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

16 August 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

370,336

Weighted average price paid (p)

154.92

Highest price paid (p)

156.30

Lowest price paid (p)

153.50

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 67,456,703 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 683,238,312. 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 16 August 2023 is 683,238,312. 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

154.95

250,316

BATE

154.78

46,124

CHIX

154.94

50,339

TRQX

154.92

23,557

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:02:33

2161

155.8

XLON

08:02:33

790

155.5

XLON

08:02:33

626

155.5

XLON

08:04:17

162

155.3

XLON

08:05:00

1221

156

BATE

08:05:30

1293

155.9

CHIX

08:08:19

633

155.3

XLON

08:08:19

685

155.3

XLON

08:11:21

361

155.4

CHIX

08:11:21

912

155.4

CHIX

08:17:28

746

155

TRQX

08:18:37

700

155

TRQX

08:21:21

500

155.5

XLON

08:21:21

500

155.5

XLON

08:21:21

500

155.5

XLON

08:21:21

457

155.5

XLON

08:22:21

1430

155.7

CHIX

08:43:21

1258

155.5

XLON

08:43:21

65

155.5

XLON

08:56:00

237

155

BATE

08:56:00

107

155

BATE

08:56:00

601

155

BATE

08:56:00

237

155

BATE

09:00:01

723

154.8

XLON

09:00:01

1376

154.8

XLON

09:00:01

542

155.1

XLON

09:00:01

2553

155.1

XLON

09:00:01

2

155

BATE

09:00:01

1344

155.1

BATE

09:00:01

220

155.3

XLON

09:00:01

3883

155.3

XLON

09:00:01

758

155.1

BATE

09:00:01

624

155.1

BATE

09:00:37

1301

154.8

CHIX

09:18:05

257

154.2

XLON

09:18:05

1420

154.2

XLON

09:18:05

2579

154.2

XLON

09:18:05

556

154.2

XLON

09:19:03

10

155

XLON

09:19:26

1400

155.2

TRQX

09:19:38

1205

155.4

CHIX

09:19:40

1228

155.4

BATE

09:19:40

1803

155.4

BATE

09:19:50

4173

155.3

XLON

09:19:50

227

155.3

XLON

09:19:50

2113

155.3

XLON

09:20:19

21

155.5

XLON

09:20:19

9

155.5

XLON

09:20:33

115

155.6

XLON

09:20:33

4056

155.6

XLON

09:20:33

8

155.6

XLON

09:20:33

500

155.8

XLON

09:20:33

1594

155.8

XLON

09:20:33

364

155.8

XLON

09:20:43

12

155.9

XLON

09:21:03

1447

156.3

XLON

09:21:03

9343

156.1

XLON

09:21:03

1000

156.1

XLON

09:21:03

5411

156.1

XLON

09:21:14

1720

156

CHIX

09:21:14

472

156

CHIX

09:22:33

1357

156.1

TRQX

09:25:02

1247

156

CHIX

09:28:02

60

155.6

BATE

09:28:18

1059

155.6

BATE

09:28:23

180

155.6

BATE

09:28:23

17

155.6

BATE

09:36:02

1245

155.6

XLON

09:36:02

105

155.4

CHIX

09:41:00

1000

155.4

CHIX

09:41:00

207

155.4

CHIX

09:45:23

751

155.5

TRQX

09:45:23

694

155.5

TRQX

10:02:10

1282

155.3

CHIX

10:23:32

1438

155

CHIX

10:46:16

178

155.3

XLON

10:46:16

33

155.3

XLON

