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

14 June 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

575,306

Weighted average price paid (p)

140.38

Highest price paid (p)

141.50

Lowest price paid (p)

141.50

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 49,003,292 Ordinary Shares in treasury.

Additionally, on 13 June FirstGroup plc allotted 16,168 shares to satisfy obligations under the Share Incentive Plan (which is an all-employee share plan).

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 701,663,853. 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 14 June 2023 is 701,663,853. 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

140.37

347,522

BATE

140.41

133,147

CHIX

140.40

63,200

TRQX

140.40

31,437

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:00:00

2925

139.3

BATE

08:01:35

2380

141.4

XLON

08:01:35

4154

141.2

XLON

08:01:35

774

141.2

XLON

08:02:21

3403

141.2

XLON

08:03:21

2627

140.6

XLON

08:05:10

444

141.2

CHIX

08:05:10

2030

141.2

CHIX

08:05:40

2493

141.2

BATE

08:06:10

1251

141.4

XLON

08:06:10

1600

141.4

XLON

08:07:10

2876

141

XLON

08:07:17

2907

140.6

XLON

08:10:23

2691

140.6

XLON

08:11:40

196

140.7

BATE

08:11:40

2400

140.7

BATE

08:14:02

66

140.6

XLON

08:14:02

800

140.6

XLON

08:14:02

800

140.6

XLON

08:14:02

764

140.6

XLON

08:16:20

2333

140.6

XLON

08:16:20

393

140.6

CHIX

08:16:20

1956

140.6

CHIX

08:16:20

726

140.6

CHIX

08:16:20

1600

140.6

TRQX

08:16:20

1244

140.6

TRQX

08:18:21

1206

141.4

XLON

08:18:21

1600

141.4

XLON

08:18:22

390

140.9

BATE

08:18:43

662

140.9

BATE

08:18:43

1855

140.9

BATE

08:20:21

2680

140.8

XLON

08:23:21

2847

140.8

XLON

08:26:17

728

141.2

XLON

08:26:17

1609

141.2

XLON

08:28:40

576

140.9

BATE

08:28:47

997

140.9

BATE

08:29:02

1187

140.9

BATE

08:29:03

2365

140.8

XLON

08:32:00

1205

140.9

CHIX

08:32:00

1736

140.9

CHIX

08:34:02

389

140.6

BATE

08:36:02

1194

140.6

BATE

08:37:02

1017

140.6

BATE

08:38:02

122

140.6

BATE

08:41:03

2745

140.8

XLON

08:41:03

5698

140.8

XLON

08:47:35

2506

140.8

BATE

08:51:24

997

140.8

XLON

08:53:24

416

141

XLON

08:54:15

774

141

XLON

08:54:15

1600

141

XLON

08:57:35

997

141.1

BATE

08:57:36

1772

141.1

BATE

08:57:40

129

141.1

BATE

08:59:02

175

140.9

CHIX

08:59:02

1164

140.9

CHIX

08:59:02

235

141

XLON

08:59:02

800

141

XLON

08:59:02

800

141

XLON

08:59:02

555

141

XLON

09:03:02

1040

141.1

XLON

09:03:02

1600

141.1

XLON

09:09:19

800

141.1

XLON

09:09:19

289

141.1

BATE

09:10:02

1082

141.1

XLON

09:10:02

1170

141.1

TRQX

09:10:02

800

141.1

XLON

09:10:02

1237

141.1

BATE

09:10:02

459

141.1

TRQX

09:10:02

860

141.1

TRQX

09:10:02

99

141.1

TRQX

09:10:02

61

141.1

TRQX

09:10:02

997

141.1

BATE

09:13:22

198

141.1

CHIX

09:13:22

599

141.1

CHIX

09:13:22

997

141.1

CHIX

09:13:22

374

141.1

CHIX

09:13:22

374

