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

10 July

Number of ordinary shares purchased

319,202

Weighted average price paid (p)

146.87

Highest price paid (p)

149.00

Lowest price paid (p)

144.00

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 58,523,818 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 692,143,327. 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 10 July 2023 is 692,143,327. 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

146.94

259,535

BATE

146.52

18,130

CHIX

146.53

18,302

TRQX

146.64

23,235

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:00:32

260

            144.00

XLON

08:00:32

260

            144.00

BATE

08:00:32

260

            144.00

CHIX

08:00:32

286

            144.00

TRQX

08:00:32

65

            144.00

TRQX

08:01:23

1,263

            149.60

XLON

08:01:58

793

            149.60

TRQX

08:02:38

935

            147.80

BATE

08:02:38

991

            147.80

XLON

08:02:38

990

            147.80

TRQX

08:02:38

991

            147.60

CHIX

08:04:48

743

            146.40

XLON

08:04:48

743

            146.40

TRQX

08:04:48

743

            146.40

CHIX

08:04:48

743

            146.40

BATE

08:04:49

743

            146.40

XLON

08:05:45

743

            146.90

XLON

08:05:45

743

            146.90

TRQX

08:05:45

743

            146.90

BATE

08:05:45

743

            146.90

CHIX

08:06:28

686

            146.60

TRQX

08:06:28

686

            146.60

CHIX

08:06:28

686

            146.60

BATE

08:06:50

44

            146.30

XLON

08:06:50

536

            146.30

TRQX

08:06:50

537

            146.30

BATE

08:06:50

492

            146.30

XLON

08:06:50

536

            146.30

CHIX

08:07:30

250

            146.40

XLON

08:07:30

249

            146.40

TRQX

08:07:30

250

            146.40

CHIX

08:07:30

250

            146.40

BATE

08:07:30

63

            146.40

CHIX

08:07:44

143

            146.00

XLON

08:07:44

144

            146.00

CHIX

08:07:44

144

            146.00

BATE

08:10:45

116

            146.70

XLON

08:10:45

89

            145.80

BATE

08:21:18

169

            147.40

XLON

08:21:18

323

            146.80

XLON

08:21:18

7

            146.80

XLON

08:25:01

241

            146.40

XLON

08:25:01

125

            146.20

XLON

08:25:01

170

            146.20

CHIX

08:25:01

170

            146.20

BATE

08:25:01

37

            146.20

TRQX

08:25:01

40

            146.20

TRQX

08:25:01

92

            146.20

TRQX

08:30:15

221

            147.10

CHIX

08:30:23

275

            146.20

CHIX

08:30:24

88

            147.10

BATE

08:30:24

133

            147.10

BATE

08:30:24

220

            146.50

XLON

08:30:24

69

            146.50

CHIX

08:30:24

333

            146.50

TRQX

08:30:24

1

            146.50

CHIX

08:30:25

244

            146.20

XLON

08:30:25

243

            146.20

TRQX

08:30:25

244

            146.20

BATE

08:30:25

244

            146.20

CHIX

08:30:44

276

            146.00

XLON

08:30:44

464

            146.00

TRQX

08:30:44

188

            146.00

XLON

08:30:44

458

            146.00

CHIX

08:30:44

6

            146.00

CHIX

08:30:44

464

            145.90

BATE

08:30:46

82

            146.70

CHIX

08:30:46

193

            146.70

CHIX

08:30:46

78

            146.50

CHIX

08:30:46

68

            146.50

CHIX

08:36:16

283

            147.00

XLON

08:41:31

861

            147.10

XLON

08:41:33

206

            147.10

XLON

08:41:36

215

            147.10

XLON

08:41:39

52

            147.10

XLON

08:41:42

53

            147.10

XLON

08:41:45

13

            147.10

XLON

08:41:48

14

            147.10

XLON

08:41:51

3

            147.10

