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

15 September 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

463,091

Weighted average price paid (p)

158.63

Highest price paid (p)

159.90

Lowest price paid (p)

157.20

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 75,247,711 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 675,447,304. 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 15 September 2023 is 675,447,304. 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

158.65

298,929

BATE

158.62

81,166

CHIX

158.51

55,495

TRQX

158.61

27,501

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:20:08

426.00

159.1

BATE

08:20:08

1003.00

159.1

BATE

08:20:33

1605.00

159.2

XLON

08:20:47

3499.00

159.4

XLON

08:20:47

4470.00

159.4

XLON

08:21:47

105.00

159.7

TRQX

08:21:47

1294.00

159.8

TRQX

08:22:09

254.00

159.6

CHIX

08:22:09

935.00

159.6

CHIX

08:24:08

1243.00

159.6

BATE

08:24:47

1720.00

159.3

XLON

08:28:45

1275.00

159.6

BATE

08:28:47

600.00

159.4

CHIX

08:28:47

600.00

159.4

CHIX

08:28:47

95.00

159.4

CHIX

08:28:47

640.00

159.3

XLON

08:28:47

1228.00

159.3

XLON

08:31:45

1191.00

159.7

BATE

08:34:45

1200.00

159.6

BATE

08:34:45

35.00

159.6

BATE

08:36:44

1362.00

159.4

CHIX

08:36:46

1281.00

159.3

BATE

08:39:42

1196.00

159

TRQX

08:41:13

1762.00

159

XLON

08:41:13

1766.00

159.2

XLON

08:44:14

600.00

159.4

BATE

08:44:14

600.00

159.4

BATE

08:44:14

57.00

159.4

BATE

08:45:42

1182.00

159.8

TRQX

08:48:35

600.00

159.6

BATE

08:48:35

819.00

159.6

BATE

08:50:38

600.00

159.5

CHIX

08:50:38

600.00

159.5

CHIX

08:50:38

153.00

159.5

CHIX

08:56:35

1695.00

159.7

BATE

09:00:35

1200.00

159.6

BATE

09:00:35

23.00

159.6

BATE

09:04:35

1227.00

159.6

BATE

09:04:35

1091.00

159.5

CHIX

09:04:35

339.00

159.5

CHIX

09:09:35

993.00

159.6

BATE

09:09:35

238.00

159.6

BATE

09:09:35

1800.00

159.8

XLON

09:09:35

2861.00

159.8

XLON

09:09:42

127.00

159.9

XLON

09:09:42

1200.00

159.9

XLON

09:09:42

251.00

159.9

XLON

09:09:42

303.00

159.9

XLON

09:09:42

600.00

159.9

XLON

09:09:42

303.00

159.9

XLON

09:09:42

1992.00

159.9

XLON

09:09:42

600.00

159.9

XLON

09:09:42

600.00

159.9

XLON

09:09:42

600.00

159.9

XLON

09:09:42

1152.00

159.9

XLON

09:10:42

1986.00

159.6

XLON

09:13:49

590.00

159.5

CHIX

09:14:35

589.00

159.6

BATE

09:14:35

600.00

159.6

BATE

09:14:35

69.00

159.6

BATE

09:14:35

581.00

159.5

CHIX

09:15:24

1200.00

159.7

XLON

09:15:24

600.00

159.7

XLON

09:15:24

600.00

159.7

XLON

09:15:24

600.00

159.7

XLON

09:15:24

600.00

159.7

XLON

09:15:24

600.00

159.7

XLON

09:15:24

1438.00

159.7

XLON

09:15:24

317.00

159.7

XLON

09:15:24

1062.00

159.7

XLON

09:15:24

1075.00

159.7

XLON

09:15:24

405.00

159.7

XLON

09:17:07

1300.00

159.6

TRQX

09:20:36

600.00

159.6

BATE

09:20:36

751.00

159.6

BATE

09:22:47

669.00

159.5

XLON

09:22:47

977.00

159.5

XLON

09:25:06

1060.00

159.3

BATE

09:25:06

258.00

159.3

BATE

09:27:48

1252.00

159.1

CHIX

09:30:42

927.00

