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

17 August 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

450,632

Weighted average price paid (p)

149.56

Highest price paid (p)

155.00

Lowest price paid (p)

146.20

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 67,907,335 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 682,787,680. 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 17 August 2023 is 682,787,680. 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

149.61

267,948

BATE

149.26

111,975

CHIX

150.26

48,279

TRQX

149.10

22,430

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:07:18

3,802

154.20

XLON

08:07:18

1,562

154.30

XLON

08:07:18

594

154.30

XLON

08:07:49

1,410

154.80

BATE

08:07:55

1363

155.00

BATE

08:08:02

1,257

154.50

XLON

08:08:02

2025

154.50

XLON

08:11:09

5695

154.25

XLON

08:11:10

1,362

154.30

BATE

08:11:10

1,721

154.10

BATE

08:11:10

1,812

154.30

BATE

08:12:02

1,564

153.60

CHIX

08:12:47

418

153.70

XLON

08:12:47

836

153.70

XLON

08:12:47

500

153.90

XLON

08:12:47

956

153.90

XLON

08:22:35

1,935

153.50

XLON

08:24:19

611

153.10

XLON

08:24:19

500

153.20

TRQX

08:24:19

500

153.20

TRQX

08:24:19

348

153.20

TRQX

08:24:19

422

153.10

XLON

08:24:19

244

153.10

XLON

08:26:39

611

153.10

XLON

08:26:39

224

153.10

XLON

08:26:39

611

153.10

XLON

08:27:21

401

153.20

CHIX

08:27:21

1,000

153.20

CHIX

08:29:56

15

153.10

XLON

08:29:56

1,254

153.10

XLON

08:30:57

1,423

152.70

XLON

08:30:57

1244

153.00

XLON

08:33:44

1,287

153.20

XLON

09:06:02

1,955

152.90

CHIX

09:06:02

1,298

153.10

XLON

09:06:02

3,044

152.50

CHIX

09:06:02

656

152.70

XLON

09:06:02

1,675

152.70

XLON

09:06:02

1,879

152.70

XLON

09:06:50

766

152.70

BATE

09:06:50

499

152.70

BATE

09:12:32

1,248

153.00

XLON

09:12:32

1,732

153.10

XLON

09:14:36

10

153.00

CHIX

09:14:36

1,235

153.00

CHIX

09:20:20

1,413

152.50

XLON

09:20:20

500

152.70

XLON

09:20:20

916

152.70

XLON

09:25:02

835

152.50

BATE

09:25:02

575

152.50

BATE

09:33:03

1,124

152.30

XLON

09:33:03

192

152.30

XLON

09:37:11

168

152.30

XLON

09:48:11

1,224

152.30

XLON

09:52:28

1,175

152.00

TRQX

09:53:36

1405

152.10

CHIX

09:54:11

500

151.90

XLON

09:54:11

719

151.90

XLON

09:54:11

1,000

152.00

XLON

09:54:11

415

152.00

XLON

09:54:31

1,274

151.60

CHIX

10:01:50

145

151.50

XLON

10:01:50

500

151.50

XLON

10:01:50

500

151.50

XLON

10:01:50

500

151.50

XLON

10:01:50

500

151.50

XLON

10:01:50

200

151.60

XLON

10:03:54

1,253

151.90

XLON

10:05:54

500

152.00

XLON

10:05:54

500

152.00

XLON

10:05:54

401

152.00

XLON

10:10:00

1118

151.80

CHIX

10:10:00

49

151.80

CHIX

10:23:17

2054

151.60

XLON

10:23:17

1,500

151.60

XLON

10:23:17

500

151.60

XLON

10:23:17

336

151.60

XLON

10:24:30

1,251

151.70

BATE

10:32:08

322

151.40

CHIX

10:32:08

883

151.40

CHIX