XLON

08:41:54

3

            147.10

XLON

08:41:57

1

            147.10

CHIX

08:41:57

22

            147.10

CHIX

08:42:06

144

            146.90

XLON

08:42:06

144

            146.50

BATE

08:42:09

36

            146.80

XLON

08:48:50

130

            146.80

XLON

08:48:51

59

            146.90

CHIX

08:48:51

71

            146.90

CHIX

08:48:53

127

            146.90

XLON

08:48:57

33

            146.90

CHIX

08:49:00

32

            146.90

XLON

08:49:03

32

            146.90

XLON

08:49:06

8

            146.90

CHIX

08:49:09

8

            146.90

XLON

08:49:11

8

            146.90

XLON

08:49:15

2

            146.90

XLON

08:57:14

2

            146.60

XLON

08:57:14

130

            146.60

TRQX

08:57:47

293

            146.70

XLON

08:57:47

655

            146.70

TRQX

08:57:47

655

            146.70

BATE

08:57:47

655

            146.70

CHIX

08:57:47

362

            146.70

XLON

08:57:49

522

            146.50

BATE

08:58:50

1,300

            146.60

TRQX

08:58:50

557

            146.60

XLON

08:58:50

557

            146.60

CHIX

08:58:50

36

            146.60

BATE

08:58:50

1,822

            146.60

TRQX

08:59:00

269

            146.30

BATE

08:59:00

529

            146.30

CHIX

09:08:48

261

            146.40

BATE

09:08:48

522

            146.40

TRQX

09:08:48

368

            146.40

CHIX

09:08:48

452

            146.40

XLON

09:08:48

77

            146.40

XLON

09:08:49

473

            146.40

BATE

09:08:49

473

            146.40

CHIX

09:08:50

472

            146.40

XLON

09:08:50

472

            146.40

TRQX

09:18:44

129

            146.30

BATE

09:18:44

129

            146.30

CHIX

09:18:45

404

            146.80

TRQX

09:18:48

743

            146.80

XLON

09:18:48

743

            146.50

TRQX

09:18:48

743

            146.50

BATE

09:18:48

743

            146.50

CHIX

09:19:35

495

            146.50

TRQX

09:19:35

495

            146.50

XLON

09:19:35

496

            146.50

BATE

09:19:35

496

            146.50

CHIX

09:19:36

293

            146.40

TRQX

09:19:36

623

            146.40

TRQX

09:20:27

116

            146.30

BATE

09:20:27

116

            146.30

XLON

09:20:27

79

            146.30

TRQX

09:20:30

116

            146.50

CHIX

09:20:33

10

            146.50

BATE

09:20:33

36

            146.30

TRQX

09:20:33

10

            146.30

XLON

09:20:33

174

            146.30

TRQX

09:29:25

67

            146.20

BATE

09:29:25

66

            146.20

XLON

09:29:25

66

            146.20

TRQX

09:29:25

67

            146.20

CHIX

09:47:27

1

            146.10

CHIX

09:50:03

404

            146.40

XLON

09:50:06

548

            146.60

XLON

09:50:06

57

            146.40

BATE

09:50:06

347

            146.40

BATE

09:50:09

119

            146.60

XLON

10:00:03

119

            146.30

BATE

10:00:03

404

            146.30

TRQX

10:00:03

217

            146.30

CHIX

10:00:03

217

            146.30

XLON

10:02:59

140

            146.40

XLON

10:02:59

230

            146.30

XLON

10:02:59

54

            146.30

XLON

10:10:03

28

            146.50

XLON

10:10:03

432

            146.40

XLON

10:10:03

1

            146.40

XLON

10:10:03

315

            146.40

XLON

10:19:22

303

            146.60

XLON

10:19:22

256

            146.60

XLON

10:19:22

358

            146.60

XLON

10:19:22

285

            146.60

XLON

10:19:28

286

            146.90

BATE

10:19:28

725

            146.70

XLON

10:22:22

81

            146.90

XLON

10:22:24

38

            146.90

XLON

10:23:32

1,450

            147.10

XLON

10:23:32

78

            146.90

CHIX

10:23:32

240

            146.90

CHIX

10:24:09

