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

22 September 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

497,606

Weighted average price paid (p)

157.13

Highest price paid (p)

158.20

Lowest price paid (p)

155.80

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 77,423,378 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 673,271,637. 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 22 September 2023 is 673,271,637. 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

157.08

356,878

BATE

157.37

48,799

CHIX

157.13

64,398

TRQX

157.30

27,531

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:05:31

500

157.3

XLON

08:05:31

1122

157.3

XLON

08:05:31

976

157.3

XLON

08:05:45

1933

157.6

XLON

08:06:00

500

157.7

CHIX

08:06:00

914

157.7

CHIX

08:06:15

1201

157.7

TRQX

08:09:25

1651

157.4

XLON

08:10:43

1418

157.6

BATE

08:11:36

1904

157.4

XLON

08:20:05

802

157.7

TRQX

08:20:05

587

157.7

TRQX

08:26:36

607

157.7

XLON

08:26:36

1000

157.7

XLON

08:30:36

237

157.6

XLON

08:30:36

1586

157.6

XLON

08:32:00

1211

157.7

CHIX

08:32:36

915

157.5

XLON

08:32:36

1000

157.5

XLON

08:33:10

3704

157.1

XLON

08:33:10

3610

157.1

XLON

08:33:10

2480

157.3

XLON

08:33:10

518

157.3

XLON

08:34:16

1998

156.6

XLON

08:34:16

742

156.6

XLON

08:34:16

1041

156.4

CHIX

08:35:26

1707

156.5

XLON

08:37:26

1834

156.6

XLON

08:39:16

494

156.4

XLON

08:39:16

28

156.4

XLON

08:39:16

4

156.4

XLON

08:39:16

2235

156.4

XLON

08:39:16

1427

156.7

CHIX

08:41:16

2524

157.1

XLON

08:41:16

826

157.1

XLON

08:41:16

1825

157

XLON

08:42:55

4

157

CHIX

08:42:55

1251

157

CHIX

08:42:55

900

157

TRQX

08:42:55

277

157

TRQX

09:01:55

1428

157

CHIX

09:03:56

4

156.8

TRQX

09:03:57

29

156.8

TRQX

09:03:57

1326

156.8

TRQX

09:07:43

1979

156.9

XLON

09:12:43

2030

156.9

XLON

09:12:56

1481

156.5

CHIX

09:12:56

500

156.5

CHIX

09:12:56

500

156.5

CHIX

09:12:56

80

156.5

CHIX

09:12:56

500

156.5

CHIX

09:12:56

500

156.5

CHIX

09:12:59

416

157

XLON

09:12:59

5500

157

XLON

09:12:59

4924

157

XLON

09:12:59

5096

157

XLON

09:14:17

1234

157.4

BATE

09:30:57

4

157.1

TRQX

09:30:58

29

157.1

TRQX

09:33:58

28

157.3

TRQX

09:36:58

1353

157.4

TRQX

10:05:04

1745

157.6

XLON

10:05:04

149

157.6

CHIX

10:05:04

1829

157.6

XLON

10:05:04

986

157.6

CHIX

10:05:04

778

157.6

CHIX

10:05:04

1000

157.6

CHIX

10:05:04

713

157.6

CHIX

10:05:04

188

157.6

CHIX

10:05:17

1192

157.6

BATE

10:13:58

534

157.6

TRQX

10:13:58

889

157.6

TRQX

10:25:26

1147

157.4

XLON

10:25:26

828

157.4

XLON

10:34:01

929

157.1

XLON

10:34:01

2249

157.1

XLON

10:34:01

2785

157.1

XLON

10:34:01

844

157.1

XLON

10:34:18

1769

156.7

CHIX

10:34:18

310

156.6

XLON

10:34:18

2600

156.6

XLON

10:34:18

1000

156.6

XLON

10:34:18

500

156.6

XLON

10:34:18

500

156.6

XLON

10:34:18

500

156.6

XLON

10:34:18

500

156.6

XLON

10:34:18

500

156.6

XLON

10:34:18

500

156.6

XLON

10:34:18

500

156.6

XLON

10:34:18

72

156.6

XLON

10:34:18

36

156.6

XLON

10:34:18

4781

156.6

XLON

10:37:18

75

156.9

CHIX

10:37:18

1180

156.9

CHIX

10:37:18

500

156.9

CHIX

10:37:18

500

156.9

CHIX

10:37:18

163

156.9

CHIX

10:37:18

78

156.8

CHIX

10:37:18

73

156.8

CHIX

10:37:18

74

156.8

