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

12 July

Number of ordinary shares purchased

351,338

Weighted average price paid (p)

147.50

Highest price paid (p)

148.10

Lowest price paid (p)

144.60

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 59,181,320 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 691,502,828. 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 12 July 2023 is 691,502,828. 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

147.79

255,757

BATE

146.75

34,891

CHIX

146.71

32,583

TRQX

146.72

28,107

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:43:41

92

       146.40

XLON

08:43:41

41

       146.40

CHIX

08:43:41

51

       146.40

CHIX

08:43:41

663

       146.30

XLON

08:43:41

777

       146.30

XLON

09:25:03

1,049

       145.80

XLON

09:25:03

1,050

       145.80

CHIX

09:25:03

452

       145.60

TRQX

09:25:34

502

       145.40

BATE

09:25:34

502

       145.40

TRQX

09:25:34

502

       145.40

CHIX

09:25:34

143

       145.40

XLON

09:25:34

359

       145.40

XLON

09:25:49

29

       145.10

TRQX

09:25:49

29

       145.10

XLON

09:25:49

221

       145.10

BATE

09:25:49

29

       145.10

CHIX

09:25:49

942

       145.10

BATE

09:27:36

212

       144.60

XLON

09:29:06

212

       145.50

TRQX

09:29:06

106

       145.10

CHIX

09:29:07

363

       144.90

TRQX

09:29:07

364

       144.90

XLON

09:29:07

364

       144.90

BATE

09:29:07

364

       144.90

CHIX

09:40:19

111

       145.30

TRQX

09:40:20

178

       145.30

TRQX

09:40:22

709

       145.30

TRQX

09:40:24

52

       145.30

BATE

09:40:24

59

       145.30

BATE

09:40:27

111

       145.70

CHIX

09:40:27

461

       145.30

TRQX

09:40:30

111

       145.20

XLON

09:40:30

44

       145.20

TRQX

09:40:30

27

       145.20

BATE

09:40:30

1,484

       145.20

CHIX

09:40:55

258

       145.60

XLON

09:40:55

179

       145.40

CHIX

09:41:37

258

       145.40

TRQX

09:41:37

109

       145.40

XLON

09:41:37

259

       145.40

BATE

09:41:37

259

       145.40

CHIX

09:41:55

106

       145.30

XLON

09:41:55

106

       145.30

TRQX

09:41:55

106

       145.30

BATE

09:41:55

106

       145.30

CHIX

09:45:01

94

       145.30

CHIX

09:45:01

94

       145.30

XLON

09:45:01

94

       145.30

TRQX

09:50:56

64

       145.40

CHIX

09:50:57

63

       145.40

XLON

09:50:58

17

       145.40

CHIX

09:52:17

13

       145.40

XLON

09:52:17

201

       145.40

XLON

09:55:00

197

       145.40

BATE

09:55:02

197

       145.30

XLON

09:55:02

197

       145.30

TRQX

09:55:02

197

       145.30

CHIX

09:55:02

85

       145.30

XLON

10:22:40

291

       145.40

XLON

10:26:07

699

       145.30

XLON

10:26:07

290

       145.30

TRQX

10:26:07

291

       145.30

BATE

10:26:07

291

       145.30

CHIX

10:26:07

797

       145.30

XLON

10:26:32

529

       145.20

TRQX

10:26:32

529

       145.20

XLON

10:26:32

529

       145.20

BATE

10:26:32

111

       145.20

CHIX

10:26:32

418

       145.20

CHIX

10:30:30

29

       145.50

CHIX

10:30:31

29

       145.50

XLON

10:30:34

7

       145.50

XLON

10:33:50

168

       145.40

TRQX

10:33:50

168

       145.40