581

            146.80

BATE

10:24:09

285

            146.80

TRQX

10:24:09

318

            146.80

XLON

10:24:09

442

            146.80

CHIX

10:24:59

257

            146.70

TRQX

10:24:59

257

            146.70

XLON

10:24:59

258

            146.70

CHIX

10:24:59

258

            146.70

BATE

10:24:59

663

            146.70

CHIX

10:42:34

1

            146.70

BATE

10:43:52

444

            146.80

XLON

10:43:52

47

            146.70

CHIX

10:52:37

364

            146.60

XLON

10:52:37

364

            146.60

TRQX

10:52:37

365

            146.60

BATE

10:52:37

365

            146.60

CHIX

10:52:37

94

            146.60

XLON

10:59:00

133

            146.70

XLON

10:59:00

1

            146.50

BATE

10:59:00

1

            146.50

CHIX

10:59:03

33

            146.70

XLON

11:28:20

95

            146.70

XLON

11:28:21

42

            146.70

XLON

11:28:21

29

            146.70

XLON

11:29:05

96

            146.80

XLON

11:29:09

96

            146.80

CHIX

11:29:12

364

            146.80

XLON

11:29:15

95

            146.80

TRQX

11:29:18

91

            146.80

XLON

11:29:21

24

            146.80

CHIX

11:29:24

24

            146.80

TRQX

11:29:27

23

            146.80

XLON

11:29:30

11

            146.80

XLON

11:29:32

6

            146.80

CHIX

11:29:36

5

            146.80

XLON

11:29:37

6

            146.80

TRQX

11:29:38

3

            146.90

XLON

11:29:38

130

            146.80

XLON

11:29:38

155

            146.80

XLON

12:02:59

72

            146.60

XLON

12:20:33

1

            146.70

XLON

12:20:33

292

            146.70

XLON

12:20:36

4

            146.70

XLON

12:20:39

259

            146.70

XLON

12:20:42

1

            146.70

XLON

12:21:16

65

            146.70

XLON

12:21:16

1

            146.60

TRQX

12:21:17

564

            146.70

XLON

12:21:19

239

            146.70

XLON

12:21:19

298

            146.70

XLON

12:21:21

141

            146.70

XLON

12:21:24

29

            146.70

XLON

12:21:24

105

            146.70

XLON

12:21:27

2

            146.70

CHIX

12:23:02

35

            146.80

XLON

12:23:06

68

            146.80

CHIX

12:23:09

1,117

            146.80

XLON

12:23:10

1,488

            146.80

XLON

12:23:10

34

            146.70

XLON

12:49:06

1

            146.60

TRQX

12:49:06

96

            146.60

BATE

12:49:06

17

            146.60

CHIX

12:49:06

655

            146.60

XLON

12:52:47

852

            146.70

XLON

12:52:47

238

            146.70

XLON

12:52:49

1

            146.70

TRQX

12:52:49

80

            146.70

TRQX

12:52:50

228

            146.70

XLON

12:52:50

46

            146.70

XLON

12:52:51

81

            146.70

CHIX

12:52:54

69

            146.70

XLON

12:52:57

21

            146.70

CHIX

12:52:59

17

            146.70

XLON

12:53:00

5

            146.70

CHIX

12:53:03

4

            146.70

XLON

12:53:06

2

            146.70

CHIX

12:57:25

20

            146.60

TRQX

12:57:25

1

            146.60

XLON

12:57:25

1

            146.60

XLON

12:57:25

82

            146.60

BATE

12:57:25

5

            146.60

CHIX

12:57:28

40

            146.50

XLON

12:57:28

40

            146.50

TRQX

12:57:28

41

            146.50

BATE

12:57:28

40

            146.50

CHIX

12:59:00

205

            146.60

TRQX

12:59:00

1

            146.40

BATE

12:59:03

120

            146.60

CHIX

12:59:03

86

            146.60

CHIX

12:59:06

111

            146.60

BATE

12:59:06

94

            146.60

BATE

12:59:07

52

            146.60

CHIX

12:59:09

110

            146.70

XLON

12:59:09

96

            146.70

XLON

12:59:09

28

            146.60

TRQX

12:59:09

23

