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

15 June 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

601,063

Weighted average price paid (p)

138.31

Highest price paid (p)

140.30

Lowest price paid (p)

136.90

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 49,604,355 Ordinary Shares in treasury.

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 701,062,790. 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 15 June 2023 is 701,062,790. 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

138.33

359,832

BATE

138.23

140,394

CHIX

138.35

66,318

TRQX

138.21

34,519

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:01:41

1027

139.3

XLON

08:01:41

800

139.3

XLON

08:01:41

855

139.3

XLON

08:03:02

2828

138.8

XLON

08:03:02

2567

139

CHIX

08:03:02

2490

139

BATE

08:03:02

505

139

BATE

08:14:32

999

139.3

XLON

08:19:42

132

140.3

CHIX

08:19:42

2394

140.3

CHIX

08:19:42

4565

140.2

XLON

08:19:42

2472

140.1

XLON

08:19:42

611

140.2

XLON

08:19:42

1682

140.2

XLON

08:20:00

2684

140.3

BATE

08:20:00

2537

140.3

BATE

08:20:56

2522

139.7

XLON

08:22:48

2968

139.8

TRQX

08:24:22

32

139.8

TRQX

08:24:22

2478

139.65

XLON

08:26:19

2893

139.3

XLON

08:26:19

1516

139.3

CHIX

08:26:19

1076

139.3

CHIX

08:26:19

97

139.3

CHIX

08:26:19

172

139.3

CHIX

08:26:19

1026

139.3

XLON

08:26:19

1600

139.3

XLON

08:28:26

367

138.6

XLON

08:29:00

195

138.8

BATE

08:29:00

1702

138.8

BATE

08:29:00

800

138.8

BATE

08:29:00

2822

139.3

BATE

08:29:01

629

139

XLON

08:29:01

1600

139

XLON

08:29:01

800

139

XLON

08:29:20

2809

139.3

XLON

08:31:18

2879

139.1

XLON

08:32:08

2495

139.1

XLON

08:32:08

420

139.1

XLON

08:32:13

1802

138.8

XLON

08:32:13

800

138.8

XLON

08:32:13

2589

138.8

XLON

08:34:49

2857

138.7

BATE

08:35:13

2625

138.7

XLON

08:35:33

2726

138.5

XLON

08:35:38

2698

138.1

XLON

08:37:21

2526

138.3

XLON

08:38:16

2607

137.8

XLON

08:41:57

1055

138

BATE

08:42:16

2314

138.2

XLON

08:42:16

1911

138.3

XLON

08:42:16

559

138.3

XLON

08:42:16

353

138.3

XLON

08:46:31

1874

138

BATE

08:47:15

2182

137.9

CHIX

08:47:15

294

137.9

CHIX

08:48:28

2852

138

XLON

08:50:43

2610

138

XLON

08:56:31

1600

138.3

BATE

08:56:31

411

138.3

BATE

08:56:31

800

138.3

BATE

08:58:43

600

138.2

XLON

08:58:43

229

138.2

XLON

08:58:43

1600

138.2

XLON

09:00:51

2491

138.2

XLON

09:04:31

2845

138.2

BATE

09:04:31

283

138.1

XLON

09:04:31

2547

138.1

XLON

09:04:39

3400

138.1

XLON

09:05:22

2984

138

TRQX

09:06:39

252

138

XLON

09:06:39

2406

138

XLON

09:09:39

501

138.3

XLON

09:09:39

2400

138.3

XLON

09:14:01

891

139

XLON

09:14:01

1767

139

XLON

09:15:03

1995

139.2

CHIX

09:15:03

821

139.2

CHIX

09:15:33

2605

139

XLON

