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

20 September 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

516,866

Weighted average price paid (p)

160.45

Highest price paid (p)

161.80

Lowest price paid (p)

157.90

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 76,592,037 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 674,102,978. 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 20 September 2023 is 674,102,978. 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

160.41

360,285

BATE

160.66

65,170

CHIX

160.46

63,515

TRQX

160.49

27,896

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:00:13

500

158.9

XLON

08:00:13

1294

158.9

XLON

08:00:13

848

157.9

XLON

08:00:13

848

157.9

XLON

08:02:12

1617

158.2

XLON

08:04:45

3626

159.1

BATE

08:04:45

1799

159.3

CHIX

08:05:14

3317

159.2

XLON

08:05:14

722

159.1

XLON

08:05:14

434

159.1

XLON

08:05:14

1236

159.1

XLON

08:05:14

1198

159.1

XLON

08:05:14

314

159.1

XLON

08:05:14

2897

159.2

XLON

08:05:15

2297

159.1

XLON

08:05:15

1706

159.1

XLON

08:05:16

2921

160.1

XLON

08:05:16

2501

160.1

XLON

08:05:42

2240

160.5

XLON

08:05:42

128

160.6

XLON

08:05:42

128

160.6

XLON

08:05:42

128

160.6

XLON

08:05:42

1260

160.6

XLON

08:07:21

1876

160.3

XLON

08:07:21

2127

160.5

BATE

08:08:21

1197

160.5

CHIX

08:08:21

1000

160.7

BATE

08:08:21

309

160.7

BATE

08:09:21

1666

160.5

XLON

08:10:21

1210

160.4

BATE

08:12:08

1549

160.2

XLON

08:12:15

1704

159.9

XLON

08:12:15

1198

160

CHIX

08:16:32

1395

160.2

BATE

08:16:32

1655

159.9

XLON

08:16:32

1867

160

XLON

08:17:38

992

159.7

BATE

08:17:38

299

159.7

BATE

08:18:22

1732

159.7

XLON

08:18:22

1295

159.7

TRQX

08:19:22

1807

159.7

XLON

08:21:22

1000

159.8

XLON

08:21:22

596

159.8

XLON

08:24:05

1586

160

XLON

08:24:05

1361

160

BATE

08:24:05

639

160

CHIX

08:24:05

700

160

CHIX

08:25:02

1752

160

XLON

08:25:12

624

159.9

TRQX

08:25:12

803

159.9

TRQX

08:26:02

1000

160

XLON

08:26:02

678

160

XLON

08:26:53

1540

159.5

XLON

08:29:53

1713

159.8

XLON

08:29:53

1310

159.5

CHIX

08:30:53

1806

159.5

XLON

08:34:53

1628

159.5

XLON

08:39:53

1647

159.8

XLON

08:39:53

1409

159.6

CHIX

08:49:23

1236

159.4

TRQX

08:49:23

20

159.4

TRQX

08:49:50

508

159.6

XLON

08:49:50

212

159.7

XLON

08:49:50

1176

159.7

XLON

08:51:53

1239

159.5

CHIX

08:53:50

1712

159.5

XLON

08:55:03

1684

159.5

XLON

09:00:00

1647

159.7

XLON

09:00:00

1831

159.7

XLON

09:00:53

1000

159.4

CHIX

09:00:53

244

159.4

CHIX

09:06:00

1000

159.5

XLON

09:06:00

678

159.5

XLON

09:06:00

151

159.5

XLON

09:11:47

168

159.3

TRQX

09:11:47

1107

159.3

TRQX

09:11:47

1679

159.2

XLON

09:15:39

1375

159.3

CHIX

09:15:40

373

159.2

XLON

09:15:40

1262

159.2

XLON

09:15:40

1635

159.2

XLON

09:22:40

177

159.2

XLON

09:22:40

1746

159.2

XLON

09:22:40

1610

159.2

XLON

09:22:40

1537

159.2

XLON

09:22:40

324

159.3

XLON

09:22:40

563

159.3

