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

21 July

Number of ordinary shares purchased

469,292

Weighted average price paid (p)

148.94

Highest price paid (p)

151.30

Lowest price paid (p)

145.90

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 61,723,788 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 688,960,360. 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 21 July 2023 is 688,960,360. 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

149.43

297,444

BATE

148.08

57,706

CHIX

148.10

64,770

TRQX

148.13

49,372

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:06:00

523

            148.30

XLON

08:06:01

72

            148.30

XLON

08:06:01

249

            148.30

XLON

08:06:04

261

            147.70

XLON

08:06:05

212

            147.70

XLON

08:07:24

172

            145.90

TRQX

08:07:24

172

            145.90

XLON

08:07:24

173

            145.90

BATE

08:07:24

173

            145.90

CHIX

08:12:39

83

            146.10

CHIX

08:12:39

82

            146.10

TRQX

08:12:39

83

            146.10

BATE

08:12:39

82

            146.10

XLON

08:33:02

119

            147.40

CHIX

08:33:03

75

            148.30

XLON

08:33:03

610

            147.50

CHIX

08:33:11

161

            148.30

XLON

08:33:13

262

            148.20

XLON

08:33:14

359

            148.20

XLON

08:33:15

99

            148.20

XLON

08:33:15

436

            148.20

XLON

08:33:17

335

            148.20

XLON

08:34:28

112

            148.20

BATE

08:34:28

224

            148.20

BATE

08:34:28

28

            147.20

XLON

08:34:29

333

            147.80

XLON

08:34:29

84

            147.10

XLON

08:34:29

335

            147.10

TRQX

08:34:29

335

            147.10

CHIX

08:34:35

333

            147.80

CHIX

08:34:35

15

            147.20

XLON

08:34:36

84

            147.10

XLON

08:34:36

332

            147.10

TRQX

08:34:36

333

            147.10

BATE

08:38:36

99

            147.10

TRQX

08:38:36

99

            147.10

XLON

08:38:36

99

            147.10

CHIX

08:38:36

99

            147.10

BATE

08:38:40

620

            147.10

BATE

08:38:41

553

            147.50

XLON

08:38:44

10

            146.90

CHIX

08:39:07

507

            147.50

XLON

08:39:11

507

            147.50

CHIX

08:39:11

22

            147.20

XLON

08:58:58

507

            147.00

TRQX

08:58:58

127

            147.00

XLON

08:58:58

132

            147.00

CHIX

08:58:58

508

            147.00

BATE

08:58:58

127

            147.00

CHIX

09:01:21

249

            146.50

CHIX

09:04:03

631

            147.50

CHIX

09:04:03

16

            147.50

CHIX

09:04:03

687

            147.10

BATE

09:06:42

421

            147.00

CHIX

09:06:43

351

            147.50

CHIX

09:06:43

394

            147.50

CHIX

09:06:46

192

            147.90

XLON

09:06:46

549

            147.90

XLON

09:06:46

315

            147.90

XLON

09:06:46

621

            147.60

CHIX

09:31:10

93

            147.10

BATE

09:33:25

563

            147.20

CHIX

09:34:21

596

            147.20

TRQX

09:40:31

759

            147.20

BATE

09:40:34

1,100

            147.30

XLON

09:40:34

234

            147.30

XLON

09:40:34

342

            147.30

XLON

09:40:34

146

            147.30

XLON

09:40:34

556

            147.30

CHIX

09:40:34

122

            147.30

XLON

09:40:34

670

            147.10

XLON

09:40:34

669

            147.10

TRQX

09:40:34

653

            147.10

BATE

09:40:34

745

            147.10

CHIX

09:45:12

1,342

            147.20

XLON

09:45:13

1,415

            147.20

TRQX

09:45:13

1,415

            147.20

BATE

09:45:16

472

            148.10

CHIX

09:45:16

1,311

            148.00

CHIX

09:45:16

4,221

            148.00

CHIX

09:45:16

754

            148.00

XLON

09:45:16

365

            148.00

BATE

09:45:16

24

            148.00

BATE

09:45:16

41

            147.70

XLON

09:45:17

1,297

            147.20

CHIX

09:45:22

616

            147.90

XLON

09:45:22

189

            147.90

CHIX

09:45:23

15

            148.00

XLON

09:45:23

334

            148.00

XLON

09:45:23

41

            147.80

XLON

09:45:23

895

            147.80

XLON

09:45:23

41

            147.80

XLON

09:45:23

82

            147.80

XLON

09:45:24

603

            147.20

XLON

09:46:25

592

            147.90

XLON

