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

18 September 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

305,516

Weighted average price paid (p)

157.58

Highest price paid (p)

158.80

Lowest price paid (p)

156.80

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 75,553,227 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 675,141,788. 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 18 September 2023 is 675,141,788. 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

157.58

171,942

BATE

157.61

59,142

CHIX

157.54

57,156

TRQX

157.59

17,276

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:02:22

373

156.9

BATE

08:02:22

991

156.9

BATE

08:06:07

1200

157.5

XLON

08:06:07

339

157.5

XLON

08:13:12

1350

157.6

CHIX

08:13:12

600

157.4

TRQX

08:13:12

823

157.4

TRQX

08:13:12

2248

157.4

BATE

08:13:12

704

157.5

BATE

08:13:12

3383

157.5

BATE

08:20:07

1822

157

XLON

08:25:01

13

157.3

XLON

08:25:37

971

157.7

XLON

08:25:37

1243

157.7

XLON

08:26:10

1214

158

BATE

09:10:00

1092

157.8

CHIX

09:10:00

339

157.8

CHIX

09:10:02

808

157.8

BATE

09:10:02

779

157.8

BATE

09:10:38

149

157.8

XLON

09:10:38

1524

157.8

XLON

09:28:48

2011

157.6

CHIX

09:28:48

1678

157.6

XLON

09:28:48

109

157.9

XLON

09:28:48

464

157.9

XLON

09:28:48

468

157.9

XLON

09:28:48

1498

157.9

XLON

09:28:48

340

157.8

XLON

09:28:48

2302

157.8

XLON

09:29:01

2166

157.7

BATE

09:29:01

2260

157.7

BATE

09:29:48

839

157.9

CHIX

09:29:48

588

157.9

CHIX

09:43:32

1421

157.5

BATE

09:43:32

116

157.6

CHIX

09:43:32

1265

157.6

CHIX

09:51:48

109

157.8

XLON

09:51:48

802

157.8

XLON

09:51:48

251

157.8

XLON

09:51:48

389

157.8

XLON

09:52:45

165

158.1

CHIX

09:52:45

2

158.1

CHIX

09:53:12

20

158.4

CHIX

09:53:12

1696

158.4

CHIX

09:53:12

309

158.4

CHIX

09:53:12

1539

158.4

CHIX

09:54:25

1274

158.3

BATE

09:54:48

1841

158.1

XLON

10:01:12

13

158.1

XLON

10:01:12

1

158.1

XLON

10:02:02

100

158.5

TRQX

10:02:02

1156

158.5

TRQX

10:02:02

4

158.5

TRQX

10:02:02

1219

158.5

TRQX

10:02:35

1338

158.7

CHIX

10:02:35

109

158.8

XLON

10:02:35

2486

158.8

XLON

10:02:35

1200

158.7

XLON

10:02:35

1200

158.7

XLON

10:02:35

894

158.7

XLON

10:02:35

50

158.7

XLON

10:09:05

73

158.5

CHIX

10:09:05

242

158.5

CHIX

10:09:05

622

158.5

CHIX

10:09:36

511

158.5

CHIX

10:10:25

600

158.3

BATE

10:10:25

638

158.3

BATE

10:12:29

600

158.3

BATE

10:12:29

794

158.3

BATE

10:13:19

1728

158.1

XLON

10:23:02

808

158.1

XLON

10:23:02

2210

158.1

XLON

10:23:02

1276

158.1

CHIX

10:23:02

600

158.1

XLON

10:23:02

600

158.1

XLON

10:24:53

1800

158.1

XLON

10:24:53

600

158.1

XLON

10:24:53

600

158.1

XLON

10:24:53

713

158.1

XLON

10:29:49

1519

157.8

XLON

10:29:49

600

157.9

XLON

10:29:49

1081

157.9

XLON

10:48:26

36

157.9

CHIX

10:48:51

15

157.9

CHIX

10:49:17

15

157.9

CHIX

10:49:43

9

157.9

CHIX

10:51:49

82

157.9

CHIX

10:51:49

5

157.9

CHIX

10:51:49

65

157.9

CHIX

10:52:02

808

157.9

CHIX

10:55:02

230

157.9

CHIX

10:56:14

217

157.8

CHIX

10:56:14

956

157.8

CHIX

11:10:34

808

157.7

CHIX

11:10:34

354

157.7

CHIX

11:28:07

600

157.8

CHIX

11:28:07

597

157.8

CHIX

11:41:26

724

157.6

CHIX

11:44:51

726