141.1

CHIX

09:15:34

410

141.1

XLON

09:15:34

800

141.1

XLON

09:15:34

1161

141.1

XLON

09:21:21

605

141.1

XLON

09:21:21

109

141.1

XLON

09:21:21

605

141.1

XLON

09:22:22

2614

141.2

XLON

09:22:32

1600

141.2

BATE

09:22:32

939

141.2

BATE

09:24:14

800

141.4

XLON

09:24:14

800

141.4

XLON

09:26:14

556

141.5

XLON

09:26:14

2029

141.5

XLON

09:35:49

369

141.4

BATE

09:35:49

997

141.4

BATE

09:35:49

1616

141.4

BATE

09:45:38

1778

141.2

XLON

09:45:38

902

141.2

XLON

09:45:38

2920

141.2

CHIX

09:45:48

2618

141.2

XLON

09:46:04

305

141.1

XLON

09:46:04

2400

141.1

XLON

09:46:04

186

141.1

XLON

09:50:28

191

141.1

XLON

09:50:28

800

141.1

XLON

09:50:28

1772

141.1

XLON

09:50:38

1600

141.1

BATE

09:50:38

1083

141.1

BATE

09:54:05

1201

140.6

XLON

09:59:05

2297

140.8

XLON

09:59:05

477

140.8

XLON

10:03:02

2506

140.6

BATE

10:04:02

259

140.4

TRQX

10:08:55

624

140.6

CHIX

10:11:54

1777

140.6

BATE

10:12:02

997

140.6

CHIX

10:13:02

2574

140.6

XLON

10:13:02

2592

140.6

TRQX

10:13:02

49

140.6

BATE

10:13:02

675

140.6

BATE

10:13:02

948

140.6

CHIX

10:14:50

864

140.5

XLON

10:14:50

1570

140.5

XLON

10:25:32

85

140.3

XLON

10:25:32

856

140.3

XLON

10:25:32

97

140.3

XLON

10:25:32

800

140.3

XLON

10:25:32

728

140.3

XLON

10:29:02

1005

140.3

BATE

10:29:02

1663

140.3

BATE

10:31:47

1383

140.3

XLON

10:31:47

997

140.3

XLON

10:31:47

2391

140.5

XLON

10:37:00

2591

140.6

XLON

10:37:00

518

140.6

CHIX

10:37:00

2491

140.6

CHIX

10:40:27

2643

140.6

XLON

10:40:27

2964

140.6

BATE

10:41:30

2480

140.3

XLON

10:45:08

2512

139.9

XLON

10:49:33

220

139.6

XLON

10:49:33

800

139.6

XLON

10:49:33

1600

139.6

XLON

10:54:33

2802

140.1

XLON

10:57:39

997

140

BATE

10:57:39

2589

140

XLON

10:57:39

1382

140

BATE

10:58:55

164

140

BATE

11:04:33

590

139.8

CHIX

11:04:33

84

139.8

CHIX

11:04:33

750

139.8

CHIX

11:04:33

800

139.8

CHIX

11:04:33

800

139.8

CHIX

11:05:33

894

139.8

XLON

11:05:33

800

139.8

XLON

11:05:33

800

139.8

XLON

11:12:02

173

140

XLON

11:12:02

800

140

XLON

11:12:02

800

140

XLON

11:12:02

997

140

XLON

11:18:02

800

140

XLON

11:18:02

792

140

XLON

11:18:02

782

140

XLON

11:18:50

350

140

XLON

11:21:00

997

140.1

BATE

11:21:00

324

140.1

BATE

11:24:49

3633

140.4

XLON

11:24:49

1693

140.5

BATE

11:24:49

1155

140.5

BATE

11:24:49

1776

140.3

TRQX

11:24:49

871

140.3

TRQX

11:28:49

1423

140.3

XLON

11:28:49

997

140.3

XLON

11:30:06

1667

140.1

BATE

11:30:06

13

140.1

BATE

11:32:49

2630

140

XLON

11:37:01

2517

140

XLON

11:39:00

2409

140

XLON

11:40:02

15

140

XLON

11:44:02

2836

140.3

XLON

11:44:06

1460

140.1

BATE

11:44:06

109

140.1

BATE

11:48:50

2337

140.1

XLON

11:48:50

2993

140.2

CHIX

11:51:30

2535

140.1

XLON

11:51:49

2472

140

BATE

11:53:25

2725

140

XLON

12:01:43

2617

140.2

XLON

