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

14 September 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

381,456

Weighted average price paid (p)

156.03

Highest price paid (p)

152.80

Lowest price paid (p)

158.10

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 74,784,620 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 675,910,395. 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 14 September 2023 is 675,910,395. 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

155.95

228,481

BATE

156.11

73,656

CHIX

156.19

52,740

TRQX

156.23

26,579

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:05:34

996

152.8

XLON

08:05:34

506

152.8

XLON

08:05:34

600

152.8

XLON

08:05:34

1721

152.8

XLON

08:05:39

1447

152.8

BATE

08:07:15

600

154.3

XLON

08:07:15

600

154.3

XLON

08:07:15

600

154.3

XLON

08:07:15

527

154.3

XLON

08:07:15

2236

154.3

XLON

08:07:24

1200

154.4

CHIX

08:07:24

133

154.4

CHIX

08:07:24

3113

154.4

XLON

08:07:24

1755

154.5

XLON

08:07:43

4450

154

XLON

08:08:40

1343

155.1

BATE

08:08:40

301

155

XLON

08:08:40

600

155

XLON

08:08:40

600

155

XLON

08:08:40

600

155

XLON

08:08:40

1499

155

XLON

08:08:40

549

155

XLON

08:08:40

3800

154.9

XLON

08:08:40

3915

155

XLON

08:10:09

868

155.3

XLON

08:10:09

3000

155.3

XLON

08:10:09

588

155.3

XLON

08:10:09

2503

155.1

XLON

08:10:09

1977

155.1

XLON

08:10:09

1391

155.1

XLON

08:10:09

1775

155.1

XLON

08:10:09

1640

155.1

XLON

08:11:05

38

154.2

BATE

08:11:12

494

153.7

BATE

08:11:15

49

153.7

BATE

08:12:36

1713

154.5

XLON

08:13:15

1406

154.5

BATE

08:15:38

1803

154.6

XLON

08:15:38

965

155

TRQX

08:15:38

325

155

TRQX

08:16:38

1192

154.3

XLON

08:16:38

659

154.3

XLON

08:16:38

645

154.3

CHIX

08:16:38

776

154.3

CHIX

08:17:29

277

154.5

BATE

08:17:29

1019

154.5

BATE

08:17:59

1262

154.3

XLON

08:17:59

236

154.3

XLON

08:19:59

1200

154.3

XLON

08:19:59

631

154.3

XLON

08:20:03

1267

154

BATE

08:21:18

1699

154.3

XLON

08:27:18

1448

154.3

XLON

08:27:18

388

154.3

XLON

08:27:18

1204

154.3

CHIX

08:27:18

1208

154.3

BATE

08:27:53

628

154.3

TRQX

08:27:53

585

154.3

TRQX

08:29:55

215

153.9

BATE

08:30:55

1438

154.2

BATE

08:37:18

595

154.2

BATE

08:37:18

826

154.2

BATE

08:37:18

24

154.3

CHIX

08:38:28

111

154.1

XLON

08:38:28

1622

154.1

XLON

08:39:29

1352

154.2

CHIX

08:39:45

23

154.1

XLON

08:43:13

129

154.1

XLON

08:43:13

1803

154.1

XLON

08:43:13

1414

154.1

XLON

08:45:19

1744

154.3

BATE

08:47:53

3

154.3

XLON

08:47:53

6

154.3

XLON

08:47:53

11

154.3

XLON

08:47:53

1570

154.3

XLON

08:48:19

1294

154.3

CHIX

08:52:50

206

154.2

BATE

08:52:50

1512

154.2

BATE

08:52:50

1661

154.3

BATE

08:53:23

1249

154.3

TRQX

08:55:53

1635

154.3

XLON

08:59:23

1643

154.7

XLON

08:59:23

1637

154.9

XLON

09:01:34

2326

155.9

XLON

09:01:43

1788

155.6

XLON

09:02:39

1312

155.7

BATE

09:02:49

1282

155.7

CHIX

09:03:43

600

155.7

XLON

09:03:43

301

155.7

XLON

09:03:43

600

155.7

XLON

09:09:20

3377

155.8

XLON

09:09:20