09:16:31

2625

138.8

XLON

09:17:16

2261

138.7

BATE

09:17:20

79

138.7

BATE

09:17:20

415

138.7

BATE

09:17:20

2373

138.7

XLON

09:18:34

1211

138.5

XLON

09:18:34

1600

138.5

XLON

09:18:48

2392

138.5

XLON

09:19:39

2856

138.5

XLON

09:19:52

2000

138.3

XLON

09:20:10

540

138.3

XLON

09:21:02

2647

138.1

XLON

09:21:28

870

138.3

XLON

09:21:28

1600

138.3

XLON

09:21:46

2675

138.1

XLON

09:23:38

2658

138.3

XLON

09:24:38

749

138.3

XLON

09:24:38

1600

138.3

XLON

09:29:38

3071

138.4

BATE

09:39:06

1306

138.7

XLON

09:39:06

1600

138.7

XLON

09:41:57

2710

138.9

CHIX

09:46:53

2449

138.8

XLON

09:47:38

2271

138.9

BATE

09:47:38

800

138.9

BATE

09:51:18

2468

138.8

XLON

09:51:18

454

138.8

XLON

09:51:18

335

138.8

XLON

09:51:18

2668

138.8

XLON

09:51:19

324

138.9

XLON

09:51:33

966

138.9

XLON

09:51:33

1548

138.9

XLON

09:56:33

2722

138.8

XLON

09:56:33

2504

138.8

XLON

09:58:50

2591

138.8

XLON

09:58:51

375

138.8

XLON

09:58:51

2040

138.8

XLON

09:58:51

326

138.8

XLON

09:59:06

2616

138.6

BATE

09:59:29

178

138.6

BATE

09:59:29

2109

138.6

XLON

09:59:29

476

138.6

XLON

10:01:06

39

138

XLON

10:01:10

2911

138.1

XLON

10:04:53

2423

138.5

XLON

10:05:29

2490

138.4

CHIX

10:12:02

2796

138.3

BATE

10:13:23

2746

138.3

XLON

10:13:43

2989

138.2

TRQX

10:24:43

520

138

BATE

10:24:43

2538

138

BATE

10:28:43

429

138.3

XLON

10:28:43

2426

138.3

XLON

10:29:36

633

138.1

CHIX

10:29:36

1863

138.1

CHIX

10:34:43

5

138.1

XLON

10:34:43

800

138.1

XLON

10:34:43

800

138.1

XLON

10:34:43

800

138.1

XLON

10:40:43

1828

138.2

BATE

10:40:43

1006

138.2

BATE

10:42:18

93

138

XLON

10:42:18

800

138

XLON

10:42:18

1600

138

XLON

10:42:18

198

138

XLON

10:54:43

2693

138.3

XLON

10:55:20

1092

138.2

BATE

10:55:20

800

138.2

BATE

10:55:20

552

138.2

BATE

10:55:20

72

138.2

BATE

10:55:36

327

138.2

CHIX

10:55:36

2526

138.2

CHIX

11:04:13

1624

138.5

XLON

11:04:13

720

138.5

XLON

11:08:05

1063

137.8

XLON

11:08:05

800

137.8

XLON

11:08:05

800

137.8

XLON

11:08:49

1318

137.7

BATE

11:13:05

2754

137.8

XLON

11:18:10

892

138.1

BATE

11:18:10

1685

138.1

BATE

11:19:30

984

138

TRQX

11:21:46

1493

138

TRQX

11:23:30

2717

138.1

XLON

11:31:49

2551

138.4

CHIX

11:33:31

1600

138.5

BATE

11:33:31

1211

138.5

BATE

11:34:30

2378

138.6

XLON

11:48:52

2384

138.3

XLON

11:48:52

2366

138.3

BATE

11:48:52

457

138.3

BATE

11:48:52

2607

138.3

XLON

11:48:52

130

138.3

XLON

12:00:52

5

138.5

CHIX

12:00:57

2642

138.6

XLON

12:01:40

2758

138.6

BATE

12:04:16

2859

138.6

TRQX

12:04:16

2598

138.7

CHIX

12:09:19

2069

138.5

XLON

12:09:19

541

138.5

XLON

12:19:41

2769

138.5

BATE

12:31:22

3805

138.5

XLON