12:10:43

2030

140.6

XLON

12:11:02

263

140.6

XLON

12:11:02

274

140.6

XLON

12:11:49

1777

140.6

BATE

12:12:38

1020

140.6

BATE

12:19:02

2873

140.8

XLON

12:21:25

1979

140.6

CHIX

12:21:25

800

140.6

CHIX

12:22:49

2103

140.8

TRQX

12:22:49

438

140.8

TRQX

12:25:02

2796

140.8

XLON

12:27:29

2542

140.7

BATE

12:38:29

822

140.6

BATE

12:38:29

662

140.6

BATE

12:38:29

800

140.6

BATE

12:38:29

736

140.6

BATE

12:41:49

2800

140.4

XLON

12:41:49

2664

140.4

XLON

12:46:57

2484

140.3

XLON

12:46:57

323

140.3

XLON

12:50:57

2465

140.1

XLON

12:57:41

194

140

CHIX

12:58:02

1785

140

CHIX

12:58:02

957

140

CHIX

13:01:42

570

140

XLON

13:01:49

1911

140

XLON

13:01:49

2772

140

BATE

13:07:49

2848

140.2

XLON

13:09:54

1305

140.1

XLON

13:18:13

938

140.7

BATE

13:18:13

1837

140.7

BATE

13:18:49

2782

140.8

TRQX

13:25:06

2762

140.4

XLON

13:25:06

2351

140.4

XLON

13:25:06

2532

140.4

XLON

13:25:17

565

140.3

BATE

13:25:17

580

140.3

BATE

13:25:17

800

140.3

BATE

13:25:17

800

140.3

BATE

13:25:34

2221

140.3

XLON

13:25:34

372

140.3

XLON

13:26:54

2350

140.2

XLON

13:29:24

2420

140.4

XLON

13:31:10

2625

140.4

CHIX

13:32:31

1502

140.3

XLON

13:32:31

1400

140.3

XLON

13:41:44

2904

140.3

BATE

13:48:44

631

140.2

XLON

13:48:44

2711

140.2

XLON

13:48:44

2273

140.2

XLON

13:48:44

2858

140.2

BATE

13:50:46

398

140.2

XLON

13:50:46

2400

140.2

XLON

13:54:04

2415

140.3

CHIX

13:54:04

379

140.3

CHIX

13:55:00

2606

140.3

XLON

13:55:00

170

140.3

XLON

13:59:08

104

140.3

XLON

13:59:08

1600

140.3

XLON

13:59:08

800

140.3

XLON

13:59:08

55

140.3

XLON

14:00:29

2039

140.2

TRQX

14:00:29

663

140.2

TRQX

14:02:44

1071

140.2

BATE

14:02:44

1902

140.2

BATE

14:16:35

3172

140.2

XLON

14:16:35

2839

140.2

BATE

14:16:35

750

140.2

CHIX

14:16:35

1161

140.2

CHIX

14:16:35

868

140.2

CHIX

14:16:35

485

140.1

XLON

14:16:35

2803

140.1

XLON

14:16:35

2859

140.1

XLON

14:16:35

2548

140.1

XLON

14:19:35

1910

140.2

XLON

14:19:35

800

140.2

XLON

14:25:18

1600

140.2

BATE

14:25:18

1338

140.2

BATE

14:25:18

1759

140.4

XLON

14:25:18

770

140.3

XLON

14:27:18

2579

140.3

XLON

14:31:18

2006

140.3

XLON

14:31:18

672

140.3

XLON

14:32:44

169

140.2

BATE

14:32:44

241

140.2

BATE

14:32:44

106

140.2

BATE

14:32:47

465

140.2

BATE

14:32:49

770

140.2

BATE

14:32:49

775

140.2

BATE

14:33:18

2593

140.2

XLON

14:36:50

2385

140.3

XLON

14:36:50

4

140.3

BATE

14:36:50

800

140.3

BATE

14:36:50

796

140.3

CHIX

14:36:50

454

140.3

CHIX

14:36:50

830

140.3

BATE

14:36:50

546

140.3

BATE

14:36:50

800

140.3

BATE

14:36:50

1256

140.3

CHIX

14:39:12

105

140.3

TRQX

14:39:12

2562

140.3

TRQX

14:41:50

463

140.4

CHIX

14:41:50

800

140.4

CHIX

14:41:50

37

140.4

CHIX

14:41:50

800

140.4

CHIX

14:41:50

957

140.4

CHIX

14:43:27

778

140.3

BATE

14:44:47