XLON

09:22:40

241

159.3

XLON

09:22:40

201

159.3

XLON

09:22:40

212

159.4

XLON

09:22:40

212

159.5

XLON

09:22:40

1978

159.5

XLON

09:26:19

1000

159.5

XLON

09:26:19

588

159.5

XLON

09:29:30

1335

160.5

CHIX

09:29:52

1578

160.3

XLON

09:39:54

32

160.3

TRQX

09:39:54

33

160.3

TRQX

09:39:54

70

160.3

TRQX

09:40:46

1410

160.3

CHIX

09:40:46

1280

160.3

TRQX

09:40:46

1903

160.5

XLON

09:42:34

160

160

XLON

09:42:34

1365

160

XLON

09:42:34

30

160

XLON

10:06:49

500

160

XLON

10:06:49

1113

160

XLON

10:06:49

374

160

XLON

10:06:49

1245

160

XLON

10:06:49

366

160

XLON

10:06:49

1712

160

XLON

10:06:49

1878

160

XLON

10:06:49

1735

160

XLON

10:06:49

215

160

CHIX

10:06:49

1170

160

CHIX

10:07:05

1000

159.9

BATE

10:07:05

224

159.9

BATE

10:09:05

1

160.2

XLON

10:09:05

500

160.3

XLON

10:09:05

1000

160.3

XLON

10:09:05

403

160.3

XLON

10:12:05

1687

160.8

XLON

10:12:05

1334

160.5

CHIX

10:17:05

1633

160.5

XLON

10:17:31

1400

160.3

TRQX

10:25:05

1667

160.5

XLON

10:28:05

1761

160.3

XLON

10:28:27

46

160.2

CHIX

10:28:27

1224

160.2

CHIX

10:29:05

1000

160.2

BATE

10:29:05

403

160.2

BATE

10:34:05

1000

159.9

XLON

10:34:05

717

159.9

XLON

10:34:05

1312

159.9

XLON

10:34:05

500

159.9

XLON

10:34:05

812

159.9

XLON

10:34:05

81

159.9

XLON

10:34:05

2416

160

XLON

10:35:05

1394

160.5

BATE

10:37:05

500

160.3

XLON

10:37:05

1296

160.3

XLON

10:39:25

276

160.3

XLON

10:39:25

1500

160.3

XLON

10:39:25

19

160.3

XLON

10:41:07

821

160.3

CHIX

10:41:07

431

160.3

CHIX

10:45:00

500

160.6

XLON

10:45:00

505

160.6

XLON

10:45:00

181

160.6

XLON

10:45:00

495

160.6

XLON

10:45:05

1445

160.8

BATE

10:47:00

353

160.9

XLON

10:47:00

1188

160.9

XLON

10:50:00

1572

160.7

XLON

10:52:00

1904

160.7

XLON

10:52:00

1558

160.7

XLON

10:52:00

341

160.8

XLON

10:52:00

175

160.8

XLON

10:52:00

75

160.8

XLON

10:52:00

62

160.8

XLON

10:52:00

212

160.9

XLON

10:52:00

969

160.9

XLON

10:52:01

517

160.7

TRQX

10:52:01

654

160.7

TRQX

10:54:12

1738

160.8

XLON

10:54:16

219

160.7

CHIX

10:54:16

500

160.7

CHIX

10:54:16

455

160.7

CHIX

10:58:12

1717

160.8

XLON

11:02:05

1349

160.7

BATE

11:02:22

1000

160.5

XLON

11:02:22

228

160.5

XLON

11:02:22

470

160.5

XLON

11:06:22

500

160.5

XLON

11:06:22

500

160.5

XLON

11:06:22

701

160.5

XLON

11:08:22

1673

160.5

XLON

11:12:10

500

160.4

CHIX

11:12:10

861

160.4

CHIX

11:12:15

1780

160.3

XLON

11:12:15

1771

160.3

XLON

11:12:15

500

160.3

BATE

11:12:15

500

160.3

BATE

11:12:15

500

160.3

BATE

11:12:15

366

160.3

BATE

11:14:12

40

160.5

XLON

11:14:14

849

160.5

XLON

11:14:15

94

160.6

XLON

11:14:15

94

160.6

XLON

11:14:15

514

160.7

XLON

11:14:15

2087

160.8

XLON

11:14:52

500

160.8

XLON

11:14:52

1133

160.8

XLON

11:16:52

1000

160.8

XLON

11:16:52

858

160.8

XLON

11:20:20

180

160.6

XLON

11:20:20

591

160.6

XLON

11:20:20

500

160.6

XLON

