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

20 July

Number of ordinary shares purchased

416,614

Weighted average price paid (p)

145.56

Highest price paid (p)

146.80

Lowest price paid (p)

144.30

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 61,254,496. Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 689,429,652. 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 20 July 2023 is 689,429,652. 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

145.38

292,709

BATE

145.71

40,596

CHIX

145.58

42,943

TRQX

145.62

39,537

Sigma-X

146.10

829

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:09:37

322

            144.90

XLON

08:09:37

323

            144.50

CHIX

08:09:37

2026

            144.50

XLON

08:09:38

2,316

            144.90

XLON

08:10:19

956

            146.60

XLON

08:10:52

700

            145.90

XLON

08:10:52

246

            145.90

TRQX

08:10:52

246

            145.90

CHIX

08:10:52

245

            145.90

BATE

08:10:52

1,240

            145.30

XLON

08:10:52

1,240

            145.30

CHIX

08:11:04

700

            144.90

XLON

08:11:04

700

            144.90

TRQX

08:11:04

701

            144.90

BATE

08:11:04

701

            144.90

CHIX

08:11:04

700

            144.50

XLON

08:11:04

700

            144.50

TRQX

08:11:04

701

            144.50

CHIX

08:11:04

701

            144.50

BATE

08:12:04

93

            144.30

BATE

08:12:04

700

            144.30

TRQX

08:12:04

701

            144.30

CHIX

08:12:04

700

            144.30

XLON

08:12:04

608

            144.30

BATE

08:21:22

526

            144.50

CHIX

08:21:22

465

            144.50

TRQX

08:21:22

526

            144.50

XLON

08:21:22

526

            144.50

BATE

08:21:22

61

            144.50

TRQX

08:41:42

239

            144.90

XLON

08:41:42

239

            144.90

TRQX

08:41:42

1224

            144.90

CHIX

08:41:42

240

            144.90

BATE

08:47:35

143

            144.50

BATE

09:08:06

669

            144.60

TRQX

09:08:06

732

            144.60

CHIX

09:08:06

589

            144.60

BATE

09:08:06

669

            144.60

XLON

09:09:55

629

            144.60

XLON

09:09:55

67

            144.60

TRQX

09:09:55

772

            144.60

CHIX

09:09:55

148

            144.60

BATE

09:09:55

705

            144.60

TRQX

09:09:55

481

            144.60

BATE

09:09:58

218

            144.60

TRQX

09:09:58

734

            144.60

XLON

09:09:58

219

            144.60

BATE

09:09:58

734

            144.60

CHIX

09:09:58

156

            144.60

XLON

09:09:58

156

            144.60

TRQX

09:15:22

118

            145.00

BATE

09:15:23

118

            145.00

CHIX

09:15:27

368

            145.00

BATE

09:15:28

178

            145.30

XLON

09:15:28

210

            145.30

XLON

09:15:28

58

            145.10

TRQX

09:15:28

59

            145.10

TRQX

09:17:17

925

            145.70

TRQX

09:17:17

38

            145.60

CHIX

09:17:17

502

            145.60

XLON

09:17:17

501

            145.60

TRQX

09:17:17

502

            145.60

BATE

09:17:17

464

            145.60

CHIX

09:20:33

700

            145.70

TRQX

09:20:33

701

            145.70

CHIX

09:20:33

700

            145.70

XLON

09:20:33

516

            145.70

BATE

09:20:33

185

            145.70

BATE

09:20:33

1,079

            145.55

CHIX

09:36:12

1,259

            145.85

BATE

09:36:12

700

            145.80

TRQX

09:36:12

700

            145.80

XLON

09:36:12

188

            145.80

BATE

09:36:12

701

            145.80

CHIX

09:36:12

513

            145.80

BATE

09:43:43

700

            145.70

XLON

09:54:02

701

            145.70

BATE

09:54:02

701

            145.70

CHIX

09:54:02

700

            145.70

TRQX

10:11:21

773

            145.80

CHIX

10:11:21

161

            145.80

CHIX