159

XLON

09:30:42

1641.00

159

XLON

09:34:06

600.00

159.1

BATE

09:34:06

580.00

159.1

BATE

09:34:12

1848.00

159

XLON

09:34:12

1443.00

159

XLON

09:34:12

243.00

159

XLON

09:37:17

370.00

159

TRQX

09:37:17

799.00

159

TRQX

09:39:20

1787.00

159

XLON

09:44:49

1172.00

158.9

CHIX

09:57:23

1593.00

159.1

BATE

09:57:30

2465.00

159

XLON

09:57:30

2393.00

159

XLON

09:58:05

1440.00

159

BATE

10:01:32

1715.00

159

XLON

10:01:32

444.00

159

TRQX

10:01:32

985.00

159

TRQX

10:05:22

591.00

158.9

CHIX

10:05:22

836.00

158.9

CHIX

10:15:24

9.00

159

XLON

10:15:24

22358.00

159

XLON

10:15:24

382.00

159

XLON

10:15:24

203.00

159

XLON

10:15:24

25348.00

159

XLON

10:15:24

1852.00

158.9

XLON

10:19:24

1200.00

158.6

XLON

10:19:24

636.00

158.6

XLON

10:19:24

1298.00

158.5

CHIX

10:19:24

1356.00

158.6

BATE

10:20:24

1311.00

158.4

BATE

10:24:24

1736.00

158.4

XLON

10:29:55

51.00

158.4

XLON

10:37:55

23.00

158.5

XLON

10:37:55

6.00

158.5

BATE

10:37:55

358.00

158.5

CHIX

10:37:55

6.00

158.5

CHIX

10:38:25

147.00

158.5

BATE

10:38:50

70.00

158.5

BATE

10:38:50

26.00

158.5

BATE

10:38:50

21.00

158.5

CHIX

10:38:50

106.00

158.5

XLON

10:39:18

66.00

158.5

BATE

10:39:42

600.00

158.5

XLON

10:39:42

1349.00

158.5

XLON

10:39:42

1516.00

158.5

XLON

10:39:42

1691.00

158.5

XLON

10:39:42

1379.00

158.5

BATE

10:39:42

1019.00

158.5

CHIX

10:41:49

876.00

158.5

XLON

10:41:49

798.00

158.5

XLON

10:48:05

1639.00

158.5

XLON

10:48:05

1317.00

158.3

CHIX

10:50:27

110.00

158.9

BATE

10:50:27

110.00

159

BATE

10:50:27

553.00

159

BATE

10:50:27

593.00

159

BATE

10:50:27

907.00

159

BATE

10:50:27

174.00

159

BATE

10:50:27

2390.00

159.1

BATE

10:50:27

118.00

158.8

BATE

10:50:27

1065.00

158.8

BATE

10:50:32

1411.00

158.9

TRQX

10:52:16

1512.00

158.7

XLON

10:56:16

998.00

158.7

XLON

10:56:16

747.00

158.7

XLON

11:02:50

1694.00

158.8

XLON

11:07:06

1754.00

158.9

XLON

11:07:14

1305.00

158.8

CHIX

11:12:05

1125.00

158.9

XLON

11:12:05

647.00

158.9

XLON

11:17:05

1734.00

159

XLON

11:20:48

1812.00

158.9

XLON

11:22:07

1177.00

158.9

CHIX

11:23:06

1337.00

159

TRQX

11:30:20

1540.00

158.9

XLON

11:30:20

1243.00

158.9

XLON

11:30:20

562.00

158.9

XLON

11:36:14

1662.00

158.8

XLON

11:42:23

1200.00

158.7

XLON

11:42:23

366.00

158.7

XLON

11:46:23

1118.00

158.7

XLON

11:46:23

475.00

158.7

XLON

11:46:23

1458.00

158.7

CHIX

11:55:41

1574.00

158.7

XLON

11:55:41

1609.00

158.7

XLON

11:55:41

117.00

158.7

CHIX

11:55:41

261.00

158.7

CHIX

11:55:41

859.00

158.7

CHIX

11:55:41

27.00

158.7

CHIX

11:58:48

47.00

158.4

XLON

11:58:48

490.00

158.6

TRQX

11:58:48

887.00

158.6

TRQX

12:04:48

20.00

158.6

XLON

12:04:48

2956.00

158.6

XLON

12:08:25

559.00

158.6

XLON

12:09:18

803.00

158.6

XLON

12:12:19

1200.00

158.7

CHIX

12:12:19

116.00

158.7

CHIX

12:12:26

1859.00

158.7

XLON

12:14:51

1200.00

158.7

BATE

12:14:51

446.00

158.7

BATE

12:14:51

500.00

158.7

BATE