11:01:30

500

151.70

BATE

11:01:30

500

151.70

BATE

11:01:30

292

151.70

BATE

11:01:30

190

151.90

BATE

11:01:30

8

151.90

BATE

11:01:30

1,002

151.90

BATE

11:02:29

1,250

151.90

XLON

11:04:41

1,217

151.80

CHIX

11:04:41

500

151.80

BATE

11:04:50

183

151.80

BATE

11:04:50

1000

151.80

BATE

11:04:50

262

151.80

BATE

11:05:28

1275

151.70

TRQX

11:30:01

1,275

151.20

XLON

11:55:25

1,288

151.20

XLON

11:55:25

146

151.20

XLON

11:55:27

1,281

151.40

CHIX

12:10:45

1,381

151.20

XLON

12:10:45

238

151.20

XLON

12:30:45

1,000

151.40

XLON

12:30:45

614

151.40

XLON

12:30:45

10

151.40

XLON

12:30:45

51

151.40

XLON

12:30:45

1,288

151.40

XLON

12:30:45

190

151.50

XLON

12:30:45

414

151.50

XLON

12:30:45

704

151.50

XLON

12:31:27

69

151.80

CHIX

12:31:27

500

151.80

BATE

12:31:27

500

151.80

BATE

12:31:27

393

151.80

BATE

12:31:27

1,000

151.80

CHIX

12:31:27

341

151.80

CHIX

12:31:27

394

151.80

BATE

12:31:27

934

151.80

BATE

12:32:03

1,088

151.60

BATE

12:32:03

118

151.60

BATE

12:32:27

1,400

151.60

XLON

12:33:00

1,366

151.80

CHIX

12:33:00

1,048

151.70

XLON

12:33:00

439

151.70

XLON

12:34:00

1,290

151.80

CHIX

12:34:02

824

151.70

TRQX

12:34:02

381

151.70

TRQX

12:34:02

2037

151.60

XLON

12:34:02

1,949

151.60

XLON

12:34:05

500

151.50

BATE

12:34:05

968

151.50

BATE

12:34:05

1,496

151.40

XLON

12:53:26

1500

151.00

XLON

12:53:26

500

151.00

XLON

12:53:26

184

151.00

XLON

12:53:26

177

151.00

XLON

12:53:26

1,109

151.00

XLON

12:54:05

1,323

150.80

BATE

12:56:51

1121

150.90

XLON

12:56:51

528

150.90

XLON

12:56:51

872

150.90

BATE

12:56:51

810

150.90

BATE

13:01:19

302

150.70

BATE

13:01:19

500

150.70

BATE

13:01:19

409

150.70

BATE

13:02:00

321

150.80

CHIX

13:02:00

500

150.80

CHIX

13:02:00

500

150.80

CHIX

13:02:00

99

150.80

CHIX

13:12:02

1,357

150.70

XLON

13:12:02

100

150.70

XLON

13:12:02

835

150.70

BATE

13:12:02

458

150.70

BATE

13:12:02

600

150.70

XLON

13:12:02

2,015

150.70

XLON

13:15:36

69

150.60

BATE

13:15:36

1,307

150.60

BATE

13:15:36

1,000

150.50

XLON

13:15:36

482

150.50

XLON

13:15:36

1,540

150.60

BATE

13:15:36

2823

150.50

XLON

13:21:42

1,000

150.00

XLON

13:21:42

356

150.00

XLON

13:21:42

1,500

150.00

BATE

13:21:42

339

150.00

BATE

13:21:42

2,058

150.00

XLON

13:21:42

1,493

150.10

XLON

13:21:47

500

149.70

BATE

13:21:47

1000

149.70

BATE

13:21:47

500

149.70

BATE

13:21:47

136

149.70

BATE

13:23:51

1,691

149.80

XLON

13:24:31

874

149.80

CHIX

13:24:31

1,000

149.80

CHIX

13:24:47

1,569

149.80

BATE

13:25:49

100

149.80

XLON

13:25:49

1268

149.80

XLON

13:28:04

1,215

150.00

XLON

13:28:04

220

150.10

XLON

13:28:04

1,057

150.10

XLON

13:28:04

2,873

150.10

XLON

13:28:31

69

150.50

CHIX

13:28:31

1,222

150.70

CHIX

13:28:45

1530

149.80

BATE

13:33:47

1,112

150.10

XLON

