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

04 August 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

290,649

Weighted average price paid (p)

147.95

Highest price paid (p)

150.00

Lowest price paid (p)

146.40

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 64,622,392 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 686,061,756. 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 04 August 2023 is 686,061,756. 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 / William Hall 
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000 

Contacts at RBC Europe Limited:


James Agnew / Jonathan Hardy / 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

147.91

155,369

BATE

147.95

68,330

CHIX

147.92

46,161

TRQX

148.35

20,789

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:03:41

764

146.80

XLON

08:03:41

480

146.80

XLON

08:03:43

581

146.50

XLON

08:03:43

900

146.50

XLON

08:05:21

1267

146.40

XLON

08:05:21

1,494

146.40

XLON

08:10:15

1274

146.60

CHIX

08:16:17

1323

146.80

CHIX

08:16:17

1,282

146.70

BATE

08:16:17

1,360

146.60

TRQX

08:17:17

1,314

146.70

BATE

08:17:35

800

146.80

XLON

08:17:35

466

146.80

XLON

08:28:20

1308

146.70

CHIX

08:31:35

1210

147.00

XLON

08:33:56

91

147.40

XLON

08:33:56

5,274

147.40

XLON

08:33:56

2,341

147.40

XLON

08:35:16

1581

147.70

BATE

08:38:04

1252

147.20

CHIX

08:38:05

1135

147.20

XLON

08:38:05

139

147.20

XLON

08:39:12

800

147.40

BATE

08:39:12

683

147.40

BATE

08:39:25

1,229

147.40

XLON

08:40:25

1,383

148.10

XLON

08:42:28

1,439

147.90

TRQX

08:42:39

1,482

148.20

XLON

08:45:31

2,114

148.10

BATE

08:45:31

1,581

148.10

BATE

08:45:39

1,408

147.70

XLON

08:51:34

1209

147.80

CHIX

08:51:34

1,600

148.00

BATE

08:51:34

386

148.00

BATE

08:51:34

253

147.90

XLON

08:51:34

1,858

147.90

XLON

08:56:34

46

147.50

XLON

08:56:34

1,462

147.50

XLON

09:04:28

800

147.90

XLON

09:04:28

628

147.90

XLON

09:05:09

1,600

148.10

XLON

09:05:09

461

148.10

XLON

09:05:34

1,262

148.40

BATE

09:05:51

1,342

148.10

XLON

09:05:51

1,393

148.30

XLON

09:10:09

1,338

148.20

CHIX

09:10:09

1,511

148.10

BATE

09:10:09

1,443

148.10

XLON

09:10:09

1,538

148.10

BATE

09:10:09

1,352

148.30

TRQX

09:17:09

602

147.90

XLON

09:17:09

996

147.90

XLON

09:17:10

121

147.90

XLON

09:17:10

1,709

147.90

XLON

09:22:59

643

147.60

CHIX

09:22:59

1358

147.70

BATE

09:23:00

387

147.60

CHIX

09:23:00

147

147.60

CHIX

09:23:03

2,375

147.60

XLON

09:35:48

1049

147.70

XLON

09:35:48

285

147.70

XLON

09:45:01

1,535

147.90

XLON

09:45:01

800

147.90

XLON

09:45:01

755

147.90

XLON

09:47:57

1,225

147.90

CHIX

09:47:59

1259

148.10

BATE

10:03:59

1,291

147.90

CHIX

10:08:41

533

148.30

XLON

10:08:41

985

148.30

XLON

10:08:41

1,339

148.10

XLON

10:15:03

2,031

147.90

BATE

10:15:03

2081

147.90

BATE

10:27:11

1318

147.50

CHIX

10:35:47

1600

147.40