            146.60

TRQX

12:59:12

51

            146.70

BATE

12:59:15

1

            146.70

TRQX

12:59:15

31

            146.70

TRQX

12:59:18

32

            146.70

XLON

12:59:20

13

            146.70

CHIX

12:59:21

8

            146.70

TRQX

12:59:24

8

            146.70

XLON

12:59:25

3

            146.70

CHIX

12:59:27

2

            146.70

TRQX

13:07:00

2

            146.70

XLON

13:07:01

1

            146.70

CHIX

13:08:52

31

            146.70

CHIX

13:08:54

1

            146.70

XLON

13:22:48

27

            146.70

CHIX

13:22:51

13

            146.70

BATE

13:22:54

12

            146.70

TRQX

13:22:54

380

            146.70

TRQX

13:22:57

7

            146.70

CHIX

13:23:00

3

            146.70

BATE

13:25:36

2

            146.70

CHIX

13:25:38

2

            146.80

XLON

13:48:30

115

            146.90

XLON

13:48:30

206

            146.80

XLON

13:51:15

206

            146.80

TRQX

13:51:15

2,354

            146.80

XLON

13:51:15

206

            146.80

BATE

13:51:15

206

            146.80

CHIX

13:51:42

1,280

            146.70

XLON

13:51:42

617

            146.70

TRQX

13:51:54

505

            146.70

XLON

13:51:54

663

            146.70

TRQX

13:51:54

506

            146.70

CHIX

13:51:54

506

            146.70

BATE

14:26:21

694

            146.70

XLON

14:26:21

122

            146.70

TRQX

14:26:21

122

            146.70

BATE

14:26:21

122

            146.70

CHIX

14:28:44

538

            146.60

TRQX

14:28:44

538

            146.60

XLON

14:28:44

539

            146.60

BATE

14:28:44

82

            146.60

CHIX

14:28:44

457

            146.60

CHIX

14:29:55

887

            146.50

TRQX

14:29:55

273

            146.50

TRQX

14:30:36

205

            146.40

XLON

14:30:36

204

            146.40

TRQX

14:30:36

205

            146.40

CHIX

14:30:36

205

            146.40

BATE

14:30:37

87

            146.40

TRQX

14:44:43

91

            146.40

CHIX

14:44:43

462

            146.40

BATE

14:44:43

461

            146.40

TRQX

14:44:43

462

            146.40

XLON

14:44:43

371

            146.40

CHIX

14:55:56

54

            146.50

BATE

14:55:56

102

            146.50

BATE

14:55:58

143

            146.50

BATE

14:55:58

325

            146.50

BATE

15:00:57

744

            146.60

XLON

15:01:01

6

            146.60

CHIX

15:01:01

4

            146.60

CHIX

15:01:01

186

            146.60

XLON

15:01:02

24

            146.60

XLON

15:21:04

268

            146.60

XLON

15:21:04

185

            146.60

XLON

15:21:07

453

            146.70

TRQX

15:21:07

36

            146.60

BATE

15:21:07

4

            146.60

BATE

15:21:08

113

            146.60

XLON

15:21:10

2

            146.60

XLON

15:22:28

128

            146.50

TRQX

15:22:28

28

            146.50

XLON

15:22:28

25

            146.50

CHIX

15:22:28

26

            146.50

BATE

15:22:28

102

            146.50

BATE

15:34:24

190

            146.50

TRQX

15:34:24

379

            146.50

XLON

15:34:24

191

            146.50

BATE

15:34:24

190

            146.50

CHIX

15:35:50

270

            146.40

XLON

15:35:50

270

            146.40

TRQX

15:35:50

271

            146.40

BATE

15:35:50

213

            146.40

CHIX

15:35:52

241

            146.50

XLON

15:45:49

730

            146.40

XLON

15:45:49

241

            146.40

TRQX

15:45:49

241

            146.40

BATE

15:45:49

730

            146.40

CHIX

15:55:11

1,321

            146.30

XLON

15:57:47

896

            146.30

XLON

15:57:50

75

            146.50

XLON

15:57:52

302

            146.50

XLON

15:57:52

75

            146.30

XLON

15:57:56

96

            146.50

XLON