10:46:16

45

155.3

XLON

10:46:20

1000

155.6

XLON

10:46:20

500

155.6

XLON

10:46:20

1741

155.6

XLON

10:46:20

2180

155.9

XLON

10:46:20

506

155.9

XLON

10:46:20

1996

155.9

XLON

10:47:16

1265

155.8

CHIX

10:47:16

143

155.8

CHIX

10:56:28

1183

155.6

BATE

10:56:28

1435

155.6

TRQX

10:56:28

2618

155.6

BATE

10:56:28

1486

155.8

XLON

10:56:28

775

155.6

XLON

10:56:28

30

155.6

XLON

10:56:28

690

155.6

XLON

10:56:29

500

155.8

XLON

10:56:29

384

155.8

XLON

10:56:29

1186

155.8

XLON

10:56:29

1000

155.8

XLON

10:56:29

894

155.8

XLON

10:56:29

1365

155.8

XLON

11:01:18

947

155.4

CHIX

11:02:45

474

155.4

CHIX

11:11:47

663

155.3

TRQX

11:11:47

711

155.3

TRQX

11:11:47

4164

155.4

XLON

11:11:47

3500

155.4

XLON

11:11:47

500

155.4

XLON

11:11:47

1351

155.4

XLON

11:11:47

9207

155.4

XLON

11:11:47

132

155.4

XLON

11:11:48

1060

155.4

XLON

11:11:48

3042

155.4

XLON

11:11:48

978

155.4

XLON

11:12:35

1236

155

XLON

11:25:18

3844

155.1

XLON

11:31:57

1500

155.4

BATE

11:31:57

168

155.4

BATE

11:31:57

1

155.3

CHIX

11:31:57

175

155.5

CHIX

11:31:57

69

155.5

CHIX

11:31:57

967

155.6

CHIX

11:31:57

220

155.4

XLON

11:31:57

2466

155.4

XLON

11:34:57

500

155.2

XLON

11:34:57

888

155.2

XLON

11:39:57

500

155.2

XLON

11:39:57

500

155.2

XLON

11:42:07

337

155.2

XLON

11:44:07

1337

155.2

XLON

11:48:07

1366

155.2

XLON

11:52:07

500

155.2

XLON

11:52:07

500

155.2

XLON

11:52:07

336

155.2

XLON

11:52:11

1214

155.2

TRQX

11:52:11

201

155.2

TRQX

11:54:11

500

155.2

XLON

11:54:11

369

155.2

XLON

11:54:11

538

155.2

XLON

11:56:26

1233

155.1

BATE

11:56:26

309

155.1

CHIX

11:56:26

1198

155.1

CHIX

11:56:32

693

155

XLON

11:56:32

335

155

XLON

11:56:32

429

155

XLON

11:57:32

1349

155

CHIX

12:02:32

1000

155

BATE

12:02:32

406

155

BATE

12:02:53

1430

155

XLON

12:05:53

1328

155

XLON

12:28:44

20

155.1

CHIX

12:28:44

1048

155.1

CHIX

12:28:44

362

155.1

CHIX

12:33:24

2592

155.3

XLON

12:33:24

1500

155.3

XLON

12:33:24

2500

155.3

XLON

12:33:24

121

155.3

XLON

12:33:24

1718

155.3

XLON

12:33:24

444

155.2

TRQX

12:33:24

403

155.2

TRQX

12:33:24

487

155.2

TRQX

12:33:24

500

155.2

XLON

12:33:25

500

155.2

XLON

12:33:25

209

155.2

XLON

12:34:32

1411

155.1

BATE

12:39:25

1405

155

XLON

12:43:25

1412

155.2

XLON

12:45:25

1301

155

CHIX

12:46:02

835

155

BATE

12:46:04

535

155

BATE

13:03:31

117

155.2

XLON

13:03:31

117

155.2

XLON

13:03:31

2000

155.2

XLON

13:03:31

20

155.2

XLON

13:03:31

1

155.2

XLON

13:03:31

4545

155.2

XLON

13:03:31

1353

155.3

CHIX

13:04:41

1444

155

XLON

13:08:12