XLON

10:35:47

166

147.40

XLON

10:38:52

273

147.70

XLON

10:38:52

1,000

147.70

XLON

10:38:52

121

147.90

XLON

10:38:52

1,141

147.90

XLON

10:45:46

800

147.70

CHIX

10:45:46

476

147.70

CHIX

11:06:30

213

147.30

CHIX

11:06:30

1,142

147.30

CHIX

11:12:52

1,304

147.20

XLON

11:17:02

1,421

147.10

TRQX

11:17:02

1,197

147.50

TRQX

11:17:02

1,429

147.30

TRQX

11:25:03

731

147.00

CHIX

11:25:03

709

147.00

CHIX

11:27:55

1,340

147.50

XLON

11:27:55

1368

147.50

XLON

11:36:42

1,323

147.10

XLON

11:37:01

1380

147.10

XLON

11:37:03

1,733

147.20

BATE

11:46:35

1,310

146.90

CHIX

11:52:13

1,418

146.80

BATE

11:52:13

800

146.80

XLON

11:52:13

420

146.80

XLON

11:52:13

272

146.80

XLON

11:53:18

209

147.10

XLON

11:53:18

480

147.40

XLON

11:53:18

2569

147.40

XLON

11:53:18

3,229

147.50

XLON

11:55:13

1,511

147.30

BATE

11:55:29

465

147.10

XLON

11:55:29

434

147.10

XLON

11:55:29

381

147.10

XLON

11:55:29

201

147.10

XLON

11:56:21

1117

147.40

XLON

11:56:21

753

147.40

XLON

11:56:21

1,202

147.40

XLON

12:02:00

185

147.30

BATE

12:02:00

1569

147.30

BATE

12:02:00

3200

147.30

BATE

12:02:00

174

147.30

BATE

12:02:30

1,460

147.20

XLON

12:15:02

1,129

147.00

CHIX

12:15:02

155

147.00

CHIX

12:15:02

17

147.10

XLON

12:15:02

800

147.10

XLON

12:15:02

751

147.10

XLON

12:29:02

468

147.00

CHIX

12:29:02

38

147.00

CHIX

12:29:02

815

147.00

CHIX

12:33:00

1189

146.90

BATE

12:41:41

800

146.70

TRQX

12:41:41

406

146.70

TRQX

12:51:03

1198

146.60

CHIX

12:57:44

1,304

146.70

XLON

13:08:08

1236

146.50

CHIX

13:13:48

1334

146.50

XLON

13:15:00

1,374

146.40

BATE

13:26:00

1253

146.70

BATE

13:26:00

1,340

146.70

XLON

13:26:18

1,406

146.70

XLON

13:26:18

289

146.70

XLON

13:27:49

1,212

146.80

CHIX

13:28:40

1,441

146.70

XLON

13:30:15

1,134

147.20

XLON

13:30:15

1,410

147.20

XLON

13:30:15

251

147.20

XLON

13:30:15

800

147.10

XLON

13:30:15

610

147.10

XLON

13:30:15

412

147.10

BATE

13:30:15

1275

147.10

BATE

13:30:15

1,600

147.10

XLON

13:30:15

306

147.10

XLON

13:30:56

1261

147.00

XLON

13:32:44

1,457

147.00

XLON

13:36:46

1,343

146.90

XLON

13:38:48

1,384

146.80

CHIX

13:41:26

125

146.80

BATE

13:41:26

1,223

146.80

BATE

13:57:48

1,000

146.90

CHIX

13:57:48

406

146.90

CHIX

14:09:59

582

147.20

XLON

14:09:59

800

147.20

XLON

14:09:59

280

147.20

XLON

14:11:13

412

147.70

BATE

14:11:13

2,592

147.70

BATE

14:11:13

105

147.90

BATE

14:11:13

3039

147.90

BATE

14:11:13

1,234

147.70

XLON

14:11:13

800

147.70

XLON

14:11:13

513

147.70

XLON

14:13:08

1236

147.90

CHIX

14:13:33

800

148.30

XLON

14:13:33

800

148.30

XLON

14:13:33

800

148.30

XLON

14:13:33

318

148.30

XLON

14:13:33

3,243

148.30

XLON

14:13:33

1,597

148.30

XLON

14:13:33

1,412

148.40

XLON

14:14:33

1696

148.40

XLON

14:17:45

17

148.20

XLON

14:17:45

528

148.20

XLON

