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

2 August

Number of ordinary shares purchased

181,565

Weighted average price paid (p)

144.92

Highest price paid (p)

145.50

Lowest price paid (p)

143.60

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 64,026,015 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 686,658,133. 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 2 August 2023 is 686,658,133. 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

145.34

87,582

BATE

144.39

27,140

CHIX

144.37

22,079

TRQX

144.52

27,708

RBCE

145.50

11,565

XPOL

143.70

5,491

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

12:44:51

571

       143.70

XLON

12:44:51

547

       143.60

CHIX

12:46:31

1,090

       143.65

TRQX

12:57:40

321

       143.60

TRQX

12:57:40

452

       143.60

XLON

12:57:40

452

       143.60

BATE

12:57:40

66

       143.60

CHIX

12:57:40

131

       143.60

TRQX

12:57:40

591

       143.60

XLON

12:57:40

591

       143.60

CHIX

12:57:40

1,090

       143.60

CHIX

13:04:07

591

       143.70

XLON

13:04:07

591

       143.70

TRQX

13:04:07

541

       143.70

CHIX

13:04:07

591

       143.70

BATE

13:04:07

50

       143.70

CHIX

13:04:09

591

       143.60

XLON

13:04:09

591

       143.60

TRQX

13:05:00

6380

       143.70

TRQX

13:05:00

6772

       143.70

BATE

13:05:00

6757

       143.70

CHIX

13:05:00

5491

       143.70

XPOL

13:05:04

549

       143.70

BATE

13:05:04

4,051

       143.70

BATE

13:08:51

591

       143.80

TRQX

13:08:51

591

       143.80

XLON

13:08:51

591

       143.80

CHIX

13:08:51

350

       143.80

BATE

13:08:51

241

       143.80

BATE

13:08:52

591

       143.80

XLON

13:08:52

591

       143.80

TRQX

13:15:59

591

       144.50

TRQX

13:15:59

591

       144.50

XLON

13:15:59

591

       144.50

CHIX

13:15:59

283

       144.50

BATE

13:15:59

308

       144.50

BATE

13:16:00

591

       144.50

CHIX

13:16:00

210

       144.50

BATE

13:16:00

381

       144.50

BATE

13:19:29

591

       144.50

TRQX

13:19:29

452

       144.50

XLON

13:19:29

591

       144.50

CHIX

13:19:29

139

       144.50

XLON

13:19:29

591

       144.50

BATE

13:30:28

440

       144.70

XLON

13:30:28

309

       144.70

CHIX

13:30:28

134

       144.70

BATE

13:50:28

131

       144.80

CHIX

13:50:29

507

       144.80

XLON

13:50:29

276

       144.80

CHIX

13:50:29

307

       144.80

BATE

13:50:29

231

       144.80

CHIX

13:50:29

1,043

       144.80

TRQX

13:52:25

343

       145.00

CHIX

13:52:25

61

       145.00

TRQX

13:52:25

545

       145.00

XLON

13:52:25

591

       145.00

XLON

13:52:25

591

       145.00

CHIX

13:52:25

591

       145.00

BATE

13:52:29

153

       145.00

XLON

13:52:29

90

       145.00

BATE

13:52:29

162

       145.00

CHIX

13:58:44

591

       145.10

TRQX

13:58:44

438

       145.10

XLON

13:58:44

501

       145.10

BATE

13:58:44

404

       145.10

CHIX

13:58:44

25

       145.10

CHIX

14:24:20

996

       145.10

TRQX

14:24:20

456

       145.10

XLON

14:24:20

456

       145.10

CHIX

14:24:20

456

       145.10

BATE

14:32:02

996

       145.30

TRQX

14:32:02

456

       145.30

XLON

14:32:02

456

       145.30

CHIX

14:32:02

456

       145.30

