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

17 July

Number of ordinary shares purchased

173,479

Weighted average price paid (p)

142.33

Highest price paid (p)

145.20

Lowest price paid (p)

141.70

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 60,166,148. Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 690,518,000. 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 17 July 2023 is 690,518,000. 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

142.04

120,866

BATE

142.77

15,957

CHIX

142.90

16,712

TRQX

143.20

19,944

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:06:38

6

       143.50

XLON

08:06:38

6

       143.50

TRQX

08:06:38

7

       143.50

BATE

08:06:38

6

       143.50

CHIX

08:06:38

1

       143.50

TRQX

08:08:34

13

       144.50

TRQX

08:08:34

13

       143.60

CHIX

08:08:34

477

       144.50

TRQX

08:08:34

164

       144.50

TRQX

08:10:11

275

       144.50

XLON

08:10:12

68

       144.50

XLON

08:11:15

172

       144.50

XLON

08:11:17

23

       144.50

XLON

08:11:18

98

       144.60

CHIX

08:11:18

177

       144.60

CHIX

08:11:21

191

       144.60

XLON

08:11:21

64

       144.60

XLON

08:11:24

169

       144.60

XLON

08:11:25

69

       144.60

CHIX

08:11:26

64

       144.60

XLON

08:11:28

42

       144.60

XLON

08:11:29

17

       144.60

CHIX

08:11:31

16

       144.60

XLON

08:11:32

11

       144.60

XLON

08:11:33

4

       144.60

XLON

08:11:37

4

       144.60

CHIX

08:11:38

3

       144.60

XLON

08:12:10

1

       144.00

CHIX

08:12:10

275

       144.00

BATE

08:12:10

171

       144.00

TRQX

08:12:10

1

       144.00

XLON

08:12:10

43

       144.00

XLON

08:38:20

63

       144.00

CHIX

08:38:20

63

       144.00

TRQX

08:38:20

63

       144.00

BATE

08:38:20

63

       144.00

XLON

09:25:01

46

       144.50

XLON

09:25:02

839

       145.20

XLON

09:25:02

452

       145.20

XLON

09:25:02

788

       145.20

XLON

09:25:10

25

       145.20

CHIX

09:25:10

69

       145.20

BATE

09:25:10

69

       145.20

TRQX

09:25:21

520

       145.10

TRQX

09:25:21

2,200

       145.10

TRQX

09:25:43

803

       144.90

CHIX

09:25:43

803

       144.90

BATE

09:25:43

802

       144.90

XLON

09:26:23

488

       144.70

XLON

09:26:23

9

       144.70

TRQX

09:26:23

173

       144.70

XLON

09:26:23

652

       144.70

TRQX

09:28:45

259

       144.70

CHIX

09:28:45

260

       144.70

BATE

09:28:45

259

       144.70

XLON

09:28:45

259

       144.70

TRQX

09:28:45

65

       144.70

XLON

09:36:11

331

       144.70

CHIX

09:36:11

332

       144.70

BATE

09:36:11

156

       144.70

XLON

09:36:11

331

       144.70

TRQX

09:36:11

175

       144.70

XLON

09:36:11

295

       144.70

XLON

09:36:20

177

       144.60

XLON

09:36:20

177

       144.60

TRQX

09:36:20

177

       144.60

CHIX

09:36:20

177

       144.60

BATE

09:36:20

96

       144.60

CHIX

09:38:33

139

       144.50

CHIX

09:38:33

139

       144.50

BATE

09:38:33

139

       144.50

TRQX

09:38:33

139

       144.50

XLON

09:38:34

47

       144.40

TRQX

09:38:34

48

       144.40

XLON

09:38:34

48

       144.40

BATE

09:38:35

103

       144.30

CHIX

09:38:35

103

       144.30

TRQX

09:38:35

103

       144.30

XLON

09:38:35

103

       144.30

BATE

10:00:10

27

       144.20

TRQX

10:00:10

28

       144.20

CHIX

10:00:10

28

       144.20

BATE

10:00:10

27

       144.20

XLON

10:02:58

45

       144.60

CHIX

10:03:00

45

       144.60

XLON

10:03:04

11

       144.60

CHIX

