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

07 July

Number of ordinary shares purchased

631,114

Weighted average price paid (p)

145.03

Highest price paid (p)

146.00

Lowest price paid (p)

143.50

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 58,204,616 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 692,462,529. 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 07 July 2023 is 692,462,529. 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

145.32

396,842

BATE

144.65

106,927

CHIX

144.43

57,077

TRQX

144.47

70,268

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:01:38

245

       143.60

XLON

08:01:40

481

       144.20

XLON

08:02:43

873

       144.70

XLON

08:02:49

482

       143.50

BATE

08:03:19

959

       144.10

XLON

08:10:21

1,714

       144.20

XLON

08:12:25

957

       144.40

XLON

08:12:25

863

       144.20

XLON

08:12:25

204

       144.20

XLON

08:12:25

433

       144.20

XLON

08:17:51

805

       145.70

BATE

08:17:54

234

       145.30

XLON

08:17:54

503

       145.30

XLON

08:17:54

234

       145.20

XLON

08:17:54

957

       144.90

CHIX

08:17:54

958

       144.90

BATE

08:23:51

1,439

       144.80

TRQX

08:23:51

958

       144.80

BATE

08:23:51

957

       144.80

CHIX

08:23:51

957

       144.80

XLON

08:27:58

638

       144.60

CHIX

08:27:58

638

       144.60

TRQX

08:27:58

639

       144.60

BATE

08:30:22

798

       144.40

CHIX

08:30:22

639

       144.40

BATE

08:30:22

638

       144.40

TRQX

08:30:22

797

       144.40

XLON

08:36:09

717

       144.50

TRQX

08:36:09

718

       144.50

XLON

08:36:09

718

       144.50

CHIX

08:36:09

719

       144.50

BATE

08:42:36

718

       144.20

XLON

08:42:36

717

       144.20

TRQX

08:42:36

719

       144.20

BATE

08:42:36

718

       144.20

CHIX

08:42:37

717

       143.90

TRQX

08:42:37

718

       143.90

XLON

09:04:18

718

       143.90

CHIX

09:04:18

718

       143.90

BATE

09:04:18

718

       143.90

TRQX

09:04:18

718

       143.90

XLON

09:04:18

119

       143.90

CHIX

09:04:18

718

       143.90

BATE

09:04:18

599

       143.90

CHIX

09:04:55

718

       143.90

XLON

09:04:55

718

       143.90

TRQX

09:04:55

718

       143.90

CHIX

09:04:55

718

       143.90

BATE

09:05:18

718

       143.90

CHIX

09:05:18

244

       143.90

TRQX

09:05:18

718

       143.90

BATE

09:05:18

718

       143.90

XLON

09:05:18

222

       143.90

TRQX

09:05:18

252

       143.90

TRQX

09:16:50

596

       143.90

TRQX

09:16:50

840

       143.90

BATE

09:16:50

840

       143.90

CHIX

09:16:50

596

       143.90

XLON

09:16:50

718

       143.90

TRQX

09:16:50

718

       143.90

BATE

09:16:50

667

       143.90

TRQX

09:39:44

800

       144.10

BATE

09:39:44

794

       144.00

TRQX

09:39:44

957

       143.90

TRQX

09:39:44

958

       143.90

CHIX

09:39:44

957

       143.90

XLON

09:40:05

718

       143.90

XLON

09:40:05

718

       143.90

TRQX

09:40:05

718

       143.90

BATE

09:40:05

718

       143.90

CHIX

09:40:05

1,157

       143.90

BATE

09:40:58

718

       144.00

TRQX

09:40:58

1,436

       144.00

CHIX

09:40:58

718

       144.00

XLON

09:41:20

718

       144.00

TRQX

09:41:20

718

       144.00

BATE

09:41:20

160

       144.00