09:46:25

218

            147.90

XLON

09:46:28

702

            147.90

XLON

09:46:28

425

            147.90

XLON

09:46:30

566

            147.80

XLON

09:46:39

64

            147.80

XLON

09:46:39

679

            147.80

XLON

09:46:39

86

            147.80

XLON

09:46:41

709

            147.90

XLON

09:46:41

514

            147.80

XLON

09:47:30

770

            147.70

CHIX

09:47:30

634

            147.70

XLON

09:47:30

590

            147.40

BATE

09:47:30

471

            147.10

TRQX

09:47:40

596

            147.70

CHIX

09:52:31

424

            147.70

XLON

09:52:31

466

            147.70

XLON

09:55:31

780

            147.45

BATE

09:56:23

472

            148.00

XLON

09:56:23

617

            147.90

XLON

09:56:43

509

            148.40

XLON

09:56:43

532

            148.40

XLON

09:56:43

1,087

            147.75

BATE

09:56:45

471

            148.90

TRQX

09:56:45

2

            148.40

XLON

09:56:45

2,531

            148.40

XLON

09:56:47

82

            148.90

TRQX

09:56:47

329

            148.90

TRQX

09:56:47

488

            148.90

CHIX

09:56:47

328

            148.90

CHIX

09:57:11

434

            149.60

CHIX

09:57:11

38

            149.60

CHIX

09:57:11

209

            148.90

TRQX

09:57:11

528

            148.90

TRQX

09:57:11

751

            148.90

TRQX

09:57:11

158

            148.90

TRQX

09:57:11

313

            148.90

TRQX

10:00:20

636

            148.30

XLON

10:00:52

558

            148.90

TRQX

10:00:52

1,294

            148.90

TRQX

10:00:52

898

            148.80

CHIX

10:00:52

284

            148.80

CHIX

10:00:52

1,396

            148.50

CHIX

10:00:53

3,313

            147.20

TRQX

10:00:56

472

            147.10

CHIX

10:01:27

814

            149.90

CHIX

10:01:27

1,415

            149.80

BATE

10:01:27

476

            149.80

CHIX

10:01:27

95

            149.80

CHIX

10:01:27

102

            149.80

TRQX

10:01:27

1,255

            149.80

TRQX

10:01:27

864

            148.10

CHIX

10:05:29

731

            151.20

XLON

10:05:29

212

            151.20

XLON

10:05:29

780

            151.10

BATE

10:05:29

188

            151.10

BATE

10:05:35

943

            149.90

TRQX

10:05:35

944

            149.90

CHIX

10:05:52

1,488

            150.30

BATE

10:05:52

714

            149.90

XLON

10:05:52

943

            149.90

TRQX

10:05:52

943

            149.90

BATE

10:05:52

831

            149.60

CHIX

10:05:52

944

            149.60

BATE

10:05:52

1,096

            149.60

TRQX

10:05:52

943

            149.60

XLON

10:05:52

112

            149.60

CHIX

10:05:53

296

            149.60

TRQX

10:05:53

647

            149.60

TRQX

10:05:53

943

            149.60

XLON

10:05:53

944

            149.60

CHIX

10:05:54

570

            151.30

CHIX

10:05:54

138

            151.30

CHIX

10:09:13

707

            149.30

TRQX

10:09:13

707

            149.30

XLON

10:09:13

708

            149.30

BATE

10:09:13

708

            149.30

CHIX

10:09:14

707

            149.00

XLON

10:09:14

707

            149.00

TRQX

10:09:14

708

            149.00

CHIX

10:09:14

708

            149.00

BATE

10:09:15

707

            148.80

XLON

10:09:15

707

            148.80

TRQX

10:09:15

708

            148.80

BATE

10:09:15

708

            148.80

CHIX

10:13:24

708

            148.60

CHIX

10:36:29

707

            148.70

TRQX

10:36:29

707

            148.70

XLON

10:36:29

708

            148.70

BATE

10:36:31

378

            148.00

CHIX

10:41:04

300

            148.20

BATE

10:55:03

161

            148.20

BATE

10:55:03

330

            148.20

CHIX

10:55:03

707

            148.20

XLON

10:55:03

400

            148.20

TRQX

10:55:03

86

            148.20

BATE

10:55:03

307

            148.20

TRQX

10:55:03

161

            148.20

BATE

11:30:56

707

            147.90

XLON

11:30:56

369

            147.90

TRQX

11:30:56

338

            147.90

TRQX

11:30:56

708

            147.90

CHIX

11:30:56

708

            147.90

BATE

11:53:39

348

            147.80

TRQX

11:53:39

515

            147.80

XLON

11:53:39

351

            147.80

BATE

11:53:39

665

            147.80

CHIX

11:53:39

359

            147.80

TRQX

11:53:39

192

            147.80

XLON

11:53:39

357

            147.80

BATE

11:53:39

43

            147.80

