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

22 August 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

379,270

Weighted average price paid (p)

143.46

Highest price paid (p)

145.80

Lowest price paid (p)

141.80

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 68,979,943 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 681,715,072. 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 22 August 2023 is 681,715,072. 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

143.50

257,416

BATE

143.19

55,830

CHIX

143.48

44,521

TRQX

143.55

21,503

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:10:03

4,608

144.80

XLON

08:10:03

327

145.00

XLON

08:10:03

870

145.00

XLON

08:10:03

1,721

145.00

XLON

08:10:12

1521

143.90

XLON

08:10:13

1,433

143.90

XLON

08:13:13

356

143.70

XLON

08:13:13

1000

143.70

XLON

08:16:30

1,376

143.20

XLON

08:19:34

1,197

143.50

TRQX

08:21:30

1,462

143.90

XLON

08:21:30

2,087

143.90

XLON

08:21:30

3100

143.90

XLON

08:21:30

1601

143.40

XLON

08:22:14

321

144.50

XLON

08:22:14

1,000

144.50

XLON

08:25:14

468

144.50

XLON

08:26:00

391

144.50

XLON

08:26:00

545

144.50

XLON

08:30:00

1323

144.70

XLON

08:30:54

1452

144.20

XLON

08:31:08

1496

144.80

XLON

08:31:08

1,543

144.70

XLON

08:33:12

1,397

144.80

XLON

08:33:12

77

145.00

BATE

08:33:12

1,066

145.30

BATE

08:33:12

27

145.30

BATE

08:36:53

1,409

145.10

XLON

08:36:53

1

145.10

XLON

08:37:10

1,236

145.20

CHIX

08:43:53

1,441

145.80

TRQX

08:43:53

976

145.10

XLON

08:43:53

500

145.10

XLON

08:44:18

25

144.70

XLON

08:44:18

500

144.70

XLON

08:44:18

317

144.70

XLON

08:44:18

500

144.70

XLON

08:48:17

1,871

145.00

XLON

08:48:43

1,587

145.10

XLON

08:48:43

4,447

145.00

XLON

08:48:43

124

145.00

XLON

08:58:40

373

145.20

CHIX

08:58:40

1,000

145.20

CHIX

08:59:44

1,312

145.10

XLON

08:59:44

7

145.10

XLON

09:07:17

1,491

145.20

XLON

09:08:49

16

145.10

TRQX

09:09:12

500

145.10

TRQX

09:09:12

500

145.10

TRQX

09:09:12

155

145.10

TRQX

09:09:17

1,585

145.20

XLON

09:12:07

77

144.90

CHIX

09:12:07

1,259

144.90

CHIX

09:12:07

158

144.80

XLON

09:12:07

500

144.80

XLON

09:12:07

934

144.80

XLON

09:12:39

804

144.70

BATE

09:12:39

87

144.70

BATE

09:12:40

88

144.70

BATE

09:12:45

262

144.70

BATE

09:20:04

146

144.40

CHIX

09:20:04

1,144

144.40

CHIX

09:20:04

1484

144.40

XLON

09:27:22

131

144.10

XLON

09:27:22

500

144.10

XLON

09:27:22

500

144.10

XLON

09:27:22

500

144.10

XLON

09:27:22

1,432

144.10

XLON

09:39:22

1,357

143.90

XLON

09:39:43

1,194

143.70

TRQX

09:43:30

20

144.00

CHIX

09:43:30

1571

144.10

XLON

09:45:05

405

144.20

BATE

09:45:05

1000

144.20

