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 RBC Europe Limited.

 

Date of Purchase

21 June 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

611,619

Weighted average price paid (p)

141.00

Highest price paid (p)

144.40

Lowest price paid (p)

139.80

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 51,855,969 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 698,811,176. 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 21 June 2023 is 698,811,176. 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 / 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: RBC Europe Limited

Intermediary Code: ROYCGB22

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 RBC Europe 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

141.00

325,485

BATE

141.01

89,142

CHIX

140.96

87,122

TRQX

140.98

96,586

Sigma-X

141.07

13,284

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:01:05

375

       144.40

BATE

08:01:05

293

       144.10

XLON

08:01:05

293

       144.10

TRQX

08:01:05

293

       144.10

CHIX

08:01:08

297

       143.40

XLON

08:01:08

34

       143.40

TRQX

08:01:08

34

       143.40

CHIX

08:01:08

34

       143.40

BATE

08:01:08

263

       143.40

TRQX

08:01:08

263

       143.40

CHIX

08:01:08

264

       143.40

BATE

08:02:40

508

       142.40

XLON

08:02:40

508

       142.40

TRQX

08:02:40

509

       142.40

BATE

08:02:40

509

       142.40

CHIX

08:02:43

1,018

       142.30

XLON

08:02:43

508

       142.30

TRQX

08:02:43

194

       142.30

XLON

08:02:43

509

       142.30

BATE

08:02:43

509

       142.30

CHIX

08:02:48

96

       142.50

CHIX

08:02:48

518

       142.30

BATE

08:02:48

422

       142.30

CHIX

08:02:48

517

       142.30

TRQX

08:02:48

518

       142.30

XLON

08:02:48

764

       142.30

TRQX

08:03:57

322

       142.10

XLON

08:03:57

322

       142.10

BATE

08:03:57

322

       142.10

CHIX

08:03:57

322

       142.10

TRQX

08:04:30

254

       140.60

XLON

08:04:30

254

       140.60

TRQX

08:04:30

254

       140.60

CHIX

08:04:30

254

       140.60

BATE

08:05:40

684

       141.80

XLON

08:05:40

684

       141.80

TRQX

08:05:40

685

       141.80

BATE

08:05:40

685

       141.80

CHIX

08:06:59

684

       142.10

XLON

08:06:59

684

       142.10

TRQX

08:06:59

685

       142.10

CHIX

08:06:59

685

       142.10

BATE

08:07:00

684

       141.60

TRQX

08:07:00

684

       141.60

XLON

08:08:25

685

       141.30

BATE

08:08:25

684

       141.30

XLON

08:08:25

685

       141.30

CHIX

08:08:25

684

       141.30

TRQX

08:10:58

2,760

       141.40

TRQX

08:10:58

2,932

       141.40

BATE

08:10:58

1,861

       141.40

Sigma-X

08:10:58

2,592

       141.40

CHIX

08:12:01

685

       141.20

BATE

08:12:01

684

       141.20

XLON

08:12:01

684

       141.20

TRQX

08:12:01

685

       141.20

CHIX

08:12:38

685

       141.10

BATE

08:12:38

433

       141.10

CHIX

08:12:38

252

       141.10

CHIX

08:12:39

1,032

       141.10

BATE

08:12:40

338

       141.20

CHIX

08:12:40

946

       141.20

CHIX

08:12:40

86

       141.20

BATE

08:13:04

372

       141.20

BATE

08:13:04

685

       141.20

CHIX

08:13:04

313

       141.20

BATE

08:14:11

684

       141.10

XLON

08:14:11

684

       141.10

TRQX

08:14:11

239

       141.10

BATE

08:14:11

685

       141.10

CHIX

08:14:11

446

       141.10

BATE

08:14:14

684

       140.90

XLON

08:14:14

684

       140.90

TRQX

08:14:14

685

       140.90

CHIX

08:14:14

328