14:17:45

121

148.30

XLON

14:17:45

1,975

148.30

XLON

14:17:45

2,780

148.10

XLON

14:17:45

1,423

148.00

BATE

14:18:47

800

147.60

XLON

14:18:47

665

147.60

XLON

14:19:17

1,833

147.60

BATE

14:19:17

1532

147.60

BATE

14:19:17

383

147.60

BATE

14:19:30

1,372

147.20

XLON

14:20:16

1,384

147.50

BATE

14:20:36

500

147.70

XLON

14:20:36

870

147.70

XLON

14:20:38

2,104

147.70

XLON

14:21:36

1,165

147.90

BATE

14:21:54

1,209

147.70

TRQX

14:23:50

720

147.70

CHIX

14:24:38

800

148.00

XLON

14:24:38

607

148.00

XLON

14:26:38

1,268

148.10

XLON

14:30:10

800

148.40

XLON

14:30:10

685

148.40

XLON

14:30:36

1,387

148.90

BATE

14:31:18

728

148.60

CHIX

14:31:18

596

148.60

CHIX

14:31:36

1,442

148.60

BATE

14:41:10

200

149.00

XLON

14:41:10

766

149.00

XLON

14:42:10

1288

149.30

CHIX

14:42:10

415

149.00

XLON

14:42:10

1,392

149.30

XLON

14:42:10

725

149.40

BATE

14:42:10

1,727

149.40

BATE

14:42:10

1540

149.40

BATE

14:42:10

1106

149.40

BATE

14:43:10

525

149.30

XLON

14:43:10

60

149.30

XLON

14:43:10

679

149.30

XLON

14:48:10

1,261

149.00

XLON

14:51:42

1,322

149.00

CHIX

14:51:42

1,423

149.30

XLON

14:51:54

1,411

149.30

TRQX

15:02:07

100

149.10

CHIX

15:02:07

1,322

149.10

CHIX

15:02:55

789

149.00

TRQX

15:02:55

393

149.00

TRQX

15:02:55

1600

149.00

XLON

15:02:55

973

149.00

XLON

15:03:10

800

149.10

BATE

15:03:10

764

149.10

BATE

15:03:10

339

149.10

BATE

15:03:10

1,235

149.10

BATE

15:12:12

825

148.90

CHIX

15:12:27

368

148.90

CHIX

15:13:55

1,503

149.00

XLON

15:17:27

700

148.90

XLON

15:17:27

121

149.00

XLON

15:17:27

1,600

149.00

XLON

15:17:27

225

149.00

XLON

15:17:27

1,428

149.00

XLON

15:21:27

1,160

149.10

CHIX

15:21:27

67

149.10

CHIX

15:28:15

967

149.20

CHIX

15:28:15

413

149.20

CHIX

15:28:27

284

149.10

XLON

15:28:27

925

149.10

XLON

15:35:23

2,118

149.30

TRQX

15:35:23

547

149.30

TRQX

15:35:23

1,847

149.30

TRQX

15:35:23

121

149.20

XLON

15:35:23

2,089

149.20

XLON

15:35:23

2,142

149.20

XLON

15:36:55

1,176

149.00

CHIX

15:47:56

1224

149.30

XLON

15:48:15

1,119

149.30

CHIX

15:48:15

65

149.30

CHIX

15:55:23

1,381

149.20

CHIX

15:55:23

1,722

149.20

XLON

15:55:23

1,463

149.20

XLON

15:55:23

467

149.20

XLON

16:04:30

1,299

149.60

TRQX

16:04:30

1772

149.60

TRQX

16:06:23

1297

149.20

CHIX

16:11:23

216

149.30

XLON

16:11:23

1,159

149.30

XLON

16:13:28

1,431

149.30

CHIX

16:14:23

800

149.30

XLON

16:14:23

476

149.30

XLON

16:18:23

800

149.40

XLON

16:18:23

402

149.40

XLON

16:21:30

1,443

149.30

CHIX

16:22:23

1,208

149.40

XLON

16:24:10

1,572

149.40

BATE

16:29:40

1,064

149.80

BATE

16:29:40

148

150.00

BATE

16:29:40

1,591

150.00

BATE

16:29:53

129

149.60

XLON

16:29:53

148

149.60

XLON

16:29:53

1,640

149.60

XLON

16:29:53

1,640

149.70

XLON

 

 

 



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