1581

155.3

BATE

13:09:41

500

155.2

XLON

13:09:41

500

155.2

XLON

13:09:41

383

155.2

XLON

13:13:41

1478

155.2

XLON

13:13:41

1483

155.3

XLON

13:18:44

1208

155.2

XLON

13:19:24

1297

155.2

TRQX

13:19:30

1175

155.1

CHIX

13:37:39

1217

155.1

CHIX

13:37:52

1499

155

XLON

13:38:01

500

154.9

BATE

13:38:01

500

154.9

BATE

13:38:01

856

154.9

BATE

13:38:01

672

154.8

BATE

13:38:04

297

154.8

BATE

13:49:55

338

154.9

TRQX

13:49:55

399

154.9

TRQX

13:49:55

3

154.9

TRQX

13:49:55

489

154.9

TRQX

13:51:27

1453

154.8

XLON

13:51:36

645

154.8

BATE

13:52:42

2092

154.8

XLON

13:55:21

1331

154.8

XLON

13:56:33

500

154.9

CHIX

13:56:39

1333

154.9

CHIX

14:02:33

427

154.9

CHIX

14:02:33

1000

154.9

CHIX

14:03:24

798

154.8

XLON

14:03:24

421

154.8

XLON

14:13:25

1277

154.6

TRQX

14:13:25

2327

154.8

XLON

14:13:25

10526

154.8

XLON

14:13:25

1000

154.8

XLON

14:13:25

2000

154.8

XLON

14:13:25

4

154.8

XLON

14:13:25

2385

154.8

XLON

14:16:33

377

154.3

XLON

14:16:33

826

154.3

XLON

14:21:19

1420

154.4

CHIX

14:22:33

565

154.3

XLON

14:32:11

500

154.6

XLON

14:32:11

1192

154.9

CHIX

14:32:11

946

154.6

XLON

14:35:12

1162

154.5

CHIX

14:47:05

771

154.5

CHIX

14:48:28

1248

154.6

TRQX

14:48:28

502

154.6

TRQX

14:48:28

500

154.6

XLON

14:48:28

1

154.6

XLON

14:48:28

2099

154.6

XLON

14:48:44

575

154.5

CHIX

14:55:15

1339

154.5

CHIX

14:55:15

5000

154.6

XLON

14:55:15

167

154.6

XLON

14:55:15

394

154.6

XLON

14:55:15

2714

154.6

XLON

14:55:15

3143

154.5

XLON

14:55:15

3169

154.5

XLON

14:55:59

492

154.5

BATE

14:55:59

1774

154.5

BATE

14:59:18

446

154.5

BATE

15:01:07

443

154.5

BATE

15:02:32

681

154.5

BATE

15:02:43

500

154.6

XLON

15:02:43

55

154.6

XLON

15:02:43

55

154.6

XLON

15:02:43

1218

154.6

XLON

15:02:43

1850

154.6

XLON

15:10:59

1195

154.9

TRQX

15:10:59

1000

154.6

CHIX

15:10:59

443

154.6

CHIX

15:11:43

402

154.6

XLON

15:11:43

500

154.6

XLON

15:11:43

414

154.6

XLON

15:16:32

354

154.5

BATE

15:16:32

254

154.5

BATE

15:16:40

229

154.5

BATE

15:16:43

869

154.5

BATE

15:19:01

835

154.4

CHIX

15:22:33

1277

154.4

TRQX

15:22:33

581

154.4

CHIX

15:22:45

630

154.3

XLON

15:22:45

720

154.3

XLON

15:27:02

828

154.3

CHIX

15:29:02

1391

154.3

BATE

15:29:02

43

154.3

BATE

15:29:02

463

154.3

CHIX

15:29:38

12

154.3

XLON

15:29:38

303

154.3

XLON

15:29:38

266

154.3

XLON

15:29:38

42

154.3

XLON

15:29:38

319

154.3

XLON

15:29:38

301

154.3

XLON

15:31:14

2540

154

XLON

15:32:45

936

154.1

BATE

15:32:45

319

154.1

BATE

15:34:05

400

154

XLON

15:34:05

1081

154

XLON

