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

15 August 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

388,951

Weighted average price paid (p)

156.71

Highest price paid (p)

158.40

Lowest price paid (p)

155.60

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 67,086,367 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 683,608,648. 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 15 August 2023 is 683,608,648. 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
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: 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

156.71

273,616

BATE

156.68

42,383

CHIX

156.68

49,598

TRQX

156.75

23,354

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:04:51

332

155.90

XLON

08:04:51

1,137

155.90

XLON

08:04:51

452

155.90

CHIX

08:04:51

879

155.90

CHIX

08:04:51

1249

155.90

XLON

08:06:32

1,404

158.30

XLON

08:06:32

5368

158.40

XLON

08:08:32

1316

158.40

XLON

08:08:44

1,023

158.20

CHIX

08:08:44

266

158.20

CHIX

08:09:30

1,204

157.90

XLON

08:09:30

1,287

158.10

XLON

08:09:30

1413

158.10

TRQX

08:10:30

1253

157.60

XLON

08:14:02

1256

157.30

XLON

08:14:30

1,429

157.40

BATE

08:16:02

1,200

157.40

XLON

08:17:02

1,301

157.00

XLON

08:17:02

776

156.90

CHIX

08:17:02

600

156.90

CHIX

08:18:30

1200

157.10

BATE

08:18:30

159

157.10

BATE

08:19:29

1,474

156.80

XLON

08:19:40

1,245

156.30

XLON

08:24:26

1,316

156.40

XLON

08:26:37

1,468

156.40

XLON

08:26:37

1,222

156.20

CHIX

08:27:30

998

156.30

TRQX

08:27:30

180

156.30

TRQX

08:28:37

1,441

156.40

XLON

08:29:50

1,001

156.20

BATE

08:29:50

413

156.20

BATE

08:30:37

1,300

156.10

XLON

08:30:37

105

156.10

XLON

08:32:37

400

156.00

XLON

08:32:37

220

156.40

XLON

08:32:37

1,227

156.40

XLON

08:34:51

1,268

156.40

XLON

08:34:51

128

156.40

XLON

08:37:51

1,370

156.40

XLON

08:39:51

1,467

156.40

XLON

08:40:18

701

156.30

CHIX

08:40:18

714

156.30

CHIX

08:42:52

1,352

156.40

XLON

08:44:37

671

156.50

XLON

08:46:42

1,440

156.70

XLON

08:47:40

1,373

156.40

BATE

08:48:16

1,282

156.30

XLON

08:52:05

1,331

156.80

XLON

08:53:26

1,298

156.50

CHIX

08:54:05

1,347

156.80

XLON

08:56:05

458

156.60

XLON

08:56:05

600

156.60

XLON

08:56:05

26

156.60

XLON

08:56:05

289

156.60

XLON

09:00:01

504

156.60

XLON

09:00:01

901

156.60

XLON

09:01:01

366

156.60

XLON

09:01:01

738

156.60

XLON

09:01:01

380

156.60

XLON

09:04:40

600

156.80

XLON

09:04:40

600

156.80

XLON

09:04:40

9

156.80

XLON

09:04:40

70

156.80

XLON

09:05:34

1,267

156.50

CHIX

09:05:34

1471

157.00

BATE

09:05:34

1,438

156.70

BATE

09:07:34

1,249

157.10

XLON

09:08:19

1,302

156.70

TRQX

09:08:51

1,249

156.50

XLON

09:11:51

600

156.00

XLON

09:11:51

721

156.00

XLON

09:14:51

1433

156.30

XLON

09:18:51

1317

156.30

XLON

09:21:30

273

156.00

XLON

09:21:30

924

156.00

XLON

09:21:30

1,173

155.90

CHIX

09:24:30

1,411

156.20

XLON

09:27:30

1,400

156.20

XLON

09:28:34

1400

156.20

BATE

09:30:32

1,473

156.20

XLON

09:33:28

944

156.20

XLON

09:33:28

369

156.20

XLON

