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

13 September 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

260,275

Weighted average price paid (p)

156.42

Highest price paid (p)

158.30

Lowest price paid (p)

154.00

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 74,403,164 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 676,291,851. 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 13 September 2023 is 676,291,851. 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

156.54

135,489

BATE

156.29

44,733

CHIX

156.33

53,282

TRQX

156.25

26,771

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:00:42

1,392

154.00

BATE

08:05:14

3,469

156.60

XLON

08:05:14

1,366

156.50

CHIX

08:07:24

1,037

156.60

XLON

08:07:44

405

156.80

XLON

08:07:44

678

156.80

XLON

08:07:44

600

156.80

XLON

08:08:29

1395

156.70

BATE

08:09:28

58

157.20

XLON

08:09:28

1,800

157.20

XLON

08:09:28

284

157.20

XLON

08:09:28

1,580

157.20

XLON

08:09:28

1061

157.20

XLON

08:09:28

600

157.20

XLON

08:09:40

1369

157.00

CHIX

08:12:12

1,089

156.80

XLON

08:12:12

600

156.80

XLON

08:12:12

155

156.80

XLON

08:19:46

148

157.30

XLON

08:19:46

3,000

157.30

XLON

08:19:46

1,297

157.20

CHIX

08:19:46

83

157.20

CHIX

08:21:46

1,514

158.00

XLON

08:21:46

300

158.00

XLON

08:23:46

1,752

158.30

XLON

08:24:40

2,293

158.00

XLON

08:24:40

751

157.90

CHIX

08:24:40

655

157.90

CHIX

08:27:31

1,853

156.80

XLON

08:27:32

1,200

156.80

XLON

08:27:32

685

156.80

XLON

08:27:32

447

156.90

XLON

08:27:32

1,200

156.90

XLON

08:28:00

1,200

156.90

BATE

08:28:00

2,594

156.90

BATE

08:34:07

547

157.70

XLON

08:34:07

1,200

157.70

XLON

08:39:10

1,707

157.00

XLON

08:39:10

1,244

157.20

CHIX

08:51:10

1,201

157.00

CHIX

08:51:24

1,773

157.00

XLON

08:51:24

1,617

156.90

XLON

08:51:24

1,203

156.90

TRQX

08:53:20

1,200

157.00

BATE

08:53:20

4

157.00

BATE

08:56:40

2,230

156.50

XLON

08:56:40

2,122

156.80

XLON

08:58:00

1,395

156.60

BATE

09:05:00

445

156.40

CHIX

09:05:00

600

156.40

CHIX

09:05:00

309

156.40

CHIX

09:06:37

465

156.40

XLON

09:06:37

1,200

156.40

XLON

09:14:09

1,284

156.20

CHIX

09:14:09

1,379

156.20

TRQX

09:17:30

1,206

156.10

XLON

09:17:30

600

156.10

XLON

09:17:30

1,764

156.00

XLON

09:19:00

1,356

156.40

BATE

09:19:30

526

156.40

XLON

09:19:30

1,200

156.40

XLON

09:19:30

1,099

156.40

XLON

09:19:30

458

156.40

XLON

09:35:30

600

156.20

CHIX

09:35:30

600

156.20

CHIX

09:35:30

194

156.20

CHIX

09:38:09

1,301

156.10

TRQX

09:44:00

1,198

156.10

BATE

09:44:30

1,275

156.10

XLON

09:44:30

600

156.10

XLON

09:50:30

1,566

156.00

XLON

09:50:30

1,672

155.90

XLON

09:50:30

378

156.00

CHIX

09:50:30

951

156.00

CHIX

09:59:38

620

155.90

BATE

09:59:38

600

155.90

BATE

09:59:38

400

155.90