10:11:21

800

            145.80

TRQX

10:11:21

134

            145.80

TRQX

10:11:21

934

            145.80

XLON

10:11:23

867

            145.80

BATE

10:11:23

867

            145.80

CHIX

10:11:24

645

            145.70

XLON

10:11:27

92

            145.90

TRQX

10:11:27

553

            145.90

TRQX

10:11:37

744

            145.95

BATE

10:15:36

829

            146.10

Sigma-X

10:17:35

740

            146.10

TRQX

10:27:07

35

            146.10

XLON

10:27:07

665

            146.10

XLON

10:27:07

33

            146.00

XLON

10:27:07

723

            146.00

XLON

10:27:07

756

            146.00

CHIX

10:27:07

645

            146.00

BATE

10:27:07

813

            146.00

TRQX

10:27:07

765

            146.00

BATE

10:27:07

777

            146.00

CHIX

10:27:09

700

            146.00

TRQX

10:27:09

164

            146.00

CHIX

10:27:09

701

            146.00

BATE

10:27:09

537

            146.00

CHIX

10:29:08

700

            145.90

XLON

10:29:08

701

            145.90

CHIX

10:29:08

700

            145.90

TRQX

10:29:08

351

            145.90

BATE

10:29:08

350

            145.90

BATE

10:38:10

701

            145.70

CHIX

10:38:10

701

            145.70

BATE

10:38:10

622

            145.70

XLON

10:38:10

78

            145.70

XLON

10:39:37

690

            145.70

BATE

10:39:37

701

            145.70

CHIX

10:54:28

344

            145.90

XLON

10:54:28

700

            145.90

TRQX

10:54:28

356

            145.90

XLON

10:54:28

1391

            145.90

CHIX

10:54:28

11

            145.90

BATE

11:01:16

700

            145.80

XLON

11:01:22

701

            145.80

CHIX

11:01:22

570

            145.80

TRQX

11:21:09

700

            145.90

XLON

11:21:09

386

            145.90

CHIX

11:21:09

130

            145.90

TRQX

11:21:09

701

            145.90

BATE

11:21:09

315

            145.90

CHIX

11:21:11

510

            145.90

TRQX

11:21:11

511

            145.90

CHIX

11:21:11

511

            145.90

BATE

11:21:11

1,270

            145.90

XLON

11:36:12

602

            145.90

XLON

11:36:12

701

            145.90

BATE

11:36:12

701

            145.90

CHIX

11:36:12

98

            145.90

XLON

11:36:40

800

            145.90

BATE

11:36:40

700

            145.90

TRQX

11:36:40

503

            145.90

BATE

11:37:32

295

            145.90

CHIX

11:39:51

601

            145.90

TRQX

11:39:51

799

            145.90

XLON

11:39:51

505

            145.90

CHIX

11:39:51

5

            145.90

BATE

11:39:51

597

            145.90

BATE

11:41:07

848

            145.80

XLON

11:51:58

652

            145.90

BATE

11:51:58

651

            145.90

XLON

11:51:58

503

            145.90

CHIX

11:51:58

27

            145.90

TRQX

11:51:58

149

            145.90

CHIX

11:51:58

727

            145.90

TRQX

11:51:58

93

            145.90

TRQX

11:52:06

371

            145.80

CHIX

11:53:35

141

            145.80

BATE

12:00:32

287

            146.00

CHIX

12:00:32

491

            145.90

BATE

12:12:41

370

            145.90

XLON

12:12:41

658

            145.90

TRQX

12:12:41

20

            145.90

BATE

12:12:41

281

            145.90

XLON

12:12:41

1,186

            145.90

BATE

12:25:08

538

            145.90

XLON

12:25:08

343

            145.90

TRQX

12:25:08

205

            145.90

XLON

12:25:08

489

            145.90

CHIX

12:25:08

744

            145.90

BATE

12:25:09

600

            145.90

XLON

12:25:12

497

            145.90

BATE

12:25:13

797

            145.90

BATE

12:25:13

29

            145.90

CHIX

12:26:12

515

            145.90

XLON

12:26:12

460

            145.90

XLON

12:26:12

314

            145.90

TRQX

12:26:12

738

            145.90

BATE

12:26:12

140

            145.90

CHIX

12:26:12

619

            145.90