09:36:28

1,176

156.30

XLON

09:36:28

133

156.30

XLON

09:36:28

116

156.30

XLON

09:37:41

1,325

156.50

TRQX

09:43:18

1,411

156.30

XLON

09:43:18

1,350

156.30

CHIX

09:52:19

2,073

156.50

XLON

09:52:19

758

156.50

XLON

09:55:19

1,323

156.50

XLON

09:59:52

468

156.30

XLON

09:59:52

76

156.30

XLON

09:59:52

600

156.30

XLON

09:59:52

600

156.30

XLON

09:59:52

188

156.30

XLON

09:59:52

794

156.30

XLON

09:59:52

892

156.30

CHIX

09:59:52

507

156.30

CHIX

10:04:16

871

156.30

XLON

10:04:16

548

156.30

XLON

10:07:16

1,200

156.30

XLON

10:07:16

57

156.30

XLON

10:10:16

1,270

156.30

XLON

10:14:06

928

156.20

XLON

10:14:06

401

156.20

XLON

10:14:35

668

156.10

TRQX

10:14:35

544

156.10

TRQX

10:16:46

667

156.20

XLON

10:16:46

777

156.20

XLON

10:23:34

1,540

156.70

BATE

10:23:34

189

156.70

BATE

10:23:34

1430

156.70

BATE

10:26:14

2,369

156.70

XLON

10:26:14

1,220

156.50

CHIX

10:26:31

1,234

156.30

XLON

10:32:45

1,322

156.30

XLON

10:32:45

1,300

156.30

BATE

10:35:19

35

156.30

XLON

10:41:31

3,358

156.80

XLON

10:41:31

1,335

156.50

CHIX

10:44:35

273

156.50

TRQX

10:44:35

600

156.50

TRQX

10:44:35

397

156.50

TRQX

10:45:52

1,527

156.70

XLON

10:49:32

1,417

156.80

XLON

10:52:29

1374

157.30

XLON

10:55:16

1,380

157.30

XLON

10:58:16

1245

157.30

XLON

11:02:20

1450

157.10

CHIX

11:02:20

1,231

157.00

XLON

11:03:57

1105

156.50

XLON

11:04:10

1,196

156.60

BATE

11:04:10

98

156.50

XLON

11:09:10

1200

156.30

XLON

11:09:11

12

156.30

XLON

11:18:11

1,306

156.30

XLON

11:18:11

1,207

156.30

XLON

11:18:11

22

156.30

XLON

11:18:11

108

156.30

XLON

11:19:11

600

156.30

XLON

11:19:11

600

156.30

XLON

11:19:11

180

156.30

XLON

11:24:32

1360

156.40

BATE

11:34:30

106

156.50

CHIX

11:34:30

1,312

156.70

TRQX

11:34:30

4750

156.50

XLON

11:34:30

1,286

156.50

CHIX

11:34:32

5

156.60

BATE

11:34:32

1,230

156.70

BATE

11:45:30

1,200

156.50

CHIX

11:45:30

3

156.50

CHIX

11:52:02

348

156.30

XLON

11:52:02

51

156.30

XLON

11:57:20

1,800

156.50

XLON

11:57:20

600

156.50

XLON

11:57:20

1200

156.50

XLON

11:57:20

284

156.50

XLON

11:57:20

2,041

156.50

XLON

11:57:20

1,319

156.50

XLON

11:57:22

1325

156.30

XLON

11:57:22

1,339

156.30

CHIX

12:02:25

1,169

156.30

XLON

12:02:25

307

156.30

TRQX

12:02:25

712

156.30

TRQX

12:02:25

250

156.30

XLON

12:02:25

427

156.30

TRQX

12:06:21

1,200

156.30

XLON

12:06:21

171

156.30

XLON

12:12:04

1,365

156.30

XLON

12:18:24

1,642

156.30

XLON

12:21:22

600

156.20

CHIX

12:21:22

600

156.20

CHIX

12:21:22

232

156.20

CHIX

12:21:23

981

156.10

XLON

12:21:23

385

156.10

XLON

12:22:00

1,413

156.30

BATE

12:24:35

1,324

156.10

XLON

12:24:35

1,928

155.80

BATE

12:27:59

1222

156.30

XLON

12:27:59

1,945

156.20

BATE

12:27:59

1,800

156.40

BATE

12:27:59

220

156.40

BATE

12:38:08

2,926

156.80

XLON

12:40:26

1,267

156.80

XLON

12:43:42

242

156.80

CHIX

12:44:29

1,363

157.00

XLON

12:48:29

1,290

157.00

XLON

12:51:01

538

156.90

TRQX

12:51:01

582

156.90

TRQX

12:51:29

1,365

