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

25 August 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

400,732

Weighted average price paid (p)

143.41

Highest price paid (p)

145.60

Lowest price paid (p)

140.40

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 70,222,403 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 680,472,612. 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 25 August 2023 is 680,472,612. 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

143.37

266,663

BATE

143.64

71,674

CHIX

143.24

50,490

TRQX

143.76

11,905

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:03:39

56

140.4

XLON

08:03:39

1522

140.4

XLON

08:10:42

1029

141

BATE

08:10:42

271

141

BATE

08:15:19

83

140.8

CHIX

08:15:19

1328

141.2

CHIX

08:15:39

362

141.3

XLON

08:15:39

1000

141.3

XLON

08:15:39

1000

141.3

XLON

08:15:39

500

141.3

XLON

08:16:16

946

141.9

XLON

08:16:16

697

141.9

XLON

08:16:16

1670

141.9

XLON

08:17:04

567

141.5

CHIX

08:17:49

889

141.5

BATE

08:17:49

389

141.5

BATE

08:17:49

156

141.5

BATE

08:17:49

233

141.5

CHIX

08:17:49

504

141.5

CHIX

08:17:49

1567

141.9

XLON

08:18:16

1339

141.4

TRQX

08:20:49

1094

141.9

XLON

08:20:49

429

141.9

XLON

08:23:49

1236

141.9

CHIX

08:23:49

93

141.9

CHIX

08:25:05

1491

142.2

XLON

08:25:12

1000

142.1

BATE

08:25:12

83

142.1

BATE

08:25:12

101

142.1

BATE

08:35:49

1131

142.3

CHIX

08:35:49

258

142.3

CHIX

08:38:40

195

142.4

XLON

08:38:40

1422

142.4

XLON

08:38:40

1637

142.3

XLON

08:44:02

665

142

XLON

08:44:02

1149

142

XLON

08:44:59

1430

141.6

TRQX

08:48:02

1771

141.8

XLON

08:49:12

1169

142.4

BATE

08:50:28

500

142.2

CHIX

08:50:28

199

142.2

CHIX

08:50:28

225

142.2

CHIX

08:50:28

388

142.2

CHIX

08:52:06

231

142.4

XLON

08:52:06

1500

142.4

XLON

08:52:06

582

142.4

XLON

08:52:06

500

142.4

XLON

08:52:06

500

142.4

XLON

08:52:06

5

142.3

XLON

08:52:53

680

142.7

BATE

08:52:53

636

142.7

BATE

08:52:53

1137

142.4

BATE

08:52:53

100

142.4

BATE

08:56:49

1135

142.4

XLON

08:56:49

560

142.4

XLON

08:57:49

1550

142.4

XLON

08:59:49

1600

142.2

XLON

09:04:13

361

142.7

XLON

09:04:13

1000

142.7

XLON

09:04:13

355

142.7

XLON

09:04:28

1339

142.7

CHIX

09:05:13

936

142.9

XLON

09:05:13

558

142.9

XLON

09:15:22

1804

142.7

XLON

09:17:53

1641

143.1

BATE

09:17:53

1503

143.1

BATE

09:19:12

274

142.6

XLON

09:19:12

500

142.6

XLON

09:19:12

500

142.6

XLON

09:19:12

369

142.6

XLON

09:19:12

1662

142.7

XLON

09:19:12

1429

142.7

CHIX

09:24:12

1651

142.6

XLON

09:36:14

500

142.4

CHIX

09:36:16

218

142.6