CHIX

12:17:56

539

            147.90

XLON

12:17:56

538

            147.90

TRQX

12:17:56

153

            147.90

CHIX

12:17:56

1,214

            147.90

BATE

12:17:56

386

            147.90

CHIX

12:54:15

615

            148.00

XLON

12:54:15

310

            148.00

TRQX

12:54:15

800

            148.00

BATE

12:54:15

800

            148.00

CHIX

12:54:15

305

            148.00

TRQX

12:54:25

521

            147.90

XLON

12:54:25

341

            147.90

XLON

12:54:25

800

            147.90

BATE

12:55:22

707

            147.80

XLON

12:55:22

707

            147.80

TRQX

12:55:22

708

            147.80

BATE

12:55:22

708

            147.80

CHIX

13:02:48

707

            147.70

XLON

13:02:48

707

            147.70

TRQX

13:02:48

708

            147.70

BATE

13:02:48

708

            147.70

CHIX

13:09:09

707

            147.70

TRQX

13:09:09

708

            147.70

BATE

13:09:09

708

            147.70

CHIX

13:09:09

707

            147.70

XLON

13:30:24

707

            148.00

TRQX

13:30:24

707

            148.00

XLON

13:30:24

708

            148.00

BATE

13:30:24

708

            148.00

CHIX

13:37:17

944

            147.70

CHIX

13:48:22

943

            147.70

XLON

13:48:22

943

            147.70

TRQX

13:48:22

772

            147.60

BATE

13:48:22

1,600

            147.60

BATE

13:48:22

800

            147.60

BATE

13:48:24

523

            147.50

CHIX

14:25:34

934

            147.90

CHIX

14:25:34

934

            147.90

BATE

14:25:34

386

            147.80

XLON

14:25:34

538

            147.80

TRQX

14:25:34

609

            147.80

CHIX

14:25:34

944

            147.80

BATE

14:25:34

557

            147.80

XLON

14:25:34

405

            147.80

TRQX

14:25:35

1,788

            148.10

CHIX

14:47:33

707

            147.90

TRQX

14:47:33

708

            147.90

BATE

14:47:33

708

            147.90

CHIX

14:47:33

707

            147.90

XLON

15:04:06

120

            147.90

XLON

15:04:06

707

            147.90

TRQX

15:04:06

708

            147.90

CHIX

15:04:06

708

            147.90

BATE

15:04:06

587

            147.90

XLON

15:04:59

707

            147.80

TRQX

15:04:59

248

            147.80

XLON

15:04:59

459

            147.80

XLON

15:04:59

708

            147.80

BATE

15:04:59

494

            147.80

CHIX

15:04:59

214

            147.80

CHIX

15:05:48

707

            147.80

XLON

15:05:48

707

            147.80

TRQX

15:05:48

352

            147.80

BATE

15:05:48

708

            147.80

CHIX

15:05:48

356

            147.80

BATE

15:09:07

708

            147.80

BATE

15:09:07

707

            147.80

XLON

15:09:07

708

            147.80

CHIX

15:09:07

707

            147.80

TRQX

15:09:07

707

            147.70

XLON

15:09:07

708

            147.70

BATE

15:09:11

707

            147.60

XLON

15:09:11

707

            147.60

TRQX

15:09:11

708

            147.60

BATE

15:09:11

708

            147.60

CHIX

15:09:15

707

            147.50

XLON

15:09:15

707

            147.50

TRQX

15:09:15

708

            147.50

CHIX

15:09:15

708

            147.50

BATE

15:11:15

707

            147.70

XLON

15:11:15

707

            147.70

TRQX

15:11:15

708

            147.70

BATE

15:11:15

708

            147.70

CHIX

15:11:20

707

            147.70

XLON

15:11:20

707

            147.70

TRQX

15:11:20

708

            147.70

BATE

15:11:20

708

            147.70

CHIX

15:12:43

707

            147.80

XLON

15:12:43

707

            147.80

TRQX

15:12:43

708

            147.80

BATE

15:12:43

6

            147.80

CHIX

15:12:43

702

            147.80

CHIX

15:15:17

707

            148.00

TRQX

15:15:17

707

            148.00

XLON

15:15:17

425

            148.00

BATE

15:15:17

708

            148.00

CHIX

15:15:17

283

            148.00

BATE

15:15:19

707

            147.90

TRQX

15:15:19

707

            147.90

XLON

15:15:19

708

            147.90

CHIX

15:15:19

708

            147.90

BATE

15:15:22

707

            147.60

TRQX

15:15:22

707

            147.60

XLON

15:15:22

708

            147.60

BATE

15:15:22

708

            147.60

CHIX

15:16:15

707

            147.60

TRQX

15:16:15

679

            147.60

XLON

15:16:15

708

            147.60

BATE

15:16:15

708

            147.60

CHIX

15:16:15

28