CHIX

10:37:18

12

156.8

CHIX

10:38:17

100

157.3

BATE

10:38:17

126

157.4

BATE

10:38:17

100

157.4

BATE

10:38:17

855

157.4

BATE

10:38:17

270

157

BATE

10:38:17

935

157

BATE

10:56:16

500

157.4

TRQX

10:56:16

774

157.4

TRQX

11:00:00

531

157.3

CHIX

11:00:00

658

157.3

CHIX

11:02:18

1672

157.1

XLON

11:15:18

874

156.9

XLON

11:15:18

1000

156.9

XLON

11:17:03

1000

156.7

CHIX

11:17:03

398

156.7

CHIX

11:17:03

845

156.7

XLON

11:17:03

1000

156.7

XLON

11:17:03

500

156.7

CHIX

11:17:03

387

156.7

CHIX

11:17:03

496

156.7

CHIX

11:17:30

1422

156.7

BATE

11:17:36

2215

156.5

XLON

11:17:36

465

156.5

XLON

11:21:30

1380

156.4

TRQX

11:22:25

183

156.7

BATE

11:22:25

100

156.7

BATE

11:22:25

904

156.7

BATE

11:22:25

520

156.5

BATE

11:22:25

774

156.5

BATE

11:31:47

1244

156.5

CHIX

11:38:05

1441

156.5

XLON

11:38:05

1147

156.5

XLON

11:48:41

1229

156.4

XLON

11:48:41

10

156.4

CHIX

11:48:41

515

156.4

XLON

11:48:41

11

156.4

XLON

11:48:41

464

156.4

CHIX

11:48:41

743

156.4

CHIX

11:48:41

2843

156.4

XLON

11:48:41

248

156.4

XLON

11:48:41

500

156.4

XLON

11:48:41

500

156.4

XLON

11:48:41

1704

156.4

XLON

11:48:41

500

156.4

XLON

11:48:41

43

156.4

XLON

11:55:06

1686

156.3

XLON

12:01:05

1385

156.3

CHIX

12:01:05

1187

156.3

BATE

12:11:34

1217

156.2

TRQX

12:11:34

111

156.2

TRQX

12:20:16

1652

156.2

XLON

12:20:16

4754

156.3

XLON

12:20:16

859

156.3

XLON

12:20:16

589

156.3

CHIX

12:20:16

760

156.3

CHIX

12:38:16

1182

156

TRQX

12:43:33

253

156

CHIX

12:48:19

1704

156

BATE

12:48:19

6484

156.3

XLON

12:48:19

337

156.1

XLON

12:48:19

787

156.1

XLON

12:48:19

1103

156

CHIX

12:48:19

536

156

CHIX

12:48:19

711

156

CHIX

12:48:20

3153

155.9

XLON

12:48:20

92

155.9

XLON

12:48:20

4184

155.9

XLON

12:48:20

4914

155.9

XLON

12:48:20

500

156

BATE

12:48:20

500

156

BATE

12:48:20

500

156

BATE

12:48:20

381

156

BATE

12:52:20

1869

155.8

XLON

12:58:20

2062

156.1

XLON

12:58:20

676

156.1

XLON

12:58:20

87

156.1

XLON

12:58:21

2332

156.3

XLON

12:58:21

10942

156.3

XLON

12:58:21

950

156.3

XLON

12:59:07

61

156.3

XLON

13:01:09

500

156.4

BATE

13:01:09

745

156.4

BATE

13:13:23

2305

156.5

XLON

13:13:23

7198

156.6

XLON

13:13:23

117

156.6

XLON

13:13:23

1000

156.5

CHIX

13:13:23

520

156.5

CHIX

13:15:12

806

156.4

TRQX

13:18:33

2890

156.7

XLON

13:19:30

2074

156.6

XLON

13:19:30

1610

156.6

XLON

13:19:30

500

156.6

XLON

13:19:30

500

156.6

XLON

13:19:30

2500

156.6

XLON

13:19:30

522

156.6

XLON

13:22:12

822

156.9

XLON

13:22:12

2500

156.9

XLON

13:22:12

5500

156.9

XLON

13:23:09

484

157.3

XLON

13:23:09

3788

157.3

XLON

13:23:09

500

157.3

XLON

13:23:09

4500

157.3

XLON

13:23:09

1401

157.3

CHIX

13:23:09

127

157

XLON

13:23:09

149

157

XLON

13:23:09

1000

157

XLON

13:23:09

500

157

XLON

13:23:09

586

156.9

BATE

13:23:09

775

157

BATE

13:27:08

497

157.1

XLON

13:27:08

6000

157.1

XLON

13:27:08

317

157.1

XLON

13:27:08

264

157.1

XLON

13:27:08

741

157.1

XLON

13:28:46

1000

157.1

TRQX

13:28:46

187

157.1

TRQX

13:28:49

267

157.1

XLON

13:28:49

155

157.1

XLON

13:28:49

129

157.1

XLON

13:28:49

362

157.1

XLON

13:28:49

699

157.1

XLON

13:29:15

1409

157

