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

24 August 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

399,040

Weighted average price paid (p)

141.10

Highest price paid (p)

143.90

Lowest price paid (p)

139.40

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 69,821,671 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 680,873,344. 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 24 August 2023 is 680,873,344. 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

141.12

263,051

BATE

140.89

63,428

CHIX

141.12

48,552

TRQX

141.31

24,009

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:10:08

1795

143.9

XLON

08:10:08

843

143.7

BATE

08:10:08

593

143.7

BATE

08:10:53

1653

143.5

XLON

08:10:53

1269

143.6

CHIX

08:11:18

1666

143.3

XLON

08:11:18

1694

142.9

XLON

08:11:18

31

143.3

XLON

08:11:18

2727

143.3

XLON

08:12:07

196

143.1

XLON

08:12:07

1500

143.1

XLON

08:22:07

8

143.6

XLON

08:22:07

1500

143.6

XLON

08:22:16

2729

143.5

XLON

08:22:16

818

143.5

XLON

08:22:16

4814

143.5

XLON

08:22:16

168

143.5

XLON

08:22:50

1351

143.7

CHIX

08:23:41

182

143.3

TRQX

08:23:41

838

143.3

TRQX

08:23:41

241

143.3

TRQX

08:29:05

759

142.9

XLON

08:29:05

780

142.9

XLON

08:29:50

500

142.9

CHIX

08:29:50

945

142.9

CHIX

08:30:57

1421

142.9

TRQX

08:31:05

475

142.9

XLON

08:31:05

854

142.9

XLON

08:31:05

401

142.9

XLON

08:34:05

1569

142.8

XLON

08:41:35

1158

142.8

XLON

08:41:35

551

142.8

XLON

08:43:24

1783

142.6

XLON

08:46:00

426

142.6

CHIX

08:46:00

500

142.6

CHIX

08:46:00

411

142.6

CHIX

08:52:24

1683

142.9

XLON

08:58:02

1461

142.4

XLON

09:03:02

67

142.1

XLON

09:03:02

1582

142.1

XLON

09:08:00

1231

142.3

CHIX

09:08:02

848

141.9

BATE

09:08:02

377

141.9

BATE

09:11:17

1781

141.8

XLON

09:16:46

1595

141.5

XLON

09:16:46

1720

141.7

XLON

09:17:58

219

141.3

XLON

09:17:58

500

141.3

XLON

09:17:58

500

141.3

XLON

09:17:58

500

141.3

XLON

09:19:30

338

141.3

XLON

09:19:30

1000

141.3

XLON

09:19:30

1000

141.3

XLON

09:20:01

1178

141.5

CHIX

09:20:01

313

141.5

XLON

09:20:01

1350

141.5

XLON

09:22:40

901

141.6

CHIX

09:22:40

500

141.6

CHIX

09:25:01

500

141.6

TRQX

09:25:01

500

141.6

TRQX

09:25:01

218

141.6

TRQX

09:25:01

1579

141.6

XLON

09:25:01

119

141.6

XLON

09:31:01

1650

141.5

XLON

09:31:01

1729

141.6

XLON

09:44:13

966

141.4

CHIX

09:44:13

485

141.4

CHIX

09:44:13

1705

141.5

XLON

09:44:19

428

141.3

XLON

09:44:19

380

141.3

XLON

09:44:19

1175

141.3

XLON

09:49:54

1493

141.2

XLON

09:49:54

177

141.2

XLON

09:49:55

1656

141.2

XLON

09:49:55

1236

141.1

CHIX

09:49:55

60

141.1

CHIX

09:54:55

267

141

XLON

09:54:55

643

141

XLON

09:54:55

643

141

XLON

09:58:41

1808

140.7

XLON

09:59:35

1610

141

XLON

09:59:35

1556

140.9

XLON

10:01:20

1000

141.1

BATE

10:01:20

168

141.1

BATE

10:03:44

1680

141.2

XLON

10:08:02

933

141

XLON

10:08:02

848

141

XLON

10:13:02

1165

141.1

CHIX

10:15:01

922

141

XLON

10:15:01

650

141

XLON

10:23:18

957

140.9

XLON

10:23:18

848

140.9

XLON

10:27:02

1736

141

XLON

10:29:02

848