       140.90

BATE

08:14:14

357

       140.90

BATE

08:14:14

684

       140.70

XLON

08:14:14

684

       140.70

TRQX

08:20:15

684

       141.00

XLON

08:20:15

685

       141.00

CHIX

08:20:15

684

       141.00

TRQX

08:20:15

685

       141.00

BATE

08:24:24

685

       140.80

BATE

08:24:24

685

       140.80

CHIX

08:24:24

684

       140.80

XLON

08:24:24

684

       140.80

TRQX

08:24:31

684

       140.70

TRQX

08:24:31

684

       140.70

XLON

08:24:31

685

       140.70

BATE

08:24:31

685

       140.70

CHIX

08:31:43

2,953

       140.85

TRQX

08:31:43

3,138

       140.85

BATE

08:31:43

2,773

       140.85

CHIX

08:31:43

1,992

       140.85

CHIX

08:35:08

684

       141.20

XLON

08:35:08

684

       141.20

TRQX

08:35:08

685

       141.20

BATE

08:35:08

685

       141.20

CHIX

08:35:08

684

       141.00

XLON

08:35:08

684

       141.00

TRQX

08:40:21

684

       141.10

XLON

08:40:21

684

       141.10

TRQX

08:40:21

685

       141.10

CHIX

08:40:21

685

       141.10

BATE

08:47:34

2,955

       141.30

TRQX

08:47:34

3,141

       141.30

BATE

08:47:34

2,775

       141.30

CHIX

08:47:34

1,993

       141.30

Sigma-X

08:54:43

399

       141.10

TRQX

08:54:43

685

       141.10

CHIX

08:54:43

685

       141.10

BATE

08:54:43

285

       141.10

TRQX

08:54:43

684

       141.10

XLON

08:54:53

884

       141.10

CHIX

08:54:53

885

       141.10

BATE

09:22:32

49

       141.00

TRQX

09:22:32

74

       141.00

TRQX

09:22:32

49

       141.00

TRQX

09:22:34

447

       141.00

XLON

09:23:45

893

       141.10

CHIX

09:23:46

1,396

       141.30

XLON

09:23:46

99

       141.20

CHIX

09:23:46

348

       141.20

CHIX

09:23:46

1,069

       141.00

XLON

09:29:41

1,788

       141.10

TRQX

09:29:41

557

       141.10

BATE

09:29:41

912

       141.10

XLON

09:29:41

913

       141.10

CHIX

09:29:41

388

       141.10

TRQX

09:29:41

356

       141.10

BATE

09:29:41

5,844

       141.10

TRQX

09:29:41

1,250

       141.10

TRQX

09:29:41

1,150

       141.10

BATE

09:29:41

1,162

       141.10

CHIX

09:43:48

685

       141.20

BATE

09:43:48

684

       141.20

XLON

09:43:48

521

       141.20

TRQX

09:43:48

685

       141.20

CHIX

09:43:48

163

       141.20

TRQX

10:10:06

1,045

       140.95

BATE

10:10:06

1,026

       140.95

CHIX

10:10:10

712

       141.30

TRQX

10:10:10

2,414

       141.30

TRQX

10:10:10

344

       141.20

XLON

10:10:10

648

       141.20

XLON

10:10:59

2,080

       140.95

TRQX

10:10:59

3,339

       140.95

CHIX

10:10:59

1,502

       140.95

Sigma-X

10:10:59

3,401

       140.95

BATE

10:12:09

912

       141.20

XLON

10:14:35

913

       141.20

CHIX

10:14:35

913

       141.20

BATE

10:16:08

264

       141.30

XLON

10:16:08

496

       141.30

XLON

10:16:08

608

       141.10

XLON

10:20:47

2,694

       141.35

TRQX

10:20:47

2,829

       141.35

BATE

10:20:47

1,945

       141.35

Sigma-X

10:20:47

2,777

       141.35

CHIX

10:22:39

684

       141.30

XLON

10:22:39

684

       141.30

TRQX

10:22:39

685

       141.30

BATE

10:22:39

158

       141.30

CHIX

10:22:39

527

       141.30

CHIX

10:22:56

684

       141.30

XLON

10:22:56

684

       141.30

TRQX

10:22:56

685

       141.30

BATE

10:22:56

685

       141.30

CHIX

10:22:57

684

       141.20

XLON

10:22:57

175

       141.20

TRQX

10:22:57

509

       141.20

TRQX

10:24:15

684

       141.20

XLON

10:24:15

684

       141.20

TRQX

10:24:15

685