BATE

09:50:29

471

144.10

XLON

09:50:29

294

144.10

XLON

09:50:29

144

144.10

XLON

09:50:29

455

144.10

XLON

10:08:13

16

144.20

CHIX

10:08:27

543

144.20

XLON

10:08:27

40

144.20

XLON

10:08:51

543

144.20

CHIX

10:08:51

18

144.20

XLON

10:09:18

16

144.20

XLON

10:09:44

10

144.20

XLON

10:10:11

1,118

144.20

XLON

10:10:11

466

144.20

XLON

10:10:11

171

144.20

XLON

10:10:11

500

144.20

XLON

10:10:11

2,227

144.20

XLON

10:10:11

784

144.20

CHIX

10:10:11

775

144.20

CHIX

10:24:41

1399

144.20

XLON

10:24:41

1,420

144.20

XLON

10:24:41

156

144.20

XLON

10:34:43

543

144.70

XLON

10:34:43

1,340

144.80

TRQX

10:34:43

7

144.40

CHIX

10:34:50

1,772

144.60

XLON

10:34:50

639

144.60

CHIX

10:34:50

234

144.60

CHIX

10:34:50

3537

144.70

XLON

10:34:50

873

144.60

CHIX

10:34:50

79

144.60

CHIX

10:35:05

1,673

144.70

BATE

10:35:12

1,586

144.60

XLON

10:36:50

638

144.50

CHIX

10:36:50

684

144.50

CHIX

10:37:47

1480

144.30

XLON

10:39:21

11

144.20

XLON

10:39:47

1,619

144.20

XLON

10:39:47

6

144.20

XLON

10:47:47

1617

144.10

XLON

10:52:05

280

144.10

XLON

10:52:05

2,819

144.10

XLON

10:55:05

1,609

144.10

XLON

11:00:05

703

144.00

XLON

11:00:05

500

144.00

XLON

11:00:05

5

144.00

XLON

11:00:05

223

144.00

XLON

11:00:05

1,358

144.00

CHIX

11:09:05

1,601

144.00

XLON

11:17:17

6

144.00

CHIX

11:18:09

701

144.00

CHIX

11:18:09

527

144.00

CHIX

11:28:40

1,235

144.40

TRQX

11:28:40

151

144.40

TRQX

11:28:40

3689

144.20

XLON

11:28:40

2,715

144.10

XLON

11:29:40

3025

143.90

XLON

11:30:05

1000

143.90

BATE

11:30:05

214

143.90

BATE

11:31:23

994

143.90

XLON

11:31:23

619

143.90

XLON

11:32:05

1,333

144.20

BATE

11:33:40

500

143.90

CHIX

11:33:40

768

143.90

CHIX

11:36:14

1,626

143.70

XLON

11:40:14

623

143.70

XLON

11:40:14

913

143.70

XLON

11:46:14

45

143.70

XLON

11:46:14

291

143.70

XLON

11:46:14

500

143.70

XLON

11:46:14

157

143.70

XLON

11:46:14

500

143.70

XLON

11:59:13

1,401

144.00

CHIX

11:59:13

532

144.00

BATE

11:59:13

77

144.20

BATE

11:59:13

796

144.20

BATE

11:59:13

1,450

144.10

TRQX

11:59:13

1,291

144.00

BATE

12:02:45

401

144.00

XLON

12:02:45

1,319

144.00

XLON

12:02:45

2,594

144.00

XLON

12:02:45

1,201

144.00

XLON

12:02:45

379

144.00

XLON

12:02:45

500

144.00

XLON

12:11:13

1444

143.80

BATE

12:12:42

1,542

143.40

XLON

12:16:20

373

143.20

XLON

12:16:20

500

143.20

XLON

12:16:20

482

143.20

XLON

12:16:20

169

143.20

CHIX

12:16:20

1,054

143.20

CHIX

12:21:02

1,000

143.20

XLON

12:21:02

104

143.20

XLON

12:21:13

500

143.30

BATE

12:21:13

500

143.30

BATE

12:21:13

165

143.30

BATE

12:21:13

83

143.50

BATE

