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

29 February 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

239,659

Weighted average price paid (p)

159.40

Highest price paid (p)

161.00

Lowest price paid (p)

156.70

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 107,124,746 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 643,570,269. 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 29 February 2024 is 643,570,269. 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

159.06

72,385

BATE

159.95

21,253

CHIX

159.47

137,972

TRQX

159.37

3,047

Aquis

159.59

5,002

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:04:01

153

156.80

CHIX

08:04:01

1152

156.80

CHIX

08:31:00

1305

156.70

CHIX

08:41:17

1130

156.70

CHIX

09:04:35

400

157.10

CHIX

09:04:35

905

157.10

CHIX

09:17:22

1136

157.60

CHIX

09:17:22

169

157.60

CHIX

09:17:22

189

157.50

TRQX

09:17:22

663

157.50

XLON

09:24:31

576

158.00

CHIX

10:56:57

289

158.90

CHIX

10:56:57

1016

158.90

CHIX

10:56:58

1305

158.70

CHIX

10:59:02

132

158.80

CHIX

11:13:35

1305

159.40

CHIX

11:19:30

1305

159.40

CHIX

11:31:45

800

159.30

CHIX

11:31:45

226

159.30

CHIX

11:31:45

279

159.30

CHIX

11:31:51

11

159.20

CHIX

11:38:37

455

159.40

CHIX

11:38:37

850

159.40

CHIX

11:38:41

793

159.40

CHIX

11:39:59

219

159.40

CHIX

11:39:59

293

159.40

CHIX

12:01:37

1305

159.80

CHIX

12:07:24

1305

159.90

CHIX

12:07:25

43

159.90

XLON

12:07:25

495

159.90

XLON

12:07:25

767

159.90

CHIX

12:07:26

1305

159.90

CHIX

12:07:28

800

159.90

CHIX

12:07:28

481

159.90

CHIX

12:07:28

24

159.90

CHIX

12:07:29

1305

159.90

CHIX

12:07:31

1305

159.90

CHIX

12:07:40

1305

159.90

CHIX

12:07:44

1305

159.80

CHIX

12:07:45

1305

159.70

CHIX

12:08:39

1305

159.70

CHIX

12:08:40

677

159.60

BATE

12:09:19

206

159.60

BATE

12:09:19

250

159.60

BATE

12:09:19

172

159.60

BATE

12:14:26

1305

159.60

CHIX

12:14:45

399

159.50

CHIX

12:14:45

906

159.50

CHIX

12:26:53

205

159.30

CHIX

12:27:19

356

159.30

CHIX

12:27:19

744

159.30

CHIX

12:28:00

1,305

159.20

CHIX

12:31:19

204

159.00

CHIX

12:31:19

1,101

159.00

CHIX

12:55:55

510

159.00

CHIX

12:55:55

795

159.00

CHIX

12:56:55

1171

158.80

CHIX

12:56:55

134

158.80

CHIX

12:58:05

599

158.70

CHIX

12:58:05

706

158.70

CHIX

13:01:35

800

158.70

CHIX

13:01:35

379

158.70

CHIX

13:01:35

126

158.70

CHIX

13:12:47

1305

158.50

CHIX

13:12:47

321

158.40

TRQX

13:12:47

134

158.40

XLON

13:12:47

532

158.40

XLON

13:19:13

511

158.40

CHIX

13:28:32

350

158.40

CHIX

13:28:32

394

158.40

CHIX

13:28:32

50

158.40

CHIX

13:28:32

321

158.30

CHIX

13:28:32

107

158.30

TRQX

13:28:32

559

158.30

XLON

13:28:34

1305

158.30

CHIX

13:28:34

452

158.30

CHIX

13:30:05

436

158.30

CHIX

13:30:58

1305

158.50

CHIX

13:30:59

1305

158.50

CHIX

13:31:00

1305

158.50