XLON

10:33:50

169

       145.40

BATE

10:33:50

169

       145.40

CHIX

11:10:20

193

       145.10

BATE

11:10:20

192

       145.10

TRQX

11:10:20

192

       145.10

CHIX

11:10:20

192

       145.10

XLON

11:10:20

150

       145.10

CHIX

11:19:20

235

       145.20

BATE

11:19:20

85

       145.10

CHIX

11:19:20

150

       145.10

CHIX

11:19:22

904

       145.30

BATE

11:19:26

234

       145.30

XLON

11:19:28

59

       145.50

XLON

11:19:28

166

       145.30

BATE

11:19:34

811

       145.80

XLON

11:19:34

496

       145.70

XLON

11:19:34

71

       145.70

XLON

11:19:38

1434

       145.60

XLON

11:19:38

234

       145.60

TRQX

11:19:40

235

       145.60

XLON

11:19:40

226

       145.60

BATE

11:19:40

234

       145.60

TRQX

11:19:40

76

       145.60

CHIX

11:19:49

109

       145.50

XLON

11:19:49

108

       145.50

TRQX

11:19:49

109

       145.50

BATE

11:19:49

109

       145.50

CHIX

11:26:48

131

       145.70

XLON

11:26:49

19

       145.70

CHIX

11:26:49

112

       145.70

CHIX

11:26:50

642

       145.70

XLON

11:26:50

253

       145.70

XLON

11:42:50

493

       145.60

XLON

11:45:17

110

       145.50

TRQX

11:45:17

110

       145.50

XLON

11:45:17

111

       145.50

BATE

11:45:17

110

       145.50

CHIX

11:45:30

123

       145.40

TRQX

11:45:30

123

       145.40

XLON

11:45:30

123

       145.40

BATE

11:45:30

123

       145.40

CHIX

11:45:30

31

       145.40

CHIX

11:50:02

86

       145.50

XLON

11:50:02

48

       145.50

XLON

11:50:02

134

       145.30

CHIX

11:50:02

134

       145.30

TRQX

11:50:02

134

       145.30

BATE

11:50:02

33

       145.30

CHIX

11:52:11

215

       145.50

CHIX

11:52:11

3

       145.50

CHIX

11:52:12

37

       145.50

XLON

11:52:12

180

       145.50

XLON

12:02:39

197

       145.40

BATE

12:02:39

579

       145.40

BATE

12:02:56

218

       145.40

BATE

12:02:56

334

       145.40

CHIX

12:02:56

677

       145.30

TRQX

12:02:56

468

       145.30

XLON

12:02:56

468

       145.30

TRQX

12:02:56

469

       145.30

BATE

12:02:59

745

       145.40

XLON

12:24:21

744

       145.30

TRQX

12:24:21

745

       145.30

BATE

12:24:21

745

       145.30

CHIX

12:24:21

39

       145.30

XLON

12:47:26

993

       145.60

XLON

12:47:26

993

       145.60

BATE

12:47:26

634

       145.60

TRQX

12:47:26

993

       145.60

CHIX

12:47:26

341

       145.60

TRQX

12:47:26

648

       145.60

BATE

13:21:26

744

       145.80

TRQX

13:21:26

745

       145.80

XLON

13:21:26

533

       145.80

BATE

13:21:26

745

       145.80

CHIX

13:21:26

212

       145.80

BATE

13:24:36

993

       146.70

TRQX

13:24:36

951

       146.70

XLON

13:24:36

993

       146.70

CHIX

13:24:36

667

       146.70

BATE

13:24:36

42

       146.70

XLON

13:25:24

744

       146.50

TRQX

13:25:24

745

       146.50

XLON

13:25:24

745

       146.50

BATE

13:25:24

745

       146.50

CHIX

13:25:24

723

       146.35

CHIX

13:25:25

1,273

       146.35

BATE

13:29:11

745

       146.10

CHIX

13:30:29

644

       146.40

BATE

13:30:56

572

       146.40

XLON

13:30:56

744

       146.40

TRQX

13:30:56

