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 RBC Europe Limited.

 

Date of Purchase

19 October 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

388,319

Weighted average price paid (p)

147.79

Highest price paid (p)

151.00

Lowest price paid (p)

146.80

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 85,097,698 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 665,597,317. 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 19 October 2023 is 665,597,317. 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: RBC Europe Limited

Intermediary Code: ROYCGB22

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 RBC Europe 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

147.69

310,455

BATE

148.31

23,553

CHIX

148.15

34,394

TRQX

148.22

19,917

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:06:03

5

147.50

XLON

8:06:10

2

148.80

XLON

8:06:11

5

150.10

CHIX

8:06:11

1

151.00

XLON

8:06:11

164

151.00

XLON

8:06:12

1

149.90

XLON

8:06:12

548

149.90

XLON

8:06:12

221

149.90

XLON

8:07:16

308

149.40

XLON

8:07:16

221

149.50

XLON

8:08:25

234

149.60

XLON

8:08:25

233

150.10

TRQX

8:10:49

245

149.50

XLON

8:10:49

1204

149.50

TRQX

8:10:49

309

149.50

BATE

8:10:49

309

149.50

CHIX

8:15:06

76

149.90

BATE

8:15:06

475

149.90

BATE

8:15:06

162

149.90

BATE

8:15:07

238

149.90

XLON

8:15:08

71

149.80

XLON

8:15:40

249

150.00

XLON

8:15:42

29

150.00

XLON

8:15:45

74

150.00

XLON

8:15:46

9

150.00

XLON

8:15:48

22

150.00

XLON

8:15:50

76

150.00

BATE

8:15:50

173

150.00

BATE

8:15:51

7

150.00

XLON

8:15:53

74

150.00

BATE

8:15:55

3

150.00

XLON

8:17:08

2

149.80

XLON

8:18:42

30

149.80

XLON

8:18:45

29

149.80

XLON

8:18:48

9

149.80

XLON

8:18:51

9

149.80

XLON

8:18:54

3

149.80

XLON

8:18:57

2

149.80

XLON

8:19:00

1

149.80

XLON

8:20:12

214

150.20

CHIX

8:20:13

23

149.90

BATE

8:20:13

29

150.00

XLON

8:21:44

76

150.60

CHIX

8:21:44

801

150.60

CHIX

8:21:46

76

150.60

TRQX

8:21:46

161

150.60

TRQX

8:21:46

263

149.90

CHIX

8:21:46

29

149.90

XLON

8:21:46

15

149.90

BATE

8:24:15

76

149.80

BATE

8:24:15

1063

149.80

BATE

8:27:40

463

149.40

XLON

8:27:40

360

149.40

TRQX

8:27:40

463

149.40

CHIX

8:27:40

103

149.40

TRQX

8:27:40

463

149.40

BATE

8:34:13

6

149.30

TRQX

8:34:13

600

149.30

XLON

8:34:13

7

149.30

BATE

8:34:13

7

149.30

CHIX

8:34:13

438

149.30

XLON

8:34:18

121

148.90

TRQX

8:34:18

211

148.90

XLON

8:34:18

211

148.90

CHIX

8:34:18

212

149.30

BATE

8:40:56

92

149.20

BATE

8:40:57

92

149.20

XLON

8:41:00

92

149.20

CHIX

8:41:02

91

149.20

TRQX

8:41:06

37

149.20

BATE

8:41:09

28

149.20

CHIX

8:41:12

28

149.20

BATE

8:41:15

27

149.20

TRQX

8:41:18

27

149.20

XLON

8:41:21

11

149.20

BATE

8:41:24

9

149.20

CHIX

8:41:27

8

149.20

BATE

8:41:30

8

149.20

TRQX

8:41:33

8

149.20

XLON

8:41:36

4

149.20

BATE

8:41:39

3

149.20

BATE

8:41:42

3

149.20

XLON

8:41:45

2

149.20

CHIX

8:43:56

2

149.20

TRQX

8:45:22

38

149.20

CHIX

8:45:24

38

149.20

TRQX

8:45:27

11

149.20

CHIX

8:45:30

12

149.20

TRQX

8:45:33

3

149.20

CHIX

8:46:54

4

149.20

TRQX

8:46:57

38

149.20

CHIX

8:47:00