12:16:55

696.00

158.7

BATE

12:17:00

409.00

158.7

BATE

12:17:00

308.00

158.7

BATE

12:18:26

141.00

158.7

XLON

12:18:26

110.00

158.7

XLON

12:18:30

1304.00

158.7

XLON

12:19:49

100.00

158.7

XLON

12:23:49

600.00

158.7

XLON

12:23:49

1201.00

158.7

XLON

12:25:50

1595.00

158.4

XLON

12:32:53

571.00

158.5

XLON

12:33:00

1034.00

158.5

XLON

12:39:42

1548.00

158.5

XLON

12:39:55

70.00

158.4

CHIX

12:41:45

519.00

158.5

XLON

12:48:27

58.00

158.5

XLON

12:48:56

21.00

158.5

XLON

12:49:22

943.00

158.5

XLON

12:49:22

46.00

158.5

XLON

12:49:22

1547.00

158.5

XLON

12:50:22

1467.00

158.5

XLON

12:50:22

44.00

158.5

XLON

12:53:22

500.00

158.5

XLON

12:53:22

1131.00

158.5

XLON

12:58:33

1261.00

158.5

XLON

12:58:33

56.00

158.5

XLON

12:58:33

252.00

158.5

XLON

12:59:55

132.00

158.4

CHIX

13:01:27

761.00

158.4

XLON

13:01:27

138.00

158.4

XLON

13:01:27

616.00

158.4

XLON

13:01:27

1215.00

158.4

CHIX

13:01:27

1197.00

158.4

CHIX

13:01:27

123.00

158.4

TRQX

13:01:27

44.00

158.4

TRQX

13:01:27

279.00

158.4

TRQX

13:01:27

689.00

158.4

TRQX

13:01:27

233.00

158.4

TRQX

13:06:31

600.00

158.4

XLON

13:06:31

744.00

158.4

CHIX

13:08:28

61.00

158.4

CHIX

13:08:53

23.00

158.4

CHIX

13:09:18

25.00

158.4

CHIX

13:09:46

12.00

158.4

CHIX

13:18:04

1152.00

158.4

XLON

13:18:04

1766.00

158.4

XLON

13:18:04

1638.00

158.4

XLON

13:18:04

1825.00

158.4

XLON

13:18:04

399.00

158.4

CHIX

13:18:04

1336.00

158.4

TRQX

13:18:56

24.00

158.4

CHIX

13:19:20

26.00

158.4

CHIX

13:20:08

119.00

158.4

CHIX

13:21:54

256.00

158.4

CHIX

13:21:54

300.00

158.4

CHIX

13:21:54

562.00

158.4

CHIX

13:21:59

12.00

158.3

XLON

13:21:59

1631.00

158.4

XLON

13:26:17

1354.00

158.3

BATE

13:26:17

1559.00

158.3

XLON

13:26:17

193.00

158.3

XLON

13:26:17

1383.00

158.3

CHIX

13:37:42

228.00

158.9

XLON

13:37:42

4477.00

158.9

XLON

13:38:25

1647.00

158.8

XLON

13:38:25

28.00

158.8

BATE

13:38:25

1231.00

158.8

BATE

13:38:25

600.00

158.8

BATE

13:39:17

311.00

158.8

TRQX

13:39:17

1130.00

158.8

TRQX

13:42:38

1246.00

159

XLON

13:42:38

362.00

159

XLON

13:44:45

1766.00

159

XLON

13:44:45

1377.00

159

BATE

13:44:45

1414.00

159

CHIX

13:49:45

1509.00

159

XLON

13:52:45

1427.00

158.9

XLON

13:52:45

376.00

158.9

XLON

13:54:45

1349.00

158.8

CHIX

13:59:51

1854.00

158.8

XLON

13:59:51

1768.00

158.8

XLON

14:02:51

1200.00

158.8

XLON

14:02:51

421.00

158.8

XLON

14:05:02

1158.00

158.7

XLON

14:05:02

617.00

158.7

XLON

14:08:02

1563.00

158.7

XLON

14:09:58

1386.00

158.7

CHIX

14:10:27

1201.00

158.6

TRQX

14:10:33

1259.00

158.5

XLON

14:10:33

376.00

158.5

XLON

14:12:18

1068.00

158

BATE

14:12:18

162.00

158

BATE

14:13:48

1588.00

157.7

XLON

14:13:48

278.00

157.7

XLON

14:17:48

1794.00

157.7

XLON

14:18:37

1293.00

157.7

CHIX

14:20:48

1605.00

157.8

XLON

14:27:52

406.00

157.7

CHIX

14:27:52

1500.00

157.7

XLON

14:27:52

1023.00

157.7

CHIX

14:27:58

266.00

157.7

XLON

14:27:58

1108.00

157.7