101

       146.40

BATE

13:30:56

1,389

       146.40

CHIX

13:30:56

173

       146.40

XLON

13:38:40

745

       146.80

BATE

13:38:40

744

       146.80

TRQX

13:38:40

745

       146.80

XLON

13:38:40

745

       146.80

CHIX

13:38:47

537

       146.70

BATE

13:54:26

745

       146.90

XLON

13:54:26

744

       146.90

TRQX

13:54:26

745

       146.90

CHIX

13:54:26

208

       146.90

BATE

13:54:34

111

       146.90

CHIX

13:54:34

566

       146.90

BATE

13:54:37

983

       146.90

XLON

13:54:37

565

       146.90

TRQX

13:54:37

299

       146.90

XLON

13:54:37

455

       146.90

CHIX

13:55:55

439

       146.80

TRQX

13:55:55

169

       146.80

CHIX

13:55:55

1,660

       146.80

BATE

13:55:55

440

       146.80

XLON

13:55:55

271

       146.80

CHIX

13:56:02

38

       147.10

TRQX

13:56:02

77

       147.10

TRQX

13:56:02

492

       147.10

TRQX

13:56:02

80

       147.00

BATE

13:56:02

527

       147.00

BATE

13:56:03

107

       147.30

BATE

13:56:03

576

       147.30

BATE

13:56:03

174

       147.20

CHIX

13:59:06

325

       147.20

TRQX

13:59:06

325

       147.20

XLON

13:59:06

326

       147.20

BATE

13:59:06

325

       147.20

CHIX

14:01:29

92

       147.40

CHIX

14:01:30

91

       147.40

XLON

14:01:33

26

       147.40

CHIX

14:01:33

139

       147.40

CHIX

14:01:35

23

       147.30

XLON

14:01:53

465

       147.20

TRQX

14:01:53

6

       147.20

XLON

14:01:53

92

       147.20

BATE

14:01:53

96

       147.20

CHIX

14:01:53

842

       147.20

CHIX

14:02:48

207

       147.30

CHIX

14:02:49

207

       147.30

BATE

14:02:52

846

       147.30

CHIX

14:02:55

207

       147.30

XLON

14:02:58

131

       147.30

CHIX

14:02:58

81

       147.30

CHIX

14:03:01

92

       147.30

CHIX

14:03:25

107

       147.10

TRQX

14:03:25

107

       147.10

XLON

14:03:25

107

       147.10

CHIX

14:03:25

108

       147.10

BATE

14:03:25

250

       147.10

CHIX

14:04:58

546

       147.10

TRQX

14:04:58

547

       147.10

XLON

14:04:58

453

       147.10

CHIX

14:04:58

547

       147.10

BATE

14:04:58

94

       147.10

CHIX

14:07:01

358

       147.00

XLON

14:16:53

745

       147.50

XLON

14:16:53

744

       147.50

TRQX

14:16:53

745

       147.50

BATE

14:16:53

745

       147.50

CHIX

14:24:39

745

       147.40

BATE

14:24:39

745

       147.40

CHIX

14:24:39

745

       147.40

XLON

14:24:39

744

       147.40

TRQX

14:26:24

510

       147.40

XLON

14:26:24

745

       147.40

BATE

14:26:24

744

       147.40

TRQX

14:26:24

745

       147.40

CHIX

14:26:24

235

       147.40

XLON

14:29:53

569

       147.30

XLON

14:29:53

569

       147.30

TRQX

14:29:53

570

       147.30

BATE

14:29:53

570

       147.30

CHIX

14:48:37

1,270

       147.10

XLON

14:48:37

569

       147.10

TRQX

14:48:37

570

       147.10

BATE

14:48:37

570

       147.10

CHIX

14:56:02

1,000

       147.10

XLON

14:56:02

137

       147.10

TRQX

14:56:02

570

       147.10

BATE

14:56:02

570

       147.10

CHIX

14:56:02

270

       147.10

XLON

14:56:02

164

       147.10

TRQX

14:56:02

268

       147.10

TRQX

15:00:10

215

       147.10