15:35:00

1359

154.1

CHIX

15:40:02

828

153.9

TRQX

15:40:02

448

153.9

TRQX

15:42:03

1203

153.9

XLON

15:43:17

9

154

XLON

15:43:17

319

154

XLON

15:43:17

36

154

XLON

15:43:17

1106

154

XLON

15:43:45

1226

154.1

BATE

15:44:00

1296

154.1

CHIX

15:51:25

808

154

XLON

15:51:25

603

154

XLON

15:53:00

249

154.1

CHIX

15:53:01

191

154.1

CHIX

15:53:30

342

154.1

CHIX

15:53:30

500

154.1

CHIX

15:57:08

1203

154.1

TRQX

16:00:15

1000

154.1

CHIX

16:00:15

333

154.1

CHIX

16:01:00

751

154

XLON

16:01:00

114

154

XLON

16:01:00

2

154

XLON

16:01:00

1

154

XLON

16:08:01

1000

154.1

XLON

16:08:01

253

154.1

XLON

16:08:01

138

154.2

XLON

16:08:01

1000

154.2

XLON

16:08:01

1

154.2

XLON

16:08:01

1621

154.2

XLON

16:09:08

500

154.3

XLON

16:09:09

684

154.3

XLON

16:09:09

500

154.3

XLON

16:09:09

214

154.3

XLON

16:09:09

1458

154.3

XLON

16:09:15

500

154.3

CHIX

16:09:15

500

154.3

CHIX

16:09:15

2

154.3

CHIX

16:09:16

239

154.3

CHIX

16:10:23

797

154.3

BATE

16:10:23

69

154.3

BATE

16:10:23

1232

154.3

BATE

16:10:23

500

154.3

BATE

16:10:23

500

154.3

BATE

16:10:23

445

154.3

BATE

16:12:47

635

154.1

TRQX

16:13:56

593

154.1

TRQX

16:13:56

650

154

XLON

16:13:56

1243

154.1

XLON

16:13:56

1000

153.9

XLON

16:13:56

335

153.9

XLON

16:13:56

620

153.9

XLON

16:13:57

1000

154

XLON

16:13:57

500

154

XLON

16:13:57

313

154

BATE

16:13:57

799

154

BATE

16:13:57

465

154

BATE

16:13:57

347

154

BATE

16:13:57

1429

154

XLON

16:13:57

410

154

BATE

16:13:58

431

154

XLON

16:14:27

17808

154.15

XLON

16:14:34

363

154

BATE

16:14:34

500

154

BATE

16:14:34

494

154

BATE

16:14:34

500

154

BATE

16:14:37

536

153.9

XLON

16:14:37

500

154

XLON

16:14:37

362

154

XLON

16:14:37

362

154

XLON

16:14:38

1968

154

XLON

16:14:38

500

154

XLON

16:15:57

1000

154.1

CHIX

16:15:57

171

154.1

CHIX

16:17:34

1000

154.1

BATE

16:17:34

344

154.1

BATE

16:21:40

650

154

XLON

16:21:40

500

154

XLON

16:21:40

191

154

XLON

16:21:40

473

153.9

XLON

16:23:46

11

154

CHIX

16:23:46

619

154.1

TRQX

16:24:03

1000

154

XLON

16:24:03

500

154

XLON

16:24:03

500

154

XLON

16:24:03

80

154

XLON

16:24:03

553

154

CHIX

16:24:03

878

154

CHIX

16:28:13

650

153.6

XLON

16:28:13

500

153.6

XLON

16:28:13

1034

153.6

XLON

16:28:13

650

153.6

XLON

16:28:13

97

153.6

XLON

16:28:13

3159

153.6

XLON

16:28:13

465

153.5

BATE

16:28:13

415

153.5

BATE

16:28:14

314

153.6

BATE

16:28:14

314

153.6

BATE

16:28:14

314

153.6

BATE

16:28:14

314

153.6

BATE

16:28:14

35

153.6

BATE

 



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