CHIX

13:31:02

1305

158.50

CHIX

13:35:47

1305

158.80

CHIX

14:08:29

400

159.40

CHIX

14:08:29

905

159.40

CHIX

14:17:16

443

159.60

CHIX

14:17:16

862

159.60

CHIX

14:30:32

162

159.50

Aquis

14:30:32

52

159.50

Aquis

14:30:32

107

159.50

CHIX

14:30:32

107

159.50

BATE

14:30:32

559

159.50

XLON

14:30:32

128

159.50

CHIX

14:30:32

33

159.40

CHIX

14:30:32

1154

159.40

CHIX

14:30:32

118

159.40

CHIX

14:30:32

565

159.40

BATE

14:30:32

251

159.40

BATE

14:30:32

43

159.40

XLON

14:30:33

768

159.50

CHIX

14:30:33

107

159.50

BATE

14:30:33

112

159.50

XLON

14:30:33

427

159.50

BATE

14:30:33

1

159.50

BATE

14:30:33

559

159.50

XLON

14:30:33

107

159.50

BATE

14:30:33

107

159.50

Aquis

14:30:33

107

159.50

CHIX

14:30:33

107

159.50

TRQX

14:30:33

274

159.50

XLON

14:30:33

285

159.50

XLON

14:30:33

125

159.50

Aquis

14:30:33

125

159.50

BATE

14:30:33

107

159.50

BATE

14:30:33

107

159.50

CHIX

14:30:33

523

159.50

XLON

14:30:33

107

159.50

CHIX

14:30:33

214

159.50

BATE

14:30:33

107

159.50

TRQX

14:30:33

559

159.50

XLON

14:30:34

107

159.50

Aquis

14:30:34

107

159.50

BATE

14:30:34

107

159.50

CHIX

14:30:34

107

159.50

TRQX

14:30:34

559

159.50

XLON

14:34:33

1305

159.60

CHIX

14:36:00

288

159.60

CHIX

14:46:31

1017

159.60

CHIX

14:55:01

706

159.60

CHIX

14:55:01

306

159.60

CHIX

14:55:01

293

159.60

CHIX

14:55:19

389

159.50

CHIX

14:55:19

47

159.50

CHIX

14:55:19

869

159.50

CHIX

14:55:19

452

159.50

CHIX

14:55:19

535

159.50

XLON

14:59:36

107

159.60

TRQX

14:59:36

44

159.60

Aquis

14:59:36

559

159.60

XLON

14:59:36

63

159.60

Aquis

14:59:36

107

159.60

CHIX

14:59:36

107

159.60

BATE

15:01:27

1305

159.60

CHIX

15:01:27

452

159.60

CHIX

15:01:27

454

159.60

XLON

15:01:27

81

159.60

XLON

15:01:27

452

159.60

Aquis

15:01:27

436

159.60

XLON

15:01:27

99

159.60

XLON

15:01:28

107

159.60

TRQX

15:01:28

131

159.60

CHIX

15:01:28

107

159.60

BATE

15:01:28

400

159.60

XLON

15:01:28

135

159.60

XLON

15:01:28

138

159.60

CHIX

15:01:28

1086

159.60

CHIX

15:01:40

81

159.60

CHIX

15:01:40

107

159.60

XLON

15:01:40

107

159.60

TRQX

15:01:40

107

159.60

BATE

15:01:40

131

159.60

CHIX

15:01:40

535

159.60

XLON

15:01:42

834

159.60

CHIX

15:01:42

471

159.60

CHIX

15:06:46

1305

159.60

CHIX

15:06:46

107

159.60

XLON

15:06:46

107

159.60

BATE

15:06:46

131

159.60

CHIX

15:06:46

535

159.60

XLON

15:06:48

1255

159.60

CHIX

15:06:48

50

159.60

CHIX

15:06:48

107

159.60

Aquis

15:06:48

107

159.60

TRQX

15:10:00

1,305

159.60

CHIX

15:10:00

107

159.60

BATE

15:10:00

131

159.60

CHIX

15:10:00

535

159.60

XLON

15:10:02

400

159.60

CHIX

15:10:02

65

159.60

CHIX

15:10:02

840

159.60

CHIX

15:10:02

214

159.60

Aquis

15:10:02

131

159.60

BATE

15:10:19

42

159.60

CHIX

15:10:19

214

159.60

BATE