BATE

14:40:04

456

       145.40

XLON

14:40:04

996

       145.40

TRQX

14:40:04

456

       145.40

CHIX

14:40:04

456

       145.40

BATE

14:40:08

726

       145.30

XLON

14:40:08

512

       145.30

TRQX

14:40:08

214

       145.30

TRQX

14:40:13

546

       145.40

XLON

14:40:13

546

       145.40

CHIX

14:40:13

546

       145.40

BATE

14:40:13

636

       145.40

XLON

14:40:13

377

       145.40

TRQX

14:40:13

259

       145.40

TRQX

14:43:21

591

       145.30

TRQX

14:43:21

275

       145.30

CHIX

14:43:21

591

       145.30

BATE

14:43:21

591

       145.30

XLON

14:43:21

316

       145.30

CHIX

14:46:15

591

       145.20

XLON

14:46:15

122

       145.20

TRQX

14:46:15

96

       145.20

BATE

14:46:15

591

       145.20

CHIX

14:46:15

469

       145.20

TRQX

14:46:15

495

       145.20

BATE

14:46:16

47

       145.10

CHIX

14:46:16

543

       145.10

CHIX

15:00:39

777

       145.10

TRQX

15:00:39

700

       145.10

XLON

15:00:39

777

       145.10

BATE

15:00:39

110

       145.10

CHIX

15:05:51

591

       145.10

XLON

15:05:51

738

       145.10

TRQX

15:05:51

148

       145.10

XLON

15:07:44

407

       145.10

CHIX

15:14:58

553

       145.20

XLON

15:14:58

591

       145.20

TRQX

15:14:58

38

       145.20

XLON

15:14:58

591

       145.20

BATE

15:14:58

591

       145.20

CHIX

15:15:00

406

       145.20

XLON

15:15:00

347

       145.20

TRQX

15:15:00

407

       145.20

CHIX

15:15:00

407

       145.20

BATE

15:15:00

472

       145.20

TRQX

15:15:00

325

       145.20

TRQX

15:17:05

49

       145.40

XLON

15:17:08

51

       145.40

TRQX

15:17:11

49

       145.40

BATE

15:17:12

49

       145.40

CHIX

15:17:14

49

       145.40

TRQX

15:17:17

17

       145.40

XLON

15:17:20

17

       145.40

BATE

15:17:23

16

       145.40

CHIX

15:17:26

16

       145.40

TRQX

15:17:29

16

       145.40

TRQX

15:17:32

6

       145.40

BATE

15:17:35

6

       145.40

TRQX

15:17:38

5

       145.40

XLON

15:17:41

5

       145.40

TRQX

15:17:42

5

       145.40

CHIX

15:17:44

2

       145.40

TRQX

15:18:02

2

       145.20

XLON

15:18:02

2

       145.20

BATE

15:18:02

2

       145.20

CHIX

15:18:02

1

       145.20

TRQX

15:18:02

158

       145.20

TRQX

15:18:07

211

       144.90

BATE

15:18:07

295

       144.90

CHIX

15:18:07

295

       144.90

XLON

15:18:07

294

       144.90

TRQX

15:18:07

84

       144.90

BATE

15:18:07

510

       144.90

TRQX

15:20:07

292

       144.90

TRQX

15:20:07

29

       144.80

XLON

15:22:01

134

       145.10

TRQX

15:22:01

134

       144.90

BATE

15:28:18

573

       144.90

XLON

15:28:18

147

       144.90

XLON

15:28:18

4

       144.70

CHIX

15:38:54

234

       145.10

BATE

15:38:55

220

       145.10

TRQX

15:38:55

13

       145.10

TRQX

15:38:56

181

       145.10

BATE

15:38:58

37

       145.10

BATE

15:40:02

237

       144.80

BATE

15:40:02

236

       144.80

XLON

15:40:02

119

       144.80

CHIX

15:43:37

55

       144.70

TRQX

15:43:37

55

       144.70

XLON

15:43:37

55

       144.70

CHIX

15:43:37

55

       144.70

BATE

15:43:37

11

       144.70

CHIX

15:50:15

57

       144.50

TRQX

15:50:15

57

       144.50

CHIX

15:50:15

57

       144.50