10:03:07

12

       144.60

XLON

10:03:10

2

       144.60

CHIX

10:03:13

3

       144.60

XLON

10:03:16

1

       144.60

CHIX

10:13:14

1

       144.60

XLON

10:38:37

246

       144.20

TRQX

10:38:37

180

       144.20

CHIX

10:38:37

45

       144.20

TRQX

10:38:37

45

       144.20

BATE

10:38:37

14

       144.20

XLON

10:50:00

262

       144.00

TRQX

10:50:00

263

       144.00

CHIX

10:50:00

262

       144.00

XLON

10:50:00

263

       144.00

BATE

10:50:00

55

       144.00

CHIX

10:51:45

219

       143.80

BATE

10:51:45

218

       143.80

CHIX

10:51:45

218

       143.80

TRQX

10:51:45

156

       143.80

XLON

10:51:45

62

       143.80

XLON

10:51:45

51

       143.80

CHIX

11:14:53

71

       143.60

CHIX

11:14:53

71

       143.60

TRQX

11:14:53

71

       143.60

BATE

11:14:53

71

       143.60

XLON

11:33:37

18

       143.70

CHIX

11:33:37

43

       143.70

XLON

11:33:37

96

       143.70

BATE

11:33:37

6

       143.70

XLON

11:33:37

96

       143.70

TRQX

11:33:37

47

       143.70

XLON

11:33:37

48

       143.70

CHIX

11:34:15

34

       143.60

CHIX

11:34:15

34

       143.60

BATE

11:34:15

33

       143.60

TRQX

11:34:15

34

       143.60

XLON

11:52:07

143

       144.00

CHIX

11:56:57

163

       143.60

BATE

11:56:57

162

       143.60

CHIX

11:56:57

162

       143.60

TRQX

11:56:57

162

       143.60

XLON

11:57:12

125

       143.90

CHIX

11:57:14

125

       143.90

BATE

11:57:17

67

       143.90

CHIX

11:57:18

55

       143.90

BATE

11:57:20

31

       143.90

BATE

11:57:22

17

       143.90

CHIX

12:00:24

69

       143.50

CHIX

12:00:24

69

       143.50

XLON

12:00:24

69

       143.50

BATE

12:00:24

69

       143.50

TRQX

12:02:13

44

       143.50

CHIX

12:02:13

44

       143.50

BATE

12:02:13

44

       143.50

XLON

12:02:13

44

       143.50

TRQX

12:02:13

11

       143.50

CHIX

12:14:35

197

       143.20

XLON

12:14:35

222

       143.20

CHIX

12:14:35

222

       143.20

BATE

12:14:35

222

       143.20

TRQX

12:14:35

25

       143.20

XLON

12:14:35

185

       143.20

CHIX

12:20:56

92

       143.30

CHIX

12:20:56

85

       143.60

CHIX

12:23:17

76

       143.20

CHIX

12:23:17

75

       143.20

XLON

12:23:17

76

       143.20

BATE

12:23:17

75

       143.20

TRQX

12:23:17

19

       143.20

CHIX

12:23:32

133

       142.70

BATE

12:23:32

503

       142.70

XLON

12:23:32

504

       142.70

CHIX

12:23:32

371

       142.70

BATE

12:23:32

503

       142.70

TRQX

12:23:35

402

       142.90

CHIX

12:23:36

350

       142.90

XLON

12:23:36

52

       142.90

XLON

12:23:38

101

       142.90

CHIX

12:23:39

100

       142.90

XLON

12:23:41

25

       142.90

CHIX

12:23:42

402

       142.70

BATE

12:23:42

25

       142.90

XLON

12:23:44

402

       142.70

TRQX

12:23:44

106

       142.70

XLON

12:23:44

149

       142.70

BATE

12:23:44

7

       142.70

CHIX

12:23:47

46

       142.90

CHIX

12:23:50

361

       142.90

CHIX

12:23:53

107

       142.90

CHIX

12:23:55

90

       142.90

CHIX

12:23:57

79

       142.90

CHIX

12:29:15

45

       142.90

XLON

12:29:17

1069

       142.90

XLON

12:29:19

45

       142.60

TRQX

12:29:19

45

       142.60

CHIX

12:29:19

448

       142.60

BATE

12:29:19

447

       142.60

XLON

12:29:36

131

       142.60

TRQX

12:29:36

132

       142.60

CHIX

12:29:36

132

       142.60

BATE

12:29:36

131

       142.60

XLON

12:29:36

33

       142.60

TRQX

12:40:13

78

       142.50

CHIX

12:40:13

78