11:20:20

463

160.6

XLON

11:24:20

1500

160.8

XLON

11:24:20

500

160.8

XLON

11:24:20

227

160.8

XLON

11:24:20

1000

160.9

XLON

11:24:20

500

160.9

XLON

11:24:20

596

160.9

XLON

11:25:15

1137

160.8

BATE

11:25:15

147

160.8

BATE

11:25:42

1269

160.8

TRQX

11:26:45

94

160.8

CHIX

11:26:45

576

160.8

CHIX

11:26:45

741

160.8

CHIX

11:43:45

293

160.6

XLON

11:43:45

1171

160.7

CHIX

11:43:45

1279

160.6

XLON

11:43:45

1666

160.6

XLON

11:49:51

279

160.6

XLON

11:49:51

500

160.6

XLON

11:49:51

500

160.6

XLON

11:49:51

1313

160.6

XLON

11:49:51

359

160.6

XLON

11:49:51

500

160.6

XLON

11:49:51

91

160.6

XLON

11:57:49

484

160.6

CHIX

11:57:51

840

160.6

CHIX

12:01:38

784

160.8

BATE

12:01:38

584

160.8

BATE

12:01:38

1323

160.7

TRQX

12:01:38

95

160.7

BATE

12:01:38

11

160.7

BATE

12:01:38

1314

160.8

BATE

12:01:38

144

160.6

XLON

12:01:38

1518

160.6

XLON

12:01:38

1756

160.6

XLON

12:01:38

1842

160.6

XLON

12:04:55

1623

160.6

XLON

12:08:55

500

160.6

XLON

12:08:55

1000

160.6

XLON

12:08:55

104

160.6

XLON

12:15:55

913

160.6

XLON

12:15:55

500

160.6

XLON

12:15:55

161

160.6

XLON

12:18:58

1714

160.6

XLON

12:18:58

1417

160.6

CHIX

12:21:03

291

160.2

XLON

12:21:03

368

160.2

XLON

12:21:03

1000

160.2

XLON

12:21:03

56

160.2

XLON

12:25:18

1000

160.3

XLON

12:25:18

500

160.3

XLON

12:25:18

355

160.3

XLON

12:27:18

682

160.5

XLON

12:27:18

972

160.5

XLON

12:32:48

116

160.3

CHIX

12:32:48

1168

160.3

CHIX

12:32:48

1577

160.3

XLON

12:32:48

1655

160.3

XLON

12:34:02

831

160.2

TRQX

12:37:48

1334

160.3

XLON

12:37:48

457

160.3

XLON

12:37:48

94

160.3

XLON

12:39:52

95

160.2

TRQX

12:39:52

34

160.2

TRQX

12:43:46

446

160.2

XLON

12:43:46

1163

160.2

XLON

12:43:46

320

160.2

TRQX

12:49:17

1540

160.2

XLON

12:50:18

1179

160.2

CHIX

12:52:15

515

160.4

XLON

12:52:15

1054

160.4

XLON

12:58:10

569

160.9

BATE

12:58:10

1071

161.1

BATE

12:58:10

535

160.6

XLON

12:58:10

1751

160.8

BATE

12:58:10

390

160.7

XLON

12:58:10

1528

160.9

XLON

12:58:21

500

160.6

XLON

12:58:21

718

160.6

XLON

13:01:54

500

160.6

CHIX

13:01:54

500

160.6

CHIX

13:01:54

386

160.6

CHIX

13:02:21

1000

160.6

XLON

13:02:21

500

160.6

XLON

13:02:21

86

160.6

XLON

13:05:21

1660

160.6

XLON

13:08:27

75

160.6

XLON

13:08:27

1700

160.6

XLON

13:08:28

1321

160.5

TRQX

13:13:27

281

160.4

XLON

13:13:27

1354

160.4

XLON

13:15:28

797

160.3

CHIX

13:16:02

581

160.3

CHIX

13:18:27

1530

160.4

XLON

13:20:02

797

160.3

XLON

13:22:02

777

160.3

XLON

13:25:02

797

160.3

XLON

13:31:12

1598

160.3

XLON

13:31:12

862

160.3

XLON

13:31:12

1710

160.3

XLON

13:31:12

1845

160.2

XLON

13:31:12

695

160.3

CHIX

13:31:12

282

160.3

CHIX

13:31:12

332

160.3

CHIX

13:31:12

571

160.3

BATE

13:31:12

762

160.3

BATE

13:31:13

2971

160.3

XLON

13:31:22

1296

160.5

BATE

13:32:22

1888

160.3

XLON

13:33:52

1192

160.2

TRQX

