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

5 September 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

504,581

Weighted average price paid (p)

149.68

Highest price paid (p)

150.90

Lowest price paid (p)

147.20

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 72,509,063 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 678,185,952. 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 5 September 2023 is 678,185,952. 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

149.80

314,372

BATE

149.72

109,410

CHIX

149.15

55,080

TRQX

149.18

25,719

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:02:23

1,591

149.20

XLON

08:02:23

670

149.30

XLON

08:02:23

1,071

149.30

XLON

08:06:02

1,316

148.80

CHIX

08:06:02

1374

149.00

BATE

08:10:08

931

147.70

XLON

08:10:08

600

147.70

XLON

08:17:00

2002

149.00

CHIX

08:18:40

1,359

148.90

TRQX

08:19:30

4,138

148.80

XLON

08:19:30

3,207

148.90

XLON

08:21:02

14

149.20

BATE

08:21:02

1267

149.20

BATE

08:21:05

1874

148.90

XLON

08:21:05

1268

148.90

CHIX

08:25:15

1,167

148.00

CHIX

08:26:10

1,830

148.20

XLON

08:40:10

788

148.00

XLON

08:40:10

1,200

148.00

XLON

08:40:10

167

148.00

XLON

08:40:10

418

148.20

XLON

08:40:10

1,495

148.20

XLON

08:40:10

2,861

148.20

XLON

08:40:10

1,153

148.20

TRQX

08:40:10

79

148.00

XLON

08:40:10

24

148.20

TRQX

08:40:14

955

147.80

CHIX

08:40:14

371

147.80

CHIX

08:41:10

414

147.60

XLON

08:41:10

1,200

147.60

XLON

08:42:00

76

147.70

BATE

08:42:00

1,200

147.70

BATE

08:42:30

996

147.70

XLON

08:42:30

600

147.70

XLON

08:46:23

683

147.70

XLON

08:46:23

1,200

147.70

XLON

08:52:22

1,369

148.00

TRQX

08:52:35

988

147.80

CHIX

08:52:35

339

147.80

CHIX

09:12:47

1,275

147.60

CHIX

09:12:47

1,600

147.60

XLON

09:12:47

216

147.60

XLON

09:12:47

1,724

147.60

XLON

09:16:48

948

147.20

CHIX

09:17:51

437

147.20

CHIX

09:22:00

591

147.50

BATE

09:22:00

1,106

147.50

BATE

09:22:00

2,057

147.50

BATE

09:22:00

1,507

147.50

BATE

09:30:05

584

147.30

TRQX

09:30:05

840

147.30

TRQX

09:40:04

873

147.60

XLON

09:40:04

1,482

147.60

XLON

09:40:04

447

147.60

XLON

09:40:04

2,566

147.60

XLON

09:56:54

537

147.60

CHIX

09:56:54

635

147.60

CHIX

09:56:58

2

147.60

CHIX

09:56:58

1,200

147.60

CHIX

10:26:31

1,250

147.60

TRQX

10:26:31

1,213

147.60

CHIX

10:31:20

1,053

149.30

XLON

10:31:20

303

149.30

XLON

10:31:20

2,955

149.30

XLON

10:31:20

5,348

149.30

BATE

10:31:20

1,174

149.30

BATE

10:31:20

2,318

149.30

BATE

10:31:20

1,365

149.30

CHIX

10:31:20

3,878

149.50

XLON

10:31:20

2,106

149.20

BATE

10:31:20

2,824

149.30

XLON

10:31:20

1,854

149.30

XLON

10:31:20

587

149.40

XLON

10:31:20

1,455

149.50

XLON

10:31:20

1,122

149.50

XLON

10:31:20

467

149.50

XLON

10:31:20

62

149.50

XLON

10:31:20

2,619

149.30

BATE

10:32:24

761

149.20

TRQX

10:32:24

635

149.20

TRQX

10:43:20

648

149.40

CHIX

10:43:20

600

149.40

CHIX

10:44:37

194

149.40

XLON

10:44:37

1,047

149.40

XLON

10:44:37

1,200

149.40

XLON

10:44:37

600

149.40

XLON

10:44:37

600

149.40

XLON

10:44:37

1,288

149.40

XLON

10:55:33

1,334

149.20

CHIX

11:07:20

1,372

149.20

BATE

11:11:22

57

149.10

TRQX

11:11:22

1,200

