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

11 August 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

222,707

Weighted average price paid (p)

154.41

Highest price paid (p)

155.50

Lowest price paid (p)

153.20

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 66,245,039 Ordinary Shares in treasury.

 

Additionally, on 11 August FirstGroup plc allotted 10,867 shares to satisfy obligations under the Share Incentive Plan (which is an all-employee share plan).

 

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 684,449,976. 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 11 August 2023 is 684,449,976. 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

154.50

142,029

BATE

154.23

19,354

CHIX

154.12

44,351

TRQX

154.60

16,973

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:02:27

1,422

154.50

TRQX

08:08:27

494

155.20

XLON

08:08:34

878

155.20

XLON

08:08:34

2,309

155.00

XLON

08:08:34

1295

155.00

XLON

08:08:34

3,587

155.20

XLON

08:09:33

3160

154.90

XLON

08:10:33

1281

154.80

XLON

08:14:21

1,948

154.10

BATE

08:14:21

73

154.00

CHIX

08:14:21

1,847

154.00

CHIX

08:14:21

336

154.10

BATE

08:14:21

575

154.10

BATE

08:16:30

1191

154.30

CHIX

08:27:30

1225

154.30

CHIX

08:46:43

1,333

154.00

CHIX

08:47:23

700

154.00

TRQX

08:47:23

658

154.00

TRQX

08:52:33

1415

153.80

XLON

08:56:07

2915

154.50

XLON

08:56:07

146

154.50

XLON

08:56:07

278

154.50

XLON

08:56:09

1,191

154.50

XLON

08:56:09

3,081

154.50

XLON

08:56:09

1,541

154.60

XLON

08:56:09

777

154.60

XLON

08:56:09

104

154.60

XLON

08:56:09

422

154.60

XLON

08:56:46

1,326

154.60

CHIX

08:58:17

700

154.80

XLON

08:58:17

578

154.80

XLON

08:58:27

1087

154.60

XLON

08:58:27

164

154.60

XLON

09:10:46

683

154.60

CHIX

09:10:49

478

154.60

CHIX

09:13:39

1,327

154.60

XLON

09:13:39

2,963

154.60

XLON

09:13:39

412

154.50

XLON

09:13:39

1,392

154.50

XLON

09:13:39

1,206

154.50

XLON

09:26:49

1,431

154.50

CHIX

09:27:42

577

154.30

BATE

09:27:43

818

154.30

BATE

09:28:43

132

154.60

BATE

09:28:43

667

154.60

BATE

09:28:43

1,184

154.60

BATE

09:29:17

641

154.50

XLON

09:29:17

783

154.50

XLON

09:29:43

45

154.60

TRQX

09:29:43

522

154.60

TRQX

09:29:43

776

154.60

TRQX

09:52:49

217

154.30

CHIX

09:52:49

1,119

154.30

CHIX

10:17:38

1,359

154.00

CHIX

10:21:19

1,182

153.80

XLON

10:31:38

274

153.70

CHIX

10:31:38

579

153.70

CHIX

10:31:38

365

153.70

CHIX

10:31:38

114

153.70

CHIX

10:31:38

3036

154.10

XLON

10:31:38

1,327

154.10

XLON

10:35:30

286

154.20

BATE

10:35:30

733

154.20

BATE

10:36:00

253

154.20

BATE

10:36:24

1,402

154.00

XLON

10:52:24

105

153.90

CHIX

10:52:24

1,145

153.90

CHIX

10:52:28

1,386

154.00

XLON

11:22:30

1,364

153.70

CHIX

11:28:46

512

154.20

XLON

11:28:46

816

154.20

XLON

11:28:46

514

154.20

XLON

11:28:46

447

154.20

XLON

11:28:46

80

154.20

XLON

11:28:46

1,995

154.20

XLON

11:41:32

1,299

154.10

CHIX

11:58:51

1,162

153.90

CHIX

11:58:51

178

153.90

TRQX

11:58:51

1,347

153.90

TRQX

12:23:54

1215

153.90

CHIX

12:50:54

723

153.90

CHIX

12:51:04

463

153.90

CHIX

12:51:04

710

153.90

XLON

12:51:04

435

153.90

XLON

13:06:07

1,250

153.80

CHIX

13:13:25

2,060

153.40

XLON

13:30:31

1,259