1

149.20

BATE

8:48:25

12

149.20

CHIX

8:48:26

37

149.20

BATE

8:48:30

4

149.20

CHIX

8:48:33

11

149.20

BATE

8:48:34

1

149.20

CHIX

8:49:50

1

148.80

BATE

8:49:50

4

148.80

BATE

8:49:50

1

148.80

TRQX

8:49:50

1

148.80

XLON

8:49:50

649

148.60

CHIX

8:55:59

49

148.70

XLON

8:56:03

49

148.70

CHIX

8:56:04

48

148.80

TRQX

8:56:05

498

148.80

CHIX

8:56:07

41

148.80

CHIX

8:56:08

149

148.80

CHIX

8:56:09

15

148.80

TRQX

8:56:10

45

148.80

CHIX

8:56:12

15

148.80

XLON

8:56:13

14

148.80

CHIX

8:56:14

12

148.80

CHIX

8:56:15

5

148.80

CHIX

8:56:17

4

148.80

TRQX

8:56:18

3

148.80

CHIX

8:56:19

2

148.80

CHIX

8:56:47

4

149.00

XLON

8:56:48

111

149.10

XLON

8:57:36

36

149.70

TRQX

8:57:37

76

149.60

BATE

8:57:37

36

149.60

BATE

8:57:37

41

149.80

XLON

9:00:34

36

149.40

XLON

9:00:36

76

149.40

BATE

9:00:36

159

149.40

BATE

9:00:37

41

149.40

XLON

9:00:38

71

149.40

BATE

9:00:42

21

149.40

TRQX

9:00:43

12

149.40

XLON

9:00:44

11

149.40

XLON

9:00:45

7

149.40

TRQX

9:00:47

5

149.40

BATE

9:03:32

7

149.40

XLON

9:03:36

41

149.40

BATE

9:03:39

7

149.40

CHIX

9:03:42

13

149.40

BATE

9:03:45

7

149.40

BATE

9:03:48

6

149.40

TRQX

9:03:51

4

149.40

BATE

9:03:54

2

149.40

CHIX

9:05:00

2

149.40

XLON

9:05:03

41

149.40

CHIX

9:05:06

2

149.40

BATE

9:05:09

12

149.40

CHIX

9:05:12

2

149.40

BATE

9:05:13

3

149.00

CHIX

9:05:13

1

149.00

BATE

9:05:13

1

149.00

XLON

9:05:13

1

149.00

TRQX

9:05:27

819

148.70

BATE

9:05:27

60

148.70

XLON

9:05:27

18

148.70

XLON

9:05:27

78

148.70

CHIX

9:05:34

133

148.70

TRQX

9:05:34

134

148.70

BATE

9:05:34

134

148.70

CHIX

9:05:34

134

148.70

XLON

9:09:20

68

148.60

XLON

9:09:20

68

148.60

TRQX

9:09:20

69

148.60

BATE

9:09:20

69

148.60

CHIX

9:09:20

64

148.60

XLON

9:09:22

119

148.50

TRQX

9:09:22

119

148.50

XLON

9:09:22

120

148.50

BATE

9:09:22

119

148.50

CHIX

9:09:29

36

148.40

XLON

9:09:29

36

148.40

TRQX

9:09:29

36

148.40

CHIX

9:09:29

37

148.40

BATE

9:09:29

21

148.40

CHIX

9:13:51

7

148.20

XLON

9:13:51

7

148.20

TRQX

9:13:51

8

148.20

BATE

9:13:51

5

148.20

CHIX

9:13:51

2

148.20

CHIX

9:21:44

399

148.60

CHIX

9:21:48

44

148.60

CHIX

9:21:50

120

148.60

CHIX

9:21:51

13

148.60

CHIX

9:21:54

36

148.60

CHIX

9:21:55

8

148.60

BATE

9:21:57

10

148.60

CHIX

9:22:00

7

148.60

XLON

9:22:03

3

148.60

BATE

9:22:06

2

148.60

XLON

9:26:50

48

148.60

XLON

9:26:51

331

148.60

XLON

9:26:54

15

148.60

XLON

9:26:56

99

148.60

XLON

9:26:57

5

148.60

XLON

9:27:00

29

148.60

XLON

9:27:03

2

148.60

XLON

9:27:06

8

148.60

XLON

9:27:07

1

148.60

XLON

9:27:08

2

148.60

XLON

9:28:04

34

148.80

XLON

9:28:05

1

148.80

XLON

9:28:05

121

148.90

XLON

9:28:05

902

148.90

XLON

9:28:41

342

149.00

XLON

9:28:45

60

149.00

XLON

9:28:48

31

149.00

XLON

9:28:48

72

149.00

XLON

9:28:48

18

149.10

XLON

9:30:56

23

148.80

TRQX

9:30:56

23

148.80

XLON

9:30:56

4

148.80

CHIX

9:30:56

1

148.80

BATE

9:31:00

121

148.90

XLON

9:31:01

76

148.90

TRQX

9:31:04

120

148.90

XLON

9:31:06

76

148.90

CHIX

9:36:20

190

148.90

XLON

