLON

15:29:38

1000

119.5

TRQX

15:29:38

1000

119.5

TRQX

15:29:38

812

119.5

TRQX

15:29:44

327

119.5

XLON

15:29:44

2368

119.5

XLON

15:38:39

696

119.3

BATE

15:38:39

22

119.3

BATE

15:38:39

2844

119.4

XLON

15:38:39

2577

119.4

XLON

15:38:39

2722

119.4

XLON

15:38:39

182

119.4

XLON

15:50:24

931

119.4

XLON

15:50:24

714

119.4

XLON

15:50:54

160

119.4

XLON

15:50:54

1215

119.4

XLON

15:50:54

2577

119.4

XLON

15:53:35

804

119.4

XLON

15:58:37

1000

119.6

XLON

15:58:37

1000

119.6

XLON

15:58:37

1000

119.6

XLON

15:58:37

1000

119.6

BATE

15:58:37

1000

119.6

BATE

15:58:37

950

119.6

CHIX

15:58:37

950

119.6

CHIX

15:58:37

29

119.6

XLON

15:58:37

1000

119.6

XLON

15:58:37

939

119.6

XLON

15:58:37

2405

119.5

XLON

15:58:37

261

119.6

BATE

15:58:37

516

119.6

BATE

15:58:37

1188

119.6

BATE

15:58:37

1882

119.6

BATE

15:58:39

443

119.6

XLON

15:58:49

299

119.6

XLON

15:58:49

50

119.6

BATE

15:58:49

250

119.6

CHIX

15:58:49

250

119.6

CHIX

15:58:49

1000

119.6

CHIX

15:58:49

880

119.6

CHIX

16:00:35

2609

119.5

XLON

16:00:49

1246

119.5

BATE

16:00:49

766

119.5

BATE

16:00:49

794

119.5

BATE

16:00:49

1864

119.5

BATE

16:09:52

861

119.4

XLON

16:09:52

1830

119.4

XLON

16:09:52

2366

119.4

XLON

16:09:52

1555

119.4

TRQX

16:10:02

892

119.3

CHIX

16:10:49

76

119.3

CHIX

16:14:28

1738

119.3

XLON

16:14:28

2552

119.3

XLON

16:14:29

50

119.3

XLON

16:14:29

504

119.3

XLON

16:14:52

531

119.4

TRQX

16:14:52

1000

119.4

TRQX

16:14:52

600

119.4

TRQX

16:14:59

734

119.3

CHIX

16:15:04

276

119.3

CHIX

16:15:04

290

119.3

XLON

16:15:04

560

119.3

CHIX

16:15:04

530

119.3

CHIX

16:16:04

2635

119.1

BATE

16:16:09

747

119.1

XLON

16:16:09

1000

119.1

XLON

16:16:09

985

119.1

XLON

16:19:59

650

119.1

XLON

16:21:39

779

119.1

XLON

16:21:39

2137

119.1

XLON

16:21:39

1863

119.1

XLON

16:21:45

361

119

CHIX

16:21:51

1534

119

CHIX

16:24:59

667

118.9

XLON

16:24:59

1000

118.9

XLON

16:24:59

701

118.9

XLON

16:26:39

671

118.9

XLON

16:28:19

702

118.9

XLON

16:28:33

1095

118.9

XLON

16:28:33

1000

118.9

XLON

16:28:33

1355

118.9

XLON

16:29:34

159

118.9

BATE

16:29:34

625

118.9

BATE

16:29:34

293

118.9

BATE

16:29:34

139

118.9

BATE

16:29:35

1795

118.9

BATE

 



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