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

14 November 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

102,288

Weighted average price paid (p)

167.65

Highest price paid (p)

169.90

Lowest price paid (p)

164.10

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 89,539,244 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 661,155,771 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 14 November 2023 is 661,155,771. 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

167.63

18,457

BATE

166.38

1,905

CHIX

167.68

81,926

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:02:06

201

       164.40

BATE

8:03:25

1,317

       164.30

CHIX

8:03:26

1,317

       164.10

CHIX

8:11:24

4

       164.60

CHIX

9:30:05

1,317

       166.60

CHIX

9:30:09

17

       166.40

CHIX

9:30:09

1300

       166.40

CHIX

9:41:04

1317

       166.40

CHIX

9:42:37

209

       166.20

CHIX

9:42:37

1,108

       166.20

CHIX

9:50:37

1,020

       165.80

CHIX

10:01:21

334

       165.70

BATE

10:18:18

805

       165.60

CHIX

10:18:52

232

       165.50

XLON

10:32:56

53

       165.40

BATE

10:46:07

1,317

       165.60

CHIX

11:08:54

440

       165.50

CHIX

11:21:24

1,104

       165.60

XLON

11:43:02

255

       165.40

CHIX

11:48:16

382

       165.50

CHIX

12:16:10

757

       166.10

XLON

12:16:10

560

       166.10

XLON

12:16:22

1,317

       166.30

CHIX

12:17:20

1,317

       166.60

CHIX

12:17:48

1,317

       166.60

CHIX

12:19:03

826

       166.80

CHIX

12:19:03

491

       166.80

CHIX

12:19:16

1,317

       166.80

CHIX

12:19:28

1,317

       167.10

CHIX

12:19:29

1,317

       166.90

XLON

12:19:36

1,317

       166.90

BATE

12:20:00

1,317

       166.90

CHIX

12:20:05

1,317

       166.90

CHIX

12:20:06

1,161

       166.80

XLON

12:20:06

156

       166.80

XLON

12:20:09

1317

       166.70

XLON

12:20:15

1,317

       166.70

CHIX

12:20:19

1,317

       166.60

XLON

12:20:35

708

       166.70

CHIX

12:20:35

609

       166.70

CHIX

12:21:04

1,317

       166.60

CHIX

12:22:16

1317

       166.60

CHIX

12:27:16

824

       166.70

CHIX

12:27:19

493

       166.70

CHIX

12:35:35

1,317

       166.70

CHIX

12:37:42

1,317

       167.00

CHIX

12:45:57

1317

       166.90

XLON

12:58:02

323

       166.70

CHIX

12:58:02

494

       166.70

CHIX

12:58:02

500

       166.70

CHIX

13:17:37

525

       166.90

CHIX

13:17:37

792

       166.90

CHIX

13:31:05

630

       168.30

CHIX

13:31:05

687

       168.30

CHIX

13:31:06

1,317

       168.10

CHIX

13:31:09

1,317

       168.00

CHIX

13:33:27

1,317

       168.00

XLON

13:33:28

1317

       167.90

CHIX

13:34:13

1,057

       167.90

CHIX

13:34:13

260

       167.90

CHIX

13:34:56

1,317

       167.70

CHIX

13:37:02

525

       167.70

CHIX

13:37:02

792

       167.70

CHIX

13:39:46

1317

       167.70

XLON

13:39:58

1317

       167.60

CHIX

13:42:40

1,317

       167.80

XLON

13:44:40

1013

       167.60

CHIX

13:44:40

304

       167.60

CHIX

13:51:15

1,317

       167.70

CHIX

14:15:10

1,317

       167.90

CHIX

14:15:23

1,317

       167.70

CHIX

14:17:49

1,317

       167.70

CHIX

14:22:52

1,317

       167.90

CHIX

14:37:04

1,317

       168.40

XLON

14:40:40

1,317

       168.20

CHIX

14:41:23

1,317

       168.20

CHIX

14:48:09

1317

       169.10

CHIX

14:48:15

317

       169.10

CHIX

14:48:15

1,000

       169.10

CHIX

14:48:18

87

       169.00

CHIX

14:48:25

1,230

       169.00

CHIX

14:50:40

1317

       168.80

CHIX

14:50:47

1,103

       168.80

CHIX

14:50:47

214

       168.80

CHIX

14:52:19

1317

       168.80

CHIX

15:00:14

1317

       168.80

CHIX

15:01:10

1,317

       168.90

CHIX

15:01:30

1,317

       168.80

CHIX

15:01:45

1317

       168.70

CHIX

15:08:44

1,020

       169.50

CHIX

15:08:44

297

       169.50

CHIX

15:10:05

1,317

       169.50

CHIX

15:13:27

201

       169.70

XLON

15:13:27

1,116

       169.70

XLON

15:14:19

1317

       169.80

XLON

15:15:47

1317

       169.60

CHIX

15:17:41

1317

       169.50

CHIX

15:17:57

136

       169.30

CHIX

15:18:32

231

       169.30

CHIX

15:19:06

222

       169.30

CHIX

15:19:39

728

       169.30

CHIX

15:28:27

166

       169.20

CHIX

15:30:46

1,151

       169.20

CHIX

15:44:08

1,160

       169.90

CHIX

15:44:08

157

       169.90

CHIX

15:52:10

171

       169.90

CHIX

15:53:24

1,146

       169.90

CHIX

16:05:15

1317

       169.90

XLON

16:09:56

1317

       169.90

CHIX

16:14:54

413

       169.90

CHIX

16:14:54

271

       169.90

CHIX

16:17:09

633

       169.90

CHIX

 



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