XLON

12:26:17

107

            145.80

CHIX

12:26:18

108

            146.00

BATE

12:26:20

107

            145.90

XLON

12:26:21

30

            145.90

XLON

12:26:24

27

            145.90

XLON

12:26:27

27

            145.90

BATE

12:26:30

7

            145.90

XLON

12:26:33

217

            146.00

CHIX

12:26:33

7

            145.90

BATE

12:26:35

107

            146.00

TRQX

12:26:36

198

            146.00

CHIX

12:26:39

184

            146.00

BATE

12:26:39

15

            146.00

BATE

12:26:41

50

            146.00

CHIX

12:26:42

104

            146.00

BATE

12:26:42

128

            146.00

BATE

12:26:43

26

            146.00

TRQX

12:26:45

58

            146.00

BATE

12:26:46

13

            146.00

CHIX

12:26:48

15

            146.00

BATE

12:26:51

5

            146.00

XLON

12:26:51

2

            146.00

XLON

12:26:53

6

            146.00

TRQX

12:26:54

4

            146.00

BATE

12:26:55

3

            146.00

CHIX

12:26:57

2

            146.00

TRQX

12:30:03

1

            146.10

XLON

12:30:04

600

            146.10

TRQX

12:30:04

268

            146.10

TRQX

12:30:05

222

            146.10

XLON

12:30:06

120

            146.10

TRQX

12:30:06

97

            146.10

TRQX

12:30:09

444

            146.10

XLON

12:30:12

28

            146.10

TRQX

12:30:12

26

            146.10

TRQX

12:30:14

111

            146.10

XLON

12:30:15

14

            146.10

TRQX

12:30:18

20

            146.10

XLON

12:30:18

7

            146.10

XLON

12:30:20

4

            146.10

TRQX

12:30:21

257

            146.10

XLON

12:30:22

1

            146.10

XLON

12:31:09

146

            146.10

XLON

12:31:12

64

            146.10

XLON

12:31:13

634

            146.10

XLON

12:31:13

294

            146.10

XLON

12:37:15

1,871

            146.00

XLON

12:37:15

1

            146.00

BATE

12:41:37

1

            146.80

TRQX

12:41:37

2799

            146.80

XLON

12:41:37

1

            146.80

CHIX

12:42:38

1

            146.80

BATE

12:51:42

700

            146.80

BATE

12:51:42

701

            146.80

CHIX

12:51:42

700

            146.80

TRQX

12:51:42

700

            146.80

XLON

12:57:41

700

            146.80

XLON

12:57:41

701

            146.80

BATE

12:57:41

701

            146.80

CHIX

12:57:52

700

            146.80

XLON

12:57:52

700

            146.80

TRQX

12:57:52

701

            146.80

BATE

13:07:42

700

            146.60

XLON

13:07:42

701

            146.60

CHIX

13:07:42

700

            146.60

TRQX

13:07:42

701

            146.60

BATE

13:08:29

700

            146.40

XLON

13:17:42

44

            146.40

TRQX

13:17:42

171

            146.40

BATE

13:17:42

323

            146.40

CHIX

13:17:42

215

            146.40

TRQX

13:17:42

355

            146.40

BATE

13:17:42

378

            146.40

CHIX

13:17:42

441

            146.40

TRQX

13:17:42

175

            146.40

BATE

13:18:35

521

            146.40

TRQX

13:18:35

1,238

            146.40

XLON

13:18:35

521

            146.40

CHIX

13:18:35

522

            146.40

BATE

13:18:43

879

            146.20

TRQX

13:20:01

130

            146.20

CHIX

13:24:57

880

            146.40

XLON

13:24:57

640

            146.40

TRQX

13:24:57

511

            146.40

CHIX

13:24:57

641

            146.40

BATE

14:01:49

825

            146.30

XLON

14:01:49

825

            146.30

TRQX

14:01:49

465

            146.30

CHIX

14:01:49

576

            146.30

BATE

14:01:49

111

            146.30

CHIX

14:01:56

206

            146.30

TRQX

14:01:56

701

            146.30

CHIX

14:14:56

700

            146.30

XLON

14:15:00

803

            146.30

XLON

14:16:46

494

            146.30

TRQX

14:16:46

701

            146.30

BATE

14:16:46

804

            146.30

CHIX

14:21:46

232