9:36:21

76

148.90

CHIX

9:40:52

155

148.80

XLON

9:40:54

76

148.80

CHIX

9:45:35

14

148.80

XLON

9:45:35

113

148.80

XLON

9:45:36

38

148.80

XLON

9:46:51

103

148.80

XLON

9:46:54

49

148.80

XLON

9:46:57

31

148.80

XLON

9:47:00

15

148.80

XLON

9:47:01

9

148.80

XLON

9:47:03

5

148.80

XLON

9:47:06

2

148.80

XLON

9:48:21

2

148.80

XLON

9:50:58

50

148.50

XLON

9:50:58

102

148.50

TRQX

9:50:58

127

148.50

BATE

9:50:58

127

148.50

CHIX

9:50:58

486

148.50

XLON

9:58:38

101

148.70

XLON

9:58:42

101

148.70

CHIX

9:58:45

76

148.70

TRQX

9:58:45

25

148.70

TRQX

9:58:46

76

148.70

BATE

9:58:46

25

148.70

BATE

9:58:47

51

148.70

XLON

9:58:51

31

148.70

CHIX

9:58:54

30

148.70

TRQX

9:58:57

30

148.70

BATE

9:59:00

30

148.70

XLON

9:59:03

15

148.70

XLON

9:59:06

10

148.70

CHIX

9:59:09

9

148.70

XLON

9:59:12

9

148.70

TRQX

9:59:15

9

148.70

BATE

9:59:18

4

148.70

XLON

9:59:21

3

148.70

CHIX

10:00:45

3

148.70

XLON

10:00:48

52

148.70

CHIX

10:00:50

3

148.70

TRQX

10:00:53

15

148.70

CHIX

10:00:57

2

148.70

BATE

10:02:14

5

148.60

CHIX

10:02:15

2

148.60

XLON

10:02:17

1

148.60

CHIX

10:03:26

1

148.60

XLON

10:03:27

1

148.60

XLON

10:04:37

1

148.60

BATE

10:04:37

12

148.60

BATE

10:05:49

37

148.60

XLON

10:05:51

36

148.60

TRQX

10:05:52

51

148.60

BATE

10:05:54

25

148.60

BATE

10:08:12

26

148.40

XLON

10:08:12

26

148.40

TRQX

10:08:12

26

148.40

BATE

10:08:12

26

148.40

CHIX

10:08:12

8

148.40

BATE

10:08:17

113

148.10

TRQX

10:08:17

113

148.10

XLON

10:08:17

113

148.10

CHIX

10:08:17

114

148.10

BATE

10:10:09

34

148.30

BATE

10:10:09

154

148.50

XLON

10:13:14

173

148.50

XLON

10:13:15

265

148.50

XLON

10:13:18

174

148.40

CHIX

10:13:19

173

148.40

TRQX

10:13:19

80

148.50

XLON

10:13:55

47

148.50

XLON

10:13:55

5

148.50

XLON

10:13:56

76

148.50

TRQX

10:13:57

76

148.50

BATE

10:13:57

98

148.50

BATE

10:13:58

72

148.50

XLON

10:14:00

52

148.50

CHIX

10:14:03

52

148.50

BATE

10:14:06

23

148.50

TRQX

10:14:07

22

148.50

XLON

10:14:09

16

148.50

CHIX

10:14:12

15

148.50

XLON

10:14:13

15

148.50

BATE

10:14:15

7

148.50

XLON

10:14:17

7

148.50

TRQX

10:14:21

5

148.50

XLON

10:14:22

4

148.50

CHIX

10:14:24

4

148.50

BATE

10:14:27

3

148.50

XLON

10:15:37

21

148.10

BATE

10:16:52

61

148.40

TRQX

10:16:52

20

148.50

XLON

10:18:26

33

148.50

TRQX

10:18:28

62

148.50

XLON

10:18:31

62

148.50

BATE

10:18:34

28

148.50

XLON

10:18:37

22

148.50

XLON

10:18:40

20

148.50

CHIX

10:18:43

14

148.50

BATE

10:18:43

8

148.50

BATE

10:18:44

11

148.50

TRQX

10:18:45

76

148.50

BATE

10:18:45

281

148.50

BATE

10:18:45

8

148.20

XLON

10:18:45

4

148.20

TRQX

10:18:45

7

148.20

CHIX

10:24:03

404

148.10

BATE

10:24:03

404

148.10

CHIX

10:24:03

403

148.10

TRQX

10:24:03

9

148.10

XLON

10:32:07

121

148.50

XLON

10:32:07

206

148.50

CHIX

10:32:07

30

148.50

XLON

10:32:07

428

148.50

CHIX

10:32:07

66

148.70

XLON

10:32:07

362

148.70

XLON

10:32:07

219

148.80

XLON

10:32:07

350

148.80

XLON

10:32:07

150

148.80

XLON

10:32:10

263

148.90

XLON

10:32:10

294

148.90

XLON

