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

23 May 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

265,583

Weighted average price paid (p)

170.96

Highest price paid (p)

172.70

Lowest price paid (p)

169.20

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 119,333,973 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 631,361,042. 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 23 May 2024 is 631,361,042. 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

170.95

158,719

BATE

171.03

26,376

CHIX

170.90

61,519

TRQX

171.12

18,969

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:10:12

1826

172.60

XLON

08:10:12

1159

172.70

XLON

08:10:12

1400

172.70

XLON

08:10:12

391

172.60

XLON

08:10:12

1400

172.60

XLON

08:10:12

700

172.60

XLON

08:12:34

600

172.00

CHIX

08:12:37

1549

172.00

CHIX

08:12:39

69

172.00

CHIX

08:30:22

369

172.00

CHIX

08:49:26

151

171.70

BATE

08:51:13

1668

172.20

BATE

08:51:13

974

172.20

BATE

08:51:18

1881

172.60

XLON

08:51:18

364

172.30

TRQX

08:51:18

1961

172.30

TRQX

08:57:13

1737

172.10

XLON

08:57:13

141

172.10

XLON

09:18:23

2078

172.00

XLON

09:18:23

2147

172.00

XLON

09:18:23

2120

172.00

XLON

09:18:23

834

172.00

XLON

09:18:23

3199

172.00

XLON

09:18:23

1794

172.00

XLON

09:18:26

2357

171.60

TRQX

09:19:22

700

171.50

CHIX

09:19:22

92

171.70

CHIX

09:19:22

300

171.70

CHIX

09:19:23

2502

172.00

CHIX

09:19:23

2384

172.00

CHIX

09:25:43

237

171.70

BATE

09:31:40

1135

171.70

BATE

09:31:40

800

171.70

BATE

09:31:40

316

171.70

BATE

09:43:03

1759

171.40

XLON

09:43:03

447

171.40

XLON

10:27:05

12

171.40

CHIX

10:27:05

2466

171.50

CHIX

10:27:05

2198

171.30

CHIX

10:27:05

641

171.30

CHIX

10:27:05

16

171.30

CHIX

10:27:05

487

171.30

CHIX

10:27:05

700

171.30

CHIX

10:27:05

1400

171.30

CHIX

10:27:05

1268

171.30

XLON

10:27:05

1401

171.30

XLON

10:27:40

4883

171.50

XLON

10:27:40

1400

171.50

XLON

10:27:40

11200

171.50

XLON

10:40:40

1978

171.80

XLON

10:42:35

2497

171.50

BATE

10:42:35

151

171.50

TRQX

10:42:35

690

171.50

TRQX

10:42:35

690

171.50

TRQX

10:42:35

700

171.50

TRQX

11:32:02

46

171.20

XLON

11:32:02

48

171.20

XLON

11:32:05

8

171.50

XLON

11:32:05

96

171.50

XLON

11:32:05

3109

171.70

XLON

11:32:05

4008

171.70

XLON

11:32:05

287

171.70

XLON

11:32:05

1981

171.70

XLON

11:32:25

467

171.40

CHIX

11:32:25

1400

171.40

CHIX

11:32:25

700

171.40

CHIX

11:32:25

396

171.50

CHIX

11:32:25

2131

171.50

CHIX

12:17:02

623

170.90

TRQX

12:20:18

149

170.90

TRQX

12:20:18

1530

170.90

TRQX

12:29:38

289

170.50

BATE

12:35:15

1343

171.10

XLON

12:35:15

1331

171.10

XLON

12:36:00

2060

171.20

XLON

12:36:00

1892

171.20

XLON

13:17:25

2372

171.10

CHIX

13:17:34

2048

171.40

XLON

13:30:58

1

170.90

BATE

13:31:00

2312

171.40

CHIX

13:31:00

2579

171.40

CHIX

13:31:00

426

171.20

XLON

13:31:00

714

171.20

XLON

13:31:00

4

171.20

XLON

13:31:00

491

171.20

XLON

13:31:00

1898

171.20

XLON

13:32:39

666

171.20

XLON

13:32:39

1458

171.40

BATE

13:32:39

1856

171.40

BATE

13:32:39

500

171.40

XLON

13:32:39

1711

171.40

XLON

13:32:39

2211

171.40

XLON

13:43:47

827

171.20

TRQX

13:43:47

700

171.20

TRQX

13:43:47

700

171.20

TRQX

13:55:00

617

171.10

BATE

13:55:00

700

171.10

BATE

13:55:00

700

171.10

BATE

13:55:00

641

171.10

BATE

14:09:50