            147.60

XLON

15:17:56

707

            147.50

XLON

15:17:56

221

            147.50

TRQX

15:17:56

708

            147.50

BATE

15:17:56

486

            147.50

TRQX

15:17:56

708

            147.50

CHIX

15:17:59

138

            147.40

XLON

15:26:28

569

            147.50

XLON

15:26:28

707

            147.50

TRQX

15:26:28

708

            147.50

BATE

15:38:53

1,886

            147.80

BATE

15:38:53

707

            147.70

XLON

15:38:53

707

            147.70

TRQX

15:38:53

310

            147.70

BATE

15:38:53

708

            147.70

CHIX

15:38:53

398

            147.70

BATE

15:42:34

708

            148.10

BATE

16:01:57

76

            148.00

XLON

16:01:57

2,373

            148.00

XLON

16:01:57

1,231

            147.90

CHIX

16:01:58

514

            148.60

BATE

16:01:58

847

            148.60

BATE

16:01:58

378

            148.60

BATE

16:01:58

2,782

            148.00

XLON

16:02:03

199

            147.90

TRQX

16:02:03

707

            147.90

XLON

16:02:03

2,801

            147.90

BATE

16:02:03

508

            147.90

TRQX

16:02:03

708

            147.90

CHIX

16:02:03

620

            147.90

BATE

16:02:13

727

            148.55

BATE

16:03:16

698

            148.75

CHIX

16:03:28

585

            148.70

TRQX

16:03:28

520

            148.70

TRQX

16:03:28

925

            148.30

TRQX

16:03:28

943

            148.20

XLON

16:03:28

944

            148.20

BATE

16:03:28

943

            148.20

CHIX

16:03:57

943

            148.10

TRQX

16:03:57

943

            148.10

XLON

16:03:57

4,802

            148.10

CHIX

16:03:57

944

            148.10

BATE

16:03:57

714

            148.00

TRQX

16:03:57

696

            148.00

CHIX

16:15:36

707

            148.10

TRQX

16:15:36

707

            148.10

XLON

16:15:36

708

            148.10

BATE

16:15:36

708

            148.10

CHIX

16:15:36

905

            148.10

TRQX

16:15:36

946

            148.10

BATE

16:15:36

883

            148.10

CHIX

16:15:36

672

            148.00

BATE

16:15:36

258

            148.00

BATE

16:15:44

236

            148.00

TRQX

16:15:44

707

            148.00

XLON

16:15:44

471

            148.00

TRQX

16:15:44

379

            148.00

BATE

16:15:44

708

            148.00

CHIX

16:15:44

329

            148.00

BATE

16:21:28

627

            148.40

TRQX

16:29:45

1,231

            148.35

TRQX

16:29:45

1,286

            148.35

BATE

16:29:45

1,274

            148.35

CHIX

16:29:45

809

            148.35

CHIX

16:35:09

14,635

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

8,851

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

3,298

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

540

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

5,367

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

3,367

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

7,101

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

20,058

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

20,058

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

5,070

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

5,218

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

7,321

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

10,957

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

1,485

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

10,724

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

1,804

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

3,086

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

2,263

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

8,731

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

3,891

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

4,247

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

7,410

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

10,029

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

4,901

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

1,449

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

25,220

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

16,044

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

10,935

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

7,090

            149.80

XLON

16:35:09

4,146

            149.80

XLON

 



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