157.00

XLON

12:51:42

142

156.90

TRQX

12:51:42

1,330

157.00

CHIX

12:55:25

600

157.00

XLON

12:55:25

817

157.00

XLON

12:58:37

1,346

157.00

XLON

13:03:28

600

157.00

XLON

13:03:28

600

157.00

XLON

13:03:28

193

157.00

XLON

13:03:42

262

156.80

XLON

13:03:42

854

156.80

XLON

13:08:34

131

157.00

XLON

13:08:34

1,175

157.00

XLON

13:11:50

1,329

157.00

CHIX

13:12:34

1,357

157.10

XLON

13:20:20

1,739

157.10

XLON

13:20:20

1,138

157.10

XLON

13:20:48

1,492

156.90

XLON

13:22:10

600

157.00

BATE

13:22:10

166

157.00

BATE

13:22:10

600

157.00

BATE

13:25:20

369

157.10

XLON

13:25:20

998

157.10

XLON

13:25:20

1,198

157.00

CHIX

13:29:42

1,278

157.20

TRQX

13:30:00

487

156.80

XLON

13:30:00

487

156.80

XLON

13:30:00

403

156.80

XLON

13:30:00

1,285

156.80

XLON

13:34:00

1,381

157.30

XLON

13:34:20

1,287

157.00

XLON

13:38:33

1,238

157.40

XLON

13:40:20

1,418

157.40

CHIX

13:40:33

1,328

157.30

XLON

13:44:33

1,312

157.30

XLON

13:47:08

1,231

157.10

XLON

13:47:08

1,342

157.10

BATE

13:49:34

1,381

157.00

XLON

13:52:50

1,447

157.10

XLON

13:52:50

1,168

157.00

CHIX

14:03:42

304

157.00

TRQX

14:03:42

1,056

157.00

TRQX

14:05:05

2,091

157.10

XLON

14:05:05

507

157.10

XLON

14:05:05

2,125

157.10

XLON

14:05:05

829

157.10

XLON

14:05:05

1,229

157.00

XLON

14:05:09

1,308

157.00

BATE

14:15:20

1,350

156.90

CHIX

14:15:42

2,179

157.10

XLON

14:15:42

2,502

157.10

XLON

14:15:43

1,262

156.90

XLON

14:20:34

1,205

157.10

XLON

14:20:34

1,131

157.10

CHIX

14:20:34

298

157.10

CHIX

14:21:34

1,200

157.10

XLON

14:21:34

123

157.10

XLON

14:23:34

600

157.10

XLON

14:23:34

156

157.10

XLON

14:23:34

533

157.10

XLON

14:25:34

1,451

157.10

XLON

14:28:35

1,276

157.10

XLON

14:29:31

1,195

157.20

TRQX

14:29:31

18

157.20

TRQX

14:29:35

1,275

157.00

XLON

14:29:45

1,352

156.90

CHIX

14:33:59

207

156.90

XLON

14:33:59

906

156.90

XLON

14:33:59

587

156.90

XLON

14:34:04

600

156.90

XLON

14:34:04

418

156.90

XLON

14:34:04

228

156.90

XLON

14:38:24

2,694

157.10

XLON

14:38:24

1,205

157.00

XLON

14:40:03

1,353

156.90

CHIX

14:42:24

1,200

157.10

XLON

14:42:24

347

157.10

XLON

14:42:24

123

157.10

XLON

14:42:24

1,346

157.00

XLON

14:44:21

1,387

156.90

TRQX

14:49:40

1,375

156.80

XLON

14:49:40

133

156.80

XLON

14:51:40

1,200

157.10

XLON

14:51:40

600

157.10

XLON

14:51:40

1,225

157.10

XLON

14:51:40

620

157.10

XLON

14:51:40

1,242

157.40

BATE

14:51:40

1,439

157.00

XLON

14:51:40

1,173

157.00

CHIX

15:05:21

550

157.00

TRQX

15:05:21

757

157.00

TRQX

15:05:24

5,112

156.90

XLON

15:05:24

2,926

156.90

XLON

15:05:24

1,271

156.90

CHIX

15:05:36

600

156.80

XLON

15:05:36

719

156.80

XLON

15:05:40

600

156.80

BATE

15:05:40

600

156.80

BATE

15:05:40

201

156.80

BATE

15:07:27

82

156.90

XLON

15:07:27

162

156.90

XLON

15:07:27

600

156.90

XLON

15:07:27

504

156.90

XLON

15:12:27

785

157.20

BATE

15:12:27

399

157.40

BATE

15:12:27

1,312

157.10

CHIX

15:12:27

600

157.10

XLON

15:12:27

600

157.10

XLON

15:12:27

600