BATE

15:00:10

951

       147.10

BATE

15:01:12

130

       147.10

XLON

15:01:12

130

       147.10

TRQX

15:01:12

130

       147.10

CHIX

15:01:12

131

       147.10

BATE

15:01:12

33

       147.10

BATE

15:01:39

116

       147.00

XLON

15:02:45

173

       147.40

BATE

15:02:46

116

       147.40

CHIX

15:02:49

1

       147.40

XLON

15:21:39

141

       147.40

XLON

15:21:39

31

       147.40

XLON

15:21:39

26

       147.40

XLON

15:21:39

1,165

       147.40

XLON

15:24:42

142

       147.40

XLON

15:24:42

118

       147.40

XLON

15:24:42

362

       147.40

XLON

15:24:44

18

       147.40

XLON

15:24:44

516

       147.40

XLON

15:29:16

622

       147.50

TRQX

15:29:16

29

       147.50

CHIX

15:29:16

116

       147.50

BATE

15:29:16

1248

       147.50

XLON

15:37:33

464

       147.40

XLON

15:48:58

1,586

       148.00

TRQX

15:48:58

447

       148.00

CHIX

15:48:58

465

       148.00

BATE

15:48:58

17

       148.00

CHIX

16:02:36

667

       148.05

BATE

16:02:36

565

       148.00

TRQX

16:02:36

745

       148.00

XLON

16:02:36

179

       148.00

TRQX

16:02:36

164

       148.00

CHIX

16:02:36

49

       148.00

BATE

16:02:36

581

       148.00

CHIX

16:02:36

696

       148.00

BATE

16:02:37

744

       147.90

TRQX

16:02:37

745

       147.90

XLON

16:02:37

745

       147.90

BATE

16:02:37

745

       147.90

CHIX

16:03:21

745

       148.00

XLON

16:03:21

744

       148.00

TRQX

16:03:21

745

       148.00

BATE

16:03:21

745

       148.00

CHIX

16:03:38

744

       148.00

TRQX

16:03:38

745

       148.00

XLON

16:03:38

745

       148.00

BATE

16:03:38

490

       148.00

CHIX

16:03:38

255

       148.00

CHIX

16:04:01

206

       148.00

TRQX

16:04:01

461

       148.00

XLON

16:04:01

745

       148.00

BATE

16:04:01

255

       148.00

CHIX

16:04:01

538

       148.00

TRQX

16:04:01

284

       148.00

XLON

16:04:01

490

       148.00

CHIX

16:08:09

411

       148.00

XLON

16:08:09

411

       148.00

TRQX

16:08:09

1,412

       148.00

BATE

16:08:09

411

       148.00

CHIX

16:10:01

297

       148.10

XLON

16:10:01

33

       148.00

CHIX

16:11:27

82

       148.10

XLON

16:11:28

15

       148.10

XLON

16:11:32

207

       148.10

XLON

16:11:32

269

       148.10

XLON

16:11:32

115

       148.10

XLON

16:11:32

51

       148.10

XLON

16:11:34

4

       148.10

XLON

16:11:36

160

       148.10

XLON

16:11:37

24

       148.10

XLON

16:11:38

510

       148.10

XLON

16:11:38

226

       148.10

XLON

16:11:41

44

       148.10

XLON

16:11:41

115

       148.10

XLON

16:11:41

96

       148.10

XLON

16:11:41

169

       148.10

XLON

16:11:44

184

       148.10

XLON

16:11:47

106

       148.10

XLON

16:11:50

46

       148.10

XLON

16:11:53

26

       148.10

XLON

16:11:56

12

       148.10

XLON

16:11:59

6

       148.10

XLON

16:12:02

3

       148.10

XLON

16:12:33

298

       147.90

BATE

16:12:33

2

       147.90

XLON

16:12:33

297

       147.90

TRQX

16:12:33

2

       147.90

CHIX

16:15:01

369

       148.10

BATE

16:15:02

194

       148.10

TRQX

16:15:02

175

       148.10

TRQX

16:15:04

320

       148.10