BATE

10:09:46

1,411

155.90

CHIX

10:09:46

129

155.80

TRQX

10:09:46

182

155.80

TRQX

10:09:46

89

155.80

TRQX

10:09:46

101

155.80

TRQX

10:09:46

763

155.80

TRQX

10:09:46

10

155.90

CHIX

10:13:37

115

156.10

BATE

10:13:37

600

156.10

BATE

10:13:37

600

156.10

BATE

10:13:37

600

156.10

BATE

10:13:37

301

156.10

BATE

10:13:37

1,800

156.10

BATE

10:15:56

1,145

156.10

XLON

10:15:56

600

156.10

XLON

10:29:57

1,339

156.50

CHIX

10:29:57

1,501

156.50

XLON

10:35:00

1,304

156.40

TRQX

10:38:28

1,657

156.20

XLON

10:48:29

1,241

155.90

CHIX

10:59:55

88

155.70

BATE

11:04:29

600

155.80

CHIX

11:04:29

597

155.80

CHIX

11:04:52

600

155.70

BATE

11:04:52

661

155.70

BATE

11:06:43

1,606

156.10

XLON

11:06:52

1,271

156.30

BATE

11:07:43

1,742

156.20

XLON

11:11:22

519

156.10

TRQX

11:11:22

907

156.10

TRQX

11:16:43

1,598

155.80

XLON

11:16:43

492

155.80

XLON

11:16:43

600

155.80

XLON

11:16:43

600

155.80

XLON

11:16:43

1,949

155.90

XLON

11:16:52

1,250

156.00

BATE

11:25:52

838

155.90

CHIX

11:25:52

551

155.90

CHIX

11:42:52

1,325

155.80

CHIX

11:42:52

1,324

155.70

TRQX

11:44:43

1,649

155.60

XLON

11:46:52

1,376

155.90

BATE

12:06:43

1,249

155.50

CHIX

12:24:25

1,645

155.70

BATE

12:24:34

600

155.80

CHIX

12:24:34

708

155.80

CHIX

12:24:43

1,694

155.80

XLON

12:25:42

600

156.00

TRQX

12:25:42

706

156.00

TRQX

12:41:31

1,649

155.80

XLON

12:41:31

1,155

155.90

CHIX

12:41:31

186

155.90

CHIX

12:58:28

37

155.70

CHIX

12:58:56

12

155.70

CHIX

12:59:22

15

155.70

CHIX

12:59:50

4

155.70

CHIX

13:00:29

403

155.80

TRQX

13:00:29

935

155.80

TRQX

13:01:50

600

155.80

CHIX

13:01:50

600

155.80

CHIX

13:01:50

114

155.80

CHIX

13:15:11

107

156.00

XLON

13:15:11

2,340

156.00

XLON

13:15:11

2,179

156.00

XLON

13:18:24

1,307

155.90

CHIX

13:24:52

1,178

155.80

TRQX

13:29:53

11

155.70

CHIX

13:29:53

1,162

155.70

CHIX

13:41:25

100

155.80

TRQX

13:41:48

5

156.50

XLON

13:41:48

1,800

156.50

XLON

13:42:23

1,677

156.50

XLON

13:42:29

1,329

156.90

BATE

13:44:23

1,595

156.50

XLON

13:44:23

1,256

156.50

CHIX

13:54:22

1,298

156.60

TRQX

13:56:49

1,192

156.50

CHIX

13:56:49

150

156.50

CHIX

14:04:18

1,830

156.20

XLON

14:06:22

992

156.20

CHIX

14:06:23

146

156.20

CHIX

14:06:24

97

156.20

CHIX

14:06:32

1,498

156.20

XLON

14:06:32

2,556

156.20

XLON

14:06:32

14

156.20

CHIX

14:06:33

4,696

156.20

XLON

14:06:33

97

156.20

XLON

14:06:37

416

156.20

XLON

14:06:37

1,350

156.20

XLON

14:06:37

1,137

156.20

XLON

14:06:37

577

156.20

XLON

14:06:50

680

155.80

TRQX

14:07:29

2,083

156.10

XLON

14:07:43

4,519

156.40

XLON

14:07:43

600

156.40

XLON

14:07:43

1,651

156.50

XLON

14:07:43

600

156.40

BATE

14:07:43

600

156.40

BATE

14:07:43

373

156.40

BATE

