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

24 October 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

237,894

Weighted average price paid (p)

144.79

Highest price paid (p)

149.90

Lowest price paid (p)

142.00

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 85,994,644 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 664,700,371. 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 24 October 2023 is 664,700,371. 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

144.45

161,231

BATE

145.52

25,683

CHIX

145.52

23,722

TRQX

145.53

27,258

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:05:10

1

       142.00

XLON

8:05:10

2

       142.00

XLON

8:06:08

1

       144.20

XLON

8:06:08

1

       144.20

BATE

8:06:28

32

       149.90

XLON

8:06:28

32

       148.60

TRQX

8:06:29

30

       149.70

XLON

8:06:31

60

       148.30

XLON

8:06:31

52

       148.20

XLON

8:06:34

51

       149.50

TRQX

8:06:34

75

       148.40

XLON

8:06:34

292

       148.40

XLON

8:06:51

210

       148.50

TRQX

8:06:51

368

       148.50

BATE

8:06:51

180

       148.50

XLON

8:06:51

31

       148.50

XLON

8:06:52

368

       149.20

XLON

8:06:54

367

       148.40

TRQX

8:06:54

368

       148.40

BATE

8:06:54

368

       148.40

CHIX

8:06:55

102

       148.10

XLON

8:06:56

101

       148.10

TRQX

8:06:56

102

       148.10

BATE

8:06:56

102

       148.10

CHIX

8:09:42

91

       148.00

XLON

8:09:42

91

       148.00

CHIX

8:09:42

92

       148.00

BATE

8:09:42

91

       148.00

TRQX

8:10:00

81

       147.80

XLON

8:10:00

80

       147.80

TRQX

8:10:00

81

       147.80

BATE

8:10:00

81

       147.80

CHIX

8:11:54

72

       147.00

TRQX

8:11:54

72

       147.00

CHIX

8:11:54

73

       147.00

BATE

8:11:54

72

       147.00

XLON

8:12:26

18

       146.20

TRQX

8:12:26

18

       146.20

XLON

8:12:26

18

       146.20

CHIX

8:12:26

19

       146.20

BATE

8:12:26

4

       146.20

XLON

8:12:27

140

       146.50

XLON

8:12:29

481

       147.40

XLON

8:12:29

210

       147.10

TRQX

8:12:29

693

       147.10

TRQX

8:12:29

141

       146.70

CHIX

8:16:00

722

       147.30

CHIX

8:16:00

546

       147.20

XLON

8:16:47

35

       146.90

XLON

8:16:47

140

       146.90

TRQX

8:16:47

1,104

       146.90

CHIX

8:16:47

723

       146.90

BATE

8:21:06

798

       147.10

BATE

8:24:33

501

       147.20

BATE

8:24:33

500

       147.00

TRQX

8:24:33

500

       147.00

XLON

8:24:33

501

       147.00

CHIX

8:29:49

500

       147.10

TRQX

8:29:49

126

       147.10

BATE

8:29:49

500

       147.10

XLON

8:29:49

66

       147.10

BATE

8:29:49

309

       147.10

BATE

8:29:49

500

       147.00

TRQX

8:29:49

501

       147.00

CHIX

8:35:45

500

       146.70

XLON

8:35:45

146

       146.70

TRQX

8:35:45

354

       146.70

TRQX

8:35:45

501

       146.70

CHIX

8:35:45

501

       146.70

BATE

8:35:45

500

       146.60

XLON

8:35:45

500

       146.60

TRQX

8:36:18

500

       146.50

TRQX

8:36:18

500

       146.50

XLON

8:36:18

501