12:21:13

1,166

143.50

BATE

12:21:18

284

143.20

XLON

12:21:18

423

143.20

XLON

12:21:18

808

143.20

XLON

12:21:18

49

143.20

XLON

12:21:18

423

143.20

XLON

12:23:15

11

143.30

XLON

12:23:15

500

143.30

XLON

12:23:15

1,000

143.30

XLON

12:28:22

155

143.30

XLON

12:28:22

923

143.30

XLON

12:28:22

447

143.30

XLON

12:35:22

287

143.30

XLON

12:35:22

500

143.30

XLON

12:35:22

500

143.30

XLON

12:35:22

279

143.30

XLON

12:38:15

1,199

143.20

CHIX

12:41:20

227

143.20

TRQX

12:41:20

880

143.20

TRQX

12:42:27

100

143.20

TRQX

12:42:30

47

143.10

XLON

12:42:30

1,456

143.10

XLON

12:59:51

1

143.00

CHIX

13:08:54

682

143.00

BATE

13:08:54

1,455

143.00

BATE

13:08:54

206

143.00

CHIX

13:08:54

873

143.00

XLON

13:08:54

338

143.00

XLON

13:08:54

500

143.00

CHIX

13:08:54

500

143.00

CHIX

13:08:54

211

143.00

XLON

13:08:54

294

143.00

XLON

13:08:54

1,059

143.00

XLON

13:08:54

623

143.00

XLON

13:08:54

314

143.00

XLON

13:08:54

500

143.00

XLON

13:08:54

150

143.00

XLON

13:08:54

350

143.00

XLON

13:08:54

1,365

143.00

XLON

13:08:54

3,349

143.00

XLON

13:08:54

247

143.00

BATE

13:08:54

1,087

143.00

BATE

13:08:54

925

143.00

CHIX

13:08:54

356

143.00

CHIX

13:08:54

73

143.00

CHIX

13:19:45

9

143.00

BATE

13:19:45

2,160

143.00

XLON

13:19:45

1,003

143.00

BATE

13:29:55

436

143.00

XLON

13:29:55

500

143.00

XLON

13:29:55

500

143.00

XLON

13:29:55

1,436

143.00

XLON

13:29:55

56

143.00

XLON

13:29:55

1,372

143.00

XLON

13:29:55

5

143.00

XLON

13:29:55

222

143.00

XLON

13:29:55

1,500

143.00

XLON

13:29:55

497

143.00

XLON

13:29:55

216

143.00

XLON

13:29:55

79

143.00

BATE

13:29:55

1,004

143.00

BATE

13:29:55

952

143.00

CHIX

13:29:55

284

143.00

CHIX

13:32:05

1,571

143.00

XLON

13:32:05

310

143.00

BATE

13:32:05

2,000

143.00

BATE

13:32:05

2,246

143.00

BATE

13:32:15

1,487

142.80

XLON

13:32:15

1,342

142.80

TRQX

13:43:34

1,500

142.80

XLON

13:43:34

1,511

142.80

XLON

13:43:34

1,449

142.80

CHIX

13:48:34

109

142.80

XLON

13:48:34

500

142.80

XLON

13:48:34

1,000

142.80

XLON

13:50:44

1,598

142.70

XLON

13:55:24

236

142.60

XLON

13:57:23

26

142.80

XLON

13:57:23

8

142.80

XLON

13:58:31

1,173

143.00

CHIX

14:02:45

1,000

143.00

TRQX

14:02:45

193

143.00

TRQX

14:05:06

1,329

143.00

XLON

14:05:06

2,255

143.00

XLON

14:05:06

3,194

143.00

XLON

14:05:06

500

143.00

XLON

14:05:06

647

143.00

XLON

14:05:06

500

143.00

XLON

14:05:06

500

143.00

XLON

14:17:35

1,099

143.10

XLON

14:17:35

228

143.10

XLON

14:17:35

400

143.10

XLON

14:17:35

458

143.10

XLON

14:17:35

467

143.10

XLON

14:17:35

37

143.10

XLON

14:17:35

1,920

143.10

XLON