BATE

15:50:15

37

       144.50

XLON

15:50:15

20

       144.50

XLON

15:58:00

82

       144.50

XLON

15:58:00

812

       144.50

CHIX

15:58:00

82

       144.50

TRQX

15:58:00

83

       144.50

BATE

15:58:04

146

       144.80

BATE

15:58:05

146

       144.80

XLON

15:58:08

146

       144.80

CHIX

15:58:11

129

       144.90

BATE

15:58:11

88

       144.80

TRQX

15:58:11

58

       144.80

TRQX

15:58:11

280

       144.80

XLON

15:58:11

131

       144.80

XLON

15:58:11

217

       144.80

BATE

16:02:23

1,499

       144.50

TRQX

16:02:23

29

       144.50

XLON

16:02:41

185

       144.90

XLON

16:02:41

888

       144.80

TRQX

16:02:41

52

       144.80

TRQX

16:04:22

114

       144.90

XLON

16:04:23

88

       144.90

TRQX

16:04:23

241

       144.90

TRQX

16:04:24

88

       144.90

TRQX

16:04:24

66

       144.90

TRQX

16:04:25

39

       144.90

XLON

16:04:26

65

       144.90

TRQX

16:04:29

29

       144.90

BATE

16:04:32

29

       144.90

CHIX

16:04:35

23

       144.90

TRQX

16:04:35

8

       144.90

TRQX

16:10:22

10

       145.00

XLON

16:10:22

10

       144.90

BATE

16:10:23

280

       145.10

XLON

16:10:23

358

       145.10

XLON

16:10:23

32

       145.00

TRQX

16:12:07

369

       144.80

XLON

16:12:07

639

       144.80

BATE

16:12:07

9

       144.80

TRQX

16:12:07

10

       144.80

CHIX

16:21:38

2

       144.80

XLON

16:21:38

217

       144.80

CHIX

16:21:38

217

       144.80

TRQX

16:21:38

217

       144.80

BATE

16:21:41

221

       144.80

XLON

16:21:41

1

       144.80

CHIX

16:21:41

41

       144.80

BATE

16:21:42

221

       144.80

TRQX

16:21:42

181

       144.80

BATE

16:22:17

88

       145.00

BATE

16:22:17

1

       145.00

BATE

16:22:20

89

       145.00

CHIX

16:22:24

89

       145.00

TRQX

16:22:27

89

       145.00

XLON

16:22:30

72

       145.00

BATE

16:22:31

56

       145.00

BATE

16:22:33

18

       145.00

CHIX

16:22:34

18

       145.00

XLON

16:22:36

18

       145.00

TRQX

16:22:39

14

       145.00

BATE

16:22:41

11

       145.00

BATE

16:22:45

4

       145.00

TRQX

16:22:48

4

       145.00

CHIX

16:22:51

3

       145.00

BATE

16:23:10

3

       145.00

XLON

16:23:12

1

       145.00

TRQX

16:27:54

76

       145.10

BATE

16:27:56

88

       145.30

BATE

16:27:56

1,134

       145.30

BATE

16:27:56

2

       145.20

BATE

16:27:59

1,047

       145.20

BATE

16:27:59

1

       144.90

CHIX

16:28:42

88

       145.20

BATE

16:28:42

45

       145.20

BATE

16:28:45

88

       145.20

BATE

16:28:45

30

       145.20

BATE

16:28:46

88

       145.20

CHIX

16:28:46

295

       145.20

CHIX

16:28:48

47

       145.20

TRQX

16:28:51

28

       145.30

BATE

16:28:51

29

       145.20

CHIX

16:28:51

48

       145.20

CHIX

16:35:16

13,807

       145.50

XLON

16:35:16

3,333

       145.50

XLON

16:35:16

1,461

       145.50

XLON

16:35:16

500

       145.50

XLON

16:35:16

1,461

       145.50

XLON

16:35:16

4807

       145.50

XLON

16:35:16

2245

       145.50

XLON

16:35:16

13807

       145.50

XLON

16:35:16

13,807

       145.50

XLON

16:35:16

13,805

       145.50

XLON

16:36:43

11,565

       145.50

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