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

21 August 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

297,774

Weighted average price paid (p)

143.57

Highest price paid (p)

146.20

Lowest price paid (p)

141.80

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 68,600,673 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 682,094,342. 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 August 2023 is 682,094,342. 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

143.53

185,336

BATE

143.75

47,227

CHIX

143.56

44,460

TRQX

143.60

20,751

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:00:28

1,308

145.00

BATE

08:01:00

578

144.60

CHIX

08:01:00

659

144.60

CHIX

08:01:31

659

144.90

XLON

08:01:31

817

144.90

XLON

08:08:12

1,444

146.10

XLON

08:08:12

1542

146.10

XLON

08:08:40

1326

145.90

BATE

08:11:02

162

146.20

TRQX

08:11:02

1,000

146.20

TRQX

08:11:05

781

145.60

CHIX

08:15:20

193

145.70

CHIX

08:15:20

1213

145.70

CHIX

08:16:58

1195

145.50

BATE

08:39:21

116

145.00

TRQX

08:39:21

228

145.30

XLON

08:39:21

941

145.00

XLON

08:39:21

941

145.20

XLON

08:39:21

1084

145.30

XLON

08:39:21

1224

145.00

TRQX

08:39:21

1250

145.50

XLON

08:39:21

1323

145.30

BATE

08:39:21

1,662

145.20

XLON

08:39:21

1,852

145.30

XLON

08:39:21

2,076

145.50

XLON

08:39:21

3,070

145.30

XLON

08:39:21

3,708

145.30

XLON

08:43:30

626

145.20

CHIX

08:43:30

721

145.20

CHIX

08:44:40

516

145.30

BATE

08:44:40

682

145.30

BATE

09:05:02

1495

145.30

XLON

09:13:14

688

144.90

XLON

09:13:14

828

144.90

XLON

09:13:14

1,468

144.90

XLON

09:38:57

32

144.90

CHIX

09:38:57

1,719

144.90

CHIX

09:39:00

163

144.90

BATE

09:39:00

355

144.90

BATE

09:39:01

17

144.90

BATE

09:39:04

63

144.90

BATE

09:39:04

606

144.80

CHIX

09:39:04

715

144.80

CHIX

09:39:04

849

144.90

BATE

09:45:07

514

144.80

XLON

09:45:07

1,786

144.80

XLON

09:59:17

15

144.60

XLON

09:59:17

73

144.60

XLON

09:59:17

1,261

144.60

XLON

10:13:02

11

144.60

XLON

10:13:02

803

144.60

XLON

10:13:02

1,397

144.60

XLON

10:19:52

1,243

144.30

CHIX

10:36:20

1,169

143.90

BATE

11:27:02

1,203

143.60

XLON

11:27:06

263

143.60

XLON

11:27:06

310

143.60

XLON

11:27:10

728

143.50

XLON

11:27:52

198

144.00

BATE

11:27:52

230

144.00

XLON

11:27:52

597

144.00

XLON

11:27:52

755

144.00

XLON

11:27:52

1222

144.00

BATE

11:28:52

64

144.00

CHIX

11:28:52

74

144.00

CHIX

11:28:52

126

144.00

CHIX

11:28:52

500

144.00

CHIX

11:28:52

500

144.00

CHIX

11:28:52

500

144.00

CHIX

11:28:52

922

144.00

CHIX

11:28:52

1,166

144.00

CHIX

11:28:57

474

144.00

BATE

11:28:57

500

144.00

BATE

11:28:57

500

144.00

BATE

11:28:57

1,298

143.90

XLON

11:29:01

41

143.90

XLON

11:38:34

500

144.00

XLON

11:38:34

871

144.00

XLON

11:38:34

1,517

144.00

XLON

11:43:28

363

143.90

BATE

11:43:28

500

143.90

BATE

11:43:28

534

143.90

BATE

11:43:29

166

143.60

CHIX

11:43:29

350

143.60

CHIX

11:43:29

500

143.60

CHIX

11:43:29

500

143.60

CHIX

11:43:29

500

143.60

CHIX

11:43:29

500

143.60

CHIX

11:43:29

1,000

143.60

CHIX

12:01:43

228

143.90

XLON

12:01:43

253

143.90

XLON

12:01:43

1,702

143.90

XLON

12:02:04

215

143.60

TRQX

12:02:04

344

143.60

BATE

12:02:04

970

143.60

BATE

12:02:04

1,156

143.60

TRQX

12:07:20

500

143.60

XLON

12:12:47

208

143.60