       142.50

BATE

12:40:13

77

       142.50

TRQX

12:40:13

78

       142.50

XLON

12:40:13

20

       142.50

TRQX

12:40:44

227

       142.40

XLON

12:40:44

227

       142.40

BATE

12:40:44

227

       142.40

TRQX

12:40:44

227

       142.40

CHIX

12:40:44

57

       142.40

TRQX

12:45:56

57

       142.30

XLON

12:45:56

57

       142.30

CHIX

12:45:56

57

       142.30

BATE

12:45:56

57

       142.30

TRQX

12:45:57

104

       142.30

CHIX

12:45:57

104

       142.30

BATE

12:45:57

104

       142.30

XLON

12:45:57

103

       142.30

TRQX

12:59:24

27

       142.30

CHIX

12:59:24

27

       142.30

BATE

12:59:24

26

       142.30

TRQX

12:59:24

26

       142.30

XLON

13:11:40

7

       142.00

TRQX

13:11:40

8

       142.00

CHIX

13:11:40

8

       142.00

XLON

13:11:40

8

       142.00

BATE

13:11:41

4

       141.90

XLON

13:11:41

147

       141.90

XLON

13:11:49

86

       142.40

XLON

13:11:49

198

       142.40

XLON

13:11:53

250

       142.40

XLON

13:11:56

249

       142.40

TRQX

13:11:58

63

       142.40

XLON

13:12:02

62

       142.40

TRQX

13:12:05

51

       142.40

XLON

13:12:08

16

       142.40

XLON

13:12:11

15

       142.40

TRQX

13:12:14

13

       142.40

XLON

13:12:17

4

       142.40

XLON

13:12:20

4

       142.40

TRQX

13:12:23

3

       142.40

XLON

13:12:26

1

       142.40

XLON

13:14:02

1

       142.40

XLON

13:14:05

39

       142.40

XLON

13:14:08

166

       142.40

XLON

13:14:11

10

       142.40

XLON

13:14:14

41

       142.40

XLON

13:14:17

3

       142.40

XLON

13:14:20

10

       142.40

XLON

13:14:23

1

       142.40

XLON

13:29:41

250

       142.10

CHIX

13:29:41

250

       142.10

BATE

13:29:41

1

       142.10

TRQX

13:29:41

2

       142.10

XLON

13:30:05

20

       142.10

TRQX

13:30:05

48

       142.10

TRQX

13:30:05

35

       142.10

TRQX

13:30:05

27

       142.10

XLON

13:30:06

17

       142.40

TRQX

13:30:08

77

       142.40

XLON

13:30:08

148

       142.40

XLON

13:30:08

120

       142.50

CHIX

13:30:09

7

       142.40

TRQX

13:30:11

5

       142.40

TRQX

13:30:14

2

       142.40

TRQX

13:31:10

325

       142.70

XLON

13:31:14

120

       142.70

BATE

13:31:17

76

       142.70

XLON

13:31:17

268

       142.70

XLON

13:31:17

349

       142.70

XLON

13:31:20

184

       143.00

XLON

13:31:23

288

       143.00

CHIX

13:31:23

38

       143.00

CHIX

13:31:25

46

       143.00

XLON

13:40:01

175

       142.90

TRQX

13:40:01

350

       142.90

CHIX

13:40:01

30

       142.90

BATE

13:40:01

11

       142.90

XLON

13:40:01

86

       142.90

TRQX

13:48:45

53

       142.70

XLON

13:48:45

1,477

       142.70

XLON

13:53:45

56

       142.60

CHIX

13:53:45

197

       142.60

BATE

13:53:45

141

       142.60

CHIX

13:53:45

197

       142.60

XLON

13:53:45

197

       142.60

TRQX

14:20:22

61

       142.50

XLON

14:20:22

61

       142.50

CHIX

14:20:22

61

       142.50

BATE

14:20:22

60

       142.50

TRQX

14:25:57

57

       142.90

XLON

14:25:59

65

       143.00

XLON

14:26:02

572

       143.00

XLON

14:26:02

552

       143.00

XLON

14:26:02

421

       143.00

XLON

14:26:05

143

       143.10

XLON

14:26:08

88

       143.10

XLON

14:26:10

36

       143.10

XLON

14:26:13

22

       143.10

XLON

14:26:17

9

       143.10

XLON

14:26:20

6

       143.10

XLON

14:26:23

2

       143.10

XLON

14:26:26

1

       143.10

XLON

14:26:26

1

       143.30

XLON

14:33:57

206

       143.40

XLON

14:33:59

144

       143.40