157.6

CHIX

12:01:07

223

157.6

CHIX

12:01:24

1182

157.6

CHIX

12:05:29

204

157.7

BATE

12:05:29

600

157.7

BATE

12:05:29

557

157.7

BATE

12:14:25

306

157.5

CHIX

12:15:35

1092

157.5

CHIX

12:15:35

1822

157.6

XLON

12:16:46

178

157.6

XLON

12:16:46

1121

157.8

TRQX

12:16:46

468

157.8

TRQX

12:16:46

1745

157.8

TRQX

12:16:46

600

157.8

XLON

12:16:46

1108

157.8

XLON

12:16:46

1200

157.8

XLON

12:16:46

3

157.8

XLON

12:16:46

54

157.8

XLON

12:20:38

1200

158

XLON

12:20:38

600

158

XLON

12:20:38

58

158

XLON

12:21:38

417

158

XLON

12:21:38

600

158

XLON

12:21:38

1200

158

XLON

12:21:38

1561

158

XLON

12:21:38

1302

158

BATE

12:21:38

1945

157.9

XLON

12:21:38

1357

158

BATE

12:35:38

569

157.4

CHIX

12:35:38

72

157.4

CHIX

12:38:45

140

157.4

CHIX

12:38:46

507

157.4

CHIX

12:52:46

77

157.2

CHIX

13:00:07

54

157.2

CHIX

13:00:50

419

157.2

CHIX

13:08:51

268

157.2

CHIX

13:10:12

611

157.2

CHIX

13:10:12

1177

157.2

CHIX

13:11:05

252

157

XLON

13:11:05

1577

157

XLON

13:11:05

1864

157

XLON

13:11:05

1150

157.1

TRQX

13:11:05

694

157.1

TRQX

13:11:05

4527

157

XLON

13:11:05

1343

156.9

TRQX

13:11:05

761

157

XLON

13:11:05

3855

157

XLON

13:20:30

1184

157.3

BATE

13:20:30

588

157.2

BATE

13:20:30

95

157.3

BATE

13:20:30

567

157.3

BATE

13:39:52

362

157

XLON

13:39:52

290

157

XLON

13:39:52

196

157

XLON

13:39:52

704

157

XLON

13:39:52

39

157

XLON

13:39:52

784

157

CHIX

13:39:52

610

157

CHIX

13:39:52

50

157

CHIX

13:39:52

523

157

CHIX

13:39:52

800

157

CHIX

13:39:52

28

157

CHIX

13:39:52

18

157

CHIX

13:45:39

1859

157

XLON

13:47:30

603

157.1

BATE

13:57:58

628

157.1

BATE

13:59:55

195

157.1

CHIX

13:59:56

805

157.1

BATE

14:00:06

1200

157.3

XLON

14:00:06

600

157.3

XLON

14:00:06

1224

157.3

XLON

14:00:06

528

157.3

XLON

14:00:06

140

157.3

XLON

14:00:06

114

157.3

XLON

14:00:06

282

157.3

XLON

14:00:06

1800

157.3

XLON

14:00:06

600

157.3

XLON

14:00:06

504

157.3

XLON

14:00:06

1193

157.4

BATE

14:00:06

1518

157.4

CHIX

14:02:03

1682

157.3

XLON

14:08:09

596

157.2

CHIX

14:08:09

384

157.2

CHIX

14:08:09

184

157.2

CHIX

14:11:10

1504

157.2

XLON

14:16:09

1341

157.2

CHIX

14:28:26

189

156.9

CHIX

14:28:26

600

156.9

CHIX

14:28:26

614

156.9

CHIX

14:35:48

1374

156.9

CHIX

14:40:48

1764

157.1

BATE

14:40:48

46

156.9

XLON

14:40:48

1193

156.9

XLON

14:40:51

796

156.9

XLON

14:40:51

1037

156.9

XLON

14:41:10

134

157.2

XLON

14:41:10

1548

157.5

XLON

14:41:10

259

157.5

XLON

14:41:10

265

157.5

XLON

14:41:10

2002

157.3

XLON

14:41:48

1446

157.2

BATE

14:43:33

542

157

CHIX

14:43:33

680

157

CHIX

14:45:36

11

157.2

BATE

14:45:36

22

157.2

BATE

14:45:36

99

157.2

BATE

14:45:36

600

157.2

BATE

14:45:36

550

157.2

BATE

14:45:36

1541

157.2

XLON

14:50:06

1399

157

CHIX

14:55:09

1298

156.9

XLON

14:55:09

379

156.9

XLON

14:58:09

1645

156.8

XLON

15:03:26

600

157

CHIX

15:03:26

600

157

CHIX

15:03:26

1218

157.2

BATE

15:03:26

246

157

CHIX

15:03:28

163

157

XLON

15:08:51

600

157

XLON

15:08:51

600

157

XLON

15:08:51

600

157

XLON

15:08:51

600

157

XLON

15:08:51

1181

157

XLON

15:08:51

118

157

CHIX

15:08:51

23