12:35:31

2309

138.6

XLON

12:35:31

362

138.6

XLON

12:35:31

800

138.6

BATE

12:35:31

488

138.6

BATE

12:35:31

1306

138.6

BATE

12:38:31

189

138.6

XLON

12:38:31

800

138.6

XLON

12:38:31

1882

138.6

XLON

12:41:18

800

138.8

CHIX

12:41:18

1695

138.8

CHIX

12:41:18

50

138.8

CHIX

12:42:36

2206

138.1

XLON

12:42:36

372

138.1

XLON

12:46:53

2542

138.6

XLON

12:46:53

1284

138.6

BATE

12:46:53

130

138.6

BATE

12:46:53

1499

138.6

BATE

12:52:43

800

138.7

XLON

12:52:43

1637

138.7

XLON

12:58:02

2541

139

XLON

13:00:05

2256

139.3

XLON

13:00:05

212

139.3

XLON

13:03:05

2392

139.6

XLON

13:03:05

1401

139.3

CHIX

13:03:05

2734

139.3

BATE

13:03:05

1631

139.3

CHIX

13:03:21

486

139.1

TRQX

13:03:21

800

139.1

TRQX

13:03:21

353

139.1

TRQX

13:03:21

1153

139.1

TRQX

13:06:09

2646

138.8

XLON

13:08:45

2615

138.5

XLON

13:11:51

2465

138.5

XLON

13:16:19

1537

139.8

XLON

13:16:19

845

139.8

XLON

13:21:02

1600

139.8

BATE

13:21:02

1479

139.8

BATE

13:24:19

2431

140.05

XLON

13:29:02

2799

140.2

XLON

13:31:14

2557

139.8

XLON

13:31:14

2678

139.8

BATE

13:31:14

2600

139.8

CHIX

13:33:04

2324

138.8

XLON

13:34:18

418

138.8

XLON

13:36:19

2679

138.4

XLON

13:39:01

2496

138.2

XLON

13:39:17

274

138.2

XLON

13:40:20

2768

138

BATE

13:43:52

2201

138.5

XLON

13:43:52

427

138.5

XLON

13:47:51

2742

138.3

TRQX

13:47:51

2666

138.3

XLON

13:52:26

2524

138

CHIX

13:52:26

118

138

CHIX

13:52:26

2366

138

XLON

13:55:14

825

137.7

BATE

13:55:14

2134

137.7

BATE

13:56:50

659

137.6

XLON

13:56:50

2253

137.6

XLON

14:04:50

2110

137.3

XLON

14:04:50

800

137.3

XLON

14:07:40

1236

137.4

BATE

14:07:40

1600

137.4

BATE

14:08:50

2826

137.8

XLON

14:11:35

200

137.4

XLON

14:11:35

800

137.4

XLON

14:11:35

800

137.4

XLON

14:11:35

800

137.4

XLON

14:15:52

1576

137.4

XLON

14:15:52

864

137.4

XLON

14:18:00

1334

137.2

BATE

14:18:00

1208

137.2

BATE

14:18:18

227

137.3

CHIX

14:18:18

2400

137.3

CHIX

14:20:52

2466

137.25

XLON

14:23:00

2551

137.2

BATE

14:23:52

1094

137.3

XLON

14:23:52

1626

137.3

XLON

14:23:52

2822

137.4

XLON

14:28:18

2762

137.3

CHIX

14:28:51

680

137.4

TRQX

14:28:51

2231

137.4

TRQX

14:30:00

2571

137.3

BATE

14:34:00

2063

137.3

BATE

14:34:00

800

137.3

BATE

14:36:11

113

137

XLON

14:36:11

1600

137

XLON

14:36:11

800

137

XLON

14:39:00

2978

136.9

BATE

14:42:26

147

137.3

CHIX

14:42:55

3423

137.3

XLON

14:42:55

2553

137.3

CHIX

14:46:30

2473

137.3

XLON

14:46:30

2821

137.3

BATE

14:46:41

2719

137.1

XLON

14:53:10

2838

137

BATE

14:53:10

247

137

BATE

14:53:10

2408

136.9

XLON

14:55:10

3022

137.3

CHIX

14:57:10

2848

137.3

XLON

14:57:22

2692

137.2

TRQX

15:02:15

1049