149.10

TRQX

11:18:33

1,242

149.10

CHIX

11:28:37

71

148.90

CHIX

11:28:37

1,154

148.90

CHIX

11:32:34

263

148.50

XLON

11:32:34

1,261

148.50

XLON

11:32:34

263

148.50

XLON

11:51:37

748

148.70

CHIX

11:51:37

600

148.70

CHIX

11:52:22

1,200

148.70

TRQX

11:52:22

130

148.70

TRQX

11:54:08

645

148.50

XLON

12:10:05

328

148.70

CHIX

12:10:05

331

148.70

CHIX

12:10:05

529

148.70

CHIX

12:14:59

1,215

148.50

XLON

12:15:04

73

148.60

BATE

12:15:04

1,248

148.60

BATE

12:24:30

600

148.50

CHIX

12:24:30

637

148.50

CHIX

12:25:22

608

148.50

TRQX

12:25:22

600

148.50

TRQX

12:25:59

44

148.40

XLON

12:25:59

600

148.40

XLON

12:25:59

1,028

148.40

XLON

12:40:35

1,157

148.20

BATE

12:43:41

256

148.20

BATE

12:45:59

1,800

148.60

XLON

12:45:59

12

148.60

XLON

12:45:59

1,164

148.50

CHIX

12:49:54

272

148.50

XLON

12:49:56

510

148.80

XLON

12:49:56

3,600

148.80

XLON

12:51:50

537

148.70

XLON

12:51:50

600

148.70

XLON

12:51:50

600

148.70

XLON

12:53:50

4,211

149.10

XLON

12:53:50

1,200

149.10

XLON

12:53:50

600

149.10

XLON

12:53:50

1,228

149.20

BATE

12:53:50

636

149.20

BATE

12:53:50

977

149.20

XLON

12:53:50

909

149.20

XLON

12:53:50

75

149.30

BATE

12:53:50

1,111

149.30

BATE

13:01:11

76

149.40

CHIX

13:01:11

1,324

149.40

CHIX

13:02:11

711

149.30

TRQX

13:02:11

620

149.30

TRQX

13:17:11

1,362

149.50

CHIX

13:18:44

1,010

149.20

XLON

13:18:44

665

149.20

XLON

13:23:50

1,185

149.20

BATE

13:30:28

643

149.10

CHIX

13:34:11

563

149.10

CHIX

13:34:11

236

149.20

TRQX

13:34:11

600

149.20

TRQX

13:34:11

600

149.20

TRQX

13:34:11

2,471

149.30

XLON

13:34:50

184

149.30

BATE

13:34:50

1,200

149.30

BATE

13:40:11

415

149.20

CHIX

13:40:11

873

149.20

CHIX

13:43:11

1,725

149.50

XLON

13:54:19

491

149.30

CHIX

13:54:19

707

149.30

CHIX

14:01:54

2,687

149.80

BATE

14:01:54

633

149.80

BATE

14:01:54

130

149.80

BATE

14:01:54

1,421

149.80

BATE

14:01:54

1,867

149.80

BATE

14:03:11

1,610

150.00

XLON

14:03:21

1,335

149.90

TRQX

14:04:19

589

149.80

CHIX

14:04:19

659

149.80

CHIX

14:04:28

474

149.70

XLON

14:04:28

600

149.70

XLON

14:04:28

509

149.70

XLON

14:08:03

714

149.60

BATE

14:08:03

600

149.60

BATE

14:09:03

3

149.60

BATE

14:09:03

1,200

149.60

BATE

14:18:28

831

149.50

CHIX

14:18:28

586

149.50

CHIX

14:26:21

1,397

149.50

TRQX

14:28:20

154

149.50

CHIX

14:28:20

600

149.50

CHIX

14:28:20

600

149.50

CHIX

14:38:20

116

149.50

CHIX

14:38:20

1,200

149.50

CHIX

14:40:15

183

149.30

XLON

14:40:15

1,398

149.30

XLON

14:40:15

600

149.30

XLON

14:42:39

1,385

149.50

BATE

14:42:39

1,378

149.60

BATE

14:44:30

1,525

149.60

XLON

14:44:30

248

149.60

XLON

14:46:00

1,177

149.60

CHIX

14:46:01

1,374

149.50

TRQX

14:59:52

482

149.50

CHIX

14:59:52

744

149.50

CHIX

15:04:01

1,190

149.60

TRQX

15:04:01

950

149.60

CHIX

15:04:01

202

149.60

CHIX

15:12:00

600

149.70

XLON

15:12:00

600

149.70

XLON

15:12:00

488

149.70

XLON

15:12:01

1,169

149.80

CHIX

15:12:01

66

149.80

CHIX

15:13:14

1,200

149.70

XLON

15:13:14

600

149.70

XLON

15:13:14

11

149.70

XLON

15:17:14

330

149.70

XLON

15:17:14

1,200

149.70

XLON

15:19:01

600

149.70