140.8

CHIX

10:29:08

114

140.8

CHIX

10:29:08

145

140.8

CHIX

10:29:08

76

140.8

CHIX

10:29:12

560

140.7

XLON

10:31:12

1599

140.9

XLON

10:32:32

1360

140.4

BATE

10:32:32

419

140.4

BATE

10:32:32

1433

140.8

BATE

10:32:33

448

140.2

XLON

10:33:33

1568

140.9

XLON

10:33:33

5718

140.9

XLON

10:33:33

562

140.9

XLON

10:33:33

12

140.7

XLON

10:33:33

500

140.7

XLON

10:33:33

1000

140.7

XLON

10:33:33

1590

140.7

XLON

10:33:33

224

140.7

XLON

10:42:43

527

140.4

CHIX

10:42:43

664

140.4

CHIX

10:42:43

1389

140.5

XLON

10:42:43

417

140.5

XLON

10:48:08

582

140.5

XLON

10:48:08

1139

140.5

XLON

10:56:08

1766

140.5

XLON

11:01:32

77

140.6

BATE

11:01:32

500

140.6

BATE

11:01:32

500

140.6

BATE

11:01:32

214

140.6

BATE

11:02:12

352

140.6

XLON

11:05:16

1728

140.9

XLON

11:05:17

848

140.7

CHIX

11:05:17

333

140.7

CHIX

11:08:23

1775

140.6

XLON

11:10:28

515

140.5

XLON

11:10:28

257

140.5

XLON

11:10:28

515

140.5

XLON

11:10:56

257

140.5

XLON

11:18:03

734

140.8

XLON

11:18:03

1000

140.8

XLON

11:22:17

1009

140.8

XLON

11:22:17

500

140.8

XLON

11:22:17

845

140.7

CHIX

11:22:17

560

140.7

CHIX

11:23:19

1460

140.6

XLON

11:26:05

1420

140.5

BATE

11:27:08

1595

140.1

XLON

11:34:15

1816

140.1

XLON

11:40:15

1573

139.9

XLON

11:40:15

211

139.9

XLON

11:53:54

1367

139.9

XLON

11:53:54

334

139.9

XLON

11:57:38

6

140

CHIX

11:57:38

1395

140.2

BATE

11:57:44

1655

140.3

XLON

11:58:01

77

140.2

CHIX

11:58:01

1287

140.3

CHIX

11:58:01

1214

140.3

TRQX

12:03:50

1146

140

XLON

12:03:50

617

140

XLON

12:12:40

1184

140.1

CHIX

12:13:38

1380

140.1

BATE

12:17:08

450

140

XLON

12:17:08

296

140

XLON

12:17:08

848

140

XLON

12:18:02

1186

139.8

TRQX

12:19:39

1568

139.4

XLON

12:27:39

21

140

XLON

12:27:39

909

140

XLON

12:27:39

554

140

XLON

12:27:39

248

140

XLON

12:29:05

848

140.1

BATE

12:29:05

358

140.1

BATE

12:30:05

1209

140

CHIX

12:33:39

910

140

XLON

12:33:39

617

140

XLON

12:36:58

160

140

XLON

12:36:58

1500

140

XLON

12:45:13

1513

139.8

XLON

12:45:13

1723

139.8

XLON

12:45:13

848

139.8

CHIX

12:45:13

366

139.8

CHIX

12:52:42

848

139.8

XLON

12:53:02

615

139.8

XLON

12:53:02

199

139.8

XLON

12:57:02

758

140.1

XLON

12:57:02

848

140.1

XLON

12:59:08

870

139.9

XLON

12:59:08

848

139.9

XLON

13:02:13

375

139.8

CHIX

13:02:13

848

139.8

CHIX

13:05:02

1531

139.8

XLON

13:05:02

77

139.8

XLON

13:11:02

439

139.8

XLON

13:11:02

689

139.8

XLON

13:11:02

429

139.8

XLON

13:11:05

8

139.8

BATE

13:11:05

285

139.8

BATE

13:12:11

857

139.8

BATE

13:12:21

101

139.8

BATE

13:12:40

825

140

BATE

13:12:40

500

140

BATE

13:12:40

1000

140

BATE

13:12:40

500

140

BATE

13:12:40

358

140

BATE

13:12:40

1995

140.2

BATE

13:15:02

1484

140.1

XLON

13:17:14

8

140.3

XLON

13:18:02

1624

140.6

XLON

13:19:03

322

140.5

XLON

13:20:02

337

140.5

XLON

13:20:02

1069

140.5

XLON

13:20:02

1285

140.7

CHIX

13:23:02

848

140.6

BATE

13:23:02

467

140.6

BATE

13:24:02

338

140.6

XLON

13:24:02

624

140.6

XLON

13:24:02

622

140.6

XLON