157.10

XLON

15:12:27

1,344

157.10

XLON

15:12:27

1,160

157.00

XLON

15:12:27

231

157.00

XLON

15:17:48

2,947

157.00

XLON

15:17:48

1,997

157.00

BATE

15:17:48

1,274

157.00

CHIX

15:19:37

371

156.90

XLON

15:19:37

600

156.90

XLON

15:19:37

508

156.90

XLON

15:21:10

1,316

156.90

XLON

15:22:20

401

156.90

XLON

15:22:20

1,077

156.90

XLON

15:24:20

166

156.90

XLON

15:24:20

600

156.90

XLON

15:24:20

454

156.90

XLON

15:25:59

1,359

156.90

CHIX

15:26:42

1,335

156.90

XLON

15:27:42

786

157.00

BATE

15:27:42

618

157.00

BATE

15:28:42

600

156.80

XLON

15:28:42

600

156.80

XLON

15:28:42

86

156.80

XLON

15:30:21

1,190

157.00

TRQX

15:30:22

600

156.70

XLON

15:30:22

600

156.70

XLON

15:30:22

149

156.70

XLON

15:31:22

600

156.60

XLON

15:31:22

600

156.60

XLON

15:31:22

312

156.60

XLON

15:31:22

187

156.60

XLON

15:32:22

600

156.60

XLON

15:32:22

421

156.60

XLON

15:32:47

194

156.60

XLON

15:33:47

1,512

156.60

XLON

15:34:59

58

156.70

CHIX

15:34:59

1

156.70

CHIX

15:35:11

1,322

156.70

XLON

15:36:03

1,305

156.70

CHIX

15:36:03

67

156.70

CHIX

15:38:05

1,454

156.70

XLON

15:38:05

1,296

156.70

XLON

15:41:21

1,400

156.50

XLON

15:43:34

1,398

156.30

XLON

15:43:34

1,269

156.30

XLON

15:43:34

1,377

156.30

TRQX

15:45:40

1,243

156.30

XLON

15:48:03

1,245

156.50

CHIX

15:48:03

115

156.30

XLON

15:48:03

364

156.30

XLON

15:48:03

922

156.30

XLON

15:49:03

1,243

156.30

XLON

15:52:29

1,457

156.20

XLON

15:52:29

1,209

156.20

XLON

15:55:39

1,361

156.30

XLON

15:56:03

1,200

156.20

CHIX

15:56:03

135

156.20

CHIX

15:57:39

1,200

156.20

XLON

15:57:39

164

156.20

XLON

15:57:39

18

156.20

XLON

15:58:46

1,128

156.20

XLON

15:58:46

100

156.20

XLON

16:01:35

152

156.20

XLON

16:02:35

600

156.50

XLON

16:02:35

600

156.50

XLON

16:02:35

600

156.50

XLON

16:02:35

85

156.50

XLON

16:03:07

1,353

156.50

BATE

16:03:07

1,800

156.70

BATE

16:03:07

43

156.70

BATE

16:03:07

600

156.70

BATE

16:03:07

685

156.70

BATE

16:04:24

1,232

156.80

XLON

16:05:24

865

156.90

XLON

16:05:24

417

156.90

XLON

16:05:35

1,300

156.90

CHIX

16:06:34

1,349

156.80

TRQX

16:07:24

1,326

156.80

XLON

16:08:24

1,264

156.80

XLON

16:13:06

69

156.70

BATE

16:13:06

1,149

156.70

BATE

16:13:06

2,288

156.80

XLON

16:13:06

1,343

156.80

XLON

16:13:08

1,394

156.60

CHIX

16:13:32

1,213

156.40

XLON

16:14:44

1,200

156.20

XLON

16:14:44

54

156.20

XLON

16:17:09

206

156.20

XLON

16:17:09

1,518

156.20

XLON

16:17:49

1,262

156.00

XLON

16:19:07

1,482

155.80

XLON

16:19:49

1,173

155.80

TRQX

16:20:08

580

155.90

CHIX

16:20:08

600

155.90

CHIX

16:21:07

259

156.00

XLON

16:21:07

1,460

156.00

XLON

16:22:09

625

155.90

XLON

16:22:10

770

155.90

XLON

16:23:10

1,403

155.80

XLON

16:24:26

1,441

155.60

XLON

16:26:26

1,621

155.80

XLON

16:26:57

149

155.60

CHIX

16:27:26

1,428

155.80

XLON

16:27:26

515

155.60

CHIX

16:28:28

600

155.60

XLON

16:28:28

906

155.60

XLON

16:28:58

657

155.80

XLON

 



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