14:07:43

234

156.40

BATE

14:07:43

618

156.40

BATE

14:07:43

1,789

156.40

BATE

14:07:56

340

155.80

TRQX

14:20:43

1,368

156.00

CHIX

14:25:56

652

156.00

TRQX

14:25:56

788

156.00

TRQX

14:28:00

2,905

156.20

XLON

14:28:00

1,352

156.30

BATE

14:28:09

680

156.00

BATE

14:28:13

340

156.00

BATE

14:31:05

1,513

156.30

XLON

14:31:05

245

156.30

XLON

14:31:24

1,387

156.30

CHIX

14:36:11

340

156.20

XLON

14:36:16

571

156.20

XLON

14:36:16

1,200

156.20

XLON

14:36:16

1,462

156.20

XLON

14:36:16

340

156.20

XLON

14:37:53

275

156.10

CHIX

14:43:53

1,276

156.30

CHIX

14:45:56

1,350

156.40

TRQX

14:49:53

975

156.30

CHIX

14:49:53

361

156.30

CHIX

15:00:53

600

156.30

CHIX

15:00:53

589

156.30

CHIX

15:01:01

284

156.20

TRQX

15:01:01

1,059

156.20

TRQX

15:08:26

69

156.10

BATE

15:08:26

1,180

156.10

BATE

15:08:26

1,285

156.10

CHIX

15:14:56

215

156.00

BATE

15:15:41

1,315

156.00

CHIX

15:16:56

92

156.00

CHIX

15:23:56

1,356

156.00

CHIX

15:26:55

2,750

156.10

BATE

15:26:55

600

156.00

TRQX

15:26:55

600

156.00

TRQX

15:26:55

579

156.00

TRQX

15:26:55

24

156.10

BATE

15:26:55

2,724

156.10

BATE

15:31:58

3

156.20

XLON

15:34:43

110

156.40

CHIX

15:34:43

2,155

156.50

XLON

15:34:43

1,566

156.50

XLON

15:35:43

31

156.50

CHIX

15:35:43

71

156.50

CHIX

15:35:43

136

156.50

CHIX

15:35:43

232

156.50

CHIX

15:35:43

746

156.50

CHIX

15:36:34

617

156.60

TRQX

15:36:34

694

156.60

TRQX

15:36:34

509

156.50

XLON

15:36:34

600

156.50

XLON

15:36:34

600

156.50

XLON

15:36:34

62

156.50

XLON

15:47:03

550

156.50

CHIX

15:47:03

550

156.50

CHIX

15:47:03

221

156.50

CHIX

15:50:14

1,846

157.00

XLON

15:50:14

1,200

157.00

XLON

15:50:14

600

157.00

XLON

15:51:40

1,174

157.00

CHIX

15:51:40

1,373

156.90

TRQX

16:00:28

1,426

156.80

CHIX

16:00:33

397

156.90

XLON

16:00:33

600

156.90

XLON

16:00:33

1,162

156.90

XLON

16:00:33

27

157.00

BATE

16:00:33

24

157.00

BATE

16:00:33

23

157.00

BATE

16:00:33

17

157.00

BATE

16:00:33

923

157.00

BATE

16:00:33

433

157.00

BATE

16:00:33

2,016

156.90

XLON

16:00:33

1,580

156.90

XLON

16:02:33

1,723

156.80

XLON

16:02:33

1,422

156.80

BATE

16:02:33

512

156.80

BATE

16:02:33

527

156.80

BATE

16:02:33

288

156.80

BATE

16:06:01

892

156.70

TRQX

16:06:01

453

156.70

TRQX

16:07:59

2,440

156.60

XLON

16:07:59

1,119

156.50

CHIX

16:07:59

187

156.50

CHIX

16:08:00

1,637

156.60

XLON

16:08:00

813

156.60

XLON

16:14:08

1,197

156.50

CHIX

16:14:08

84

156.50

CHIX

16:14:16

1,399

156.90

BATE

16:20:01

789

156.90

TRQX

16:20:01

600

156.90

TRQX

16:20:20

509

156.80

CHIX

16:21:32

8

156.80

CHIX

16:21:32

286

156.80

CHIX

16:22:29

1,574

156.90

XLON

16:26:04

920

156.70

CHIX

 



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