977

170.90

XLON

14:09:50

700

170.90

XLON

14:09:50

700

170.90

XLON

14:09:50

1400

170.90

XLON

14:09:50

2098

170.90

XLON

14:10:13

3158

171.10

CHIX

14:10:13

48

171.10

CHIX

14:10:13

3754

171.40

CHIX

14:12:40

1781

171.10

XLON

14:12:40

417

171.10

XLON

14:30:10

709

170.60

XLON

14:30:10

1156

170.60

XLON

14:41:00

2497

170.70

BATE

14:42:00

463

170.70

BATE

14:42:00

1970

170.70

BATE

14:52:54

269

170.10

XLON

14:52:54

1571

170.10

XLON

14:52:54

1400

170.10

XLON

14:52:54

1576

170.10

XLON

14:52:54

455

170.10

XLON

14:56:08

532

170.00

BATE

14:56:08

1881

170.00

BATE

14:56:13

1730

170.00

CHIX

14:56:13

900

170.00

CHIX

14:57:23

1949

170.20

XLON

15:07:46

1517

169.80

CHIX

15:07:55

7

169.80

CHIX

15:08:00

5

169.80

CHIX

15:08:01

294

170.10

XLON

15:08:01

2542

170.10

XLON

15:09:00

1

170.10

CHIX

15:09:30

646

170.10

CHIX

15:09:30

1872

170.10

CHIX

15:09:30

452

170.20

XLON

15:09:30

1332

170.20

XLON

15:12:16

2332

170.10

TRQX

15:12:16

25

170.10

TRQX

15:12:16

249

170.10

TRQX

15:22:22

13

170.00

BATE

15:23:30

2012

170.10

XLON

15:23:30

88

170.10

XLON

15:25:28

1971

170.00

BATE

15:25:28

254

170.00

BATE

15:26:18

127

169.80

CHIX

15:26:18

591

169.80

CHIX

15:27:08

11

169.80

XLON

15:27:58

54

169.80

XLON

15:27:58

2586

169.80

XLON

15:28:58

1920

169.80

XLON

15:34:18

82

169.20

CHIX

15:34:18

2155

169.20

CHIX

15:34:18

46

169.20

CHIX

15:36:47

281

169.50

XLON

15:36:47

1813

169.50

XLON

15:36:47

3848

169.50

XLON

15:36:47

2507

169.70

CHIX

15:36:49

1736

169.70

XLON

15:36:49

5072

169.70

XLON

15:36:49

626

169.70

XLON

15:36:49

700

169.70

XLON

15:57:47

359

169.40

XLON

15:57:47

2762

169.50

CHIX

15:57:47

76

169.40

XLON

15:57:47

23

169.40

XLON

15:57:47

322

169.40

XLON

15:57:47

2228

169.40

XLON

16:00:00

2349

169.70

XLON

16:00:00

674

169.70

XLON

16:02:52

186

169.70

XLON

16:02:52

46

169.70

XLON

16:02:52

515

169.70

XLON

16:02:53

368

169.80

XLON

16:02:53

352

169.80

XLON

16:02:53

2574

169.90

XLON

16:02:53

559

169.90

XLON

16:04:45

46

169.90

XLON

16:15:02

33

170.00

CHIX

16:15:33

52

170.20

CHIX

16:15:33

42

170.20

CHIX

16:15:35

1145

170.60

CHIX

16:15:35

1585

170.60

CHIX

16:15:36

1695

170.80

XLON

16:15:36

4539

170.80

XLON

16:15:36

917

170.80

TRQX

16:15:36

1544

170.80

TRQX

16:15:36

700

170.70

XLON

16:15:36

2324

170.70

XLON

16:15:36

999

170.80

XLON

16:15:36

266

170.80

XLON

16:15:36

1058

170.80

XLON

16:15:36

481

170.80

XLON

16:15:36

1897

170.80

XLON

16:15:49

2208

170.50

XLON

16:19:48

204

170.40

XLON

16:19:48

2897

170.40

XLON

16:20:55

11

170.40

CHIX

16:20:55

2615

170.40

CHIX

16:25:49

700

170.90

XLON

16:25:49

200

170.90

XLON

16:25:49

202

170.90

XLON

16:25:49

1857

170.90

XLON

16:25:49

2400

170.90

XLON

16:25:49

700

170.90

XLON

16:25:49

2100

170.90

XLON

16:25:49

83

170.90

XLON

16:25:49

149

170.90

XLON

16:25:49

700

170.90

XLON

16:25:49

700

170.90

XLON

16:25:49

637

170.80

XLON

16:25:49

1800

170.80

XLON

16:25:49

2916

170.80

CHIX

16:26:25

2370

170.70

CHIX

16:27:38

426

170.70

TRQX

16:28:13

51

170.70

BATE

16:28:25

712

170.70

TRQX

16:28:25

661

170.70

TRQX

16:28:25

661

170.70

TRQX

16:28:25

604

170.70

BATE

16:28:25

1400

170.70

BATE

16:28:25

700

170.70

BATE

 



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