137.1

XLON

15:02:15

1600

137.1

XLON

15:02:15

2483

137.1

BATE

15:04:15

2734

137

XLON

15:06:15

2495

137

BATE

15:07:15

1563

137

XLON

15:07:15

542

137

XLON

15:07:15

800

137

XLON

15:09:15

1178

137.3

XLON

15:09:15

1261

137.3

XLON

15:10:15

2756

137.3

CHIX

15:10:15

2505

137.3

XLON

15:11:57

2569

137.3

XLON

15:11:58

636

137.1

BATE

15:11:58

1600

137.1

BATE

15:11:58

800

137.1

BATE

15:14:20

37

137.1

XLON

15:15:07

146

137.2

XLON

15:15:07

342

137.2

XLON

15:15:07

892

137.2

XLON

15:15:07

800

137.2

XLON

15:15:07

1600

137.2

XLON

15:17:07

1129

137.6

XLON

15:17:07

1600

137.6

XLON

15:19:14

1510

137.9

XLON

15:19:14

936

137.9

XLON

15:20:23

2550

137.7

BATE

15:21:26

1310

137.7

XLON

15:21:26

800

137.7

XLON

15:21:26

800

137.7

XLON

15:21:33

2858

137.6

TRQX

15:26:45

1595

137.7

CHIX

15:26:45

1180

137.7

CHIX

15:28:23

2881

137.9

BATE

15:28:57

1752

137.7

XLON

15:28:57

800

137.7

XLON

15:28:57

128

137.7

XLON

15:28:57

672

137.7

XLON

15:28:57

1600

137.7

XLON

15:28:57

1600

137.7

XLON

15:29:57

909

137.7

XLON

15:30:00

1738

137.7

XLON

15:34:00

2815

137.8

XLON

15:37:27

1748

137.9

XLON

15:37:27

712

137.9

XLON

15:37:27

1106

138

BATE

15:37:27

1848

138.2

BATE

15:40:27

2507

137.9

XLON

15:41:16

2877

137.9

CHIX

15:42:27

2785

137.9

BATE

15:47:19

2920

137.9

TRQX

15:47:19

2530

137.9

XLON

15:49:44

399

138

XLON

15:49:44

1058

138

XLON

15:49:44

1057

138

XLON

15:51:19

800

138.2

BATE

15:51:19

2240

138.2

BATE

15:51:49

2628

138.2

XLON

15:54:53

736

138

XLON

15:54:53

1596

138

XLON

15:57:36

1600

138.1

CHIX

15:57:36

800

138.1

CHIX

15:57:36

54

138.1

CHIX

15:57:36

50

138.1

CHIX

16:01:44

2644

138.3

BATE

16:01:44

5030

138.1

XLON

16:01:44

1600

138.1

XLON

16:01:44

209

138.1

XLON

16:01:44

251

138.1

XLON

16:01:44

587

138.1

XLON

16:01:44

1131

138.1

XLON

16:05:44

1600

138.2

BATE

16:05:44

1198

138.2

BATE

16:05:44

64

138.2

BATE

16:11:50

800

138.3

BATE

16:11:50

800

138.3

BATE

16:11:50

581

138.3

BATE

16:11:50

800

138.3

BATE

16:12:19

818

138.3

TRQX

16:12:19

759

138.3

TRQX

16:17:19

52

138.3

TRQX

16:17:19

800

138.3

TRQX

16:17:19

866

138.3

TRQX

16:17:31

2607

138.2

XLON

16:17:31

2938

138.2

CHIX

16:17:32

1262

138.2

XLON

16:17:32

800

138.2

XLON

16:17:32

750

138.2

XLON

16:18:40

800

138.3

BATE

16:18:40

800

138.3

BATE

16:18:40

69

138.3

BATE

16:18:41

800

138.3

BATE

16:18:41

334

138.3

BATE

16:23:57

1934

138.2

XLON

16:23:57

1589

138.2

CHIX

16:23:57

681

138.2

XLON

16:26:41

26

138.2

BATE

16:26:41

1754

138.2

BATE

16:26:57

735

138.1

XLON

16:26:57

1764

138.1

XLON

16:28:13

2722

138.1

XLON

 



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