XLON

09:36:16

500

142.6

XLON

09:36:16

500

142.6

XLON

09:36:16

500

142.6

XLON

09:37:16

1130

142.7

XLON

09:37:16

500

142.7

XLON

09:43:49

574

142.7

XLON

09:43:49

656

142.7

XLON

09:43:49

156

142.7

XLON

09:43:49

344

142.7

XLON

09:44:41

1282

142.7

TRQX

09:44:46

262

142.7

CHIX

09:44:46

1094

142.7

CHIX

09:49:02

1346

142.4

BATE

09:49:02

1669

142.4

XLON

09:53:02

57

142.6

XLON

09:53:02

546

142.6

XLON

09:53:02

664

142.6

XLON

09:53:02

239

142.6

XLON

09:55:02

170

142.8

XLON

09:55:02

1500

142.8

XLON

10:01:04

857

142.7

CHIX

10:01:04

187

142.7

XLON

10:07:04

9

142.8

XLON

10:13:54

1769

142.8

XLON

10:13:54

1240

142.8

CHIX

10:13:58

1312

143

XLON

10:13:58

500

143

XLON

10:13:58

2000

143

XLON

10:14:12

1611

142.8

XLON

10:18:12

592

142.8

XLON

10:18:12

1000

142.8

XLON

10:20:12

181

143

XLON

10:20:12

500

143

XLON

10:20:12

1000

143

XLON

10:27:12

1110

143.1

XLON

10:27:12

555

143.1

XLON

10:29:02

1233

142.8

CHIX

10:30:10

1787

143

XLON

10:30:10

1165

143

BATE

10:32:10

1771

143.1

XLON

10:41:10

1750

143.2

XLON

10:49:02

2483

143

XLON

10:49:02

263

143

XLON

10:49:02

767

142.9

CHIX

10:49:02

500

142.9

CHIX

10:49:10

1180

143

BATE

10:49:10

22

143

BATE

10:51:40

1630

143.1

XLON

10:51:59

18

142.9

CHIX

10:52:59

349

143.1

XLON

10:52:59

453

143.1

XLON

10:52:59

1000

143.1

XLON

10:56:59

1310

143.1

XLON

10:56:59

502

143.1

XLON

10:58:14

1371

143

XLON

10:58:14

137

143

XLON

11:04:14

500

143.1

BATE

11:04:14

927

143.1

BATE

11:05:36

1687

143

XLON

11:05:36

998

143

CHIX

11:05:36

177

143

CHIX

11:16:36

75

142.5

XLON

11:16:36

1599

142.5

XLON

11:28:36

1564

142.5

XLON

11:31:29

1164

142.4

CHIX

11:33:02

407

142.5

XLON

11:33:02

1276

142.5

XLON

11:33:14

1376

142.6

BATE

11:45:55

673

142.7

XLON

11:45:55

855

142.7

XLON

11:45:55

155

142.7

XLON

11:45:55

13

142.7

XLON

11:45:55

500

142.8

BATE

11:45:55

774

142.8

BATE

11:46:02

500

142.8

CHIX

11:46:02

500

142.8

CHIX

11:46:02

375

142.8

CHIX

11:47:55

1079

142.7

XLON

11:47:55

556

142.7

XLON

11:47:55

178

142.7

XLON

11:53:23

500

142.6

BATE

11:53:23

500

142.6

BATE

11:53:23

250

142.6

BATE

11:59:55

1809

142.7

XLON

12:01:29

1386

142.4

CHIX

12:19:58

290

142.3

BATE

12:19:58

1171

142.5

XLON

12:19:58

223

142.5

XLON

12:19:58

418

142.5

XLON

12:20:02

1533

142.3

XLON

12:20:02

425

142.3

XLON

12:20:02

1000

142.3

XLON

12:20:02

500

142.3

XLON

12:20:02

198

142.3

BATE

12:20:02

775

142.3

BATE

12:20:02

449

142.3

BATE

12:20:24

687

142.3

XLON

12:20:24

786

142.3

XLON