CHIX

09:41:20

558

       144.00

CHIX

09:41:20

718

       144.00

TRQX

09:41:20

718

       144.00

XLON

09:41:22

1,599

       144.10

BATE

09:41:22

435

       144.10

BATE

09:41:22

718

       144.00

XLON

09:41:22

159

       144.00

TRQX

09:41:22

559

       144.00

TRQX

09:41:47

558

       144.00

CHIX

09:41:47

718

       144.00

XLON

09:47:14

105

       144.00

XLON

09:47:14

1,000

       144.00

XLON

09:47:14

171

       144.00

XLON

09:47:14

160

       144.00

CHIX

09:47:14

718

       144.00

BATE

09:47:14

440

       144.00

TRQX

09:47:14

278

       144.00

TRQX

09:47:14

1,276

       144.00

XLON

09:49:49

718

       144.00

XLON

09:49:49

718

       144.00

TRQX

09:49:49

718

       144.00

BATE

09:49:49

718

       144.00

CHIX

09:52:35

718

       144.00

XLON

09:52:35

718

       144.00

TRQX

09:52:35

718

       144.00

BATE

09:52:35

718

       144.00

CHIX

09:52:35

718

       144.00

XLON

09:52:35

718

       144.00

TRQX

10:01:10

718

       143.80

CHIX

10:03:04

718

       143.80

BATE

10:15:04

718

       143.90

TRQX

10:15:04

718

       143.90

CHIX

10:15:04

718

       143.90

BATE

10:15:04

718

       143.90

XLON

10:41:52

2,493

       144.10

XLON

10:41:53

806

       144.10

XLON

10:41:53

511

       144.10

XLON

10:41:53

219

       144.10

XLON

10:41:53

182

       144.10

XLON

10:41:53

2,290

       144.10

XLON

10:41:55

985

       144.10

XLON

10:41:55

263

       144.10

XLON

10:42:00

189

       144.40

CHIX

10:42:00

179

       144.40

CHIX

10:42:00

201

       144.40

CHIX

10:42:00

93

       144.40

CHIX

10:42:00

56

       144.40

CHIX

10:42:00

319

       144.30

BATE

10:42:00

1,234

       144.30

BATE

10:42:00

724

       144.20

TRQX

10:42:00

691

       144.20

CHIX

10:51:06

718

       144.10

XLON

10:51:06

718

       144.10

TRQX

10:51:06

718

       144.10

BATE

10:51:06

1,314

       144.10

CHIX

10:51:06

937

       144.10

TRQX

10:51:06

880

       144.10

BATE

10:51:06

894

       144.10

CHIX

10:51:06

718

       144.10

XLON

10:51:06

718

       144.10

TRQX

10:51:06

270

       144.10

CHIX

10:51:06

718

       144.10

BATE

10:51:06

448

       144.10

CHIX

10:51:06

1,300

       144.10

XLON

10:51:30

718

       144.00

XLON

10:51:30

718

       144.00

TRQX

10:51:30

718

       144.00

BATE

10:51:30

718

       144.00

CHIX

10:55:04

935

       144.05

TRQX

10:55:04

718

       144.00

XLON

10:55:04

718

       144.00

TRQX

10:55:04

718

       144.00

CHIX

10:55:04

718

       144.00

BATE

10:55:04

718

       144.00

XLON

10:55:04

718

       144.00

CHIX

10:55:05

718

       144.00

TRQX

10:55:05

718

       144.00

BATE

10:55:05

696

       144.00

BATE

11:02:47

718

       144.00

TRQX

11:02:47

82

       144.00

XLON

11:02:47

636

       144.00

XLON

11:02:47

718

       144.00

BATE

11:02:47

718

       144.00

CHIX

11:02:47

1165

       144.00

BATE

11:15:52

562

       144.05

CHIX

11:15:52

718

       144.00

XLON

11:15:52

718

       144.00

TRQX

11:15:52

718

       144.00

CHIX

11:15:52

718

       144.00

BATE

11:15:52

718

       144.00

XLON

11:15:52

718

       144.00

TRQX

11:15:52

718

       144.00

CHIX

11:15:52

718

       144.00

BATE

11:17:45

271

       144.10