XLON

14:27:58

717.00

157.7

XLON

14:29:52

709.00

157.7

XLON

14:29:52

1255.00

157.7

TRQX

14:30:02

806.00

157.7

XLON

14:31:12

1910.00

157.8

BATE

14:31:12

629.00

157.8

BATE

14:31:12

1544.00

157.8

BATE

14:31:14

600.00

157.8

BATE

14:31:14

843.00

157.8

BATE

14:31:34

319.00

157.7

XLON

14:31:34

120.00

157.7

XLON

14:31:34

1681.00

157.7

XLON

14:31:40

27.00

157.2

BATE

14:31:40

54.00

157.5

BATE

14:31:40

1441.00

157.5

BATE

14:31:40

1642.00

157.4

BATE

14:33:44

263.00

157.2

XLON

14:33:44

1585.00

157.2

XLON

14:35:19

2292.00

157.5

BATE

14:35:19

1316.00

157.9

BATE

14:35:19

970.00

157.9

BATE

14:39:03

1608.00

158

XLON

14:39:27

600.00

158

CHIX

14:39:27

723.00

158

CHIX

14:40:03

1200.00

158

XLON

14:40:03

499.00

158

XLON

14:43:03

972.00

158

XLON

14:43:03

624.00

158

XLON

14:45:03

531.00

158.1

XLON

14:45:03

1274.00

158.1

XLON

14:45:28

978.00

158.1

TRQX

14:45:28

202.00

158.1

TRQX

14:48:03

600.00

158.1

XLON

14:48:03

1194.00

158.1

XLON

14:48:03

144.00

157.9

CHIX

14:48:03

139.00

157.9

CHIX

14:48:03

73.00

157.9

CHIX

14:48:03

818.00

157.9

CHIX

14:48:03

144.00

157.9

CHIX

14:50:03

250.00

158

XLON

14:50:03

1251.00

158

XLON

14:53:47

2400.00

158.1

XLON

14:53:47

86.00

158.1

XLON

14:55:03

1437.00

158.1

CHIX

14:55:47

1711.00

158.1

XLON

14:55:47

135.00

158.1

XLON

14:58:47

1200.00

158

XLON

14:58:47

218.00

158

XLON

14:58:47

125.00

158

XLON

14:59:19

1435.00

158

BATE

15:00:47

292.00

157.9

XLON

15:00:47

1495.00

157.9

XLON

15:02:47

366.00

157.9

TRQX

15:02:47

816.00

157.9

TRQX

15:03:47

1504.00

157.9

XLON

15:03:47

343.00

157.9

XLON

15:03:55

1161.00

157.7

CHIX

15:05:26

236.00

157.7

CHIX

15:05:47

1732.00

157.9

XLON

15:07:47

152.00

157.9

XLON

15:07:47

1492.00

157.9

XLON

15:09:47

600.00

157.9

XLON

15:09:47

600.00

157.9

XLON

15:09:47

496.00

157.9

XLON

15:14:47

1444.00

158.1

CHIX

15:14:47

1176.00

157.8

TRQX

15:22:29

1295.00

158.1

CHIX

15:22:29

1200.00

158

XLON

15:22:29

2400.00

158

XLON

15:22:29

600.00

158

XLON

15:22:29

600.00

158

XLON

15:22:29

600.00

158

BATE

15:22:29

600.00

158

BATE

15:22:29

572.00

158

BATE

15:22:29

1145.00

158.1

XLON

15:22:30

158.00

158.1

XLON

15:22:30

2114.00

158.1

XLON

15:24:23

974.00

158.1

XLON

15:28:27

740.00

158.1

XLON

15:28:27

1505.00

158.1

XLON

15:28:27

1410.00

158.1

XLON

15:28:27

431.00

158.1

XLON

15:28:27

874.00

158.1

CHIX

15:28:27

307.00

158.1

CHIX

15:28:27

1197.00

158

TRQX

15:28:29

600.00

157.9

BATE

15:28:29

628.00

157.9

BATE

15:29:12

1383.00

157.7

XLON

15:29:12

304.00

157.7

XLON

15:29:12

530.00

157.9

BATE

15:29:12

809.00

157.9

BATE

15:29:12

1178.00

157.9

BATE

15:30:12

1200.00

157.9

BATE

15:30:12

894.00

158

BATE

15:30:12

441.00

158.4

BATE

15:32:03

1800.00

158.5

XLON

15:32:03

16.00

158.5

XLON

15:33:03

600.00

158.6

XLON

15:33:03

1037.00

158.6

XLON

15:34:19

998.00

158.6

XLON

15:34:19

603.00

158.6

XLON

15:34:35

22.00

158.4

CHIX

15:34:35