12:22:31

2195

142.7

XLON

12:22:31

242

142.6

XLON

12:25:18

1548

142.5

XLON

12:25:18

306

142.5

XLON

12:25:18

1000

142.5

XLON

12:25:18

353

142.5

XLON

12:25:18

1381

142.5

CHIX

12:25:18

10

142.5

CHIX

12:33:02

1679

142.3

XLON

12:33:02

92

142.3

XLON

12:47:32

1016

142.3

BATE

12:47:32

124

142.3

BATE

12:47:32

1644

142.3

BATE

12:47:32

2596

142.3

BATE

12:48:02

153

142.3

XLON

12:48:07

260

142.6

XLON

12:48:07

2332

142.6

XLON

12:48:07

500

142.6

XLON

12:48:07

1500

142.6

XLON

12:48:07

132

142.6

XLON

12:48:07

1000

142.5

XLON

12:48:07

500

142.5

XLON

12:48:07

1500

142.5

XLON

12:48:20

33

142.5

XLON

12:48:20

500

142.5

XLON

12:48:20

1000

142.5

XLON

12:49:25

500

142.5

CHIX

12:49:25

500

142.5

CHIX

12:49:25

170

142.5

CHIX

12:50:20

298

142.4

XLON

12:50:20

1500

142.4

XLON

12:52:20

1545

142.4

XLON

12:54:14

393

142.4

XLON

12:54:14

850

142.4

XLON

12:54:14

256

142.4

XLON

12:56:14

1664

142.4

XLON

13:00:10

1682

142.4

XLON

13:04:49

343

142.7

CHIX

13:04:49

1000

142.7

CHIX

13:04:49

40

142.7

CHIX

13:04:49

1669

142.8

XLON

13:09:22

1742

142.6

XLON

13:15:22

137

142.7

XLON

13:15:22

500

142.7

XLON

13:15:22

500

142.7

XLON

13:15:22

500

142.7

XLON

13:17:01

1805

143

XLON

13:17:01

6

143

XLON

13:17:01

1

143

XLON

13:18:02

1784

143.4

XLON

13:20:01

6

143.4

CHIX

13:20:29

1716

143.7

XLON

13:21:13

182

143.7

CHIX

13:21:13

1067

143.7

CHIX

13:31:39

1317

144.1

BATE

13:31:39

4668

144.2

XLON

13:31:45

1537

143.7

XLON

13:31:45

1275

143.7

CHIX

13:32:45

1821

143.8

XLON

13:34:45

1532

143.8

XLON

13:39:22

1730

143.8

XLON

13:40:39

1198

143.8

BATE

13:42:22

1104

144.1

XLON

13:42:22

514

144.1

XLON

13:42:22

133

144.1

XLON

13:44:33

178

144.1

XLON

13:44:33

971

144.1

XLON

13:44:33

505

144.1

XLON

13:46:32

144

143.7

XLON

13:46:32

1251

144

CHIX

13:49:32

325

144.1

XLON

13:49:32

1500

144.1

XLON

13:52:02

1551

143.9

XLON

13:53:02

1258

143.8

XLON

13:53:02

421

143.8

XLON

13:59:02

312

143.8

XLON

13:59:02

1208

143.8

XLON

13:59:02

455

143.8

CHIX

13:59:02

837

143.8

CHIX

14:02:39

1758

144.2

XLON

14:02:39

1687

144.1

BATE

14:04:15

1223

144

TRQX

14:04:22

1820

144.1

XLON

14:10:46

1760

144.1

XLON

14:12:02

1244

144.1

CHIX

14:15:34

1740

143.9

XLON

14:15:34

1656

143.9

XLON

14:21:42

2409

143.9

XLON

14:21:42

150

143.9

XLON

14:21:42

209

143.9

XLON

14:23:33

1079

143.9

BATE

14:23:33

212

143.9

BATE

14:27:02

291

143.9

XLON

14:27:02

500

143.9

XLON

14:27:02

1000

143.9

XLON

14:27:02

307

143.9

XLON

14:27:02

1000

143.9

XLON

14:27:02