XLON

11:17:45

447

       144.10

XLON

11:17:45

1,902

       144.00

XLON

11:17:47

959

       144.50

XLON

11:17:47

9,349

       144.50

XLON

11:17:47

1,706

       144.40

XLON

11:17:47

748

       144.40

TRQX

11:17:47

733

       144.40

XLON

11:17:47

186

       144.40

TRQX

11:17:47

186

       144.40

XLON

11:17:47

748

       144.40

CHIX

11:17:47

186

       144.40

CHIX

11:17:47

930

       144.40

BATE

11:18:32

810

       144.70

XLON

11:18:32

1,307

       144.70

XLON

11:18:32

2,279

       144.70

XLON

11:18:32

1,304

       144.60

BATE

11:18:32

718

       144.50

TRQX

11:18:32

718

       144.50

CHIX

11:18:32

718

       144.50

BATE

11:18:35

718

       144.50

XLON

11:18:35

718

       144.50

TRQX

11:18:35

718

       144.50

BATE

11:18:35

718

       144.50

CHIX

11:18:39

718

       144.40

TRQX

11:18:39

718

       144.40

XLON

11:18:39

718

       144.40

CHIX

11:18:39

718

       144.40

BATE

11:18:39

718

       144.40

XLON

11:18:39

718

       144.40

TRQX

11:24:15

718

       144.30

XLON

11:24:15

718

       144.30

TRQX

11:24:15

718

       144.30

BATE

11:24:15

718

       144.30

CHIX

11:29:38

718

       144.30

XLON

11:29:38

718

       144.30

TRQX

11:29:38

718

       144.30

BATE

11:29:38

718

       144.30

CHIX

11:29:38

718

       144.30

XLON

11:29:38

718

       144.30

TRQX

11:40:02

718

       144.30

BATE

11:40:51

718

       144.30

XLON

11:40:51

718

       144.30

TRQX

11:40:51

718

       144.30

CHIX

11:45:53

957

       144.10

TRQX

11:45:53

957

       144.10

XLON

11:45:53

566

       144.10

CHIX

11:45:53

392

       144.10

CHIX

12:04:10

158

       145.50

TRQX

12:04:10

480

       145.50

TRQX

12:04:10

58

       145.20

XLON

12:04:10

580

       145.20

XLON

12:04:10

743

       145.20

BATE

12:04:10

7,421

       145.20

BATE

12:04:10

2,337

       145.00

XLON

12:04:10

2,914

       145.00

XLON

12:04:10

1,165

       144.85

BATE

12:06:24

798

       144.70

XLON

12:06:24

3320

       144.70

TRQX

12:06:24

638

       144.70

BATE

12:06:24

798

       144.70

CHIX

12:06:24

718

       144.70

XLON

12:06:24

718

       144.70

TRQX

12:06:27

464

       144.70

XLON

12:06:27

241

       144.70

XLON

12:06:27

103

       144.70

XLON

12:06:27

86

       144.70

XLON

12:06:27

1,418

       144.70

XLON

12:06:27

101

       144.70

XLON

12:07:12

957

       144.50

TRQX

12:07:12

958

       144.50

BATE

12:07:12

957

       144.50

CHIX

12:07:12

957

       144.50

CHIX

12:07:12

229

       144.50

TRQX

12:07:12

134

       144.50

TRQX

12:07:12

92

       144.50

TRQX

12:07:12

816

       144.50

BATE

12:07:12

502

       144.50

TRQX

12:07:12

142

       144.50

BATE

12:07:15

957

       144.60

XLON

12:07:15

1,609

       144.50

XLON

12:08:10

686

       144.90

XLON

12:08:10

234

       144.90

XLON

12:08:10

803

       144.90

XLON

12:08:10

231

       144.80

TRQX

12:08:10

2,567

       144.80

TRQX

12:08:10

2796

       144.80

BATE

12:08:10

841

       144.60

BATE

12:10:39

638

       144.90

XLON

12:10:39

3277

       144.70

XLON

12:10:39

325

       144.70

XLON

12:10:39

1,635

       144.70

XLON

12:10:39

957

       144.60

TRQX

12:10:39

958

       144.60

CHIX

12:10:40