15:10:33

377

159.60

CHIX

15:10:33

65

159.60

CHIX

15:10:33

214

159.60

BATE

15:10:33

107

159.60

TRQX

15:10:33

107

159.60

XLON

15:10:34

857

159.60

CHIX

15:10:34

71

159.60

CHIX

15:10:39

107

159.60

XLON

15:10:39

321

159.60

BATE

15:10:39

535

159.60

XLON

15:10:45

131

159.60

XLON

15:10:45

1,305

159.60

CHIX

15:10:46

535

159.60

XLON

15:10:46

341

159.60

CHIX

15:10:52

571

159.60

CHIX

15:11:02

555

159.60

CHIX

15:11:16

179

159.60

CHIX

15:11:16

111

159.60

XLON

15:11:16

107

159.60

BATE

15:11:20

1,127

159.60

CHIX

15:11:20

131

159.60

BATE

15:11:20

107

159.60

Aquis

15:11:20

107

159.60

CHIX

15:11:21

428

159.60

XLON

15:11:22

178

159.60

CHIX

15:11:22

107

159.60

TRQX

15:11:22

107

159.60

BATE

15:11:22

535

159.60

XLON

15:11:40

131

159.60

BATE

15:11:42

831

159.60

CHIX

15:11:42

474

159.60

CHIX

15:11:42

214

159.60

XLON

15:11:42

452

159.60

CHIX

15:11:42

535

159.60

XLON

15:11:42

131

159.60

BATE

15:11:42

535

159.60

XLON

15:11:53

26

159.60

CHIX

15:12:18

862

159.60

CHIX

15:12:58

417

159.60

CHIX

15:12:58

58

159.60

BATE

15:12:58

49

159.60

BATE

15:12:58

214

159.60

XLON

15:12:58

452

159.60

CHIX

15:12:58

535

159.60

XLON

15:12:58

95

159.60

BATE

15:12:58

535

159.60

XLON

15:12:58

131

159.60

Aquis

15:12:58

12

159.60

BATE

15:12:58

107

159.60

CHIX

15:12:58

107

159.60

TRQX

15:12:58

131

159.60

Aquis

15:12:58

107

159.60

BATE

15:12:58

107

159.60

TRQX

15:12:58

535

159.60

XLON

15:12:59

75

159.60

CHIX

15:12:59

82

159.60

CHIX

15:12:59

107

159.60

CHIX

15:12:59

1148

159.60

CHIX

15:12:59

452

159.60

CHIX

15:12:59

467

159.60

XLON

15:12:59

68

159.60

XLON

15:12:59

387

159.60

XLON

15:13:00

172

159.60

XLON

15:13:15

445

159.60

CHIX

15:13:30

860

159.60

CHIX

15:13:30

428

159.60

XLON

15:13:30

559

159.60

XLON

15:13:34

428

159.60

XLON

15:15:00

452

159.60

CHIX

15:15:00

425

159.60

XLON

15:15:00

110

159.60

XLON

15:15:00

1305

159.60

CHIX

15:15:00

559

159.60

XLON

15:15:00

107

159.60

Aquis

15:15:00

107

159.60

CHIX

15:15:00

107

159.60

BATE

15:15:00

107

159.60

TRQX

15:15:00

559

159.60

XLON

15:15:03

428

159.60

XLON

15:15:06

535

159.60

XLON

15:15:10

452

159.60

XLON

15:15:12

535

159.60

XLON

15:15:15

452

159.60

XLON

15:15:15

1305

159.60

CHIX

15:15:15

452

159.60

CHIX

15:15:15

518

159.60

XLON

15:15:15

17

159.60

XLON

15:15:15

559

159.60

XLON

15:15:18

362

159.60

CHIX

15:15:18

400

159.60

CHIX

15:15:18

362

159.60

CHIX

15:15:18

181

159.60

CHIX

15:15:18

390

159.60

XLON

15:15:18

38

159.60

XLON

15:15:28

1305

159.60

BATE

15:15:30

400

159.60

XLON

15:15:31

1305

159.60

BATE

15:15:31

452

159.60

CHIX

15:15:31

135

159.60

XLON

15:15:50

1305

159.60

CHIX

15:15:50

107

159.60

BATE

15:15:50

559

159.60

XLON

15:15:50

107

159.60

TRQX

15:15:50

107