       141.20

BATE

10:24:15

685

       141.20

CHIX

10:25:20

684

       141.10

XLON

10:25:20

491

       141.10

TRQX

10:25:20

685

       141.10

BATE

10:25:20

685

       141.10

CHIX

10:25:20

193

       141.10

TRQX

10:37:39

1,175

       141.30

XLON

10:37:39

521

       141.30

TRQX

10:37:39

521

       141.30

BATE

10:37:39

521

       141.30

CHIX

10:37:49

684

       141.10

XLON

10:37:49

601

       141.10

TRQX

10:37:49

83

       141.10

TRQX

10:37:49

685

       141.10

BATE

10:37:49

685

       141.10

CHIX

10:38:03

342

       141.10

BATE

10:38:20

545

       141.10

XLON

10:38:20

139

       141.10

XLON

10:38:20

343

       141.10

BATE

10:38:20

357

       141.10

CHIX

10:38:20

684

       141.10

TRQX

10:38:20

328

       141.10

CHIX

10:38:40

684

       141.10

XLON

10:38:40

477

       141.10

TRQX

10:38:40

685

       141.10

BATE

10:38:40

685

       141.10

CHIX

10:38:40

207

       141.10

TRQX

10:38:41

1,161

       141.10

XLON

10:53:47

1,722

       141.05

Sigma-X

10:53:47

2507

       141.05

BATE

10:53:47

2,385

       141.05

TRQX

10:53:47

2,459

       141.05

CHIX

11:02:05

685

       140.90

CHIX

11:04:59

2,809

       141.00

TRQX

11:04:59

2,952

       141.00

BATE

11:04:59

2,028

       141.00

Sigma-X

11:04:59

2,896

       141.00

CHIX

11:13:07

684

       140.90

XLON

11:13:07

684

       140.90

TRQX

11:13:07

685

       140.90

BATE

11:13:07

379

       140.90

CHIX

11:13:07

378

       140.90

CHIX

11:19:24

684

       140.70

TRQX

11:19:24

685

       140.70

BATE

11:19:24

685

       140.70

CHIX

11:19:24

684

       140.70

XLON

11:19:24

378

       140.50

TRQX

11:19:24

306

       140.50

TRQX

11:19:24

685

       140.50

BATE

11:19:32

684

       140.60

XLON

11:19:32

684

       140.60

TRQX

11:19:32

248

       140.60

BATE

11:19:32

152

       140.60

BATE

11:19:32

438

       140.60

CHIX

11:19:32

285

       140.60

BATE

11:19:32

247

       140.60

CHIX

11:20:01

685

       140.40

BATE

11:20:01

685

       140.40

CHIX

11:20:01

684

       140.40

XLON

11:20:01

684

       140.40

TRQX

11:20:41

684

       140.30

XLON

11:20:41

684

       140.30

TRQX

11:20:41

685

       140.30

BATE

11:20:41

685

       140.30

CHIX

11:21:21

684

       140.20

XLON

11:21:21

684

       140.20

TRQX

11:21:21

78

       140.20

BATE

11:21:21

685

       140.20

CHIX

11:21:21

607

       140.20

BATE

11:38:54

1,778

       140.15

TRQX

11:38:54

361

       140.15

BATE

11:38:54

1,284

       140.15

Sigma-X

11:38:54

1,508

       140.15

BATE

11:38:54

543

       140.15

CHIX

11:38:54

1290

       140.15

CHIX

11:46:37

684

       140.00

TRQX

11:46:37

684

       140.00

XLON

11:46:37

685

       140.00

CHIX

11:46:37

685

       140.00

BATE

11:47:31

684

       139.80

XLON

11:47:31

685

       139.80

BATE

11:47:31

684

       139.80

TRQX

11:47:31

685

       139.80

CHIX

11:54:33

2,201

       139.80

TRQX

11:54:33

2,201

       139.80

CHIX

11:54:33

2,508

       139.80

TRQX

12:00:36

272

       140.20

XLON

12:00:36

332

       140.20

XLON

12:00:36

80

       140.20

XLON

12:00:36

168

       140.20

TRQX

12:00:36

516

       140.20

TRQX

12:00:36

684

       140.10

TRQX

12:00:36

303

       140.10

CHIX

12:00:36

382

       140.10

CHIX

12:00:36

104

       140.00

CHIX

12:00:36

581

       140.00

CHIX

12:00:36

355

       139.90

XLON

12:00:36

53

       139.90

CHIX

12:00:37

553

       140.30

BATE