BATE

14:34:00

140

       143.40

XLON

14:34:02

26

       143.40

XLON

14:34:05

35

       143.40

XLON

14:34:07

36

       143.40

BATE

14:34:09

8

       143.40

XLON

14:34:11

7

       143.40

XLON

14:34:12

9

       143.40

BATE

14:34:14

2

       143.40

XLON

14:34:17

2

       143.40

BATE

14:41:08

1

       143.10

XLON

14:41:08

2

       143.10

XLON

14:41:08

143

       143.10

TRQX

14:41:08

143

       143.10

CHIX

14:42:23

193

       143.10

CHIX

14:42:23

193

       143.10

BATE

14:42:23

192

       143.10

XLON

14:42:23

192

       143.10

TRQX

14:42:25

452

       142.80

CHIX

14:42:25

452

       142.80

BATE

14:42:25

452

       142.80

XLON

14:42:25

452

       142.80

TRQX

14:42:29

723

       142.60

CHIX

14:42:29

723

       142.60

BATE

14:42:29

723

       142.60

XLON

14:42:29

722

       142.60

TRQX

14:42:30

373

       142.50

TRQX

14:42:30

83

       142.50

TRQX

14:42:49

57

       142.50

CHIX

14:42:49

57

       142.50

BATE

14:42:49

539

       142.50

XLON

14:42:49

83

       142.50

TRQX

14:42:49

20

       142.50

TRQX

14:42:49

289

       142.00

XLON

14:42:49

401

       142.00

XLON

14:42:51

73

       142.50

XLON

15:01:06

299

       142.20

CHIX

15:03:29

430

       142.40

BATE

15:03:29

181

       142.40

BATE

15:03:29

433

       142.40

CHIX

15:03:29

732

       142.40

XLON

15:03:29

121

       142.40

BATE

15:03:29

732

       142.40

TRQX

15:03:30

942

       142.30

TRQX

15:03:30

942

       142.30

XLON

15:07:08

180

       142.40

BATE

15:07:09

179

       142.40

CHIX

15:07:11

179

       142.40

XLON

15:07:11

45

       142.20

BATE

15:07:11

13

       142.20

TRQX

15:07:11

45

       142.20

CHIX

15:07:11

179

       142.20

TRQX

15:08:28

343

       142.30

CHIX

15:08:32

343

       142.30

BATE

15:08:35

344

       142.30

CHIX

15:08:38

342

       142.30

TRQX

15:08:41

342

       142.30

XLON

15:08:41

89

       142.50

BATE

15:13:19

668

       142.60

XLON

15:13:19

390

       142.60

XLON

15:13:23

1,166

       142.70

XLON

15:16:20

19

       142.70

CHIX

15:20:32

643

       142.70

XLON

15:20:32

1,165

       142.70

TRQX

15:20:32

225

       142.70

BATE

15:20:32

419

       142.70

BATE

15:20:32

67

       142.70

CHIX

15:35:58

7

       142.70

BATE

15:35:58

7

       142.70

CHIX

15:35:58

7

       142.70

XLON

15:35:58

1164

       142.70

TRQX

15:35:58

21

       142.70

BATE

15:35:59

322

       142.60

CHIX

15:35:59

322

       142.60

BATE

15:35:59

321

       142.60

TRQX

15:35:59

322

       142.60

XLON

15:38:06

28

       142.50

TRQX

15:38:06

201

       142.50

BATE

15:38:06

200

       142.50

CHIX

15:38:06

200

       142.50

XLON

15:38:06

172

       142.50

TRQX

15:41:08

141

       142.50

CHIX

15:41:08

141

       142.50

BATE

15:41:08

140

       142.50

TRQX

15:41:08

141

       142.50

XLON

15:41:08

699

       142.50

TRQX

15:41:14

116

       142.30

XLON

15:41:14

116

       142.30

TRQX

15:41:14

117

       142.30

CHIX

15:41:14

117

       142.30

BATE

15:41:14

29

       142.30

TRQX

15:48:53

97

       142.40

CHIX

15:48:55

97

       142.40

XLON

15:48:56

25

       142.40

TRQX

15:48:56

72

       142.40

TRQX

15:48:59

24

       142.40

XLON

15:49:00

24

       142.30

CHIX

15:49:00

6

       142.40

XLON

15:49:01

97

       142.40

BATE

15:49:04

105

       142.40

XLON

15:49:04

112

       142.40

XLON

15:49:05

217

       142.40

CHIX

15:49:08

54

       142.40

XLON

15:49:11

55

       142.40