10:32:10

226

148.90

XLON

10:43:00

783

148.70

TRQX

10:43:00

428

148.70

XLON

10:43:00

428

148.70

CHIX

10:43:00

428

148.70

BATE

10:43:00

1,711

148.80

CHIX

10:56:01

516

148.70

TRQX

10:56:01

517

148.70

XLON

10:56:01

340

148.70

BATE

10:56:01

338

148.70

CHIX

10:56:01

177

148.70

BATE

10:56:01

179

148.70

CHIX

11:06:02

515

148.70

TRQX

11:06:02

517

148.70

XLON

11:06:02

376

148.70

CHIX

11:06:02

1

148.70

TRQX

11:06:02

517

148.70

BATE

11:06:02

141

148.70

CHIX

11:06:02

616

148.75

BATE

11:17:32

345

148.60

TRQX

11:17:32

1,032

148.60

XLON

11:17:32

344

148.60

CHIX

11:17:32

345

148.60

BATE

11:17:32

1

148.60

CHIX

11:17:32

609

148.65

CHIX

11:17:36

517

148.50

XLON

11:17:36

517

148.50

BATE

11:17:36

517

148.50

CHIX

11:17:36

516

148.50

TRQX

11:56:43

46

148.50

TRQX

11:56:43

517

148.50

XLON

11:56:43

470

148.50

TRQX

11:56:43

517

148.50

BATE

11:56:43

517

148.50

CHIX

12:28:37

450

148.50

TRQX

12:28:37

517

148.50

XLON

12:28:37

517

148.50

BATE

12:28:37

66

148.50

TRQX

12:28:37

50

148.50

CHIX

12:28:37

170

148.50

CHIX

12:28:37

277

148.50

CHIX

12:28:37

20

148.50

CHIX

12:31:11

967

148.60

XLON

12:31:11

109

148.60

TRQX

12:31:11

367

148.60

CHIX

12:31:11

257

148.60

TRQX

12:31:11

276

148.60

BATE

12:31:11

91

148.60

BATE

12:31:12

967

148.50

XLON

12:35:04

417

148.40

CHIX

12:35:04

372

148.40

XLON

12:35:04

392

148.40

TRQX

12:35:04

91

148.40

BATE

12:35:04

100

148.40

CHIX

12:35:04

124

148.40

TRQX

12:35:04

145

148.40

XLON

12:35:04

392

148.40

BATE

12:35:04

34

148.40

BATE

12:35:20

295

148.30

XLON

12:35:20

1,181

148.30

TRQX

12:35:20

295

148.30

CHIX

12:35:20

296

148.30

BATE

12:48:02

509

148.10

XLON

12:48:02

549

148.10

TRQX

12:48:02

229

148.10

XLON

12:48:02

189

148.10

TRQX

13:16:27

137

147.80

BATE

13:16:27

487

147.80

CHIX

13:16:27

380

147.80

BATE

13:16:27

516

147.80

TRQX

13:16:27

517

147.80

XLON

13:16:27

30

147.80

CHIX

13:29:10

585

147.70

XLON

13:29:10

412

147.70

TRQX

13:29:10

449

147.70

BATE

13:29:10

261

147.70

CHIX

13:29:10

95

147.70

TRQX

13:29:10

78

147.70

TRQX

13:29:10

151

147.70

CHIX

13:29:10

36

147.70

CHIX

13:42:02

255

147.60

TRQX

13:42:02

153

147.60

XLON

13:42:02

261

147.60

TRQX

13:42:02

364

147.60

XLON

13:42:02

403

147.60

CHIX

13:42:02

197

147.60

BATE

13:42:02

320

147.60

BATE

13:42:02

114

147.60

CHIX

13:42:04

517

147.50

CHIX

13:42:04

516

147.50

TRQX

13:42:04

517

147.50

XLON

13:42:04

517

147.50

BATE

13:51:22

517

147.20

XLON

13:51:22

516

147.20

TRQX

13:51:22

517

147.20

BATE

13:51:22

517

147.20

CHIX

13:51:27

517

147.10

XLON

13:51:30

516

147.10

TRQX

13:51:30

517

147.10

BATE

13:51:30

517

147.10

CHIX

13:57:30

516

147.00

TRQX

13:57:30

517

147.00

XLON

13:57:30

447

147.00

BATE

13:57:30

447

147.00

CHIX

13:57:31

447

147.00

BATE

13:57:31

447

147.00

CHIX

14:35:06

450

146.80

XLON

14:35:06

449

146.80

TRQX

14:35:06

1,104

146.80

BATE

14:35:06

15

146.80

CHIX

14:35:06

435

146.80

CHIX

14:40:52

76

146.90

TRQX

14:40:52

422

146.90

TRQX

14:40:52

543

147.00

XLON

14:40:52

146

147.00