       146.50

BATE

8:36:18

501

       146.50

CHIX

8:36:33

500

       146.30

XLON

8:36:33

501

       146.30

BATE

9:01:03

242

       146.80

XLON

9:01:03

258

       146.80

XLON

9:01:03

552

       146.60

XLON

9:01:03

463

       146.60

XLON

9:01:06

500

       146.70

TRQX

9:01:06

501

       146.70

BATE

9:01:06

501

       146.70

CHIX

9:01:06

425

       146.60

XLON

9:01:06

75

       146.60

XLON

9:01:06

500

       146.60

TRQX

9:06:06

490

       146.50

TRQX

9:06:06

492

       146.50

XLON

9:06:06

10

       146.50

TRQX

9:06:06

477

       146.50

BATE

9:06:06

8

       146.50

XLON

9:06:06

24

       146.50

BATE

9:06:06

501

       146.50

CHIX

9:06:06

982

       146.40

XLON

9:11:43

500

       146.30

XLON

9:11:43

500

       146.30

TRQX

9:11:43

501

       146.30

BATE

9:11:43

501

       146.30

CHIX

9:21:03

500

       146.20

XLON

9:21:03

128

       146.20

TRQX

9:21:03

501

       146.20

CHIX

9:21:03

372

       146.20

TRQX

9:21:03

442

       146.20

BATE

9:21:03

59

       146.20

BATE

9:21:03

564

       146.10

XLON

9:21:03

565

       146.10

CHIX

9:21:39

51

       146.00

TRQX

9:21:39

199

       146.00

TRQX

9:21:39

501

       146.00

BATE

9:21:39

250

       146.00

TRQX

9:21:39

188

       146.00

XLON

9:21:39

312

       146.00

XLON

9:21:39

501

       146.00

CHIX

9:33:59

500

       146.00

XLON

9:33:59

500

       146.00

TRQX

9:33:59

501

       146.00

BATE

9:33:59

501

       146.00

CHIX

9:34:11

500

       145.90

XLON

9:34:11

46

       145.90

TRQX

9:34:11

305

       145.90

TRQX

9:34:11

149

       145.90

TRQX

9:34:11

58

       145.90

BATE

9:34:11

501

       145.90

CHIX

9:34:11

230

       145.90

BATE

9:34:11

213

       145.90

BATE

9:38:11

253

       145.80

TRQX

9:38:11

851

       145.80

XLON

9:38:11

254

       145.80

BATE

9:38:11

253

       145.80

CHIX

9:38:13

233

       145.70

XLON

9:38:13

232

       145.70

TRQX

9:38:13

80

       145.70

CHIX

9:38:13

81

       145.70

BATE

9:38:13

10

       145.60

XLON

9:38:13

10

       145.60

TRQX

9:38:13

38

       145.60

XLON

9:38:13

49

       145.60

BATE

9:38:59

56

       145.80

XLON

9:42:17

330

       146.00

XLON

9:42:17

396

       146.00

TRQX

9:42:17

140

       146.00

BATE

9:42:17

396

       145.90

XLON

9:49:35

270

       146.30

XLON

9:58:09

271

       146.40

BATE

9:58:09

19

       146.40

TRQX

9:58:09

19

       146.40

CHIX

9:58:09

251

       146.40

TRQX

9:58:09

483

       146.40

BATE

9:58:09

252

       146.40

CHIX

9:58:09

136

       146.30

XLON

10:01:05

11

       146.30

TRQX

10:01:05

2

       146.30

XLON

10:01:05

136

       146.30

CHIX

10:01:05

124

       146.30

TRQX

10:01:05

32

       146.30

XLON

10:01:05

136

       146.30

BATE

10:01:11

201

       146.40

XLON

10:01:12

50

       146.40

XLON

10:09:22

74

       146.40

XLON

10:09:23

22

       146.40

XLON

10:09:24

18

       146.40

XLON

10:09:26

6

       146.40

XLON

10:09:27

4

       146.40

XLON

10:09:28

2

       146.40