96

140.3

BATE

14:45:03

800

140.3

XLON

14:45:03

800

140.3

XLON

14:45:03

275

140.3

XLON

14:45:03

1782

140.3

BATE

14:45:03

81

140.3

BATE

14:45:40

2010

140.4

XLON

14:45:40

3200

140.4

XLON

14:45:40

51

140.4

XLON

14:47:40

154

140.4

XLON

14:47:40

800

140.4

XLON

14:47:40

1600

140.4

XLON

14:47:41

163

140.3

BATE

14:47:41

1411

140.3

BATE

14:47:42

800

140.3

BATE

14:47:42

252

140.3

BATE

14:50:47

1383

140.2

XLON

14:50:47

331

140.2

XLON

14:50:47

800

140.2

XLON

14:55:47

949

140.3

XLON

14:55:47

877

140.3

XLON

14:55:47

949

140.3

XLON

14:55:47

2525

140.3

BATE

14:57:47

2693

140.3

XLON

14:58:07

576

140.3

CHIX

14:59:47

2483

140.4

XLON

14:59:52

1354

140.3

CHIX

14:59:52

1151

140.3

CHIX

15:03:05

51

140.4

XLON

15:03:05

2583

140.4

XLON

15:12:17

2892

140.4

XLON

15:12:17

2367

140.4

XLON

15:12:17

2523

140.4

TRQX

15:12:24

2363

140.3

XLON

15:12:24

2961

140.3

BATE

15:12:24

2703

140.3

BATE

15:16:14

2840

140.3

XLON

15:19:40

2977

140.3

BATE

15:19:40

2829

140.3

CHIX

15:19:40

749

140.3

XLON

15:19:40

1853

140.3

XLON

15:22:40

130

140.3

XLON

15:22:40

2400

140.3

XLON

15:24:40

1274

140.3

XLON

15:24:40

1600

140.3

XLON

15:25:40

1600

140.3

BATE

15:25:40

800

140.3

BATE

15:25:40

445

140.3

BATE

15:30:17

1803

140.2

TRQX

15:30:17

1152

140.2

TRQX

15:39:41

12686

140.4

XLON

15:39:41

734

140.4

XLON

15:39:41

2912

140.6

BATE

15:39:41

270

140.6

BATE

15:39:41

2400

140.5

BATE

15:39:41

800

140.5

BATE

15:39:41

22

140.5

BATE

15:39:41

972

140.4

CHIX

15:39:41

1600

140.4

CHIX

15:41:41

2728

140.1

XLON

15:47:57

2887

140.1

CHIX

15:47:57

6735

140.2

XLON

15:47:57

105

140.1

CHIX

15:50:57

3045

140.1

BATE

15:58:30

1954

140.1

XLON

15:58:30

800

140.1

XLON

15:58:30

800

140.1

XLON

15:58:30

1600

140

XLON

15:58:30

430

140

XLON

15:58:30

2644

140

XLON

16:00:06

2813

140.1

XLON

16:00:09

2405

140

BATE

16:03:42

2320

140.1

TRQX

16:03:42

573

140.1

TRQX

16:03:45

1137

140.1

XLON

16:04:40

1414

140.1

XLON

16:08:26

1600

140.3

CHIX

16:08:26

534

140.3

CHIX

16:08:26

868

140.3

CHIX

16:08:26

2931

140.4

BATE

16:08:40

259

140.2

XLON

16:08:40

2574

140.2

XLON

16:11:28

2426

140.1

XLON

16:13:20

2574

140.1

XLON

16:13:20

2505

140

BATE

16:14:55

805

139.6

XLON

16:14:55

1546

139.6

XLON

16:16:03

1065

139.1

XLON

16:16:03

1528

139.1

XLON

16:17:06

2362

138.7

CHIX

16:17:09

1383

138.5

TRQX

16:18:51

2610

138.5

XLON

16:21:20

2786

139.3

XLON

16:21:21

307

139.1

BATE

16:21:21

133

139.1

BATE

16:21:21

861

139.1

BATE

16:21:21

1648

139.1

BATE

16:22:20

3191

139.3

XLON

16:23:20

650

139.1

XLON

16:23:20

2009

139.1

XLON

16:25:20

2510

139.3

XLON

16:27:53

2161

139.1

XLON

16:27:53

752

139.1

XLON

16:27:53

1259

139.1

BATE

16:28:38

1703

139.1

XLON

 



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