13:29:10

848

140.6

CHIX

13:29:10

1815

140.8

XLON

13:29:21

19

140.6

CHIX

13:29:48

8

140.6

CHIX

13:30:39

62

140.6

CHIX

13:31:56

677

141.5

XLON

13:31:56

1142

141.5

XLON

13:32:27

1791

141.3

XLON

13:32:30

253

141.1

XLON

13:32:30

1445

141.1

BATE

13:32:30

1566

141.1

XLON

13:33:02

1278

141.2

TRQX

13:34:43

1662

141.1

XLON

13:36:53

595

141

XLON

13:36:53

1000

141

XLON

13:39:53

1244

141.3

TRQX

13:39:53

182

140.9

XLON

13:39:53

1633

140.9

XLON

13:44:58

743

141.1

XLON

13:44:58

1000

141.1

XLON

13:46:27

1165

141.4

CHIX

13:46:30

1000

141.5

BATE

13:46:30

414

141.5

BATE

13:49:57

1701

141.8

XLON

13:50:53

500

141.8

BATE

13:50:53

1319

141.8

BATE

13:50:53

416

142.1

TRQX

13:50:53

937

142.1

TRQX

13:54:02

1789

141.7

XLON

13:56:03

1096

141.4

CHIX

13:58:15

77

141.6

BATE

13:58:15

1258

141.6

BATE

13:58:15

330

141.5

BATE

13:58:15

520

141.5

BATE

13:58:15

520

141.5

BATE

13:59:02

1767

141.8

XLON

14:01:02

308

141.6

XLON

14:01:02

1484

141.6

XLON

14:01:37

2

141.4

CHIX

14:03:05

1559

141.3

XLON

14:03:05

274

141.4

CHIX

14:07:19

1178

141.3

TRQX

14:07:19

1603

141.3

XLON

14:08:40

877

141.3

CHIX

14:08:40

339

141.3

CHIX

14:08:40

37

141.3

XLON

14:08:40

1000

141.3

XLON

14:08:40

423

141.3

XLON

14:11:15

1226

141.6

BATE

14:11:40

464

141.7

XLON

14:11:40

1000

141.7

XLON

14:14:58

1890

141.8

XLON

14:15:31

456

141.7

XLON

14:15:31

500

141.7

XLON

14:15:31

623

141.7

XLON

14:18:25

466

141.4

BATE

14:18:35

500

141.5

BATE

14:18:35

1000

141.5

BATE

14:18:35

248

141.5

BATE

14:19:19

1242

141.6

TRQX

14:21:35

861

141.6

BATE

14:21:35

406

141.6

BATE

14:23:44

1180

141.5

XLON

14:23:44

500

141.5

XLON

14:23:44

500

141.5

CHIX

14:23:44

698

141.5

CHIX

14:24:37

1603

141.3

XLON

14:24:58

1384

141.5

TRQX

14:29:30

1714

141.3

XLON

14:30:04

679

141.2

CHIX

14:30:04

518

141.2

CHIX

14:34:30

1501

141.1

XLON

14:35:43

1405

141.3

TRQX

14:36:37

500

141.5

BATE

14:36:37

679

141.5

BATE

14:37:46

1609

141.3

XLON

14:41:34

1581

141.1

XLON

14:41:34

1269

141.2

TRQX

14:42:43

529

141.2

CHIX

14:42:43

529

141.2

CHIX

14:42:43

207

141.2

CHIX

14:45:34

1042

141.3

XLON

14:45:34

500

141.3

XLON

14:49:34

1755

141.3

XLON

14:50:43

848

141.3

CHIX

14:51:02

351

141.3

CHIX

14:52:58

1460

141.3

XLON

14:53:09

1212

141.1

BATE

14:53:12

1510

141

XLON

15:00:02

576

141.2

CHIX

15:00:02

848

141.2

CHIX

15:01:29

4

141.3

TRQX

15:01:29

431

141.3

TRQX

15:01:29

775

141.3

TRQX

15:01:29

225

141.3

TRQX

15:01:34

465

141.3

XLON

15:01:34

500

141.3

XLON

15:01:34

2000

141.3

XLON

15:01:34

500

141.3

XLON

15:01:34

500

141.3

XLON

15:01:45

1710

141.1

XLON

15:04:02

1684

141.3

XLON

15:06:02

1063

141.3

XLON

15:06:02

505

141.3

XLON

15:06:49

1671

141.1

XLON

15:07:09

1070

141.1

BATE

15:07:09

130

141.1

BATE

15:08:45

1501

141.1

XLON

15:08:45

248

141.1

XLON

15:11:37

621

140.9

CHIX

15:11:37

642

140.9

CHIX

15:15:44

1734

140.8

XLON

15:15:44

1526

140.8

XLON

15:15:44

1557

140.8

XLON

15:18:29

1000

141

TRQX

15:18:29

416

141

TRQX