XLON

10:17:34

1

       146.20

XLON

10:17:34

6

       146.20

TRQX

10:17:34

5

       146.20

BATE

10:42:06

72

       146.10

XLON

10:42:09

619

       146.30

XLON

10:42:09

8

       146.30

XLON

10:42:10

169

       146.40

BATE

10:42:12

115

       146.40

CHIX

10:42:15

114

       146.40

XLON

10:42:17

73

       146.40

BATE

10:42:18

42

       146.40

BATE

10:42:21

29

       146.40

CHIX

10:42:24

28

       146.40

XLON

10:42:27

19

       146.40

BATE

10:42:28

10

       146.40

BATE

10:42:30

7

       146.40

XLON

10:42:33

7

       146.40

CHIX

10:42:36

5

       146.40

BATE

10:42:39

3

       146.40

BATE

10:42:42

2

       146.40

CHIX

10:42:45

1

       146.40

BATE

10:56:47

1

       146.10

XLON

10:56:47

72

       146.10

TRQX

10:56:47

1

       146.10

BATE

10:56:47

1

       146.10

CHIX

10:56:58

423

       146.00

BATE

10:57:20

30

       146.00

TRQX

10:57:20

5

       146.00

TRQX

10:57:20

30

       146.00

XLON

10:57:20

5

       146.00

XLON

10:57:20

35

       146.00

BATE

10:57:20

1

       146.00

CHIX

10:57:20

29

       145.90

BATE

10:58:00

17

       145.90

XLON

10:58:00

17

       145.90

TRQX

10:58:00

17

       145.90

CHIX

10:58:00

17

       145.90

BATE

11:27:32

18

       145.70

BATE

11:27:32

301

       145.70

XLON

11:27:32

300

       145.70

TRQX

11:27:32

301

       145.70

CHIX

11:28:15

499

       145.50

TRQX

11:28:15

500

       145.50

XLON

11:28:15

500

       145.50

BATE

11:28:15

500

       145.50

CHIX

11:28:19

274

       145.40

XLON

11:28:19

273

       145.40

TRQX

11:28:40

101

       145.30

XLON

11:28:40

102

       145.30

CHIX

11:28:40

102

       145.30

BATE

11:28:40

101

       145.30

TRQX

11:28:40

25

       145.30

TRQX

11:45:18

57

       145.70

XLON

12:10:51

1,772

       145.60

TRQX

12:10:51

58

       145.60

BATE

12:58:26

450

       145.60

CHIX

13:01:05

57

       145.60

TRQX

13:01:05

943

       145.60

XLON

13:01:05

494

       145.60

CHIX

13:01:05

503

       145.60

XLON

13:01:07

502

       145.60

TRQX

13:01:07

498

       145.60

XLON

13:01:07

499

       145.60

CHIX

13:01:07

503

       145.60

BATE

13:01:11

19

       145.50

TRQX

13:01:11

500

       145.50

XLON

13:01:11

10

       145.50

BATE

13:01:29

298

       145.60

TRQX

13:01:29

600

       145.60

XLON

13:01:29

183

       145.60

TRQX

13:01:29

264

       145.60

CHIX

13:01:29

254

       145.60

BATE

13:01:29

302

       145.60

XLON

13:01:32

853

       145.50

XLON

13:01:41

80

       145.40

XLON

13:02:44

76

       145.30

XLON

13:03:21

81

       145.20

XLON

13:03:21

81

       145.20

TRQX

13:03:21

82

       145.20

BATE

13:03:21

82

       145.20

CHIX

13:04:28

101

       145.30

CHIX

13:04:31

101

       145.30

BATE

13:04:34

100

       145.30

XLON

13:04:50

25

       145.10

XLON

13:04:50

125

       145.10

TRQX

13:04:50

25

       145.10

BATE

13:04:50

188

       145.10

CHIX

13:05:30

94

       145.10

TRQX

13:05:30

94

       145.10

XLON

13:05:30

94

       145.10

CHIX