1588

143.9

XLON

14:27:02

979

143.9

XLON

14:29:55

1293

143.8

CHIX

14:34:02

1568

143.7

XLON

14:34:38

1197

143.7

CHIX

14:36:02

1033

143.7

XLON

14:36:02

500

143.7

XLON

14:38:49

1545

143.7

XLON

14:40:49

904

143.8

XLON

14:40:49

855

143.8

XLON

14:45:49

1562

143.7

XLON

14:45:49

22

143.7

CHIX

14:45:49

1321

143.7

CHIX

14:45:49

2492

143.8

XLON

14:50:49

1046

143.7

XLON

14:50:49

523

143.7

XLON

14:51:49

1181

143.7

XLON

14:51:49

470

143.7

XLON

14:51:49

1175

143.7

CHIX

14:59:43

801

143.6

CHIX

14:59:43

598

143.6

CHIX

15:00:02

1460

143.5

XLON

15:00:02

163

143.5

XLON

15:00:02

922

143.5

XLON

15:00:02

397

143.5

XLON

15:00:02

377

143.5

XLON

15:02:30

696

143.3

BATE

15:02:30

510

143.3

BATE

15:02:30

1259

143.3

BATE

15:02:30

821

143.3

BATE

15:03:03

16

143.4

XLON

15:04:18

3236

143.9

XLON

15:04:18

1313

143.7

BATE

15:04:18

5

143.6

XLON

15:05:18

1763

143.7

XLON

15:07:18

796

143.7

XLON

15:07:18

1000

143.7

XLON

15:11:17

114

143.7

XLON

15:11:17

853

143.7

XLON

15:11:17

553

143.7

XLON

15:11:17

2172

143.7

XLON

15:11:17

84

143.7

XLON

15:11:17

42

143.7

XLON

15:11:17

553

143.7

XLON

15:11:59

8

143.8

CHIX

15:11:59

190

143.8

CHIX

15:11:59

500

143.8

CHIX

15:11:59

500

143.8

CHIX

15:11:59

234

143.8

CHIX

15:12:17

125

143.8

XLON

15:12:17

1500

143.8

XLON

15:13:17

1263

143.8

XLON

15:13:17

559

143.8

XLON

15:15:17

1493

143.7

XLON

15:16:18

1684

143.6

XLON

15:16:49

852

143.8

BATE

15:16:49

345

143.8

BATE

15:18:49

1111

143.7

XLON

15:18:49

501

143.7

XLON

15:20:49

1443

143.8

BATE

15:20:49

8

143.7

CHIX

15:20:49

1252

143.7

CHIX

15:20:49

215

143.7

XLON

15:20:49

500

143.7

XLON

15:20:49

500

143.7

XLON

15:20:49

500

143.7

XLON

15:24:49

1247

143.6

BATE

15:24:49

1468

143.6

XLON

15:28:10

400

143.5

CHIX

15:28:10

500

143.5

CHIX

15:28:10

500

143.5

CHIX

15:28:38

1750

143.6

XLON

15:28:38

10

143.6

XLON

15:28:38

659

143.6

BATE

15:28:38

853

143.7

BATE

15:28:38

563

143.7

BATE

15:30:38

2384

143.8

XLON

15:31:38

68

143.9

XLON

15:32:32

75

144

XLON

15:32:32

500

144

XLON

15:32:32

1142

144

XLON

15:32:32

500

144

XLON

15:32:32

500

144

XLON

15:32:32

1000

144

XLON

15:33:39

163

143.9

XLON

15:33:39

1737

143.9

XLON

15:34:38

1583

144.2

XLON

15:34:38

850

144.2

BATE

15:34:38

513

144.2

BATE

15:35:38

1792

144.2

XLON

15:36:02

601

144

CHIX

15:36:02

500

144

CHIX

15:36:02

69

144

CHIX

15:36:02

217

144

CHIX

15:36:15

500

144

TRQX

15:36:15

946

144

TRQX

15:37:33

1178

144.1

BATE

15:38:02

1562

144.1

XLON

15:40:02

140

