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 8 June 2023, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) through Liberum Capital Limited.

 

Date of Purchase

08 August 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

351,749

Weighted average price paid (p)

149.28

Highest price paid (p)

150.90

Lowest price paid (p)

147.00

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 65,266,517 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 685,417,631. 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 08 August 2023 is 685,417,631. 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 / Jonathan Hardy / 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: Liberum Capital Limited

Intermediary Code: RINFGB21XXX

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 Liberum Capital 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

149.19

203,686

BATE

149.33

73,133

CHIX

149.41

46,918

TRQX

149.59

28,012

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:00:45

1,318

149.10

TRQX

08:03:56

2,862

147.00

BATE

08:03:57

1,579

147.00

BATE

08:05:40

500

147.40

XLON

08:05:43

367

147.50

XLON

08:05:43

935

147.50

XLON

08:06:43

1332

148.30

BATE

08:06:46

3316

148.20

XLON

08:06:46

2,927

148.40

XLON

08:06:46

1,192

148.40

XLON

08:07:46

1,253

148.20

XLON

08:09:00

1,400

148.40

BATE

08:09:00

551

148.40

BATE

08:09:46

1732

148.40

XLON

08:10:03

1348

148.80

BATE

08:10:46

1,362

148.20

XLON

08:10:59

805

148.40

CHIX

08:10:59

608

148.40

CHIX

08:12:47

1297

148.20

XLON

08:15:19

1415

148.40

XLON

08:16:59

2145

148.80

BATE

08:17:19

1323

148.70

XLON

08:18:40

1,202

149.10

BATE

08:19:18

1,059

149.00

CHIX

08:19:18

120

149.00

CHIX

08:19:19

1,078

149.10

XLON

08:19:19

328

149.10

XLON

08:21:19

1,000

149.10

XLON

08:21:19

304

149.10

XLON

08:21:19

15

149.10

XLON

08:22:00

1,405

148.80

BATE

08:23:39

1155

148.80

XLON

08:23:39

1,399

148.50

BATE

08:23:39

1,261

148.80

TRQX

08:25:19

1,287

148.60

XLON

08:28:19

1,214

148.70

XLON

08:29:19

1,097

148.70

XLON

08:29:19

151

148.70

XLON

08:29:52

911

149.00

BATE

08:29:52

807

149.00

BATE

08:30:02

427

148.90

CHIX

08:30:02

900

148.90

CHIX

08:31:10

1,321

148.80

BATE

08:31:19

1,376

149.00

XLON

08:33:19

1,409

149.10

XLON

08:34:10

1,270

149.00

BATE

08:35:19

1,302

149.10

XLON

08:38:20

1,200

149.00

XLON

08:38:20

148

149.00

XLON

08:38:30

1,209

149.00

BATE

08:38:30

203

149.00

BATE

08:39:20

895

148.60

XLON

08:39:20

437

148.60

XLON

08:40:12

1,250

148.60

CHIX

08:41:33

928

148.40

XLON

08:41:33

330

148.40

XLON

08:42:29

1162

148.30

BATE

08:42:35

590

148.20

XLON

08:46:35

1,262

148.80

XLON

08:46:47

1251

148.90

TRQX

08:48:35

700

149.00

XLON

08:48:35

441

149.00

XLON

08:50:29

1432

149.40

BATE

08:50:36

1,391

149.30

XLON

08:51:05

1,227

149.00

CHIX

08:53:36

1262

149.30

XLON

08:54:36