1307.00

158.4

CHIX

15:36:35

1648.00

158.5

XLON

15:38:35

1777.00

158.5

XLON

15:40:35

400.00

158.5

XLON

15:40:35

1440.00

158.5

XLON

15:41:49

300.00

158.5

CHIX

15:43:13

600.00

158.7

XLON

15:43:13

678.00

158.7

XLON

15:43:13

146.00

158.7

XLON

15:43:13

46.00

158.7

XLON

15:43:14

110.00

158.7

XLON

15:43:14

1208.00

158.6

BATE

15:43:14

4136.00

158.6

BATE

15:43:14

1299.00

158.6

CHIX

15:43:14

600.00

158.6

BATE

15:43:14

600.00

158.6

BATE

15:43:14

4132.00

158.6

BATE

15:45:10

44.00

158.4

XLON

15:45:10

1648.00

158.4

XLON

15:46:20

1200.00

158.4

XLON

15:46:20

382.00

158.4

XLON

15:47:09

1404.00

158.4

TRQX

15:49:20

600.00

158.3

XLON

15:49:20

37.00

158.3

XLON

15:49:20

73.00

158.3

XLON

15:49:20

900.00

158.3

XLON

15:51:03

1510.00

158.2

XLON

15:51:03

1428.00

158.2

CHIX

15:55:27

469.00

158.1

XLON

15:55:27

1388.00

158.1

XLON

15:55:27

1039.00

158.1

XLON

15:55:27

635.00

158.1

XLON

15:59:24

733.00

157.9

CHIX

15:59:27

1775.00

158

XLON

16:00:12

242.00

157.9

CHIX

16:00:12

303.00

157.9

CHIX

16:01:27

1606.00

158

XLON

16:03:09

1370.00

158

TRQX

16:04:27

600.00

158

XLON

16:04:27

1,116

158.00

XLON

16:06:17

561

157.90

CHIX

16:06:17

629

157.90

CHIX

16:06:27

1,384

158.00

XLON

16:06:27

221

158.00

XLON

16:08:27

600

158.00

XLON

16:08:27

811

158.00

XLON

16:08:27

223

158.00

XLON

16:10:27

1,509

158.00

XLON

16:10:27

242

158.00

XLON

16:18:41

1,200

158.00

XLON

16:18:41

600

158.00

XLON

16:18:41

4,200

158.00

XLON

16:18:41

600

158.00

XLON

16:18:41

1,169

158.00

XLON

16:18:41

600

158.00

CHIX

16:18:41

1,200

158.00

CHIX

16:18:41

483

158.00

CHIX

16:18:41

843

158.10

TRQX

16:19:41

600

158.00

XLON

16:19:41

600

158.00

XLON

16:19:41

395

158.00

XLON

16:19:42

794

157.90

BATE

16:19:42

656

157.90

BATE

16:21:25

1,539

157.70

XLON

16:22:26

1,642

157.70

XLON

16:23:41

600

157.80

TRQX

16:23:41

148

157.80

TRQX

16:24:33

2,679

158.10

BATE

16:24:33

1,733

158.00

XLON

16:24:48

665

157.90

CHIX

16:24:48

719

157.90

CHIX

16:04:27

1,116

158.00

XLON

16:06:17

561

157.90

CHIX

16:06:17

629

157.90

CHIX

16:06:27

1,384

158.00

XLON

16:06:27

221

158.00

XLON

16:08:27

600

158.00

XLON

16:08:27

811

158.00

XLON

16:08:27

223

158.00

XLON

16:10:27

1,509

158.00

XLON

16:10:27

242

158.00

XLON

16:18:41

1,200

158.00

XLON

16:18:41

600

158.00

XLON

16:18:41

4,200

158.00

XLON

16:18:41

600

158.00

XLON

16:18:41

1,169

158.00

XLON

16:18:41

600

158.00

CHIX

16:18:41

1,200

158.00

CHIX

16:18:41

483

158.00

CHIX

16:18:41

843

158.10

TRQX

16:19:41

600

158.00

XLON

16:19:41

600

158.00

XLON

16:19:41

395

158.00

XLON

16:19:42

794

157.90

BATE

16:19:42

656

157.90

BATE

16:21:25

1,539

157.70

XLON

16:22:26

1,642

157.70

XLON

16:23:41

600

157.80

TRQX

16:23:41

148

157.80

TRQX

16:24:33

2,679

158.10

BATE

16:24:33

1,733

158.00

XLON

16:24:48

665

157.90

CHIX

16:24:48

719

157.90

CHIX

 



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