12:00:37

132

       140.30

BATE

12:00:37

684

       140.30

XLON

12:00:39

685

       140.40

BATE

12:00:39

684

       140.30

TRQX

12:00:39

73

       140.30

CHIX

12:00:39

169

       140.30

CHIX

12:00:42

685

       140.40

BATE

12:00:42

47

       140.30

CHIX

12:00:42

638

       140.30

CHIX

12:07:32

684

       140.10

TRQX

12:07:32

684

       140.10

XLON

12:07:32

685

       140.10

BATE

12:07:32

685

       140.10

CHIX

13:01:50

684

       140.40

XLON

13:01:50

684

       140.40

TRQX

13:01:50

685

       140.40

BATE

13:01:50

685

       140.40

CHIX

13:10:45

684

       140.40

TRQX

13:25:47

684

       140.40

XLON

13:25:47

685

       140.40

BATE

13:25:47

685

       140.40

CHIX

13:29:01

581

       140.30

TRQX

13:29:01

912

       140.30

XLON

13:29:01

913

       140.30

BATE

13:29:01

913

       140.30

CHIX

13:30:01

608

       140.20

XLON

13:30:01

608

       140.20

TRQX

13:30:01

609

       140.20

BATE

13:30:01

760

       140.10

XLON

13:30:01

123

       140.10

CHIX

13:30:01

638

       140.10

CHIX

14:10:36

332

       140.20

BATE

14:20:30

436

       141.00

XLON

14:20:30

606

       141.00

XLON

14:23:12

1,235

       140.95

TRQX

14:29:20

684

       140.80

TRQX

14:29:20

353

       140.80

BATE

14:29:20

469

       140.80

CHIX

14:29:20

684

       140.80

XLON

14:29:20

216

       140.80

CHIX

14:29:20

684

       140.70

XLON

14:29:20

684

       140.70

TRQX

14:29:20

685

       140.70

BATE

14:29:20

685

       140.70

CHIX

14:29:20

2,667

       140.60

BATE

14:29:21

774

       140.80

TRQX

14:29:21

137

       140.80

TRQX

14:29:21

342

       140.80

TRQX

14:29:21

109

       140.80

TRQX

14:44:44

685

       140.80

BATE

14:44:44

684

       140.80

XLON

14:44:44

685

       140.80

CHIX

14:44:44

118

       140.80

TRQX

14:44:44

566

       140.80

TRQX

14:46:44

684

       141.00

XLON

14:46:49

1,442

       141.30

XLON

14:46:50

217

       141.30

XLON

14:46:50

1042

       141.30

TRQX

14:46:50

41

       141.30

XLON

14:46:50

49

       141.30

CHIX

14:46:50

177

       141.30

BATE

14:46:50

178

       141.30

CHIX

14:47:03

337

       141.30

BATE

14:47:03

137

       141.30

BATE

14:47:03

643

       141.30

BATE

14:47:03

231

       141.20

BATE

14:47:03

684

       141.20

TRQX

14:47:03

685

       141.20

CHIX

14:47:03

454

       141.20

BATE

14:47:03

1,533

       141.20

CHIX

14:47:17

684

       141.10

XLON

14:47:17

684

       141.10

TRQX

14:47:17

685

       141.10

CHIX

14:47:17

685

       141.10

BATE

14:47:17

684

       141.10

XLON

14:47:17

137

       141.10

TRQX

14:47:17

547

       141.10

TRQX

14:58:19

684

       140.90

TRQX

14:58:19

684

       140.90

XLON

14:58:19

191

       140.90

BATE

14:58:19

685

       140.90

CHIX

14:58:19

494

       140.90

BATE

15:06:46

700

       140.90

XLON

15:06:46

264

       140.90

CHIX

15:06:46

913

       140.90

BATE

15:06:46

212

       140.90

XLON

15:06:46

79

       140.90

CHIX

15:06:46

570

       140.90

CHIX

15:10:52

344

       141.10

XLON

15:10:52

616

       141.10

XLON

15:10:57

31

       141.10

BATE

15:10:57

857

       141.10

BATE

15:11:53

1

       141.00

BATE

15:11:56

732

       141.15

TRQX

15:18:50

685

       141.20

BATE

15:18:50

1,693

       141.15

BATE

15:18:50

1,000

       141.10

TRQX

15:18:50

938

       141.10

BATE

15:18:50

938

       141.10

TRQX

15:19:46

684

       141.10

TRQX

15:19:46

684