159.60

CHIX

15:15:50

107

159.60

Aquis

15:15:51

559

159.60

XLON

15:15:51

107

159.60

Aquis

15:15:51

107

159.60

CHIX

15:15:51

107

159.60

BATE

15:15:51

107

159.60

TRQX

15:15:51

987

159.60

CHIX

15:15:51

43

159.60

XLON

15:15:51

611

159.60

XLON

15:15:51

987

159.60

Aquis

15:15:51

573

159.60

XLON

15:15:51

414

159.60

XLON

15:15:51

125

159.60

Aquis

15:15:51

333

159.60

CHIX

15:15:51

81

159.60

XLON

15:15:51

43

159.60

XLON

15:15:51

43

159.60

XLON

15:15:51

987

159.50

Aquis

15:15:51

333

159.50

CHIX

15:16:10

717

159.60

CHIX

15:16:10

588

159.60

CHIX

15:16:10

107

159.60

Aquis

15:16:10

255

159.60

XLON

15:16:11

107

159.60

BATE

15:16:11

534

159.60

XLON

15:16:15

29

159.60

CHIX

15:16:15

107

159.60

CHIX

15:16:28

835

159.60

CHIX

15:16:30

140

159.60

CHIX

15:16:35

301

159.60

CHIX

15:16:35

9

159.60

BATE

15:16:35

66

159.60

BATE

15:16:35

25

159.60

XLON

15:16:35

107

159.60

CHIX

15:16:35

32

159.60

BATE

15:16:35

987

159.60

XLON

15:16:35

43

159.60

XLON

15:16:35

104

159.60

XLON

15:16:35

840

159.60

XLON

15:16:35

43

159.60

XLON

15:16:35

944

159.60

XLON

15:16:36

559

159.60

XLON

15:17:24

1305

159.60

CHIX

15:17:24

428

159.60

XLON

15:17:25

107

159.60

Aquis

15:17:25

107

159.60

TRQX

15:17:25

131

159.60

CHIX

15:17:25

107

159.60

BATE

15:17:25

535

159.60

XLON

15:17:25

252

159.60

XLON

15:19:12

32

159.60

Aquis

15:20:06

442

159.60

CHIX

15:20:06

61

159.60

CHIX

15:20:06

131

159.60

CHIX

15:20:13

802

159.60

CHIX

15:20:15

40

159.60

CHIX

15:21:31

756

159.60

CHIX

15:21:31

86

159.60

CHIX

15:21:31

174

159.60

CHIX

15:21:31

283

159.60

XLON

15:21:31

75

159.60

Aquis

15:21:31

463

159.60

CHIX

15:21:31

535

159.60

XLON

15:22:10

1305

159.60

CHIX

15:22:10

285

159.60

XLON

15:22:10

167

159.60

XLON

15:22:10

107

159.60

Aquis

15:22:10

107

159.60

TRQX

15:22:10

107

159.60

BATE

15:22:10

107

159.60

CHIX

15:22:10

559

159.60

XLON

15:22:10

987

159.60

XLON

15:22:11

107

159.60

BATE

15:24:10

1305

159.60

CHIX

15:24:10

107

159.60

Aquis

15:24:10

131

159.60

BATE

15:24:10

107

159.60

CHIX

15:24:10

107

159.60

TRQX

15:24:10

428

159.60

XLON

15:24:10

43

159.60

XLON

15:24:10

21

159.60

XLON

15:24:10

882

159.60

XLON

15:24:10

41

159.60

XLON

15:24:11

535

159.60

XLON

15:24:11

107

159.60

BATE

15:25:09

492

159.60

CHIX

15:25:09

269

159.60

CHIX

15:25:09

131

159.60

BATE

15:25:09

68

159.60

XLON

15:25:09

146

159.60

XLON

15:25:09

544

159.60

CHIX

15:25:09

63

159.60

BATE

15:26:50

535

159.60

XLON

15:26:53

356

159.60

CHIX

15:26:55

345

159.60

XLON

15:26:57

356

159.60

CHIX

15:26:57

356

159.60

CHIX

15:26:58

237

159.60

CHIX

15:26:59

44

159.60

XLON

15:26:59

1305

159.60

BATE

15:26:59

400

159.60

XLON

15:26:59

159

159.60

XLON

15:27:02

107

159.60

CHIX

15:27:02