CHIX

13:33:52

1155

157

XLON

13:33:52

500

157

XLON

13:33:52

179

157

XLON

13:33:52

321

157

XLON

13:33:52

1000

157

XLON

13:33:52

423

157

XLON

13:33:52

1000

157

BATE

13:33:52

254

157

BATE

13:35:00

1819

157

XLON

13:37:00

1976

157

XLON

13:41:15

131

157

CHIX

13:41:15

1307

157

CHIX

13:41:15

1833

157

XLON

13:41:15

131

157

XLON

13:41:15

500

157.1

BATE

13:41:15

664

157.1

BATE

13:45:28

1817

157

XLON

13:50:28

239

157

TRQX

13:50:28

1003

157

TRQX

13:52:15

1179

157

CHIX

13:54:41

3946

156.9

XLON

14:05:15

1248

156.9

CHIX

14:11:42

1653

156.9

XLON

14:11:42

80

156.8

XLON

14:12:28

500

156.8

TRQX

14:12:28

849

156.8

TRQX

14:15:15

1430

156.9

CHIX

14:15:48

2146

156.6

XLON

14:16:05

868

157.1

XLON

14:16:05

268

157.1

XLON

14:16:05

5500

157.1

XLON

14:16:05

5907

157.1

XLON

14:21:52

325

156.9

CHIX

14:21:52

4474

157.1

XLON

14:21:52

81

157

XLON

14:21:52

1083

156.9

CHIX

14:21:52

81

157

XLON

14:21:52

160

157.4

BATE

14:21:52

2006

157.4

BATE

14:21:52

2072

157.3

BATE

14:22:52

845

156.9

XLON

14:22:52

428

156.9

XLON

14:22:52

345

156.9

XLON

14:24:52

832

156.9

XLON

14:24:52

500

156.9

XLON

14:24:52

500

156.9

XLON

14:27:18

1686

156.8

XLON

14:30:00

1852

157.1

XLON

14:31:56

1809

157.7

XLON

14:32:27

1413

157.6

BATE

14:33:41

69

157.5

CHIX

14:33:41

1290

157.5

CHIX

14:33:43

358

157.7

XLON

14:33:43

843

157.7

XLON

14:33:43

650

157.7

XLON

14:33:43

5

157.7

XLON

14:33:43

109

158

BATE

14:33:43

302

158

BATE

14:33:43

875

157.9

BATE

14:33:43

126

157.9

BATE

14:33:58

875

157.7

BATE

14:33:58

634

157.7

BATE

14:33:58

648

158

BATE

14:33:58

125

158

BATE

14:33:58

692

158

BATE

14:35:33

1878

157.6

XLON

14:35:33

1386

157.6

TRQX

14:36:38

1629

157.6

XLON

14:40:28

1760

157.6

XLON

14:40:28

366

157.6

XLON

14:40:28

500

157.6

XLON

14:40:28

1000

157.6

XLON

14:40:28

175

157.6

CHIX

14:40:28

500

157.6

CHIX

14:40:28

692

157.6

CHIX

14:40:58

679

157.6

BATE

14:40:58

1000

157.6

BATE

14:43:28

769

157.6

XLON

14:43:28

1000

157.6

XLON

14:45:28

1751

157.6

XLON

14:47:35

1764

157.6

XLON

14:47:51

79

157.5

CHIX

14:47:51

1125

157.5

CHIX

14:53:57

1423

157.4

XLON

14:53:57

1829

157.4

XLON

14:53:57

528

157.4

XLON

14:53:57

1787

157.4

XLON

14:53:57

1207

157.4

BATE

14:54:57

1967

157.4

XLON

14:55:10

65

157.4

CHIX

14:55:10

644

157.4

CHIX

14:55:10

551

157.4

CHIX

14:59:10

1609

157.4

XLON

14:59:10

1147

157.4

XLON

14:59:10

528

157.4

XLON

14:59:10

142

157.6

TRQX

14:59:10

1056

157.9

TRQX

14:59:57

1809

157.4

XLON

14:59:57

1435

158.2

BATE

15:04:01

1331

157.6

CHIX

15:04:01

1067

157.3

CHIX

15:04:01

2134

157.6

XLON

15:04:01

263

157.2

XLON

15:05:01

1713

157.7

XLON

15:07:01

1856

157.7

XLON

15:08:05

1881

157.7

XLON

15:10:56

1270

157.7

XLON

15:10:56

478

157.7

XLON

15:13:07

790

157.7

XLON

15:13:07

939

157.7

XLON

15:13:08

1341

158

TRQX

15:15:06

1691

157.7

XLON

15:15:06

1335

157.7

CHIX

15:16:06

1316

157.7

XLON

15:16:06

500

157.7

XLON

15:24:16

121

157.8

CHIX

15:24:16

115

157.8

CHIX

15:24:16

114

157.8

CHIX

15:24:16

1118

157.8

CHIX

15:39:55

1711

157.7

TRQX

15:39:55

2700

157.7

CHIX

15:39:55

305

157.7

BATE

15:39:55

2188

157.7

XLON