CHIX

12:12:47

928

143.60

XLON

12:12:47

1,108

143.60

CHIX

12:12:47

1,351

143.60

XLON

12:12:47

1382

143.60

XLON

12:12:47

1,398

143.60

CHIX

12:12:47

1,604

143.60

XLON

12:12:47

2,087

143.60

XLON

12:20:38

545

143.40

XLON

12:20:38

779

143.40

XLON

12:22:49

777

143.20

XLON

12:22:49

828

143.20

XLON

12:39:52

877

142.70

CHIX

12:39:58

678

142.70

XLON

12:44:04

228

143.10

XLON

12:44:04

647

143.10

XLON

12:44:04

683

143.10

XLON

12:44:04

811

143.10

XLON

12:44:04

1,500

143.10

XLON

12:44:07

517

142.70

CHIX

12:53:37

806

142.70

CHIX

12:55:09

627

142.70

CHIX

12:57:51

100

142.90

XLON

12:57:51

175

142.90

XLON

12:57:51

1,259

142.90

XLON

13:01:36

530

143.00

XLON

13:01:36

940

143.00

XLON

13:10:00

341

143.00

XLON

13:10:00

1,050

143.00

XLON

13:18:21

166

142.80

CHIX

13:18:21

676

142.80

CHIX

13:18:39

307

142.80

CHIX

13:19:00

1356

143.00

XLON

13:19:01

79

142.80

CHIX

13:20:58

171

142.90

XLON

13:20:58

1311

142.90

XLON

13:21:42

825

142.80

BATE

13:27:52

125

142.80

BATE

13:27:53

495

142.80

BATE

13:34:04

1,428

142.80

TRQX

13:34:11

634

142.50

CHIX

13:39:09

482

142.60

XLON

13:46:29

217

142.60

XLON

13:46:29

834

142.60

XLON

13:48:20

96

142.50

CHIX

13:54:25

496

142.50

CHIX

14:00:55

834

142.50

BATE

14:01:05

874

142.50

TRQX

14:05:11

48

142.50

TRQX

14:05:11

448

142.50

BATE

14:15:21

62

142.50

TRQX

14:15:30

66

142.50

TRQX

14:16:53

281

142.50

TRQX

14:16:53

425

142.50

XLON

14:16:53

1,174

142.50

BATE

14:16:53

1,824

142.50

XLON

14:22:55

126

142.20

XLON

14:22:55

447

142.20

XLON

14:22:55

827

142.20

XLON

14:25:59

77

142.00

XLON

14:25:59

113

142.00

XLON

14:25:59

563

142.00

XLON

14:25:59

1,050

142.00

XLON

14:25:59

1,423

142.00

XLON

14:25:59

1531

142.00

XLON

14:25:59

4,416

142.00

XLON

14:26:01

1,475

142.00

XLON

14:26:02

758

142.00

XLON

14:32:37

3392

142.00

XLON

14:32:44

8

142.30

XLON

14:32:44

14

142.80

BATE

14:32:44

18

142.80

BATE

14:32:44

23

142.80

BATE

14:32:44

30

142.80

BATE

14:32:44

500

142.80

BATE

14:32:44

500

142.80

BATE

14:32:44

500

142.80

BATE

14:32:44

1,000

142.80

BATE

14:32:44

2048

142.80

BATE

14:32:48

500

142.80

XLON

14:32:48

500

142.80

XLON

14:32:48

10,460

142.80

XLON

14:32:50

1,000

142.80

XLON

14:32:50

1230

142.70

CHIX

14:32:50

1,395

142.70

CHIX

14:32:50

1,852

142.80

XLON

14:32:50

2259

142.80

CHIX

14:32:50

2,814

142.80

XLON

14:32:50

2,853

142.80

XLON

14:32:50

11,273

142.80

XLON

14:33:03

344

142.80

TRQX

14:33:03

954

142.80

TRQX

14:33:03

1,394

142.80

TRQX

14:42:15

431

142.80

CHIX

14:42:15

1,003

142.80

CHIX

14:45:20

1438

142.70

BATE

14:47:46

1,453

142.40

XLON

14:50:10

1,375

141.80

CHIX

14:59:06

30

142.60

XLON

14:59:06

35

142.60

XLON

14:59:06

401

142.50

XLON

14:59:06

445

142.30

XLON

14:59:06

1,314

142.60

XLON

14:59:06

4,416

142.60

XLON

14:59:08

975

142.60

XLON

14:59:08

1,064

142.60

XLON

15:00:41

165

142.80

BATE

15:00:41

190

142.80

BATE

15:00:41

232

142.80

XLON

15:00:41

500

142.80

BATE

15:00:41

500

142.80

BATE

15:00:41

582

142.90

TRQX

15:00:41

704

142.90

TRQX

15:00:41

1,000

142.80

XLON

15:00:41

1,000

142.80

XLON

15:08:13

146

142.50

CHIX

15:08:13

1,060

142.50

CHIX

15:10:28

1,170

142.50

CHIX

15:16:43

382

142.60

XLON

15:16:43

472

142.60