15:18:44

1214

141

XLON

15:18:44

500

141

XLON

15:19:09

125

140.8

CHIX

15:19:09

1331

141.5

BATE

15:19:09

77

141.1

BATE

15:19:09

869

141.1

BATE

15:19:09

487

141.5

BATE

15:21:09

1583

141.1

XLON

15:21:09

7

141.2

CHIX

15:21:09

1271

141.2

CHIX

15:23:47

1493

141

XLON

15:24:16

1436

140.9

BATE

15:24:49

1469

140.5

XLON

15:24:56

871

140.8

BATE

15:24:56

401

140.8

BATE

15:26:56

1204

140.9

BATE

15:27:25

1707

140.5

XLON

15:29:03

1468

140.4

XLON

15:29:03

1190

140.6

CHIX

15:30:56

1207

140.9

BATE

15:31:04

1043

140.8

XLON

15:31:04

750

140.8

XLON

15:33:02

1606

140.6

XLON

15:33:11

77

140.6

BATE

15:33:11

1339

140.6

BATE

15:33:11

1681

140.5

XLON

15:35:31

825

140.8

XLON

15:35:31

744

140.8

XLON

15:36:32

1192

140.8

CHIX

15:37:02

1737

140.7

XLON

15:37:11

1444

140.6

BATE

15:38:15

10

140.5

XLON

15:39:16

1671

140.8

XLON

15:39:16

61

140.8

XLON

15:39:16

329

140.8

TRQX

15:39:16

500

140.8

TRQX

15:39:16

519

140.8

TRQX

15:40:33

992

140.5

XLON

15:40:33

743

140.5

XLON

15:43:00

1681

140.2

XLON

15:47:00

1513

140.1

XLON

15:48:02

1555

140.4

XLON

15:48:02

1359

140.3

CHIX

15:48:02

24

140.3

CHIX

15:49:11

7

140.5

BATE

15:49:11

500

140.5

BATE

15:49:11

138

140.5

BATE

15:49:11

1300

140.5

BATE

15:51:02

19

141

XLON

15:51:02

1000

141

XLON

15:51:02

312

141

XLON

15:51:02

248

141

XLON

15:52:11

197

140.8

BATE

15:52:11

1209

140.8

BATE

15:53:02

1485

140.8

XLON

15:56:02

1809

140.8

XLON

15:57:36

1356

140.6

CHIX

15:57:36

1461

140.7

XLON

15:57:55

1424

140.4

XLON

15:57:55

8

140.4

XLON

15:57:55

225

140.4

XLON

15:58:16

500

140.4

TRQX

15:58:16

864

140.4

TRQX

15:59:55

1657

140.5

XLON

16:03:51

1616

139.4

XLON

16:05:34

500

140.3

BATE

16:05:34

1345

140.3

BATE

16:06:51

718

140.4

XLON

16:06:51

1000

140.4

XLON

16:07:30

1212

140.4

CHIX

16:08:51

1635

140.5

XLON

16:10:51

1799

140.6

XLON

16:12:14

1528

140.6

XLON

16:13:06

500

140.6

BATE

16:13:06

745

140.6

BATE

16:15:02

228

140.6

XLON

16:15:02

1568

140.6

XLON

16:15:02

1360

140.6

XLON

16:15:02

139

140.6

XLON

16:15:02

319

140.6

CHIX

16:15:02

500

140.6

CHIX

16:15:02

451

140.6

CHIX

16:15:16

636

140.7

TRQX

16:15:16

136

140.7

TRQX

16:16:12

540

140.6

BATE

16:16:12

500

140.6

BATE

16:16:12

366

140.6

BATE

16:18:12

1965

140.7

XLON

16:19:12

1052

140.7

XLON

16:19:12

500

140.7

XLON

16:19:12

500

140.7

XLON

16:19:46

748

140.5

CHIX

16:20:17

1652

140.5

XLON

16:21:02

157

140.6

BATE

16:21:02

1010

140.6

BATE

16:22:01

1021

140.7

TRQX

16:23:02

355

140.5

XLON

16:23:02

783

140.5

XLON

16:23:02

423

140.5

XLON

16:24:02

746

140.5

XLON

16:24:02

1076

140.5

XLON

16:24:16

578

140.4

CHIX

16:24:16

415

140.4

CHIX

16:26:02

1105

140.5

XLON

16:26:02

500

140.5

XLON

16:27:04

640

140.8

XLON

16:27:04

1167

140.8

XLON

16:28:04

175

140.6

BATE

16:28:05

844

140.8

BATE

16:28:05

2380

140.8

BATE

16:28:05

3114

140.8

BATE

16:28:06

1262

140.6

XLON

16:28:24

230

140.6

XLON

16:28:24

212

140.6

XLON

 



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