XLON

14:40:53

5

147.10

XLON

14:40:53

684

147.10

XLON

14:57:17

1,579

147.30

XLON

14:57:17

411

147.30

BATE

14:57:17

689

147.30

CHIX

14:57:17

1,125

147.30

XLON

14:57:17

241

147.30

BATE

14:57:17

37

147.30

BATE

14:57:17

1,065

147.30

CHIX

14:57:17

2868

147.30

CHIX

15:24:29

465

147.20

CHIX

15:25:07

596

147.20

TRQX

15:25:07

132

147.20

CHIX

15:32:28

164

147.20

XLON

15:43:09

56

147.40

XLON

15:50:43

628

147.55

CHIX

15:50:43

661

147.55

CHIX

15:50:46

719

148.10

XLON

15:50:46

432

148.30

XLON

16:09:54

670

148.00

BATE

16:09:54

669

148.00

TRQX

16:09:54

833

148.05

CHIX

16:09:55

168

148.20

XLON

16:09:55

600

148.20

XLON

16:09:55

600

148.20

XLON

16:09:55

782

148.20

XLON

16:09:56

743

148.20

XLON

16:09:56

185

148.20

XLON

16:09:56

460

148.40

XLON

16:09:56

6

148.40

XLON

16:10:02

466

148.20

BATE

16:10:02

388

148.20

CHIX

16:10:02

75

148.20

CHIX

16:10:02

3

148.20

CHIX

16:10:02

276

148.20

TRQX

16:10:02

56

148.50

CHIX

16:10:02

404

148.50

CHIX

16:10:03

853

148.30

TRQX

16:10:03

430

148.30

BATE

16:10:03

430

148.30

XLON

16:10:03

552

148.30

CHIX

16:11:02

349

148.20

XLON

16:11:02

517

148.20

BATE

16:11:02

92

148.20

CHIX

16:11:02

516

148.20

TRQX

16:11:02

168

148.20

XLON

16:11:02

425

148.20

CHIX

16:11:02

706

148.35

CHIX

16:11:02

515

148.35

BATE

16:11:05

128

148.10

BATE

16:12:02

516

148.10

TRQX

16:12:02

517

148.10

CHIX

16:12:02

210

148.10

XLON

16:12:02

389

148.10

BATE

16:12:02

307

148.10

XLON

16:12:02

580

148.00

TRQX

16:12:02

581

148.00

CHIX

16:12:05

517

147.90

CHIX

16:12:07

517

147.80

CHIX

16:12:07

517

147.80

BATE

16:22:08

516

147.60

TRQX

16:22:08

517

147.60

XLON

16:22:08

517

147.60

CHIX

16:22:08

517

147.60

BATE

16:25:58

885

148.00

CHIX

16:25:58

1781

148.00

CHIX

16:25:58

610

148.30

XLON

16:28:28

54

147.80

CHIX

16:29:18

874

148.15

BATE

16:29:40

871

148.25

BATE

16:29:41

493

148.30

XLON

16:29:41

108

148.30

XLON

16:29:41

126

148.40

CHIX

16:29:41

391

148.40

CHIX

16:35:16

51,242

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

7516

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

58,756

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

44,684

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

19512

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

26,352

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

5,619

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

3646

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

12,836

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

6,104

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

3,990

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

1,984

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

23

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

1322

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

735

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

3567

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

7,218

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

12,983

147.60

XLON

16:35:16

5,910

147.60

XLON

 



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