13:05:30

94

       145.10

BATE

13:05:56

23

       145.20

TRQX

13:05:56

24

       145.10

XLON

13:10:02

46

       145.30

BATE

13:10:03

45

       145.30

CHIX

13:10:07

45

       145.30

XLON

13:10:09

11

       145.30

BATE

13:10:09

85

       145.30

BATE

13:10:30

118

       145.20

XLON

13:10:34

11

       145.20

CHIX

13:10:37

29

       145.20

XLON

13:10:40

304

       145.20

CHIX

13:10:43

7

       145.20

XLON

13:10:46

84

       145.30

BATE

13:10:46

48

       145.20

CHIX

13:15:02

152

       145.10

TRQX

13:15:02

146

       145.10

XLON

13:15:02

153

       145.10

BATE

13:15:02

153

       145.10

CHIX

13:15:02

6

       145.10

XLON

13:16:07

50

       145.10

BATE

13:16:10

220

       145.10

XLON

13:16:11

49

       145.10

XLON

13:16:13

55

       145.10

XLON

13:16:16

49

       145.10

CHIX

13:16:19

14

       145.10

XLON

13:16:22

12

       145.10

CHIX

13:16:25

12

       145.10

XLON

13:16:28

12

       145.10

BATE

13:16:31

3

       145.20

XLON

13:16:31

4

       145.10

XLON

13:31:20

3

       145.00

CHIX

13:31:20

49

       145.00

TRQX

13:31:20

2

       145.00

XLON

13:31:20

3

       145.00

BATE

13:31:33

113

       145.30

XLON

13:31:34

144

       145.30

BATE

13:31:34

107

       145.30

BATE

13:31:35

28

       145.30

XLON

13:31:36

12

       145.30

CHIX

13:31:37

7

       145.30

XLON

13:31:39

3

       145.30

CHIX

13:31:40

2

       145.30

XLON

13:36:19

325

       145.50

XLON

13:36:19

279

       145.50

XLON

13:36:19

63

       145.40

BATE

13:36:23

85

       145.80

XLON

13:36:23

512

       145.60

XLON

13:36:23

64

       145.60

XLON

13:48:25

12

       145.60

TRQX

13:48:25

60

       145.60

XLON

13:48:25

60

       145.60

BATE

13:48:25

60

       145.60

CHIX

13:48:25

37

       145.60

XLON

14:41:20

50

       145.50

TRQX

14:41:20

50

       145.50

XLON

14:41:20

50

       145.50

BATE

14:41:20

50

       145.50

CHIX

14:41:20

12

       145.50

XLON

14:41:21

123

       145.40

XLON

14:41:21

110

       145.40

XLON

14:41:21

233

       145.40

TRQX

14:41:21

233

       145.40

CHIX

14:41:21

234

       145.40

BATE

14:41:41

59

       145.30

TRQX

14:41:41

59

       145.30

XLON

14:41:41

59

       145.30

BATE

14:41:41

14

       145.30

CHIX

14:41:41

45

       145.30

CHIX

14:41:41

15

       145.30

BATE

14:48:24

13

       145.10

BATE

14:48:24

13

       145.10

CHIX

14:48:24

12

       145.10

TRQX

14:48:24

13

       145.10

XLON

14:52:14

85

       145.00

XLON

14:52:14

85

       145.00

BATE

14:52:48

85

       145.00

TRQX

14:52:48

32

       145.00

XLON

14:52:48

53

       145.00

BATE

14:52:48

85

       145.00

CHIX

14:54:43

1

       145.10

XLON

14:54:44

158

       145.20

BATE

14:54:44

299

       145.20

BATE

14:54:44

54

       145.10

BATE

14:54:44

158

       145.10

BATE

14:54:44

65

       144.90

BATE

14:54:45

1

       144.90

CHIX

15:00:54

500

       145.20

TRQX

15:00:54

500

       145.20

XLON

15:00:54

500

       145.20

CHIX

15:00:54

501