600

155.7

XLON

09:09:20

600

155.7

XLON

09:09:20

600

155.7

XLON

09:09:20

104

155.7

XLON

09:12:33

7

156.1

XLON

09:12:33

1842

156.1

XLON

09:13:23

600

156.2

TRQX

09:13:23

584

156.2

TRQX

09:15:38

1739

155.9

XLON

09:15:38

1309

155.8

CHIX

09:16:28

120

155.7

BATE

09:16:28

600

155.7

BATE

09:16:28

600

155.7

BATE

09:18:38

600

155.9

XLON

09:18:38

600

155.9

XLON

09:18:38

452

155.9

XLON

09:21:38

1413

155.9

XLON

09:21:38

97

155.9

XLON

09:23:38

600

155.8

XLON

09:23:38

1031

155.8

XLON

09:28:25

1538

155.9

XLON

09:29:55

72

155.8

CHIX

09:29:55

38

155.8

CHIX

09:29:55

44

155.8

CHIX

09:29:55

9

155.8

CHIX

09:33:30

1692

155.9

XLON

09:33:37

1018

155.8

CHIX

09:38:27

47

155.7

BATE

09:39:23

624

155.8

TRQX

09:39:23

600

155.8

TRQX

09:39:23

85

155.8

TRQX

09:43:43

962

155.9

XLON

09:43:43

517

155.9

XLON

09:43:43

311

155.9

XLON

09:47:43

1658

156.1

XLON

09:48:57

500

156.1

CHIX

09:48:57

809

156.1

CHIX

09:50:43

600

156.1

XLON

09:50:43

600

156.1

XLON

09:50:43

319

156.1

XLON

09:53:43

621

156.1

XLON

09:53:43

1143

156.1

XLON

09:56:43

604

156.1

XLON

09:56:43

996

156.1

XLON

09:59:43

600

156.1

XLON

09:59:43

600

156.1

XLON

09:59:43

514

156.1

XLON

10:02:43

1200

156.3

XLON

10:02:43

446

156.3

XLON

10:06:49

1759

156.2

XLON

10:06:56

172

156.1

CHIX

10:06:56

1132

156.1

CHIX

10:13:49

1498

156.1

XLON

10:16:49

600

155.8

XLON

10:16:49

600

155.8

XLON

10:16:49

302

155.8

XLON

10:17:26

670

155.7

BATE

10:17:26

684

155.7

BATE

10:22:29

188

156

CHIX

10:22:29

1253

156

CHIX

10:22:29

493

156

BATE

10:22:29

916

156

BATE

10:22:29

35

156.1

CHIX

10:22:29

1137

156.1

CHIX

10:25:10

600

155.9

XLON

10:25:10

600

155.9

XLON

10:25:10

600

155.9

XLON

10:25:10

69

155.9

XLON

10:31:54

600

155.9

XLON

10:31:54

978

155.9

XLON

10:31:54

364

155.9

XLON

10:31:54

1350

155.9

XLON

10:32:13

713

155.8

TRQX

10:32:18

549

155.8

TRQX

10:46:30

1619

155.9

XLON

10:46:30

619

155.9

XLON

10:46:30

424

155.9

XLON

10:46:30

480

155.9

XLON

10:49:30

200

155.9

XLON

10:49:44

509

155.9

XLON

10:49:44

1103

155.9

XLON

10:51:10

9

155.9

XLON

10:56:30

1385

155.9

CHIX

10:57:10

335

155.9

XLON

10:57:10

1514

155.9

XLON

10:59:20

1384

155.7

BATE

11:08:38

1619

155.9

XLON

11:12:24

532

156

CHIX

11:12:24

780

156

CHIX

11:12:24

2149

156.2

XLON

11:12:24

15

156.2

BATE

11:12:24

77

156.5

BATE

11:12:24

618

156.5

BATE

11:12:24

2089

156.5

BATE

11:12:24

843

156.5

BATE

11:13:24

600

156.2

XLON

11:13:24

600

156.2

XLON

11:13:24

371

156.2

XLON

11:19:24

600

156.1

XLON

11:19:24

1180

156.1

XLON

11:29:55

22

156.1

CHIX

11:30:00

277

156.3

XLON

11:30:00

600

156.3

XLON

11:30:00

1200

156.3

XLON

11:30:00

293

156.3

XLON

11:33:36

1509

156.2

XLON

11:33:36

1189

156.1

CHIX

11:33:36

837

156

BATE

11:33:51

115

156

BATE

11:40:36

600

156.3

XLON

11:40:36

600

156.3

XLON

11:40:36

600

156.3

XLON

11:40:36

4

156.3

XLON

11:48:36

1509

156.1

XLON

11:48:36

1413

156.1

CHIX

11:48:36

59

156