1,324

149.10

XLON

08:58:36

1,279

148.80

XLON

09:00:36

1,424

148.80

XLON

09:01:46

161

148.10

XLON

09:07:46

1,155

148.40

XLON

09:07:46

1158

148.40

XLON

09:07:46

1190

148.40

XLON

09:07:46

1438

148.40

CHIX

09:10:27

1,301

148.50

TRQX

09:10:46

1,390

148.60

XLON

09:10:51

1,393

148.50

BATE

09:13:07

1,070

148.40

XLON

09:13:07

152

148.40

XLON

09:16:07

1160

148.50

XLON

09:19:07

869

148.50

XLON

09:19:07

517

148.50

XLON

09:21:10

1,311

148.40

XLON

09:22:03

1,215

148.30

CHIX

09:25:10

1,404

148.50

XLON

09:28:10

1,401

148.50

XLON

09:29:54

328

148.10

XLON

09:31:54

1,329

148.50

XLON

09:31:56

941

148.10

XLON

09:31:56

1,389

148.10

TRQX

09:37:09

913

148.10

XLON

09:38:02

256

148.10

XLON

09:40:20

1112

147.80

XLON

09:40:20

72

147.80

XLON

09:41:37

1,396

147.90

BATE

09:43:43

1,418

147.60

XLON

09:46:03

1,210

147.60

CHIX

09:50:43

74

147.80

XLON

09:51:46

227

147.80

XLON

09:56:17

1,378

147.80

XLON

09:56:17

1,056

147.80

XLON

09:56:17

1232

147.80

XLON

10:00:59

1,754

148.30

BATE

10:01:16

1,332

148.40

XLON

10:03:27

1,153

148.50

XLON

10:04:59

1,265

148.80

BATE

10:05:27

1,321

148.70

XLON

10:11:14

399

148.70

XLON

10:11:14

1021

148.70

XLON

10:11:14

1,410

148.70

XLON

10:12:41

1,296

149.30

CHIX

10:12:59

1,308

149.10

BATE

10:14:09

1291

149.30

TRQX

10:17:22

1425

149.30

XLON

10:17:22

2,513

149.30

BATE

10:20:22

1,315

149.30

XLON

10:24:17

700

149.30

XLON

10:24:17

489

149.30

XLON

10:24:17

141

149.30

CHIX

10:24:17

25

149.30

CHIX

10:24:17

1,244

149.30

CHIX

10:24:22

1,161

149.60

BATE

10:24:22

700

149.70

BATE

10:24:22

532

149.70

BATE

10:27:07

1153

149.60

XLON

10:29:34

1,287

149.50

XLON

10:34:57

1,241

149.70

XLON

10:37:57

1144

149.70

XLON

10:39:50

1,420

149.60

XLON

10:43:17

552

149.60

CHIX

10:43:17

896

149.60

CHIX

10:44:27

1,353

149.60

XLON

10:48:27

746

149.60

XLON

10:48:27

472

149.60

XLON

10:50:50

1,256

149.60

TRQX

10:51:27

1382

149.50

XLON

10:57:27

1,182

149.30

XLON

10:57:27

845

149.30

XLON

10:57:27

508

149.30

XLON

11:00:00

1,587

149.70

BATE

11:00:00

1,581

149.70

BATE

11:03:24

1,192

149.30

XLON

11:05:23

1,424

149.30

XLON

11:05:23

1,299

149.30

CHIX

11:09:23

139

149.30

XLON

11:09:23

1,037

149.30

XLON

11:12:23

1,365

149.20

XLON

11:16:23

1253

149.20

XLON

11:22:01

1,264

149.40

TRQX

11:30:50

1,328

149.30

XLON

11:30:50

1,394

149.30

XLON

11:30:50

1,348

149.30

XLON

11:30:50

74

149.30

XLON

11:30:50

1,228

149.30

XLON

11:30:50

1,278

149.30

CHIX

11:30:50

1,393

149.30

XLON

11:37:44

816

148.70

XLON

11:37:44

413

148.70

XLON

11:41:44

1,296

149.00

XLON

11:45:27

873

149.00

XLON

11:45:27

395

149.00

XLON

11:49:27

1146

149.30

XLON

11:49:27

216

149.20

CHIX

11:49:27

1,110

149.20

CHIX

11:49:27

1,245

149.30

CHIX

11:49:33

1146

149.00