144

XLON

15:40:02

1000

144

XLON

15:40:02

500

144

XLON

15:43:02

131

144

XLON

15:43:02

1516

144

XLON

15:44:02

1629

144

XLON

15:46:02

709

144

XLON

15:46:02

855

144

XLON

15:48:36

849

144.5

BATE

15:48:36

662

144.5

BATE

15:49:02

1731

144.2

XLON

15:49:02

159

144.1

CHIX

15:49:02

1215

144.1

CHIX

15:51:11

2381

144.5

BATE

15:51:11

849

144.5

BATE

15:51:11

394

144.5

BATE

15:51:11

869

144.5

BATE

15:51:12

735

144.4

XLON

15:51:12

815

144.4

XLON

15:53:12

595

144.6

XLON

15:53:12

195

144.6

XLON

15:53:12

19

144.6

XLON

15:53:12

793

144.6

XLON

15:54:09

1756

144.6

XLON

15:55:15

605

144.9

TRQX

15:55:15

689

144.9

TRQX

15:56:05

505

144.6

XLON

15:56:05

855

144.6

XLON

15:56:12

548

144.6

CHIX

15:56:12

774

144.6

CHIX

15:56:12

155

144.6

XLON

15:58:29

601

144.4

XLON

15:58:29

614

144.4

XLON

15:58:29

485

144.4

XLON

16:01:27

507

144.6

XLON

16:01:27

500

144.6

XLON

16:01:27

184

144.6

XLON

16:01:27

553

144.6

XLON

16:01:27

1368

144.8

BATE

16:01:27

2078

144.8

BATE

16:01:27

848

144.8

BATE

16:01:27

1077

144.8

BATE

16:03:15

1760

144.8

XLON

16:03:47

1350

144.9

TRQX

16:05:23

684

145.1

XLON

16:05:23

1000

145.1

XLON

16:05:39

1240

144.8

CHIX

16:05:44

1381

144.9

BATE

16:06:05

108

144.7

XLON

16:06:05

500

144.7

XLON

16:06:05

500

144.7

XLON

16:06:05

500

144.7

XLON

16:06:44

500

144.8

BATE

16:06:44

783

144.8

BATE

16:08:18

886

145

XLON

16:08:18

1495

145

XLON

16:09:18

754

145

XLON

16:09:18

1000

145

XLON

16:09:31

820

145

XLON

16:09:31

1000

145

XLON

16:10:08

476

144.9

CHIX

16:10:08

836

144.9

CHIX

16:10:15

844

145.5

BATE

16:10:15

364

145.5

BATE

16:10:15

422

144.8

BATE

16:10:15

1290

145.6

TRQX

16:10:16

670

145.3

XLON

16:10:16

1000

145.3

XLON

16:11:02

1219

145.1

XLON

16:11:02

439

145.1

XLON

16:12:01

747

145.1

CHIX

16:12:31

1482

145.1

XLON

16:13:30

1658

145.1

XLON

16:14:02

151

145

TRQX

16:14:02

151

145

TRQX

16:14:02

500

145

TRQX

16:14:02

449

145

TRQX

16:14:06

665

144.8

CHIX

16:16:00

402

144.7

XLON

16:16:00

1500

144.7

XLON

16:17:53

2022

144.6

XLON

16:18:00

83

144.7

BATE

16:18:00

1148

144.8

BATE

16:18:00

4145

144.8

BATE

16:18:00

1429

144.5

BATE

16:18:39

239

144.6

XLON

16:18:39

500

144.6

XLON

16:18:39

469

144.6

XLON

16:18:39

500

144.6

XLON

16:20:02

1407

144.7

BATE

16:20:02

951

144.7

XLON

16:20:02

802

144.7

XLON

16:20:02

1000

144.7

BATE

16:20:02

1282

144.7

BATE

16:21:00

599

144.7

CHIX

16:22:00

552

144.6

XLON

16:22:13

1821

144.7

XLON

 



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