13:36:11

40

160.2

XLON

13:36:11

1729

160.2

XLON

13:41:11

1000

160.2

XLON

13:41:11

753

160.2

XLON

13:41:22

1171

160.2

BATE

13:44:11

1759

160.1

XLON

13:49:44

1882

160.1

XLON

13:49:44

1272

160

CHIX

13:49:44

1805

159.9

XLON

13:49:44

1079

159.7

CHIX

13:53:59

1252

160.2

XLON

13:53:59

391

160.2

XLON

13:54:01

63

160

BATE

13:54:40

125

160

BATE

13:54:59

1145

160

BATE

13:55:06

1000

160.1

XLON

13:55:06

716

160.1

XLON

13:58:06

1789

160.2

XLON

14:00:22

1000

160.1

XLON

14:00:22

500

160.1

XLON

14:00:22

305

160.1

XLON

14:02:22

288

160.5

TRQX

14:02:22

903

160.5

TRQX

14:02:22

1699

160.1

XLON

14:04:22

1787

160.1

XLON

14:07:22

1846

160.1

XLON

14:10:22

559

160.5

BATE

14:10:22

657

160.5

BATE

14:10:22

1447

160.8

BATE

14:10:22

1878

160.8

XLON

14:10:22

7

160.5

CHIX

14:10:22

1643

160.8

CHIX

14:11:04

1785

160.3

XLON

14:13:54

1445

160.3

CHIX

14:17:14

1677

160.2

XLON

14:17:14

1776

160.2

XLON

14:19:51

326

160.2

TRQX

14:19:52

183

160.2

TRQX

14:20:40

67

160.2

TRQX

14:24:31

2774

160.6

XLON

14:24:31

175

160.6

XLON

14:25:12

866

160.6

XLON

14:25:12

449

160.6

XLON

14:25:12

160

160.6

XLON

14:25:12

114

160.8

XLON

14:25:30

1174

160.7

CHIX

14:25:40

467

160.5

XLON

14:25:40

500

160.5

XLON

14:25:40

646

160.5

XLON

14:26:48

1871

160.5

XLON

14:30:48

1403

160.8

TRQX

14:30:48

1490

160.8

XLON

14:30:48

207

160.8

XLON

14:32:48

1785

160.9

XLON

14:32:48

1247

160.7

CHIX

14:34:48

1000

160.8

XLON

14:34:48

732

160.8

XLON

14:34:48

1827

160.6

XLON

14:39:48

1252

160.8

CHIX

14:40:48

374

160.8

XLON

14:40:48

1455

160.8

XLON

14:42:48

300

160.9

XLON

14:46:48

1353

161

CHIX

14:46:48

1422

161

TRQX

14:48:10

1106

160.9

XLON

14:48:10

1106

160.9

XLON

14:48:10

508

161.3

BATE

14:48:10

783

161.3

BATE

14:48:10

645

160.9

XLON

14:48:10

4676

161

XLON

14:50:05

132

160.9

XLON

14:50:05

1709

160.9

XLON

14:51:42

570

160.8

XLON

14:51:42

555

160.8

XLON

14:51:42

660

160.8

XLON

14:53:45

225

160.8

XLON

14:55:25

1248

161.1

CHIX

14:55:32

1439

160.9

XLON

14:55:32

275

160.9

XLON

14:57:32

1000

160.9

XLON

14:57:32

579

160.9

XLON

14:58:32

500

160.9

XLON

14:58:32

500

160.9

XLON

14:58:32

752

160.9

XLON

15:03:48

133

160.9

XLON

15:03:48

979

160.9

XLON

15:03:48

1365

161

TRQX

15:03:48

242

160.9

XLON

15:03:48

200

160.9

XLON

15:03:48

300

160.9

XLON

15:03:48

500

160.9

XLON

15:03:48

1439

161.3

CHIX

15:07:48

244

161

XLON

15:07:48

68

161

XLON

15:07:48

3000

161

XLON

15:07:48

66

161

XLON

15:08:06

1308

161.3

BATE

15:08:06

1614

160.9

XLON

15:08:06

1714

161.2

BATE

15:08:06

1916

161.2

BATE

15:08:31

1196

160.8

CHIX

15:10:22

1727

161

XLON

15:12:46

1742

161.3

XLON

15:13:38

1560

160.9

XLON

15:15:34

429

160.8

CHIX

15:15:34

815

160.8

CHIX

15:16:38

1000

160.8

XLON

15:16:38

881

160.8

XLON

15:18:16

1552

160.7

XLON

15:18:22

856

160.4

BATE

15:18:22