153.30

CHIX

14:04:10

453

153.20

XLON

14:04:10

1,084

153.30

XLON

14:04:10

66

153.20

CHIX

14:04:10

1746

153.30

CHIX

14:04:10

173

153.30

CHIX

14:04:10

1359

153.30

CHIX

14:16:11

1,325

153.30

CHIX

14:21:03

66

154.20

BATE

14:21:03

2,153

154.20

BATE

14:21:03

465

153.80

XLON

14:21:03

2,486

154.20

BATE

14:21:03

6,909

154.20

XLON

14:21:03

3,575

154.20

XLON

14:21:03

3,015

154.20

XLON

14:21:03

4112

154.20

XLON

14:21:04

2,608

154.20

XLON

14:21:04

3,892

154.20

XLON

14:21:04

165

154.20

XLON

14:21:04

514

154.20

XLON

14:21:04

5,843

154.20

XLON

14:21:04

694

154.10

XLON

14:21:04

819

154.10

XLON

14:21:04

5,429

154.20

XLON

14:22:53

1,351

154.00

TRQX

14:26:06

1,332

153.90

CHIX

14:37:49

700

154.20

XLON

14:37:49

1275

154.20

XLON

14:37:49

700

154.20

XLON

14:37:55

1,260

154.00

XLON

14:39:49

700

154.00

CHIX

14:39:49

620

154.00

CHIX

14:40:18

2,244

154.00

BATE

14:40:18

156

154.00

BATE

14:40:18

66

154.00

BATE

14:40:18

65

154.00

BATE

14:40:18

1,961

154.00

BATE

14:41:53

1,309

154.00

XLON

14:54:55

980

154.50

CHIX

14:54:55

181

154.50

CHIX

14:59:59

270

154.90

XLON

14:59:59

1414

154.90

XLON

14:59:59

1,925

154.80

XLON

15:01:11

767

154.20

CHIX

15:01:11

6

154.20

CHIX

15:01:53

1,302

154.50

TRQX

15:01:59

1719

154.50

XLON

15:04:35

604

154.20

CHIX

15:04:35

1,801

154.40

XLON

15:04:35

66

154.50

TRQX

15:04:35

1,244

154.50

TRQX

15:04:35

164

154.40

XLON

15:04:35

1

154.40

XLON

15:04:35

1,358

154.50

TRQX

15:04:35

329

154.40

XLON

15:04:35

682

154.40

XLON

15:10:35

1,449

154.50

XLON

15:10:35

1,449

154.50

XLON

15:11:48

1421

154.40

CHIX

15:13:36

2,175

154.90

TRQX

15:13:36

891

154.60

XLON

15:13:36

291

154.60

XLON

15:13:36

561

154.60

XLON

15:13:36

80

154.90

XLON

15:13:36

1,273

154.90

XLON

15:22:21

74

154.50

CHIX

15:26:40

2,060

154.80

XLON

15:26:40

1,396

154.80

CHIX

15:26:40

2,100

154.90

XLON

15:26:40

282

154.90

XLON

15:28:46

1,329

154.80

TRQX

15:31:46

438

155.50

TRQX

15:31:46

888

155.50

TRQX

15:31:46

1,174

155.50

TRQX

15:31:46

891

155.10

XLON

15:31:46

696

155.20

XLON

15:31:46

87

155.20

XLON

15:31:46

1,755

155.20

XLON

15:31:46

508

155.20

XLON

15:31:46

1644

155.40

XLON

15:31:46

1,909

155.40

XLON

15:31:46

1,712

155.40

XLON

15:32:21

1,400

155.20

XLON

15:32:21

204

155.20

XLON

15:35:26

1,270

154.90

CHIX

15:38:04

1,842

155.10

XLON

15:38:04

958

155.10

XLON

15:38:04

470

155.10

XLON

15:38:04

1,508

155.10

XLON

15:42:24

700

154.80

XLON

15:42:24

518

154.80

XLON

15:42:27

1,097

154.80

XLON

15:42:27

53

154.80

XLON

15:42:31

978

154.50

CHIX

15:48:27

700

154.60

XLON

15:48:27

666

154.60

XLON

15:51:31

1,352

154.60

CHIX

15:54:10

1393

154.50

XLON

15:57:10

1,412

154.30

BATE

16:03:39

700

154.60

XLON

16:03:39

480

154.60

XLON

16:03:52

1,438

154.60

CHIX

16:03:53

1,825

154.60

XLON

16:11:52

1,357

154.60

CHIX

16:12:10

700

154.70

BATE

16:12:10

536

154.70

BATE

16:19:01

5

154.50

CHIX

16:19:01

7

154.50

CHIX

16:19:01

163

154.50

CHIX

16:22:01

1,432

154.60

CHIX

16:27:53

138

154.80

XLON

16:27:53

1,268

154.80

XLON

16:27:53

1,316

154.90

XLON

 



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