XLON

11:54:33

1,371

148.90

XLON

11:57:59

415

148.90

TRQX

11:57:59

946

148.90

TRQX

11:58:33

1,378

148.90

XLON

12:01:33

1,424

148.90

XLON

12:09:27

1,200

148.70

XLON

12:09:27

1,327

148.70

XLON

12:11:30

883

148.70

XLON

12:11:30

334

148.70

XLON

12:22:08

2459

149.30

XLON

12:22:11

1,372

149.00

BATE

12:24:08

1,177

149.30

XLON

12:27:11

1,252

149.30

XLON

12:28:10

1,258

149.30

CHIX

12:30:10

700

149.30

XLON

12:30:10

530

149.30

XLON

12:34:10

1,331

149.30

XLON

12:38:10

1266

149.30

XLON

12:38:10

1,301

149.80

TRQX

12:39:31

1,445

149.30

BATE

12:41:36

1,355

149.10

CHIX

12:41:37

389

149.00

XLON

12:41:37

700

149.00

XLON

12:41:37

93

149.00

XLON

12:51:15

1,296

149.00

XLON

12:51:15

1,219

149.00

XLON

12:51:16

711

149.00

XLON

12:51:16

600

149.00

XLON

12:51:16

31

149.00

XLON

12:56:16

1,000

149.00

XLON

12:56:16

155

149.00

XLON

12:59:16

200

149.00

XLON

12:59:31

130

149.30

BATE

12:59:31

700

149.30

BATE

12:59:31

546

149.30

BATE

12:59:31

700

149.30

BATE

12:59:31

700

149.30

BATE

13:00:31

1,284

149.70

XLON

13:02:42

815

149.50

XLON

13:02:42

417

149.50

XLON

13:03:33

700

149.60

BATE

13:03:33

369

149.60

BATE

13:03:33

400

149.60

BATE

13:03:33

1338

149.50

CHIX

13:05:10

1062

149.60

TRQX

13:05:10

379

149.60

TRQX

13:06:27

589

149.30

XLON

13:08:27

1,150

149.50

XLON

13:11:27

1,161

149.50

XLON

13:12:12

631

149.30

XLON

13:12:12

99

149.30

XLON

13:15:20

700

149.10

XLON

13:15:20

677

149.10

XLON

13:18:20

273

149.30

XLON

13:18:20

920

149.30

XLON

13:20:20

700

149.30

XLON

13:20:20

526

149.30

XLON

13:22:33

1,400

149.30

BATE

13:22:33

22

149.30

BATE

13:22:33

660

149.30

CHIX

13:22:33

700

149.30

CHIX

13:24:20

700

149.30

XLON

13:24:20

545

149.30

XLON

13:27:20

1183

149.30

XLON

13:30:23

1,197

149.30

XLON

13:32:23

110

149.70

XLON

13:32:23

1,253

149.70

XLON

13:34:09

1,340

149.10

XLON

13:34:09

1246

149.10

TRQX

13:36:21

2,142

149.70

BATE

13:36:21

1,323

149.50

XLON

13:38:34

1,402

149.40

XLON

13:38:34

1,259

149.40

CHIX

13:42:35

1,391

149.40

XLON

13:45:27

1,307

149.40

XLON

13:48:27

662

149.40

XLON

13:48:27

742

149.40

XLON

13:50:27

459

149.40

CHIX

13:50:27

700

149.40

CHIX

13:50:27

269

149.40

CHIX

13:50:27

1,270

149.40

XLON

13:54:27

530

149.40

XLON

13:55:21

1,556

149.90

BATE

13:55:21

1610

149.90

BATE

13:56:21

982

149.70

XLON

13:56:21

25

149.70

XLON

13:56:21

258

149.70

XLON

14:00:11

1,407

149.70

XLON

14:00:11

1,208

149.70

XLON

14:02:16

200

149.60

XLON

14:04:27

1,314

149.70

XLON

14:05:27

700

149.70

XLON

14:05:27

639

149.70

XLON

14:07:27

1408

149.70

XLON

14:07:27

80

149.70

CHIX

14:07:27

1,359

149.70

CHIX

14:11:22

657

149.40

TRQX

14:11:24

449

149.40

TRQX

14:11:24

23

149.40

TRQX

14:21:46

207

149.60

CHIX

14:21:46

21

149.60

CHIX