798

       144.70

XLON

12:12:15

718

       144.60

XLON

12:12:15

718

       144.60

TRQX

12:12:15

638

       144.60

BATE

12:12:15

798

       144.60

CHIX

12:12:15

718

       144.60

XLON

12:12:15

718

       144.60

TRQX

12:12:16

1,393

       144.80

TRQX

12:12:16

718

       144.60

XLON

12:12:26

1

       145.00

XLON

12:12:26

956

       145.00

XLON

12:12:26

957

       144.90

XLON

12:12:26

660

       144.90

XLON

12:12:26

1456

       144.90

XLON

13:28:02

154

       144.70

BATE

13:29:18

271

       144.90

XLON

13:29:18

447

       144.90

XLON

13:29:18

891

       144.80

CHIX

13:29:18

804

       144.70

BATE

13:29:18

957

       144.70

TRQX

13:29:18

933

       144.70

TRQX

13:29:18

718

       144.60

CHIX

13:29:31

156

       145.40

BATE

13:29:31

562

       145.40

BATE

13:29:31

325

       145.30

XLON

13:29:31

447

       145.30

XLON

13:29:31

910

       145.15

TRQX

13:29:31

718

       145.10

BATE

13:29:31

718

       145.10

XLON

13:29:32

1,035

       145.90

BATE

13:29:37

1941

       144.90

XLON

13:29:37

603

       144.90

XLON

13:29:45

958

       146.00

BATE

13:29:45

49

       145.90

BATE

13:29:45

1,047

       145.90

BATE

13:37:08

929

       145.00

BATE

13:37:20

957

       145.40

XLON

13:37:20

120

       145.40

CHIX

13:37:20

837

       145.40

CHIX

13:37:20

638

       145.40

XLON

13:37:20

46

       145.20

BATE

13:37:20

778

       145.20

BATE

13:37:21

234

       145.50

XLON

13:37:21

563

       145.50

XLON

13:37:23

176

       145.40

XLON

13:37:23

542

       145.40

XLON

13:37:25

234

       145.40

XLON

13:37:25

1,123

       145.40

XLON

13:37:28

120

       145.40

TRQX

13:37:28

597

       145.40

TRQX

13:40:43

830

       145.05

TRQX

13:40:43

900

       144.90

XLON

13:40:43

1550

       144.90

BATE

13:40:43

798

       144.90

CHIX

13:40:43

1,357

       144.90

BATE

13:40:43

3675

       144.90

BATE

13:40:43

957

       144.90

XLON

13:40:43

957

       144.90

TRQX

13:40:43

958

       144.90

CHIX

13:53:14

718

       144.80

CHIX

13:53:14

718

       144.80

BATE

13:53:14

718

       144.80

TRQX

13:53:14

718

       144.80

XLON

13:54:10

718

       144.80

BATE

13:54:10

718

       144.80

CHIX

13:54:10

718

       144.80

TRQX

13:54:10

718

       144.80

XLON

13:57:01

718

       144.70

BATE

13:57:01

718

       144.70

CHIX

13:57:01

76

       144.70

XLON

13:57:01

718

       144.70

TRQX

13:57:01

642

       144.70

XLON

14:07:37

718

       144.70

XLON

14:07:37

718

       144.70

TRQX

14:07:37

718

       144.70

BATE

14:07:37

701

       144.70

CHIX

14:07:37

17

       144.70

CHIX

14:22:37

718

       145.10

TRQX

14:22:37

718

       145.10

XLON

14:22:37

718

       145.10

CHIX

14:22:37

718

       145.10

BATE

14:38:15

957

       144.80

XLON

14:38:15

3,797

       144.80

TRQX

14:38:15

958

       144.80

BATE

14:38:15

957

       144.80

CHIX

14:38:15

1189

       144.80

CHIX

14:41:34

890

       144.90

XLON

14:41:34

890

       144.90

XLON

14:41:34

8,463

       144.90

XLON

14:41:34

638

       144.90

XLON

14:41:34

974

       144.85

TRQX

14:41:34

931

       144.85

CHIX

14:41:34

957

       144.80

TRQX

14:41:34

957

       144.80

XLON

14:41:34