BATE

11:48:36

1821

156.2

BATE

11:48:36

1222

156.2

BATE

11:53:36

1560

156.1

XLON

11:58:36

647

156.1

XLON

11:58:36

1031

156.1

XLON

12:05:39

8

156.3

XLON

12:05:39

507

156.3

XLON

12:10:01

1695

156.5

XLON

12:10:01

1320

156.4

CHIX

12:10:36

1200

156.5

BATE

12:10:36

27

156.5

BATE

12:10:36

618

156.6

BATE

12:10:36

822

157

BATE

12:17:01

1837

156.5

XLON

12:17:01

1200

156.3

XLON

12:17:01

370

156.3

XLON

12:28:12

1249

156.1

CHIX

12:28:12

1692

156.3

BATE

12:28:12

1716

156.3

BATE

12:28:19

1251

156.3

TRQX

12:37:04

2056

155.8

XLON

12:38:04

1667

155.8

BATE

12:38:04

1689

155.8

BATE

12:44:14

1191

155.7

CHIX

12:44:14

228

155.7

CHIX

12:53:40

1130

155.6

XLON

12:53:40

497

155.6

XLON

13:02:48

529

155.8

XLON

13:02:48

1867

155.8

TRQX

13:02:48

23

155.8

TRQX

13:02:48

200

155.9

XLON

13:02:48

6

155.9

XLON

13:03:23

600

156.4

TRQX

13:03:23

600

156.4

TRQX

13:03:23

600

156.4

TRQX

13:03:23

250

156.4

TRQX

13:03:24

1522

156.3

XLON

13:06:29

1525

156.6

XLON

13:07:17

1195

157

BATE

13:07:56

1200

156.9

CHIX

13:07:56

73

156.9

CHIX

13:07:56

42

156.9

CHIX

13:12:17

174

156.5

XLON

13:12:17

1542

156.5

XLON

13:17:43

1359

156.8

TRQX

13:20:53

1688

157.1

XLON

13:20:53

1995

157.1

XLON

13:21:56

1386

157

CHIX

13:30:37

1303

156.5

BATE

13:30:39

1805

155.6

XLON

13:30:39

1582

155.6

XLON

13:31:33

1741

156.1

XLON

13:31:33

966

156.1

XLON

13:31:33

702

156.1

XLON

13:31:33

1624

156.2

XLON

13:36:06

197

156

CHIX

13:36:07

495

156

CHIX

13:36:07

495

156

CHIX

13:36:07

72

156

CHIX

13:44:05

1200

156.1

TRQX

13:44:05

52

156.1

TRQX

13:47:08

1603

155.9

XLON

13:49:07

1443

156

CHIX

13:58:01

1968

155.8

BATE

13:58:01

1901

156.1

BATE

14:03:32

54

155.8

CHIX

14:04:32

232

156.1

CHIX

14:10:37

1,027

155.70

CHIX

14:11:05

600

156.00

TRQX

14:11:05

600

156.00

TRQX

14:11:05

25

156.00

TRQX

14:23:37

1,433

156.00

CHIX

14:26:28

1,399

155.80

TRQX

14:27:28

600

155.90

XLON

14:27:28

600

155.90

XLON

14:27:28

376

155.90

XLON

14:34:26

1,431

155.80

CHIX

14:34:39

600

156.10

BATE

14:34:39

1,800

156.10

BATE

14:34:39

102

156.10

BATE

14:43:02

32

156.30

XLON

14:43:02

2,007

156.30

XLON

14:43:02

338

156.50

XLON

14:43:02

553

156.50

XLON

14:43:02

5,001

156.50

XLON

14:43:39

1,200

156.30

BATE

14:43:39

199

156.30

BATE

14:44:02

1,200

156.30

CHIX

14:44:03

190

156.30

CHIX

14:44:14

42

156.30

CHIX

14:47:28

600

156.30

TRQX

14:47:28

840

156.30

TRQX

14:54:00

367

156.40

CHIX

14:54:00

940

156.40

CHIX

14:57:04

600

156.60

XLON

14:57:04

1,178

156.60

XLON

14:57:20

285

156.90

XLON

14:57:20

1,925

156.90

XLON

14:59:35

605

157.10

XLON

14:59:35

1,102

157.10

XLON

14:59:35

1,654

157.10

XLON

14:59:35

280

157.10

XLON

15:02:00

861

157.30

BATE

15:02:00

386

157.30

BATE

15:03:00

1,284

157.20

CHIX

15:11:00

1,208

157.20

CHIX

15:11:00

49

157.20

CHIX

15:17:00

600

157.20

CHIX

15:17:00

624

157.20

CHIX

15:20:38

1,211

157.10

TRQX

15:23:05

26

157.20

CHIX

15:23:05

1,253

157.20