            146.30

XLON

14:24:46

417

            146.30

XLON

14:24:46

415

            146.30

CHIX

14:24:46

753

            146.30

BATE

14:24:46

648

            146.30

TRQX

14:24:46

337

            146.30

CHIX

14:25:06

908

            146.20

XLON

14:25:06

909

            146.20

BATE

14:25:23

631

            146.10

XLON

14:25:23

608

            146.10

CHIX

14:25:23

631

            146.10

TRQX

14:25:23

23

            146.10

CHIX

14:27:22

631

            146.00

TRQX

14:27:22

770

            146.00

XLON

14:27:22

631

            146.00

CHIX

14:27:22

770

            146.00

BATE

14:27:26

701

            145.90

XLON

14:29:51

137

            145.90

TRQX

14:29:51

139

            145.90

TRQX

14:30:06

229

            145.90

TRQX

14:30:06

220

            145.90

BATE

14:30:06

700

            145.90

CHIX

14:30:06

481

            145.90

BATE

14:30:06

195

            145.90

TRQX

14:59:59

519

            145.80

BATE

15:00:09

626

            145.80

XLON

15:00:09

532

            145.80

TRQX

15:00:09

580

            145.80

XLON

15:00:09

13

            145.80

BATE

15:00:09

107

            145.80

CHIX

15:00:09

425

            145.80

CHIX

15:00:16

1,145

            145.70

XLON

15:00:16

319

            145.70

TRQX

15:00:19

1,023

            145.70

XLON

15:00:19

122

            145.70

XLON

15:00:19

233

            145.70

TRQX

15:00:19

553

            145.70

BATE

15:00:19

552

            145.70

CHIX

15:00:26

137

            145.60

BATE

15:01:20

548

            145.60

XLON

15:01:20

794

            145.60

XLON

15:01:21

1,479

            145.60

XLON

15:01:21

225

            145.60

CHIX

15:01:21

350

            145.60

BATE

15:01:21

486

            145.60

TRQX

15:01:21

262

            145.60

CHIX

15:10:53

97

            145.50

BATE

15:14:40

935

            145.50

XLON

15:14:40

441

            145.50

TRQX

15:14:40

340

            145.50

CHIX

15:14:40

344

            145.50

BATE

15:14:40

544

            145.50

XLON

15:14:40

101

            145.50

CHIX

15:14:41

130

            145.40

TRQX

15:15:25

700

            145.30

TRQX

15:15:25

555

            145.30

XLON

15:15:25

701

            145.30

CHIX

15:15:25

701

            145.30

BATE

15:15:25

145

            145.30

XLON

15:15:34

389

            145.20

XLON

15:19:02

1255

            145.30

TRQX

15:19:02

389

            145.30

CHIX

15:19:02

390

            145.30

BATE

15:23:55

1,012

            145.30

XLON

15:23:55

1011

            145.30

TRQX

15:26:29

325

            145.20

CHIX

15:26:29

324

            145.20

XLON

15:26:29

325

            145.20

BATE

15:26:30

873

            145.10

TRQX

15:28:07

115

            145.10

XLON

15:28:07

904

            145.10

TRQX

15:28:07

151

            145.10

CHIX

15:28:07

152

            145.10

BATE

15:28:07

36

            145.10

XLON

15:28:07

51

            145.10

TRQX

15:28:09

436

            145.00

CHIX

15:28:26

436

            145.00

TRQX

15:28:26

436

            145.00

XLON

15:28:26

436

            145.00

BATE

15:28:26

223

            145.00

CHIX

15:28:36

202

            145.00

CHIX

15:28:38

202

            145.10

BATE

15:28:38

109

            145.00

XLON

15:28:39

202

            145.10

CHIX

15:28:39

202

            145.10

CHIX

15:28:39

523

            145.10

CHIX

15:31:55

185

            144.90

XLON

15:31:55

186

            144.90

BATE

15:31:55

185

            144.90

CHIX

15:31:55

185

            144.90

TRQX

15:31:55

178

            144.90

CHIX

15:42:30

252

            145.00

BATE

15:42:31

252

            145.00

CHIX

15:42:34

251

            145.00

XLON

15:42:37

251

            145.00

TRQX

15:42:39

63

            145.00

XLON

15:42:41

63

            145.00

BATE

15:42:42