486

       144.80

CHIX

14:42:20

184

       144.80

TRQX

14:42:20

156

       144.80

XLON

14:42:20

638

       144.80

BATE

14:42:20

454

       144.80

TRQX

14:42:20

2564

       144.80

XLON

14:42:20

472

       144.80

CHIX

14:42:20

905

       144.75

TRQX

14:42:20

865

       144.75

CHIX

14:48:52

10,479

       144.85

BATE

14:48:52

718

       144.70

CHIX

14:48:52

718

       144.70

BATE

14:51:17

957

       144.80

TRQX

14:51:17

958

       144.80

CHIX

14:51:17

957

       144.80

XLON

14:51:36

638

       144.70

TRQX

14:51:36

1000

       144.70

BATE

14:51:36

638

       144.70

CHIX

14:51:36

1,000

       144.70

BATE

14:51:36

14,651

       144.70

BATE

14:51:36

639

       144.70

BATE

14:51:43

638

       144.70

CHIX

14:51:43

59

       144.70

TRQX

14:51:43

222

       144.70

XLON

14:51:43

639

       144.70

BATE

14:51:43

424

       144.70

TRQX

14:51:43

576

       144.70

XLON

14:51:43

314

       144.70

TRQX

14:52:07

779

       144.60

CHIX

14:52:07

183

       144.60

TRQX

14:52:07

657

       144.60

XLON

14:52:07

779

       144.60

BATE

14:52:07

474

       144.60

TRQX

15:45:40

58

       144.90

XLON

15:45:40

626

       144.90

TRQX

15:45:40

64

       144.90

XLON

15:45:40

378

       144.90

CHIX

15:45:40

266

       144.90

BATE

15:45:40

433

       144.90

XLON

15:45:40

432

       144.90

CHIX

15:45:40

254

       144.90

XLON

15:45:40

361

       144.90

BATE

15:46:53

24

       144.80

TRQX

15:50:20

406

       144.80

TRQX

15:50:20

493

       144.80

XLON

15:50:20

493

       144.80

CHIX

15:50:20

494

       144.80

BATE

15:50:20

962

       144.80

TRQX

15:51:40

212

       144.80

TRQX

15:51:40

718

       144.80

CHIX

15:54:10

718

       144.80

XLON

15:54:16

718

       144.80

BATE

15:54:38

824

       144.80

XLON

15:54:43

108

       144.80

BATE

15:54:43

131

       144.80

BATE

16:00:31

468

       144.80

CHIX

16:00:31

532

       144.80

BATE

16:02:43

771

       144.80

XLON

16:02:43

356

       144.80

CHIX

16:02:43

192

       144.80

BATE

16:05:31

660

       144.80

CHIX

16:05:31

258

       144.80

XLON

16:08:12

506

       144.80

TRQX

16:08:12

1000

       144.80

BATE

16:08:12

401

       144.80

XLON

16:08:12

47

       144.80

BATE

16:16:20

718

       144.70

XLON

16:16:20

595

       144.70

TRQX

16:16:20

438

       144.70

BATE

16:16:20

718

       144.70

CHIX

16:16:20

116

       144.70

TRQX

16:16:20

280

       144.70

BATE

16:16:20

7

       144.70

TRQX

16:20:25

520

       144.60

BATE

16:20:25

520

       144.60

CHIX

16:20:25

395

       144.60

XLON

16:20:25

519

       144.60

TRQX

16:20:25

918

       144.60

XLON

16:23:24

719

       144.60

XLON

16:29:23

827

       144.70

BATE

16:35:06

97,883

       145.70

XLON

16:35:06

10,495

       145.70

XLON

16:35:06

6,478

       145.70

XLON

16:35:06

19,419

       145.70

XLON

16:35:06

947

       145.70

XLON

16:35:06

11839

       145.70

XLON

16:35:06

5,602

       145.70

XLON

16:35:06

13,282

       145.70

XLON

16:35:06

39,900

       145.70

XLON

16:35:06

19279

       145.70

XLON

16:35:06

8,013

       145.70

XLON

16:35:06

32,070

       145.70

XLON

 



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