13:33:47

234

150.10

XLON

13:34:20

500

150.20

BATE

13:34:20

721

150.20

BATE

13:34:26

121

150.00

CHIX

13:36:53

168

150.00

CHIX

13:38:53

1,349

150.10

CHIX

13:52:09

1,382

149.80

CHIX

13:54:51

1,264

149.40

XLON

13:55:02

1,522

149.50

TRQX

13:57:41

1,300

149.70

XLON

13:57:41

263

149.70

XLON

13:57:41

155

149.80

XLON

13:57:41

500

149.80

XLON

13:57:41

1,787

149.80

XLON

13:57:41

500

149.80

XLON

13:57:41

453

149.80

XLON

13:57:41

120

149.80

XLON

13:57:41

148

149.80

XLON

13:57:41

1,787

149.80

XLON

13:57:41

191

149.80

XLON

13:57:46

1,575

149.50

BATE

13:57:46

1,577

149.50

BATE

13:58:41

10

149.80

XLON

13:58:41

1,277

149.80

XLON

13:58:41

117

149.80

XLON

13:58:41

1,238

149.80

XLON

13:58:41

6

149.80

XLON

14:08:41

625

149.70

CHIX

14:08:41

595

149.70

CHIX

14:22:02

1,298

149.50

CHIX

14:22:02

270

149.50

TRQX

14:22:02

956

149.50

TRQX

14:22:03

430

149.40

TRQX

14:22:03

69

149.50

TRQX

14:22:03

34

149.50

TRQX

14:22:03

1,165

149.50

TRQX

14:22:28

524

149.50

XLON

14:22:40

500

149.60

BATE

14:22:40

12

149.60

BATE

14:22:40

1,476

149.60

XLON

14:22:40

1,117

149.60

XLON

14:22:40

3,350

149.60

XLON

14:22:40

200

149.60

BATE

14:22:40

1,000

149.60

BATE

14:22:40

500

149.60

BATE

14:22:40

1

149.60

BATE

14:22:40

1,175

149.60

BATE

14:22:40

835

149.60

XLON

14:22:40

484

149.60

XLON

14:32:28

1,326

149.10

CHIX

14:41:28

1,249

148.90

CHIX

14:42:39

108

148.90

CHIX

14:42:39

1,923

149.10

XLON

14:42:39

1,000

149.10

XLON

14:42:39

1,013

149.10

XLON

14:49:39

500

148.80

CHIX

14:49:39

500

148.80

CHIX

14:49:39

419

148.80

CHIX

14:51:03

2,451

148.80

BATE

14:51:03

2,606

148.80

BATE

14:59:01

1,609

148.10

XLON

14:59:01

2,666

148.10

XLON

14:59:01

1,863

148.10

XLON

14:59:01

1,549

148.10

XLON

14:59:01

1,189

148.10

XLON

14:59:32

2,449

147.80

BATE

14:59:50

1,400

148.20

TRQX

14:59:50

1

148.00

TRQX

14:59:50

321

148.20

TRQX

14:59:50

2,135

148.20

TRQX

14:59:50

75

148.00

TRQX

14:59:50

471

148.20

TRQX

14:59:50

945

148.20

TRQX

15:00:04

1,738

147.50

XLON

15:00:07

2,889

147.50

XLON

15:00:07

2,991

147.60

XLON

15:00:30

2,500

147.90

XLON

15:00:30

1,000

147.90

XLON

15:00:30

500

147.90

XLON

15:00:30

2,500

147.90

XLON

15:00:30

500

147.90

XLON

15:00:30

270

147.90

XLON

15:00:30

433

147.90

XLON

15:00:35

3,533

148.00

XLON

15:01:07

500

148.30

BATE

15:01:07

500

148.30

BATE

15:01:20

1,602

148.40

XLON

15:01:20

3,420

148.40

XLON

15:01:20

45

148.40

XLON

15:01:20

1,500

148.40

XLON

15:01:20

500

148.40

XLON

15:01:20

1,952

148.40

XLON

15:01:20

531

148.40

XLON

15:01:40

500

148.70

XLON

15:01:40

2,167

148.70

XLON

15:01:40

500

148.70

XLON

15:01:40

3,698

148.70

XLON

15:01:40

4,614

148.70

XLON

15:01:40

1,766

148.70

XLON

15:01:50

530

148.70

XLON

15:01:50

1,000

148.80

BATE

15:01:50

431