CHIX

15:49:14

24

       142.40

BATE

15:49:17

14

       142.40

CHIX

15:49:20

13

       142.40

XLON

15:49:23

6

       142.40

BATE

15:49:26

4

       142.40

XLON

15:49:29

3

       142.40

CHIX

15:49:32

1

       142.40

XLON

15:52:00

24

       142.20

TRQX

15:52:00

1

       142.20

CHIX

15:52:00

1

       142.20

BATE

15:52:00

1

       142.20

TRQX

15:52:00

13

       142.20

XLON

15:52:02

225

       142.10

CHIX

15:52:02

33

       142.10

CHIX

15:52:02

257

       142.10

XLON

15:52:02

258

       142.10

BATE

15:52:02

257

       142.10

TRQX

15:54:14

121

       142.40

BATE

15:54:17

120

       142.40

XLON

15:54:20

120

       142.40

CHIX

15:54:23

38

       142.40

CHIX

15:54:26

31

       142.40

BATE

15:54:29

30

       142.40

XLON

15:54:32

30

       142.40

CHIX

15:54:35

9

       142.40

CHIX

15:54:38

8

       142.40

CHIX

15:54:41

8

       142.40

BATE

15:54:44

7

       142.40

XLON

15:54:47

2

       142.40

CHIX

15:58:25

2

       142.40

BATE

15:58:50

11

       142.40

CHIX

15:58:53

5

       142.40

BATE

15:58:56

2

       142.40

XLON

16:07:03

2

       142.10

CHIX

16:07:03

2

       142.10

BATE

16:07:03

2

       142.10

CHIX

16:07:03

120

       142.10

TRQX

16:07:03

227

       142.10

XLON

16:09:24

434

       142.00

CHIX

16:09:24

434

       142.00

BATE

16:09:24

434

       142.00

XLON

16:09:24

434

       142.00

TRQX

16:09:24

1,153

       141.90

XLON

16:09:25

260

       141.90

CHIX

16:10:24

50

       141.90

TRQX

16:10:24

74

       141.90

XLON

16:10:24

71

       141.90

CHIX

16:10:24

210

       141.90

TRQX

16:10:24

261

       141.90

BATE

16:10:24

186

       141.90

XLON

16:10:24

190

       141.90

CHIX

16:10:56

63

       141.80

BATE

16:10:56

94

       141.80

CHIX

16:10:56

32

       141.80

BATE

16:10:56

58

       141.80

TRQX

16:10:56

94

       141.80

XLON

16:10:56

36

       141.80

TRQX

16:10:56

30

       141.80

CHIX

16:11:09

13

       141.70

XLON

16:11:09

63

       141.80

BATE

16:11:09

63

       142.00

CHIX

16:13:29

62

       141.70

TRQX

16:13:29

3

       141.70

CHIX

16:13:29

89

       141.70

BATE

16:13:29

50

       141.70

XLON

16:14:41

30

       141.70

TRQX

16:15:04

82

       141.90

BATE

16:15:05

82

       141.90

XLON

16:17:15

82

       141.80

CHIX

16:17:15

1583

       141.80

BATE

16:17:15

81

       141.80

TRQX

16:21:58

406

       141.90

CHIX

16:21:58

144

       141.90

CHIX

16:21:58

182

       141.90

BATE

16:21:58

191

       141.90

TRQX

16:21:58

550

       141.90

BATE

16:21:58

182

       141.90

CHIX

16:28:27

541

       141.90

TRQX

16:28:27

1,464

       141.90

XLON

16:29:45

2

       141.80

XLON

16:29:45

796

       141.80

BATE

16:29:45

796

       141.80

CHIX

16:29:53

450

       141.80

XLON

16:29:53

341

       141.80

XLON

16:29:56

555

       141.90

CHIX

16:29:59

198

       141.90

BATE

16:35:23

8,038

       141.70

XLON

16:35:23

12,521

       141.70

XLON

16:35:23

1,321

       141.70

XLON

16:35:23

3,860

       141.70

XLON

16:35:23

6,815

       141.70

XLON

16:35:23

26,432

       141.70

XLON

16:35:23

658

       141.70

XLON

16:35:23

116

       141.70

XLON

16:35:23

2022

       141.70

XLON

16:35:23

4,921

       141.70

XLON

16:35:23

5,032

       141.70

XLON

16:35:23

387

       141.70

XLON

16:35:23

12,838

       141.70

XLON

16:35:23

827

       141.70

XLON

16:35:23

3,433

       141.70

XLON

 



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