XLON

15:16:43

1,838

142.60

XLON

15:19:28

607

142.40

XLON

15:19:28

856

142.40

XLON

15:19:28

1,238

142.40

XLON

15:25:49

639

142.40

CHIX

15:25:53

672

142.40

CHIX

15:27:59

20

142.40

CHIX

15:27:59

161

142.40

XLON

15:27:59

1,161

142.40

CHIX

15:29:19

20

142.40

XLON

15:29:19

69

142.40

BATE

15:30:34

610

142.40

BATE

15:36:32

48

142.80

TRQX

15:36:32

296

142.80

TRQX

15:36:32

346

142.80

XLON

15:36:32

500

142.80

XLON

15:36:32

500

142.80

XLON

15:36:32

500

142.80

XLON

15:36:32

500

142.80

XLON

15:36:32

500

142.80

XLON

15:36:32

500

142.80

XLON

15:36:32

558

142.80

XLON

15:36:40

206

142.90

XLON

15:36:40

552

142.90

XLON

15:36:40

1,275

142.90

BATE

15:36:40

1,386

142.90

TRQX

15:36:40

1,765

142.90

XLON

15:37:45

35

143.50

BATE

15:37:45

500

143.50

BATE

15:37:45

853

143.40

BATE

15:37:45

1,201

143.40

TRQX

15:37:45

1,500

143.40

TRQX

15:37:45

1,767

143.50

BATE

15:37:45

2,000

143.50

BATE

15:37:45

2,001

143.40

BATE

15:38:03

31

144.00

XLON

15:38:03

43

144.00

XLON

15:38:03

56

144.00

XLON

15:38:03

500

144.00

XLON

15:38:03

500

144.00

XLON

15:38:03

500

144.00

XLON

15:38:03

1,137

144.00

XLON

15:38:03

1,243

144.00

XLON

15:38:03

2,318

144.00

XLON

15:38:03

2,347

144.00

XLON

15:38:03

2,572

144.00

XLON

15:38:03

2,877

144.00

XLON

15:39:03

276

144.00

XLON

15:39:07

336

144.10

CHIX

15:39:07

849

144.10

CHIX

15:39:07

1,503

144.20

XLON

15:39:07

1,977

143.80

XLON

15:40:34

106

143.60

TRQX

15:40:34

241

143.60

TRQX

15:40:34

255

143.60

TRQX

15:40:34

500

143.60

TRQX

15:40:34

500

143.60

TRQX

15:40:34

500

143.60

TRQX

15:40:34

504

143.60

TRQX

15:40:35

194

143.60

BATE

15:40:35

1,485

143.60

BATE

15:40:35

1,852

143.60

BATE

15:46:35

11

143.60

XLON

15:46:35

16

143.50

XLON

15:46:35

38

143.50

XLON

15:46:35

370

143.80

XLON

15:46:35

1,000

143.80

XLON

15:46:35

1,162

143.80

XLON

15:46:35

1,434

143.80

XLON

15:46:35

1,811

143.80

XLON

15:46:35

2,000

143.80

XLON

15:46:35

5,130

143.80

XLON

15:59:52

20

143.60

XLON

15:59:52

49

143.60

XLON

15:59:52

389

143.60

CHIX

15:59:52

871

143.60

CHIX

15:59:52

1,171

143.60

CHIX

15:59:52

1,266

143.60

XLON

16:01:32

13

143.90

XLON

16:01:32

41

144.20

XLON

16:01:32

973

144.20

XLON

16:01:32

1,210

144.20

XLON

16:01:32

1,357

144.20

XLON

16:02:35

481

144.00

BATE

16:02:35

959

144.00

BATE

16:03:35

1,411

144.20

BATE

16:12:39

352

143.90

CHIX

16:12:39

847

143.90

CHIX

16:14:06

1,385

144.00

BATE

16:16:54

115

143.90

CHIX

16:16:54

337

143.90

CHIX

16:17:02

95

143.90

CHIX

16:17:43

337

143.90

CHIX

16:17:43

467

143.90

CHIX

16:18:09

61

143.90

CHIX

16:18:39

250

144.00

XLON

16:18:39

290

144.00

TRQX

16:18:39

386

144.00

BATE

16:18:39

500

144.00

BATE

16:18:39

794

144.00

XLON

16:18:39

1,000

144.00

BATE

16:18:46

56

144.20

XLON

16:18:46

500

144.30

TRQX

16:18:46

500

144.30

TRQX

16:18:46

500

144.30

TRQX

16:18:46

1,314

144.60

TRQX

16:18:46

1,628

144.50

XLON

16:18:46

3,697

144.50

XLON

16:19:39

195

144.20

BATE

16:20:09

1,125

144.20

BATE

16:21:33

1,340

144.30

XLON

16:22:09

32

144.40

BATE

16:22:09

127

144.40

BATE

16:22:09

136

144.40

BATE

16:22:09

951

144.40

BATE

16:29:10

1,223

144.30

CHIX

16:29:54

1,514

144.30

XLON

 



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