148.80

BATE

15:01:50

1,000

148.80

BATE

15:01:50

306

148.80

BATE

15:01:50

7

148.80

BATE

15:01:50

500

148.80

BATE

15:01:50

500

148.80

BATE

15:01:50

430

148.80

BATE

15:01:50

1,247

148.80

BATE

15:01:50

1,000

148.80

BATE

15:01:50

239

148.80

BATE

15:01:50

1,084

148.70

XLON

15:01:50

530

148.70

XLON

15:01:51

1,245

148.70

XLON

15:01:51

1,045

148.70

XLON

15:01:51

4,047

148.70

XLON

15:01:51

3,830

148.70

XLON

15:01:51

3,000

148.70

XLON

15:01:51

1,612

148.70

XLON

15:01:51

1,239

148.60

BATE

15:01:56

714

148.20

TRQX

15:01:57

536

148.20

TRQX

15:02:36

220

148.40

XLON

15:02:36

3,310

148.40

XLON

15:02:36

1,305

148.30

XLON

15:03:15

1,407

148.10

XLON

15:04:17

1,459

148.10

XLON

15:04:21

1,425

148.00

XLON

15:05:20

1,500

148.10

BATE

15:05:20

84

148.10

BATE

15:06:03

1,298

148.30

XLON

15:06:04

57

148.20

CHIX

15:06:04

113

148.20

CHIX

15:06:08

1,189

148.20

CHIX

15:06:11

1,784

148.20

BATE

15:07:00

1,291

148.30

XLON

15:07:11

1,807

148.60

BATE

15:07:11

955

148.60

BATE

15:07:11

1,049

148.60

BATE

15:07:16

1,212

148.10

XLON

15:10:18

1,221

148.20

XLON

15:13:11

1,371

148.40

XLON

15:13:11

1,332

148.30

CHIX

15:13:11

500

148.40

XLON

15:13:11

990

148.40

XLON

15:13:30

1,228

148.60

BATE

15:15:11

1,376

148.40

XLON

15:17:11

1,232

148.30

XLON

15:18:17

58

148.30

XLON

15:20:40

1,219

147.90

XLON

15:23:11

1,230

148.00

CHIX

15:25:51

1,287

147.90

XLON

15:25:51

220

147.90

XLON

15:25:51

500

147.90

XLON

15:25:51

520

147.90

XLON

15:25:51

193

147.90

BATE

15:25:51

1,000

147.90

BATE

15:25:51

374

147.90

BATE

15:25:51

555

147.90

BATE

15:25:51

437

147.90

BATE

15:25:51

1,277

147.90

XLON

15:25:51

598

147.90

BATE

15:25:56

829

147.80

BATE

15:25:56

1,206

147.80

BATE

15:25:56

69

147.80

BATE

15:25:56

357

147.80

BATE

15:25:56

1,708

147.80

BATE

15:28:06

500

147.60

XLON

15:28:06

500

147.60

XLON

15:28:23

407

147.60

XLON

15:28:23

1,326

147.60

TRQX

15:28:23

1,375

147.50

XLON

15:30:24

792

147.50

XLON

15:31:06

720

147.50

XLON

15:31:06

1,412

147.50

BATE

15:31:06

1,431

147.50

CHIX

15:32:11

586

147.50

XLON

15:32:11

909

147.50

XLON

15:34:11

1,000

147.40

XLON

15:34:11

351

147.40

XLON

15:35:12

1,107

147.30

XLON

15:35:12

133

147.30

XLON

15:37:12

1,240

147.30

XLON

15:40:47

1,702

147.40

BATE

15:40:47

1

147.40

BATE

15:40:47

1

147.40

BATE

15:40:47

115

147.40

BATE

15:40:47

605

147.40

BATE

15:40:47

15

147.40

BATE

15:40:47

18

147.40

BATE

15:40:47

1,233

147.40

BATE

15:40:47

259

147.50

TRQX

15:40:47

500

147.50

TRQX

15:40:47

550

147.50

TRQX

15:40:47

500

147.50

CHIX

15:40:47

80

147.50

CHIX

15:40:47

618

147.50

CHIX

15:42:01

81

147.70

BATE

15:42:01

1,372

147.70

BATE

15:42:01

64

147.50

BATE

15:42:01

69

147.60

BATE

15:42:01

830

147.70

BATE

15:42:01

442

147.70

BATE