14:17:35

510

143.10

XLON

14:22:36

1,830

143.40

CHIX

14:22:40

672

143.40

XLON

14:22:40

124

143.40

XLON

14:22:40

548

143.40

XLON

14:22:40

9

143.20

XLON

14:22:40

1,000

143.20

XLON

14:25:40

1,116

144.00

XLON

14:25:40

398

144.00

XLON

14:26:45

1,289

143.90

TRQX

14:27:17

1,557

143.80

XLON

14:27:44

1

143.70

CHIX

14:28:20

848

143.90

CHIX

14:28:20

550

143.90

CHIX

14:30:58

1,535

144.10

XLON

14:31:43

1,224

144.20

BATE

14:34:58

1,377

144.10

XLON

14:36:58

478

144.10

XLON

14:36:58

1,000

144.10

XLON

14:38:20

1,400

144.10

CHIX

14:38:27

1,393

143.90

XLON

14:40:41

1,576

143.80

BATE

14:40:41

1,517

143.80

BATE

14:40:41

1,549

143.90

XLON

14:43:06

425

143.40

XLON

14:43:06

423

143.40

XLON

14:43:06

500

143.40

XLON

14:45:33

1,404

143.60

BATE

14:45:33

12

143.30

BATE

14:46:01

1,406

143.40

XLON

14:46:45

1,000

143.30

TRQX

14:46:45

238

143.30

TRQX

14:48:01

573

143.40

XLON

14:48:01

1,000

143.40

XLON

14:48:19

1,201

143.20

CHIX

14:54:15

1,398

143.20

XLON

14:54:15

1,272

143.20

XLON

14:54:15

290

143.20

XLON

14:54:15

1,316

143.20

XLON

14:56:51

1,574

143.10

XLON

14:56:51

710

143.20

CHIX

14:56:51

96

143.20

CHIX

14:56:51

500

143.20

CHIX

14:59:15

1,376

143.10

XLON

15:01:15

1,576

143.10

XLON

15:03:45

1,561

143.10

XLON

15:06:05

770

143.10

CHIX

15:06:05

1,537

143.10

XLON

15:08:29

1,513

143.20

XLON

15:08:29

2,214

143.20

BATE

15:08:29

286

143.20

BATE

15:08:29

1,327

143.20

BATE

15:08:29

521

143.10

CHIX

15:10:29

1,458

143.00

XLON

15:10:29

1,328

143.00

TRQX

15:14:26

1,100

143.00

XLON

15:17:25

1,506

142.90

BATE

15:17:25

770

142.90

BATE

15:17:25

1,265

142.90

CHIX

15:17:25

1,469

143.00

XLON

15:17:25

228

143.00

XLON

15:17:25

1,534

143.00

XLON

15:19:04

1,771

142.90

XLON

15:19:05

3

142.90

XLON

15:21:05

703

142.90

XLON

15:22:04

1,425

143.20

BATE

15:22:15

250

143.00

XLON

15:22:37

535

143.10

XLON

15:22:37

887

143.10

XLON

15:23:05

1,441

143.00

CHIX

15:24:09

1,581

142.90

XLON

15:27:59

713

143.00

XLON

15:28:40

64

143.00

XLON

15:28:40

1,513

143.00

XLON

15:28:40

801

143.00

XLON

15:28:40

24

143.00

XLON

15:29:38

546

142.90

BATE

15:29:40

155

143.00

XLON

15:29:40

500

143.00

XLON

15:29:43

316

143.00

XLON

15:29:43

645

143.00

XLON

15:30:13

782

142.90

BATE

15:30:13

500

142.90

BATE

15:30:13

73

142.90

BATE

15:30:13

581

142.90

BATE

15:30:13

284

142.90

BATE

15:32:25

500

142.90

TRQX

15:32:25

930

142.90

TRQX

15:32:53

136

142.80

CHIX

15:33:20

16

142.90

BATE

15:33:20

1

142.90

BATE

15:33:55

779

142.90

BATE

15:34:38

486

142.90

CHIX

15:34:38

469

142.90

BATE

15:34:38

159

142.90

CHIX