CHIX

15:19:01

600

149.70

CHIX

15:19:04

63

149.70

CHIX

15:19:39

615

149.80

BATE

15:19:39

950

149.80

BATE

15:19:39

309

149.80

BATE

15:19:39

1,200

149.80

BATE

15:19:39

170

149.80

BATE

15:19:54

2,411

150.10

BATE

15:19:55

635

150.20

BATE

15:19:55

1,305

150.40

BATE

15:19:55

1,376

150.20

BATE

15:19:55

982

150.20

XLON

15:22:22

21

150.70

TRQX

15:22:22

88

150.70

TRQX

15:22:25

1,062

150.70

TRQX

15:22:52

3,865

150.50

XLON

15:22:52

1,544

150.50

XLON

15:22:52

1,834

150.50

XLON

15:22:52

3,380

150.50

XLON

15:22:52

1,672

150.50

XLON

15:22:52

1,662

150.50

XLON

15:22:52

4,383

150.50

XLON

15:22:52

1,819

150.50

XLON

15:22:52

8,654

150.50

XLON

15:22:52

2,606

150.50

XLON

15:22:52

1,976

150.50

XLON

15:22:52

2,071

150.50

XLON

15:22:52

2,185

150.40

XLON

15:22:52

1,244

150.20

CHIX

15:23:52

357

150.10

XLON

15:23:52

428

150.10

XLON

15:23:52

1,000

150.10

XLON

15:23:52

1,926

150.10

XLON

15:23:52

374

150.40

BATE

15:23:52

946

150.40

BATE

15:24:17

6,324

150.10

XLON

15:24:17

2,181

150.10

XLON

15:24:19

304

150.10

BATE

15:24:19

947

150.10

BATE

15:24:51

566

149.90

BATE

15:24:51

1,062

149.90

BATE

15:24:51

949

149.90

BATE

15:24:51

631

149.80

BATE

15:24:51

1,872

149.80

XLON

15:24:51

1,357

149.80

BATE

15:24:51

120

149.80

BATE

15:24:51

1,763

149.80

XLON

15:30:51

1,417

150.00

XLON

15:32:09

544

150.00

CHIX

15:32:09

691

150.00

CHIX

15:32:09

99

150.00

XLON

15:32:09

196

150.00

XLON

15:32:09

73

150.00

XLON

15:32:09

197

150.00

XLON

15:32:09

600

150.00

XLON

15:32:09

1,528

150.00

XLON

15:32:55

1,404

149.80

XLON

15:32:55

849

149.80

XLON

15:33:04

2,435

149.80

XLON

15:33:27

2,353

149.60

XLON

15:33:54

2,349

149.70

XLON

15:33:54

2,416

149.80

BATE

15:33:54

2,566

149.80

BATE

15:34:29

2,271

149.90

XLON

15:34:29

2,075

149.90

XLON

15:35:30

2,994

149.90

XLON

15:35:30

9,387

149.90

XLON

15:35:30

2,725

149.90

XLON

15:35:30

850

149.90

XLON

15:35:30

2,871

149.90

XLON

15:35:50

1,279

149.80

TRQX

15:35:57

3,349

149.70

XLON

15:36:01

2,316

149.70

XLON

15:36:05

11

149.90

XLON

15:36:05

3,798

150.20

BATE

15:36:05

1,265

150.20

BATE

15:36:05

2,125

150.20

BATE

15:36:05

1,173

150.20

BATE

15:36:05

3,000

150.10

XLON

15:36:05

4,800

150.10

XLON

15:36:05

196

150.10

XLON

15:36:05

8

150.10

XLON

15:36:09

600

150.30

XLON

15:36:09

600

150.30

XLON

15:36:09

264

150.30

XLON

15:36:09

404

150.30

XLON

15:36:15

1,743

150.30

XLON

15:36:34

4,106

150.30

XLON

15:36:34

4,800

150.30

XLON

15:36:34

600

150.30

XLON

15:36:34

1,200

150.30

XLON

15:36:34

1,800

150.30

XLON

15:36:34

600

150.30

XLON

15:36:34

289

150.30

XLON

15:36:34

185

150.30

XLON

15:36:34

271

150.30

XLON

15:36:34

601

150.30

XLON

15:36:34

1,426

150.30

XLON

15:36:34

3,249

150.30

XLON

15:36:35

1,445

150.30

XLON

15:36:35

78

150.30

XLON

15:36:48

1,817

150.30

XLON

15:36:48

1,767

150.30

XLON

15:36:55

1,872

150.00

XLON

15:36:55

1,800

150.00

XLON

15:36:55

44

150.00

XLON

15:36:58

1,751

149.90

XLON

15:36:58

496

149.90

XLON

15:37:03

1,200

150.40

XLON

15:37:03

3,045

150.40

XLON

15:37:03

1,800

150.40

XLON

15:37:03

600

150.40

XLON

15:37:03