       145.20

BATE

15:02:39

667

       145.10

XLON

15:02:39

667

       145.10

TRQX

15:02:39

668

       145.10

CHIX

15:02:39

564

       145.10

BATE

15:04:25

444

       145.00

TRQX

15:04:25

445

       145.00

XLON

15:04:25

131

       145.00

BATE

15:04:25

314

       145.00

BATE

15:18:49

556

       145.00

TRQX

15:18:49

445

       145.00

XLON

15:18:49

445

       145.00

BATE

15:18:49

556

       145.00

CHIX

15:18:49

500

       144.90

TRQX

15:18:49

501

       144.90

CHIX

15:18:49

500

       144.90

XLON

15:18:49

501

       144.90

BATE

15:18:51

132

       144.80

BATE

15:18:51

173

       144.80

BATE

15:19:03

500

       144.80

TRQX

15:19:03

500

       144.80

XLON

15:19:03

501

       144.80

CHIX

15:19:03

196

       144.80

BATE

15:19:04

805

       144.70

TRQX

15:20:51

500

       144.60

TRQX

15:20:51

500

       144.60

XLON

15:20:51

501

       144.60

CHIX

15:20:51

357

       144.60

BATE

15:20:51

144

       144.60

BATE

15:28:59

288

       144.80

XLON

15:28:59

212

       144.80

XLON

15:28:59

301

       144.50

TRQX

15:34:01

199

       144.50

TRQX

15:34:01

83

       144.50

TRQX

15:34:01

165

       144.50

TRQX

15:34:01

47

       144.50

BATE

15:34:01

221

       144.50

CHIX

15:34:01

613

       144.50

TRQX

15:34:01

174

       144.50

BATE

15:36:36

67

       144.40

CHIX

15:36:36

67

       144.40

BATE

15:39:06

67

       144.40

TRQX

15:39:06

947

       144.40

XLON

15:39:06

17

       144.40

BATE

15:39:06

59

       144.40

CHIX

15:42:11

153

       144.30

TRQX

15:42:11

153

       144.30

XLON

15:42:11

153

       144.30

BATE

15:42:11

153

       144.30

CHIX

15:43:06

259

       144.10

XLON

15:43:06

258

       144.10

TRQX

15:43:06

259

       144.10

CHIX

15:43:06

259

       144.10

BATE

15:43:06

386

       144.10

CHIX

15:43:11

56

       144.00

TRQX

15:43:11

56

       144.00

XLON

15:43:11

57

       144.00

BATE

15:43:11

57

       144.00

CHIX

15:43:11

14

       144.00

CHIX

15:44:21

132

       144.20

TRQX

15:44:22

491

       144.20

CHIX

15:44:25

132

       144.20

XLON

15:44:28

132

       144.20

CHIX

15:44:31

123

       144.20

CHIX

15:44:34

33

       144.20

XLON

15:44:37

33

       144.20

CHIX

15:44:40

33

       144.20

TRQX

15:44:41

31

       144.20

CHIX

15:44:43

8

       144.20

TRQX

15:44:44

8

       144.20

CHIX

15:44:46

8

       144.20

CHIX

15:44:49

8

       144.20

XLON

15:44:52

2

       144.20

TRQX

15:44:53

2

       144.20

CHIX

15:48:22

1

       144.20

TRQX

15:48:22

41

       144.10

BATE

15:48:22

91

       144.10

BATE

15:51:06

426

       144.50

TRQX

15:51:06

427

       144.50

XLON

15:51:06

427

       144.50

CHIX

15:51:06

722

       144.50

BATE

15:59:16

97

       144.30

TRQX

15:59:16

500

       144.30

XLON

15:59:16

403

       144.30

TRQX

15:59:16

501

       144.30

CHIX

15:59:16

129

       144.30

BATE

15:59:16

372

       144.30

BATE

16:01:31

500

       144.40

XLON

16:01:31

55

       144.40

TRQX

16:01:31

445

       144.40