14:23:46

533

149.70

CHIX

14:23:46

729

149.70

CHIX

14:31:46

1,373

149.60

CHIX

14:32:58

1,276

149.60

XLON

14:43:29

1,394

149.60

CHIX

15:01:17

265

149.40

CHIX

15:03:18

1,518

149.70

BATE

15:03:18

768

149.60

BATE

15:03:18

700

149.60

BATE

15:03:18

106

149.60

BATE

15:03:18

391

149.60

CHIX

15:03:18

206

149.60

CHIX

15:03:18

1,001

149.60

CHIX

15:03:18

1,536

149.60

XLON

15:03:18

644

149.70

XLON

15:03:22

804

149.70

XLON

15:03:49

2,000

149.70

XLON

15:03:49

139

149.70

XLON

15:03:49

1,402

149.70

XLON

15:10:06

365

149.60

CHIX

15:11:17

256

149.60

CHIX

15:11:17

206

149.60

CHIX

15:11:17

587

149.60

CHIX

15:19:17

700

149.60

CHIX

15:19:17

579

149.60

CHIX

15:25:17

1,262

149.90

XLON

15:25:17

640

149.90

XLON

15:25:17

2,100

149.90

XLON

15:25:17

281

149.90

XLON

15:25:17

700

149.90

XLON

15:25:17

700

149.90

XLON

15:25:17

122

149.90

XLON

15:25:17

596

149.90

XLON

15:25:30

1,663

149.80

TRQX

15:32:00

1,424

149.90

CHIX

15:36:00

1,182

149.90

CHIX

15:45:00

114

150.20

TRQX

15:45:00

2,109

150.60

XLON

15:45:00

1,400

150.50

BATE

15:45:00

65

150.50

BATE

15:45:00

3,064

150.50

BATE

15:45:00

700

150.50

BATE

15:45:00

700

150.50

BATE

15:45:00

2,100

150.50

BATE

15:45:00

738

150.50

BATE

15:45:00

468

150.40

TRQX

15:45:00

3,458

150.60

BATE

15:45:00

1,400

150.70

BATE

15:45:00

1,400

150.70

BATE

15:45:00

1,086

150.70

BATE

15:45:00

982

150.70

BATE

15:45:00

428

150.60

BATE

15:45:00

182

150.40

TRQX

15:45:00

37

150.60

XLON

15:45:00

1

150.60

XLON

15:45:01

482

150.60

XLON

15:45:01

477

150.60

XLON

15:45:01

358

150.60

XLON

15:45:05

1,643

150.50

XLON

15:45:13

2,023

150.40

XLON

15:45:13

853

150.30

XLON

15:45:13

335

150.30

XLON

15:46:47

1186

150.30

TRQX

15:46:47

4298

150.30

TRQX

15:46:48

326

150.20

CHIX

15:46:48

1069

150.20

CHIX

15:52:33

2218

150.00

XLON

15:52:33

1888

150.00

XLON

15:53:48

110

150.20

XLON

15:53:48

2390

150.20

XLON

15:55:48

49

150.30

CHIX

15:56:48

530

150.60

CHIX

15:56:48

700

150.60

CHIX

15:56:48

700

150.60

XLON

15:56:48

260

150.60

XLON

15:56:48

434

150.60

XLON

16:00:47

1421

150.40

TRQX

16:05:35

700

150.50

CHIX

16:05:35

602

150.50

CHIX

16:05:48

700

150.50

XLON

16:05:48

700

150.50

XLON

16:05:48

17

150.50

XLON

16:11:35

1350

150.50

CHIX

16:17:35

83

150.80

XLON

16:17:35

204

150.80

XLON

16:17:35

700

150.80

XLON

16:17:35

700

150.80

XLON

16:17:35

21

150.80

XLON

16:17:35

31

150.80

XLON

16:17:35

1117

150.80

XLON

16:17:35

1400

150.90

XLON

16:17:42

1261

150.80

XLON

16:17:42

1390

150.80

XLON

16:17:44

70

150.50

CHIX

16:19:03

1105

150.50

CHIX

16:20:49

789

150.60

TRQX

16:20:49

20

150.60

TRQX

16:21:59

1035

150.70

TRQX

16:21:59

13

150.70

TRQX

16:21:59

14

150.70

TRQX

 



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