107

159.60

BATE

15:27:02

107

159.60

TRQX

15:27:02

427

159.60

CHIX

15:27:02

186

159.60

CHIX

15:27:05

692

159.60

CHIX

15:27:05

31

159.60

Aquis

15:28:19

1305

159.60

CHIX

15:30:18

1305

159.70

CHIX

15:30:20

181

159.70

CHIX

15:30:20

1124

159.70

CHIX

15:30:26

57

159.60

CHIX

15:30:26

1248

159.60

CHIX

15:30:26

76

159.60

TRQX

15:30:26

131

159.60

CHIX

15:36:06

773

159.70

CHIX

15:36:06

532

159.70

CHIX

15:36:08

373

159.70

CHIX

15:36:08

231

159.70

CHIX

15:36:08

701

159.70

CHIX

15:36:51

800

159.70

BATE

15:36:51

400

159.70

BATE

15:36:52

105

159.70

BATE

15:37:18

400

159.70

BATE

15:50:02

1305

160.00

CHIX

15:53:46

867

160.10

CHIX

15:53:46

438

160.10

CHIX

15:55:16

1305

160.20

CHIX

16:00:13

991

160.30

CHIX

16:00:14

314

160.30

CHIX

16:01:08

1305

160.30

BATE

16:04:48

107

160.20

Aquis

16:04:48

107

160.20

BATE

16:04:48

57

160.20

CHIX

16:04:48

87

160.20

CHIX

16:04:48

107

160.20

TRQX

16:04:48

207

160.20

XLON

16:04:48

328

160.20

XLON

16:04:48

105

160.20

BATE

16:04:48

1200

160.20

BATE

16:10:29

174

160.80

CHIX

16:10:29

690

160.80

CHIX

16:10:29

441

160.80

CHIX

16:10:30

1305

160.80

CHIX

16:10:32

1305

160.80

BATE

16:14:16

6

160.80

CHIX

16:14:16

800

160.80

CHIX

16:14:16

499

160.80

CHIX

16:14:50

1305

160.90

CHIX

16:14:52

1305

160.90

CHIX

16:15:53

1305

161.00

CHIX

16:16:11

1305

160.80

CHIX

16:16:17

561

160.80

BATE

16:16:49

744

160.80

BATE

16:16:56

1305

160.70

CHIX

16:19:24

1305

160.80

BATE

16:20:30

1305

160.30

CHIX

16:20:30

144

160.20

CHIX

16:20:30

214

160.20

BATE

16:20:30

642

160.20

XLON

16:20:30

107

160.20

TRQX

16:20:30

107

160.20

BATE

16:20:30

100

160.20

CHIX

16:20:30

679

160.20

XLON

16:20:31

7

160.20

CHIX

16:20:31

107

160.20

CHIX

16:20:31

107

160.20

BATE

16:20:31

107

160.20

TRQX

16:20:31

679

160.20

XLON

16:20:31

572

160.20

XLON

16:20:32

375

160.20

CHIX

16:20:32

530

160.20

CHIX

16:20:32

400

160.20

CHIX

16:20:32

107

160.20

Aquis

16:20:32

107

160.20

BATE

16:20:32

107

160.20

TRQX

16:20:32

107

160.20

CHIX

16:20:32

679

160.20

XLON

16:20:36

602

160.20

CHIX

16:23:00

321

160.20

XLON

16:23:00

703

160.20

CHIX

16:23:01

642

160.20

XLON

16:23:03

1305

160.20

BATE

16:23:23

358

160.20

XLON

16:35:05

2000

158.20

XLON

16:35:05

2000

158.20

XLON

16:35:05

1528

158.20

XLON

16:35:05

472

158.20

XLON

16:35:05

2000

158.20

XLON

16:35:05

253

158.20

XLON

16:35:05

1747

158.20

XLON

16:35:06

2000

158.20

XLON

16:35:06

2000

158.20

XLON

16:35:06

2000

158.20

XLON

16:35:06

2000

158.20

XLON

16:35:06

2000

158.20

XLON

16:35:06

538

158.20

XLON

16:35:06

1462

158.20

XLON

16:35:06

1836

158.20

XLON

16:35:06

164

158.20

XLON

16:35:06

2000

158.20

XLON

16:35:06

1710

158.20

XLON

 



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