CHIX

15:27:27

1,265

157.10

XLON

15:27:27

384

157.10

XLON

15:27:27

1,244

157.10

TRQX

15:31:05

1,225

157.20

CHIX

15:32:14

1,051

157.10

XLON

15:32:24

537

157.10

XLON

15:33:00

505

157.20

BATE

15:33:00

781

157.20

BATE

15:34:02

564

157.10

XLON

15:34:02

1,112

157.10

XLON

15:34:18

72

157.10

XLON

15:37:07

412

157.00

TRQX

15:37:07

51

157.00

TRQX

15:37:18

1,691

157.10

XLON

15:39:46

409

157.00

TRQX

15:39:46

313

157.00

TRQX

15:39:46

573

157.00

BATE

15:39:46

422

157.00

BATE

15:39:46

600

157.00

BATE

15:41:27

593

157.00

XLON

15:41:27

1,193

157.00

XLON

15:41:27

9

157.00

XLON

15:41:28

593

157.00

CHIX

15:41:28

583

157.00

CHIX

15:41:28

1,843

157.00

XLON

15:41:49

29

157.00

BATE

15:45:10

7

157.00

BATE

15:45:10

6

157.00

BATE

15:48:15

509

157.20

BATE

15:48:15

834

157.20

BATE

15:48:15

77

157.20

BATE

15:48:15

1,022

157.20

BATE

15:48:15

1,021

157.20

BATE

15:48:15

1,244

157.10

BATE

15:51:22

1,372

157.00

CHIX

15:57:54

1,002

157.30

BATE

15:57:54

4

157.30

TRQX

15:57:57

614

157.50

TRQX

15:57:57

662

157.50

TRQX

15:57:57

600

157.40

XLON

15:57:57

1,401

157.50

CHIX

15:58:03

1,200

157.40

XLON

15:58:03

461

157.40

XLON

15:58:03

600

157.40

XLON

15:58:03

251

157.40

XLON

15:58:03

774

157.40

XLON

15:58:03

342

157.30

BATE

15:58:11

1,400

157.50

BATE

16:01:03

600

157.50

XLON

16:01:03

266

157.50

XLON

16:02:59

867

157.50

XLON

16:06:27

1,200

157.50

CHIX

16:06:27

229

157.50

CHIX

16:06:27

2,011

157.60

XLON

16:06:27

11

157.60

XLON

16:06:27

64

157.60

XLON

16:06:27

12

157.60

XLON

16:06:27

14

157.60

XLON

16:06:27

367

157.60

XLON

16:06:27

1,139

157.60

XLON

16:07:01

494

157.50

BATE

16:07:02

921

157.60

BATE

16:07:02

600

157.60

BATE

16:07:02

424

157.60

BATE

16:09:57

2,126

157.50

BATE

16:09:57

1,344

157.60

BATE

16:09:57

923

157.50

TRQX

16:09:57

2,400

157.80

XLON

16:09:57

1,129

157.80

XLON

16:09:57

1,995

157.80

XLON

16:09:57

814

157.80

XLON

16:09:57

405

158.00

BATE

16:09:57

887

158.10

BATE

16:09:57

1,334

158.10

BATE

16:09:57

2,304

157.70

XLON

16:09:57

1,200

157.70

XLON

16:09:57

1,144

157.70

XLON

16:11:11

243

157.50

TRQX

16:11:57

1,200

157.50

CHIX

16:11:57

228

157.50

CHIX

16:17:24

348

157.40

XLON

16:17:24

523

157.40

XLON

16:18:46

1,191

157.40

XLON

16:18:46

1,665

157.40

XLON

16:18:46

384

157.40

XLON

16:19:23

151

157.40

CHIX

16:19:23

600

157.40

CHIX

16:20:05

804

157.40

XLON

16:20:46

3

157.40

CHIX

16:21:15

649

157.40

CHIX

16:21:18

549

157.40

XLON

16:21:18

563

157.40

XLON

16:21:18

563

157.40

XLON

16:21:18

37

157.40

CHIX

16:21:18

245

157.40

XLON

16:22:18

1,120

157.90

TRQX

16:22:18

7

157.60

BATE

16:22:18

1,328

157.80

BATE

16:22:18

11

157.60

BATE

16:22:18

1,188

157.60

BATE

16:22:18

1,200

157.70

XLON

16:22:18

894

157.70

XLON

16:22:20

1,257

157.80

XLON

16:22:20

1,066

157.80

XLON

16:22:20

600

157.70

XLON

16:22:20

1,182

157.70

XLON

16:22:20

3,643

157.70

XLON

 



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