15:39:55

1900

157.7

XLON

15:39:55

1699

157.7

XLON

15:39:55

31

157.7

XLON

15:39:55

1634

157.7

XLON

15:39:55

1674

157.7

XLON

15:39:55

1705

157.7

XLON

15:39:55

1602

157.7

XLON

15:39:55

1654

157.7

XLON

15:39:55

1744

157.7

XLON

15:39:55

935

157.7

BATE

15:40:28

500

157.7

BATE

15:40:28

500

157.7

BATE

15:40:30

8

157.9

BATE

15:40:30

1438

157.9

BATE

15:40:30

1796

158

BATE

15:40:30

71

158

BATE

15:40:30

1190

158

BATE

15:42:58

1175

157.7

CHIX

15:42:58

990

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

100

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

1

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

51

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

186

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

499

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

139

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

698

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

999

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

499

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

500

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

361

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

840

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

139

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

500

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

500

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

499

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

3000

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

1500

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

1159

157.7

XLON

15:42:58

853

157.7

XLON

15:44:42

1850

158

XLON

15:45:42

1815

158.1

XLON

15:47:06

1864

158

XLON

15:47:16

1298

158

TRQX

15:47:16

3

158

TRQX

15:49:17

500

158

CHIX

15:49:17

500

158

CHIX

15:49:17

255

158

CHIX

16:00:00

38

158

BATE

16:00:00

362

158.2

BATE

16:00:00

1133

158.2

BATE

16:00:00

116

158

CHIX

16:00:00

110

158

CHIX

16:00:00

111

158

CHIX

16:00:00

108

158

CHIX

16:00:00

889

158

CHIX

16:00:06

3841

157.9

XLON

16:00:06

500

157.9

XLON

16:00:06

500

157.9

XLON

16:00:06

1342

157.9

XLON

16:00:06

208

157.9

XLON

16:00:06

500

157.9

XLON

16:00:06

500

157.9

XLON

16:00:06

607

157.9

XLON

16:00:06

2534

157.9

XLON

16:00:06

908

157.9

XLON

16:01:06

1921

157.8

XLON

16:03:06

500

157.7

BATE

16:03:06

1427

157.7

BATE

16:03:06

1882

157.7

BATE

16:03:06

367

157.7

BATE

16:03:06

847

157.7

BATE

16:04:06

1731

158.1

XLON

16:04:50

1195

157.9

CHIX

16:05:06

1591

157.8

XLON

16:05:46

1333

158

TRQX

16:06:26

1805

157.8

XLON

16:08:26

116

157.8

XLON

16:08:26

1500

157.8

XLON

16:09:46

3

157.9

CHIX

16:10:10

1429

158

CHIX

16:10:26

869

158

XLON

16:10:26

1000

158

XLON

16:11:26

786

158

XLON

16:11:26

1000

158

XLON

16:12:26

1750

157.9

XLON

16:15:06

1589

157.6

XLON

16:15:06

1898

157.6

XLON

16:15:10

713

157.6

CHIX

16:15:10

489

157.6

CHIX

16:16:26

1611

157.6

XLON

16:17:26

1766

157.6

XLON

16:18:26

1743

157.6

XLON

16:18:26

8

157.6

XLON

16:19:00

519

158

TRQX

16:19:00

270

158

TRQX

16:20:00

1606

157.7

XLON

16:20:00

1338

157.7

CHIX

16:25:19

379

157.6

XLON

16:25:19

1213

158

BATE

16:25:19

761

158

TRQX

 



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