63

            144.80

TRQX

15:42:42

17

            144.80

CHIX

15:42:42

54

            144.80

XLON

15:42:42

63

            144.80

CHIX

15:44:19

321

            144.90

XLON

15:44:20

193

            144.90

CHIX

15:44:20

128

            144.90

CHIX

15:44:22

321

            144.90

TRQX

15:44:23

321

            144.90

BATE

15:44:26

55

            144.90

XLON

15:44:26

227

            144.90

XLON

15:44:29

75

            144.90

TRQX

15:44:29

6

            144.90

TRQX

15:44:32

383

            144.90

XLON

15:44:35

80

            144.90

BATE

15:44:38

96

            144.90

XLON

15:44:41

80

            144.90

CHIX

15:44:44

37

            144.90

CHIX

15:44:47

4

            144.90

XLON

15:44:47

20

            144.90

XLON

15:44:50

20

            144.90

BATE

15:44:53

20

            144.90

CHIX

15:44:56

20

            144.90

TRQX

15:44:59

9

            144.90

CHIX

15:45:02

6

            144.90

XLON

15:45:05

5

            144.90

TRQX

15:45:08

5

            144.90

CHIX

15:45:11

5

            144.90

BATE

15:45:14

2

            144.90

CHIX

15:50:59

2

            144.90

XLON

15:50:59

1

            144.70

CHIX

15:53:17

236

            144.90

XLON

15:53:20

20

            144.90

XLON

15:53:23

282

            144.90

XLON

15:53:26

117

            144.90

XLON

15:53:29

71

            144.90

XLON

15:53:32

29

            144.90

XLON

15:53:35

18

            144.90

XLON

15:53:38

7

            144.90

XLON

15:53:41

5

            144.90

XLON

15:53:44

3

            144.90

CHIX

15:56:37

1

            144.70

XLON

15:56:37

1

            144.70

TRQX

15:56:37

2

            144.70

XLON

15:56:37

2

            144.70

BATE

15:56:37

33

            144.70

CHIX

15:56:41

700

            144.60

XLON

15:56:45

347

            144.60

TRQX

15:57:29

161

            144.60

CHIX

15:58:54

539

            144.60

CHIX

16:02:08

353

            144.60

TRQX

16:03:36

662

            144.60

XLON

16:15:27

33

            144.60

BATE

16:17:08

263

            144.60

XLON

16:17:08

200

            144.60

XLON

16:17:08

381

            144.60

TRQX

16:17:08

381

            144.60

CHIX

16:17:08

667

            144.60

BATE

16:21:28

296

            144.50

CHIX

16:25:01

543

            144.50

TRQX

16:26:09

1,173

            144.50

XLON

16:28:19

247

            144.50

CHIX

16:29:35

868

            144.50

XLON

16:29:37

543

            144.50

BATE

16:29:51

204

            144.50

CHIX

16:29:54

154

            144.50

CHIX

16:29:56

155

            144.50

CHIX

16:29:56

299

            144.50

XLON

16:29:58

213

            144.50

XLON

16:29:58

867

            144.50

TRQX

16:29:58

271

            144.50

CHIX

16:29:58

523

            144.50

BATE

16:35:28

24,344

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

77,428

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

19,947

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

1268

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

14,545

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

587

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

12,397

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

9026

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

12,886

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

9,379

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

3,209

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

6,463

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

18,195

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

25

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

99

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

13,405

            145.30

XLON

16:35:28

3108

            145.30

XLON

 



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