XLON

16:15:04

23

       148.10

XLON

16:15:08

49

       148.10

TRQX

16:15:08

44

       148.10

TRQX

16:15:11

85

       148.10

XLON

16:15:12

63

       148.10

BATE

16:15:12

200

       148.10

BATE

16:15:13

54

       148.10

CHIX

16:15:13

237

       148.10

CHIX

16:15:13

52

       148.10

CHIX

16:15:13

3

       148.10

CHIX

16:15:13

23

       148.10

CHIX

16:15:15

339

       148.10

BATE

16:15:17

91

       148.10

CHIX

16:15:17

377

       148.10

CHIX

16:15:18

92

       148.10

CHIX

16:15:20

142

       148.10

CHIX

16:15:23

28

       148.10

BATE

16:15:23

57

       148.10

BATE

16:15:26

35

       148.10

CHIX

16:15:29

24

       148.10

TRQX

16:15:32

23

       148.10

CHIX

16:15:35

22

       148.10

BATE

16:15:38

21

       148.10

XLON

16:15:41

8

       148.10

CHIX

16:15:44

6

       148.10

CHIX

16:15:47

6

       148.10

BATE

16:15:50

6

       148.10

TRQX

16:15:53

5

       148.10

XLON

16:15:56

2

       148.10

CHIX

16:20:40

1

       147.90

TRQX

16:20:40

2

       147.90

XLON

16:20:40

2

       147.90

BATE

16:20:40

1

       147.90

CHIX

16:20:40

134

       147.90

CHIX

16:23:38

103

       147.90

XLON

16:23:38

103

       147.90

TRQX

16:23:38

103

       147.90

BATE

16:23:38

103

       147.90

CHIX

16:24:33

152

       148.00

XLON

16:24:35

152

       148.00

CHIX

16:24:38

29

       148.00

BATE

16:24:38

102

       148.00

BATE

16:24:38

12

       148.00

BATE

16:24:38

9

       148.00

BATE

16:24:39

135

       148.00

CHIX

16:24:41

106

       148.00

TRQX

16:24:41

46

       148.00

TRQX

16:24:42

66

       148.00

CHIX

16:24:42

421

       148.00

CHIX

16:24:44

38

       148.00

XLON

16:24:47

122

       148.00

CHIX

16:24:50

113

       148.00

BATE

16:24:50

445

       148.00

BATE

16:24:53

38

       148.00

CHIX

16:24:56

69

       148.00

BATE

16:24:56

57

       148.00

BATE

16:24:56

13

       148.00

BATE

16:24:59

31

       148.00

CHIX

16:25:02

21

       148.00

BATE

16:25:02

14

       148.00

BATE

16:25:05

10

       148.00

CHIX

16:25:08

9

       148.00

XLON

16:25:10

9

       148.00

BATE

16:25:11

7

       148.00

CHIX

16:25:14

3

       148.00

CHIX

16:25:17

2

       148.00

XLON

16:25:22

20

       147.90

TRQX

16:25:22

2

       147.90

CHIX

16:25:22

18

       147.90

TRQX

16:25:22

1

       147.90

CHIX

16:25:22

2

       147.90

BATE

16:27:19

147

       147.80

XLON

16:27:19

147

       147.80

TRQX

16:27:19

148

       147.80

CHIX

16:27:19

148

       147.80

BATE

16:29:09

140

       147.80

BATE

16:29:09

105

       147.80

BATE

16:29:55

54

       147.90

BATE

16:29:56

21

       147.90

CHIX

16:29:56

71

       147.90

CHIX

16:29:56

40

       147.90

CHIX

16:35:28

25,996

       148.00

XLON

16:35:28

21,485

       148.00

XLON

16:35:28

10,067

       148.00

XLON

16:35:28

5,705

       148.00

XLON

16:35:28

40,767

       148.00

XLON

16:35:28

25,956

       148.00

XLON

16:35:28

28,612

       148.00

XLON

16:35:28

20091

       148.00

XLON

16:35:28

7,336

       148.00

XLON

16:35:28

28570

       148.00

XLON

 



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