       141.10

XLON

15:19:46

685

       141.10

CHIX

15:19:46

684

       141.00

TRQX

15:19:46

685

       141.00

BATE

15:19:48

463

       141.10

CHIX

15:19:48

314

       141.10

CHIX

15:19:54

684

       140.80

XLON

15:20:41

684

       140.80

TRQX

15:20:41

208

       140.80

BATE

15:20:41

685

       140.80

CHIX

15:20:41

477

       140.80

BATE

15:44:44

685

       140.90

BATE

15:44:44

684

       140.90

TRQX

15:44:44

481

       140.90

CHIX

15:44:44

684

       140.90

XLON

15:44:44

204

       140.90

CHIX

15:44:44

2,927

       140.85

CHIX

15:45:44

685

       140.70

CHIX

15:55:28

458

       140.80

XLON

15:55:28

684

       140.80

TRQX

15:55:28

226

       140.80

XLON

15:55:28

685

       140.80

BATE

15:56:35

83

       140.90

BATE

15:56:35

366

       140.90

BATE

15:56:35

83

       140.90

BATE

16:01:25

1,456

       141.00

BATE

16:12:46

3,112

       141.10

BATE

16:12:46

616

       141.05

TRQX

16:12:47

2,790

       141.00

XLON

16:12:47

88

       141.00

XLON

16:12:47

532

       141.00

CHIX

16:12:50

531

       141.10

TRQX

16:12:50

852

       141.00

XLON

16:12:59

350

       141.10

XLON

16:12:59

182

       141.10

XLON

16:12:59

53

       141.10

CHIX

16:12:59

1,090

       141.10

CHIX

16:12:59

1,641

       141.00

XLON

16:13:00

361

       141.30

TRQX

16:13:00

195

       141.30

TRQX

16:13:00

865

       141.20

TRQX

16:13:00

34

       141.10

BATE

16:13:00

249

       141.10

BATE

16:13:00

1,658

       141.00

XLON

16:13:00

527

       141.00

BATE

16:13:37

747

       141.15

TRQX

16:14:11

12

       141.20

TRQX

16:14:11

865

       141.20

TRQX

16:14:11

167

       141.20

TRQX

16:14:11

706

       141.10

TRQX

16:14:11

707

       141.10

BATE

16:14:11

1,325

       141.10

CHIX

16:14:11

1,685

       141.10

TRQX

16:14:11

1,030

       141.10

BATE

16:14:20

912

       141.10

XLON

16:14:20

913

       141.10

BATE

16:14:20

913

       141.10

CHIX

16:14:20

608

       141.00

XLON

16:14:20

608

       141.00

TRQX

16:14:20

609

       141.00

BATE

16:18:01

684

       140.90

TRQX

16:18:01

180

       140.90

BATE

16:18:01

685

       140.90

CHIX

16:18:01

505

       140.90

BATE

16:19:01

684

       140.90

TRQX

16:19:01

684

       140.90

XLON

16:19:01

685

       140.90

BATE

16:19:01

685

       140.90

CHIX

16:21:01

1,501

       141.15

BATE

16:21:01

685

       141.00

CHIX

16:21:04

1,000

       141.30

TRQX

16:21:04

192

       141.30

TRQX

16:21:06

684

       141.20

XLON

16:21:06

1,731

       141.10

XLON

16:21:06

2,222

       141.00

CHIX

16:21:09

1,319

       141.10

TRQX

16:21:45

203

       141.00

XLON

16:21:45

684

       141.00

TRQX

16:21:45

481

       141.00

XLON

16:21:45

685

       141.00

BATE

16:21:45

685

       141.00

CHIX

16:21:45

949

       141.00

Sigma-X

16:26:55

912

       141.00

XLON

16:26:55

913

       141.00

BATE

16:26:55

913

       141.00

CHIX

16:29:56

608

       141.00

XLON

16:29:56

608

       141.00

TRQX

16:29:56

609

       141.00

BATE

16:29:57

760

       141.10

XLON

16:29:57

339

       140.90

CHIX

16:35:16

97,280

       141.00

XLON

16:35:16

22,352

       141.00

XLON

16:35:16

34,882

       141.00

XLON

16:35:16

12,794

       141.00

XLON

16:35:16

35,133

       141.00

XLON

16:35:16

22,762

       141.00

XLON

16:35:16

29,418

       141.00

XLON

16:35:16

2,803

       141.00

XLON

 



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