1325

160.5

BATE

15:19:22

1000

160.5

BATE

15:19:22

436

160.5

BATE

15:21:09

500

160.8

BATE

15:21:09

1000

160.8

BATE

15:21:09

181

160.8

BATE

15:21:09

1216

160.8

BATE

15:21:15

1500

160.9

XLON

15:21:15

322

160.9

XLON

15:21:15

776

161

XLON

15:21:15

172

161

XLON

15:21:15

143

161

XLON

15:21:15

586

161.2

XLON

15:23:22

963

161

TRQX

15:23:22

302

161

TRQX

15:23:43

1606

160.8

XLON

15:23:43

1272

160.8

CHIX

15:27:05

1804

160.8

XLON

15:27:05

1641

160.8

XLON

15:27:05

1181

160.8

BATE

15:29:05

247

160.8

XLON

15:29:05

1533

160.8

XLON

15:29:05

1181

160.8

CHIX

15:30:59

118

160.7

XLON

15:30:59

1140

160.8

XLON

15:30:59

445

160.8

XLON

15:32:59

1531

160.8

XLON

15:34:13

1467

161.3

BATE

15:34:13

1337

160.9

CHIX

15:34:13

1618

161.2

BATE

15:34:50

1852

160.8

XLON

15:36:22

1000

160.8

XLON

15:36:22

810

160.8

XLON

15:37:22

500

160.8

TRQX

15:37:22

828

160.8

TRQX

15:37:22

500

160.8

XLON

15:37:22

1280

160.8

XLON

15:38:22

1744

160.8

XLON

15:45:03

99

160.9

CHIX

15:45:03

1285

161.1

CHIX

15:45:16

287

161.3

XLON

15:45:16

6093

161.3

XLON

15:45:50

1788

161

XLON

15:47:08

1742

161.2

BATE

15:47:08

1892

161.2

BATE

15:47:08

1537

161

XLON

15:49:25

500

160.9

XLON

15:49:25

500

160.9

XLON

15:49:25

834

160.9

XLON

15:49:52

286

160.9

CHIX

15:49:52

1102

160.9

CHIX

15:50:25

1389

161

BATE

15:50:52

500

160.9

XLON

15:50:52

500

160.9

XLON

15:50:52

857

160.9

XLON

15:53:22

1000

161

TRQX

15:53:22

341

161

TRQX

15:57:00

2500

161.2

XLON

15:57:00

500

161.2

XLON

15:57:00

500

161.2

XLON

15:57:00

699

161.2

XLON

15:57:23

1569

160.9

XLON

15:57:23

1305

160.9

CHIX

15:57:23

96

160.9

CHIX

15:58:25

1000

161.2

BATE

15:58:25

507

161.2

BATE

15:58:25

1493

161.2

BATE

16:01:29

1000

161.3

XLON

16:01:29

785

161.3

XLON

16:02:29

1655

161.2

XLON

16:08:23

312

161.1

TRQX

16:08:23

1074

161.1

TRQX

16:09:39

1376

161

CHIX

16:09:39

1731

161

XLON

16:09:39

1733

161

XLON

16:09:39

1802

161

XLON

16:10:39

1179

161

CHIX

16:10:39

1564

161

XLON

16:10:58

568

161.3

BATE

16:10:58

856

161.3

BATE

16:12:39

1661

161.8

XLON

16:12:39

893

161.3

BATE

16:12:39

312

161.3

BATE

16:12:39

1250

161.6

BATE

16:13:39

1000

161.6

XLON

16:13:39

654

161.6

XLON

16:15:05

2070

161.2

XLON

16:16:39

1706

161

XLON

16:16:39

1359

161

CHIX

16:17:39

1772

161.6

XLON

16:19:39

1000

161.6

XLON

16:19:39

636

161.6

XLON

16:21:28

3

161.3

XLON

16:21:28

1523

161.3

XLON

16:21:28

995

161.3

TRQX

16:24:06

2

161.4

CHIX

16:24:54

791

161.4

CHIX

16:25:27

1549

161.3

XLON

16:25:27

2050

161.3

XLON

16:25:27

48

161.3

XLON

16:25:27

1235

161.3

XLON

16:25:27

299

161.3

XLON

16:25:27

230

161.3

XLON

16:26:02

774

161.2

XLON

16:26:02

1041

161.2

XLON

16:26:54

756

161.3

CHIX

16:27:02

209

161.3

XLON

16:27:02

186

161.3

XLON

16:27:02

2234

161.3

XLON

 



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