15:57:59

181

            146.50

XLON

15:58:02

24

            146.50

XLON

15:58:03

45

            146.50

XLON

15:58:05

6

            146.50

XLON

15:58:08

11

            146.50

XLON

15:58:11

2

            146.50

CHIX

15:58:14

2

            146.50

BATE

15:58:39

2

            146.30

XLON

15:58:39

2

            146.30

XLON

15:58:56

34

            146.50

XLON

15:58:59

151

            146.50

XLON

15:59:02

26

            146.50

BATE

15:59:02

302

            146.50

BATE

15:59:04

1

            146.50

TRQX

16:00:02

38

            146.60

XLON

16:00:02

13

            146.50

TRQX

16:00:02

292

            146.50

TRQX

16:00:25

277

            146.40

XLON

16:00:26

80

            146.60

XLON

16:00:29

486

            146.60

XLON

16:00:30

59

            146.60

TRQX

16:00:32

121

            146.60

XLON

16:00:35

20

            146.60

XLON

16:00:38

30

            146.60

XLON

16:00:40

5

            146.60

XLON

16:00:44

8

            146.60

XLON

16:00:47

1

            146.60

XLON

16:00:57

74

            146.60

XLON

16:00:59

2

            146.60

XLON

16:01:02

18

            146.60

XLON

16:01:05

15

            146.70

TRQX

16:01:05

1

            146.60

BATE

16:01:05

305

            146.60

BATE

16:01:08

4

            146.60

XLON

16:01:11

1

            146.60

XLON

16:01:14

1

            146.60

XLON

16:10:31

1

            146.40

XLON

16:10:31

1

            146.40

CHIX

16:10:31

42

            146.40

BATE

16:10:31

42

            146.40

TRQX

16:11:33

134

            146.40

TRQX

16:11:33

135

            146.40

BATE

16:11:33

135

            146.40

CHIX

16:11:33

134

            146.40

XLON

16:25:20

490

            146.30

XLON

16:25:20

489

            146.30

TRQX

16:25:20

490

            146.30

BATE

16:25:20

490

            146.30

CHIX

16:27:40

1,161

            146.20

XLON

16:27:40

349

            146.20

TRQX

16:27:40

342

            146.20

XLON

16:27:40

216

            146.20

BATE

16:27:40

349

            146.20

CHIX

16:27:40

133

            146.20

BATE

16:27:47

121

            146.20

BATE

16:27:47

120

            146.20

CHIX

16:27:51

119

            146.20

TRQX

16:27:51

27

            146.20

BATE

16:27:51

308

            146.20

CHIX

16:28:41

1,276

            146.40

XLON

16:28:41

61

            146.20

BATE

16:28:44

264

            146.40

BATE

16:28:46

796

            146.40

XLON

16:28:46

890

            146.40

XLON

16:28:48

239

            146.40

BATE

16:28:50

457

            146.40

XLON

16:28:51

238

            146.40

BATE

16:28:53

114

            146.40

XLON

16:28:56

60

            146.40

BATE

16:28:59

30

            146.40

CHIX

16:29:02

28

            146.40

XLON

16:29:04

16

            146.40

CHIX

16:29:05

15

            146.40

BATE

16:29:08

8

            146.40

CHIX

16:29:11

7

            146.40

XLON

16:29:14

4

            146.40

BATE

16:29:17

4

            146.40

CHIX

16:29:20

2

            146.40

CHIX

16:29:23

1

            146.40

XLON

16:35:29

37,441

            147.00

XLON

16:35:29

17,330

            147.00

XLON

16:35:29

12,993

            147.00

XLON

16:35:29

1,073

            147.00

XLON

16:35:29

652

            147.00

XLON

16:35:29

593

            147.00

XLON

16:35:29

27,325

            147.00

XLON

16:35:29

28,819

            147.00

XLON

16:35:29

5,678

            147.00

XLON

16:35:29

2,819

            147.00

XLON

16:35:29

177

            147.00

XLON

16:35:29

209

            147.00

XLON

16:35:29

37,702

            147.00

XLON

16:35:29

37,846

            147.00

XLON

 



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