15:34:38

228

142.90

CHIX

15:34:38

500

142.90

CHIX

15:35:37

475

142.80

XLON

15:35:37

500

142.80

XLON

15:35:37

249

142.80

XLON

15:35:37

250

142.80

XLON

15:35:37

1,389

142.80

XLON

15:35:37

1,392

142.80

XLON

15:35:37

1,202

142.80

XLON

15:35:37

410

142.80

XLON

15:37:37

703

142.70

XLON

15:38:20

300

142.70

XLON

15:38:20

500

142.70

XLON

15:40:20

1,369

142.70

XLON

15:40:20

51

142.70

XLON

15:41:51

885

142.50

XLON

15:41:51

34

142.50

XLON

15:47:15

5

142.50

CHIX

15:50:48

500

142.50

XLON

15:53:48

707

142.60

BATE

15:53:48

68

142.60

XLON

15:53:48

2,752

142.60

XLON

15:53:48

500

142.60

XLON

15:53:48

2,000

142.60

XLON

15:53:48

500

142.60

BATE

15:53:48

500

142.60

BATE

15:53:48

576

142.60

BATE

15:53:48

1,000

142.60

CHIX

15:53:48

500

142.60

CHIX

15:53:48

482

142.60

CHIX

15:53:50

254

142.60

XLON

15:53:50

1,684

142.60

XLON

15:53:50

246

142.60

BATE

15:55:01

1,467

142.60

XLON

15:55:01

360

142.60

BATE

15:55:01

510

142.60

BATE

15:57:39

1,336

142.50

XLON

15:59:48

713

142.40

XLON

15:59:48

846

142.40

XLON

16:00:08

528

142.40

CHIX

16:00:08

662

142.40

CHIX

16:00:58

1,486

142.30

XLON

16:02:53

1,816

142.20

BATE

16:02:53

745

142.20

BATE

16:02:53

2

142.20

BATE

16:09:03

1,291

142.20

BATE

16:09:07

351

142.20

XLON

16:09:07

500

142.20

XLON

16:09:07

500

142.20

XLON

16:09:07

500

142.20

XLON

16:10:00

439

142.20

XLON

16:10:00

500

142.20

XLON

16:10:00

500

142.20

XLON

16:10:00

2,430

142.20

XLON

16:10:00

500

142.20

XLON

16:14:28

528

142.20

XLON

16:14:31

407

142.20

XLON

16:15:02

1,445

142.20

XLON

16:15:02

286

142.20

XLON

16:15:02

236

142.20

XLON

16:15:02

1,206

142.20

XLON

16:15:02

549

142.20

XLON

16:15:09

444

142.10

CHIX

16:17:02

1,560

142.20

XLON

16:18:02

421

142.20

XLON

16:18:02

500

142.20

XLON

16:18:02

500

142.20

XLON

16:20:02

1,527

142.20

XLON

16:21:02

1,343

142.20

XLON

16:21:49

446

142.10

CHIX

16:22:05

13

142.10

CHIX

16:22:30

492

142.10

CHIX

16:22:30

1,173

142.10

CHIX

16:22:30

726

142.10

CHIX

16:23:31

1,370

141.90

XLON

16:23:32

1,629

141.90

BATE

16:23:33

194

141.90

BATE

16:23:33

1,166

141.90

BATE

16:26:30

779

141.90

CHIX

16:26:30

635

142.00

XLON

16:26:30

561

142.00

XLON

16:26:30

2,461

142.00

XLON

16:27:52

1,391

141.80

XLON

16:28:07

1,198

142.00

BATE

16:28:10

2,415

142.00

TRQX

16:28:22

882

141.80

TRQX

16:28:22

133

142.00

XLON

16:28:22

1,000

142.00

XLON

16:28:22

500

142.00

XLON

16:28:57

125

142.00

BATE

16:28:57

500

142.00

BATE

16:28:57

500

142.00

BATE

16:28:57

77

142.00

BATE

16:29:42

1,184

141.80

BATE

 



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