600

150.40

XLON

15:37:03

32

150.40

XLON

15:37:15

3,372

150.20

BATE

15:37:18

1,102

150.20

BATE

15:37:18

98

150.20

BATE

15:37:18

1,295

150.20

BATE

15:37:18

3,048

150.20

BATE

15:37:27

1,800

150.30

XLON

15:37:27

560

150.30

XLON

15:37:48

947

150.20

BATE

15:37:48

469

150.20

BATE

15:37:49

1,200

150.30

XLON

15:37:49

600

150.30

XLON

15:37:49

1,379

150.30

XLON

15:37:49

7

150.30

XLON

15:37:56

11,454

150.30

XLON

15:37:56

2,466

150.30

XLON

15:37:56

3,000

150.20

BATE

15:37:56

879

150.20

BATE

15:37:56

600

150.20

BATE

15:37:56

2,417

150.20

BATE

15:37:56

1,200

150.20

BATE

15:37:56

203

150.20

BATE

15:38:56

600

150.20

XLON

15:38:56

1,252

150.20

XLON

15:40:30

600

150.20

CHIX

15:40:32

580

150.20

CHIX

15:41:49

600

150.00

XLON

15:41:49

600

150.00

XLON

15:41:49

549

150.00

XLON

15:43:03

600

150.10

BATE

15:43:03

136

150.10

BATE

15:43:03

600

150.10

BATE

15:43:30

600

150.20

XLON

15:43:30

600

150.20

XLON

15:43:30

580

150.20

XLON

15:43:43

948

150.10

BATE

15:43:43

1,056

150.10

BATE

15:43:43

137

150.10

BATE

15:43:43

1,385

150.10

BATE

15:45:08

1,407

150.40

BATE

15:46:08

946

150.50

BATE

15:46:08

489

150.50

BATE

15:46:08

1,684

150.40

XLON

15:46:43

567

150.00

XLON

15:46:46

900

150.00

XLON

15:46:48

351

150.00

XLON

15:46:52

1,498

150.60

BATE

15:47:04

1,336

150.00

CHIX

15:47:14

2,300

150.60

BATE

15:47:14

29

150.60

BATE

15:49:23

1,583

150.30

XLON

15:50:14

1,295

150.40

BATE

15:51:27

1,806

150.40

XLON

15:53:27

1,836

150.50

XLON

15:54:58

1,257

150.40

XLON

15:54:58

551

150.40

XLON

15:54:58

1,382

150.40

TRQX

15:57:44

1,312

150.50

CHIX

15:57:58

1,200

150.50

XLON

15:57:58

407

150.50

XLON

15:59:15

1,581

150.40

XLON

15:59:15

1,423

150.40

BATE

16:02:15

1,757

150.50

XLON

16:04:15

1,689

150.40

XLON

16:05:15

600

150.40

CHIX

16:05:15

731

150.40

CHIX

16:06:15

1,235

150.40

XLON

16:06:15

311

150.40

XLON

16:08:15

209

150.40

XLON

16:08:17

309

150.40

XLON

16:08:17

1,330

150.40

XLON

16:09:49

1,278

150.20

BATE

16:09:54

1,693

150.20

XLON

16:11:53

655

150.20

CHIX

16:11:53

714

150.20

CHIX

16:11:54

600

150.30

XLON

16:11:54

1,036

150.30

XLON

16:11:54

158

150.30

XLON

16:12:54

600

150.30

XLON

16:12:54

600

150.30

XLON

16:12:54

358

150.30

XLON

16:12:58

770

150.20

TRQX

16:13:44

311

150.20

TRQX

16:15:54

1,200

150.40

XLON

16:15:54

600

150.40

XLON

16:15:54

1,506

150.40

XLON

16:17:20

1,893

150.40

XLON

16:17:40

1,124

150.40

CHIX

16:17:40

83

150.40

CHIX

16:17:58

130

150.20

TRQX

16:18:49

1,183

150.60

BATE

16:18:49

1,690

150.90

XLON

16:20:49

1,996

150.40

XLON

16:21:49

1,535

150.40

XLON

16:22:49

1,200

150.40

XLON

16:22:49

697

150.40

XLON

16:23:58

843

150.70

TRQX

16:24:58

600

150.40

XLON

16:24:58

600

150.40

XLON

16:24:59

600

150.40

XLON

16:24:59

304

150.40

XLON

16:25:43

394

150.20

CHIX

16:25:59

133

150.30

XLON

16:25:59

1,554

150.30

XLON

16:27:01

600

150.30

XLON

16:27:01

600

150.30

XLON

16:27:01

433

150.30

XLON

16:28:32

626

150.50

CHIX

16:28:32

1,695

150.50

XLON

16:28:32

184

150.50

XLON

16:29:02

771

150.50

XLON

 



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