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

2 August 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

3,000

Weighted average price paid (p)

169.90

Highest price paid (p)

169.90

Lowest price paid (p)

169.90

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 135,226,293 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 615,468,722. 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 2 August 2024 is 615,468,722. 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 Panmure Liberum:


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

169.90

1,848

BATE

169.90

154

CHIX

169.90

228

TRQX

169.90

154

Aquis

169.90

616

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:10:18

900

169.90

XLON

08:10:18

948

169.90

XLON

08:10:18

616

169.90

Aquis

08:10:18

228

169.90

CHIX

08:10:18

154

169.90

BATE

08:10:18

154

169.90

TRQX

08:10:18

900

169.90

XLON

08:10:18

948

169.90

XLON

08:10:18

616

169.90

Aquis

08:10:18

228

169.90

CHIX

08:10:18

154

169.90

BATE

08:10:18

154

169.90

TRQX

 



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