15:42:01

1,274

147.70

BATE

15:42:01

1,121

147.60

XLON

15:42:01

311

147.60

XLON

15:42:01

713

147.60

XLON

15:43:50

500

147.80

BATE

15:43:50

500

147.80

BATE

15:43:50

288

147.80

BATE

15:44:48

1,000

147.70

XLON

15:44:48

487

147.70

XLON

15:44:48

500

147.80

BATE

15:44:48

967

147.80

BATE

15:44:52

47

147.80

BATE

15:45:22

1,213

147.80

BATE

15:45:26

1,334

147.70

XLON

15:46:40

1,251

147.70

XLON

15:49:47

1,318

147.80

CHIX

15:49:49

1,396

147.70

XLON

15:49:50

500

147.60

BATE

15:49:50

910

147.60

BATE

15:49:55

1,320

147.50

XLON

15:52:25

1,616

147.20

BATE

15:54:30

632

147.30

XLON

15:54:30

46

147.30

XLON

15:54:30

1,240

147.30

XLON

15:54:31

1,699

147.20

BATE

15:54:31

500

147.20

BATE

15:54:31

1,228

147.20

BATE

15:57:52

1,794

147.20

XLON

15:57:55

1,000

147.20

XLON

15:57:55

464

147.20

XLON

15:57:55

89

147.20

XLON

15:57:57

1,237

147.20

XLON

15:58:47

1,231

147.20

CHIX

15:59:57

1,000

147.20

XLON

15:59:57

304

147.20

XLON

16:02:02

1,480

147.00

XLON

16:06:02

64

147.00

XLON

16:06:02

1,964

147.00

XLON

16:06:28

1,500

146.80

BATE

16:06:28

578

146.80

BATE

16:06:59

2,315

146.20

BATE

16:07:59

500

146.80

BATE

16:07:59

1,000

146.80

BATE

16:07:59

299

146.80

BATE

16:08:47

1,138

147.40

TRQX

16:08:47

58

147.40

TRQX

16:09:25

2,332

147.60

BATE

16:09:25

69

147.40

BATE

16:09:25

69

147.40

CHIX

16:09:25

1,167

147.50

CHIX

16:09:25

2,311

147.40

BATE

16:09:25

112

147.30

XLON

16:09:25

1,788

147.30

XLON

16:10:37

200

147.50

XLON

16:10:37

1,249

147.50

XLON

16:12:37

1,000

147.50

XLON

16:12:37

719

147.50

XLON

16:14:26

1,223

147.60

XLON

16:14:26

1,203

147.70

CHIX

16:14:40

1,201

147.60

XLON

16:15:40

1,000

147.60

XLON

16:15:40

292

147.60

XLON

16:16:40

1,353

147.50

XLON

16:17:25

500

147.30

BATE

16:17:25

735

147.30

BATE

16:18:40

1,519

147.30

XLON

16:18:40

200

147.30

XLON

16:18:43

13

147.30

XLON

16:19:43

1,486

147.30

XLON

16:20:43

800

147.10

XLON

16:20:45

4

147.10

XLON

16:21:45

1,000

147.20

XLON

16:21:45

203

147.20

CHIX

16:21:45

500

147.20

CHIX

16:22:50

1,000

147.40

BATE

16:22:50

762

147.40

BATE

16:24:01

500

147.40

BATE

16:24:01

500

147.40

BATE

16:24:01

500

147.40

BATE

16:24:01

48

147.40

BATE

16:24:25

162

147.30

XLON

16:24:25

1,535

147.30

TRQX

16:24:25

500

147.30

XLON

16:24:25

500

147.30

XLON

16:25:29

1,354

147.30

XLON

16:25:29

114

147.30

XLON

16:25:29

38

147.30

XLON

16:25:29

1,151

147.30

XLON

16:25:29

146

147.30

XLON

16:25:39

293

147.20

XLON

16:26:13

82

147.20

XLON

16:26:13

27

147.20

CHIX

16:27:20

1,227

147.10

XLON

16:27:20

178

147.10

XLON

16:28:13

500

147.10

XLON

16:28:13

933

147.10

XLON

16:28:16

159

147.00

CHIX

16:28:24

803

147.00

CHIX

16:29:33

795

147.00

XLON

16:29:33

1,017

146.90

TRQX

 



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