157

CHIX

15:08:51

600

157

CHIX

15:08:51

554

157

CHIX

15:08:51

600

157

TRQX

15:08:51

26

157

TRQX

15:08:51

56

157

TRQX

15:08:51

584

157

TRQX

15:09:51

1373

156.8

BATE

15:18:27

258

156.9

CHIX

15:18:53

102

156.9

CHIX

15:19:18

95

156.9

CHIX

15:19:43

64

156.9

CHIX

15:20:07

1200

157.2

XLON

15:20:07

619

157.2

XLON

15:20:07

1671

157.2

XLON

15:20:07

94

157

CHIX

15:20:07

1173

157

CHIX

15:20:51

600

157.1

BATE

15:20:51

600

157.1

BATE

15:20:51

8

157.1

BATE

15:26:49

76

157.1

XLON

15:26:49

152

157.1

XLON

15:27:32

1276

157.2

BATE

15:27:32

1433

157.2

CHIX

15:27:32

1453

157.2

TRQX

15:27:32

1401

157.2

BATE

15:32:11

1705

157.2

XLON

15:35:35

1458

157.3

XLON

15:35:35

1458

157.3

XLON

15:35:35

50

157.4

XLON

15:35:35

600

157.4

XLON

15:35:35

3600

157.4

XLON

15:35:35

278

157.4

XLON

15:35:35

6789

157.4

XLON

15:35:35

456

157.4

XLON

15:35:35

833

157.4

XLON

15:35:35

78

157.4

XLON

15:35:35

120

157.4

XLON

15:35:35

1091

157.5

CHIX

15:35:35

1021

157.5

TRQX

15:35:35

600

157.5

TRQX

15:35:35

27

157.5

CHIX

15:35:35

586

157.8

TRQX

15:35:35

842

157.8

TRQX

15:35:35

332

157.8

TRQX

15:35:35

209

157.7

BATE

15:35:35

1200

157.7

BATE

15:35:35

143

157.7

BATE

15:35:36

1317

157.8

BATE

15:35:36

4473

157.8

XLON

15:35:36

4984

157.8

XLON

15:35:36

1820

157.8

XLON

15:35:45

1814

157.7

XLON

15:35:57

597

157.7

XLON

15:35:57

1197

157.7

XLON

15:35:57

597

157.7

XLON

15:35:57

597

157.7

XLON

15:35:57

1653

157.7

XLON

15:35:57

1640

157.7

XLON

15:36:21

136

157.5

CHIX

15:36:21

1431

157.7

BATE

15:36:24

3058

157.5

XLON

15:36:24

3241

157.5

XLON

15:36:27

449

157.5

XLON

15:37:19

1148

157.5

XLON

15:37:19

264

157.5

XLON

15:38:59

1216

157.4

BATE

15:39:40

2051

157.4

XLON

15:41:03

1187

157.4

CHIX

15:41:03

2

157.4

CHIX

15:41:03

10

157.4

CHIX

15:44:03

226

157.4

CHIX

15:49:03

1206

157.4

CHIX

15:56:27

674

157.4

BATE

15:56:27

768

157.4

BATE

15:56:27

1200

157.4

XLON

15:56:27

1200

157.4

XLON

15:56:27

885

157.4

XLON

15:56:27

1157

157.4

XLON

15:56:27

9

157.4

BATE

15:56:27

189

157.4

XLON

15:56:27

1541

157.4

XLON

15:56:27

1069

157.4

XLON

15:56:27

722

157.4

BATE

15:56:29

12

157.4

BATE

16:06:20

2384

157.6

CHIX

16:09:20

431

157.6

CHIX

16:09:20

1000

157.6

CHIX

16:10:32

1801

157.7

XLON

16:14:07

4234

157.7

XLON

16:14:07

1138

157.7

XLON

16:14:07

2660

157.7

XLON

16:14:07

2217

157.7

BATE

16:14:07

115

157.7

BATE

16:14:07

242

157.7

BATE

16:14:07

184

157.7

BATE

16:16:32

1163

157.8

CHIX

16:16:32

115

157.9

XLON

16:16:32

917

157.9

XLON

16:16:32

600

157.9

XLON

16:16:32

600

157.9

XLON

16:16:32

600

157.9

XLON

16:16:33

600

157.9

XLON

16:16:33

1800

157.9

BATE

16:16:33

400

157.9

BATE

16:16:37

878

158.3

BATE

16:16:37

968

158.3

BATE

16:16:37

1812

158.3

BATE

16:16:37

165

158

BATE

16:16:37

1756

158.2

BATE

16:29:06

748

157.9

CHIX

16:29:06

819

157.9

CHIX

16:29:06

142

157.9

XLON

16:29:06

995

157.9

XLON

16:29:06

5651

157.9

XLON

16:29:06

121

157.9

XLON

16:29:06

2580

157.9

XLON

16:29:24

268

157.8

TRQX

16:29:24

228

157.8

TRQX

16:29:46

257

157.8

TRQX

 



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