TRQX

16:01:31

501

       144.40

BATE

16:01:31

501

       144.40

CHIX

16:01:35

500

       144.40

XLON

16:01:35

501

       144.40

BATE

16:01:48

472

       144.40

XLON

16:04:12

500

       144.40

TRQX

16:04:12

472

       144.40

BATE

16:04:12

501

       144.40

CHIX

16:04:15

294

       144.40

CHIX

16:07:37

515

       144.40

XLON

16:07:37

487

       144.40

BATE

16:07:37

192

       144.40

CHIX

16:07:37

514

       144.40

TRQX

16:07:37

809

       144.40

XLON

16:08:31

335

       144.30

TRQX

16:08:31

336

       144.30

XLON

16:08:31

336

       144.30

BATE

16:08:31

155

       144.30

CHIX

16:08:31

181

       144.30

CHIX

16:10:11

575

       144.30

TRQX

16:10:11

417

       144.30

TRQX

16:10:11

83

       144.30

CHIX

16:10:15

102

       144.30

BATE

16:10:15

102

       144.30

XLON

16:10:15

101

       144.30

TRQX

16:10:15

102

       144.30

CHIX

16:10:46

77

       144.30

TRQX

16:10:46

77

       144.30

XLON

16:10:46

77

       144.30

CHIX

16:10:46

77

       144.30

BATE

16:11:43

50

       144.30

TRQX

16:11:43

50

       144.30

XLON

16:11:43

50

       144.30

CHIX

16:11:43

50

       144.30

BATE

16:15:19

19

       144.20

TRQX

16:15:19

19

       144.20

XLON

16:15:19

20

       144.20

CHIX

16:15:19

20

       144.20

BATE

16:17:08

705

       144.30

BATE

16:17:10

59

       144.30

BATE

16:17:13

226

       144.30

BATE

16:17:16

15

       144.30

BATE

16:17:19

57

       144.30

BATE

16:17:22

3

       144.30

BATE

16:17:31

2

       144.10

XLON

16:17:31

1

       144.10

TRQX

16:17:31

15

       144.10

BATE

16:17:31

2

       144.10

CHIX

16:18:12

95

       144.00

XLON

16:18:12

95

       144.00

TRQX

16:18:12

95

       144.00

CHIX

16:18:12

95

       144.00

BATE

16:18:12

1

       144.00

CHIX

16:18:33

228

       144.20

BATE

16:18:33

228

       144.10

XLON

16:18:33

637

       143.90

CHIX

16:18:40

8

       144.00

BATE

16:18:40

228

       144.00

TRQX

16:18:40

511

       144.00

XLON

16:18:40

228

       144.00

CHIX

16:18:40

403

       144.00

BATE

16:18:40

73

       144.00

XLON

16:18:40

43

       144.00

BATE

16:23:51

500

       143.80

XLON

16:23:51

501

       143.80

BATE

16:24:48

500

       143.80

XLON

16:24:48

82

       143.80

BATE

16:26:51

500

       143.80

TRQX

16:26:59

382

       143.80

XLON

16:26:59

242

       143.80

TRQX

16:26:59

140

       143.80

TRQX

16:26:59

501

       143.80

CHIX

16:26:59

358

       143.80

BATE

16:26:59

61

       143.80

BATE

16:27:22

1,187

       144.10

XLON

16:27:22

166

       144.10

XLON

16:27:22

234

       144.00

XLON

16:27:22

708

       143.80

XLON

16:35:11

14,162

       144.10

XLON

16:35:11

72,822

       144.10

XLON

16:35:11

2,464

       144.10

XLON

16:35:11

14,036

       144.10

XLON

16:35:11

3,600

       144.10

XLON

16:35:11

4,635

       144.10

XLON

16:35:11

4,494

       144.10

XLON

16:35:11

3

       144.10

XLON

16:35:11

5,970

       144.10

XLON

 



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