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

7 September 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

386,541

Weighted average price paid (p)

153.88

Highest price paid (p)

155.70

Lowest price paid (p)

149.90

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 73,261,695 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 677,433,320. 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 7 September 2023 is 677,433,320. 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

153.84

261,312

BATE

153.94

41,021

CHIX

154.01

57,014

TRQX

153.95

27,194

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:01:18

1514

149.9

XLON

08:01:18

1192

149.9

XLON

08:02:57

3774

151.4

XLON

08:02:57

1833

151.3

XLON

08:02:57

1603

151.4

XLON

08:02:57

1243

151.2

BATE

08:02:57

1216

151.4

BATE

08:02:57

1177

151.2

CHIX

08:02:57

4247

151.2

XLON

08:07:15

1279

151

TRQX

08:09:47

2030

151.6

XLON

08:10:53

1900

150.9

XLON

08:13:32

2100

151.2

XLON

08:15:32

1582

151.2

XLON

08:17:40

1629

152.7

CHIX

08:18:06

2865

153

XLON

08:18:06

1292

153

BATE

08:18:06

4838

152.8

XLON

08:18:06

3475

152.8

XLON

08:18:06

1544

152.8

XLON

08:18:06

1430

152.9

CHIX

08:18:06

1903

153

BATE

08:18:19

2241

153.1

XLON

08:18:19

1784

153.1

XLON

08:19:33

1559

153.2

XLON

08:21:15

1162

152.9

TRQX

08:22:33

715

153.1

XLON

08:22:33

1171

153.1

XLON

08:25:03

730

153

CHIX

08:25:03

679

153

CHIX

08:25:03

1753

153.2

XLON

08:27:15

1563

152.8

XLON

08:32:15

858

153

XLON

08:32:15

816

153

XLON

08:33:48

1831

153

XLON

08:34:10

1279

153

CHIX

08:35:48

1200

153.2

XLON

08:35:48

661

153.2

XLON

08:38:06

1369

153

TRQX

08:38:48

1200

153.1

XLON

08:38:48

636

153.1

XLON

08:42:48

600

152.8

XLON

08:42:48

600

152.8

XLON

08:42:48

480

152.8

XLON

08:47:38

1666

153

XLON

08:49:10

1448

153

CHIX

08:54:06

1398

153.6

BATE

08:54:38

600

153.2

XLON

08:54:38

1050

153.2

XLON

08:57:47

2727

154.7

XLON

08:57:47

1832

154.7

XLON

08:57:47

1906

154.7

XLON

08:59:20

1752

154.9

XLON

09:00:06

1312

154.8

BATE

09:02:23

441

155.3

XLON

09:02:23

1258

155.3

XLON

09:02:23

1285

155.2

CHIX

09:05:23

1626

155.7

XLON

09:06:07

132

155.6

XLON

09:06:07

1763

155.6

XLON

09:08:07

600

155.6

XLON

09:08:07

1025

155.6

XLON

09:08:08

883

155.4

TRQX

09:08:08

563

155.4

TRQX

09:09:37

1735

155.3

XLON

09:09:37

1179

155.2

BATE

09:10:37

1200

155

XLON

09:10:37

423

155

XLON

09:10:48

1335

154.7

CHIX

09:14:37

1200

155.1

XLON

09:14:37

696

155.1

XLON

09:16:37

1599

155

XLON

09:19:37

1793

155.1

XLON

09:20:38

1382

155

BATE

09:20:38

1711

154.9

XLON

09:24:38

1602

155

XLON

09:31:20

1279

155

CHIX

09:31:39

1802

155

XLON

09:37:39

1693

154.7

XLON

09:48:26

37

154.6

XLON

09:48:26

1879

154.6

XLON

09:49:20

1191

154.7

CHIX

09:49:20

600

154.6

XLON

09:49:20

1200

154.6

XLON

09:49:20

31

154.6

XLON

09:49:23

234

154.5

TRQX

09:49:23

958

154.5

TRQX

09:54:10

1679

154.3

XLON

09:56:10

1806

154.3

XLON

09:59:23

1741

154.2

XLON

09:59:28

278

154.1

CHIX

09:59:28

1126

154.1

CHIX

10:02:12

181

154.3

XLON

10:02:12

600

154.3

XLON

10:02:12

1039

154.3

XLON

10:02:38

1411

154.5

BATE

10:06:47

400

154.3

XLON

10:06:47

1154

154.3

XLON

10:11:07

1633

154.2

XLON

10:11:34

1416

154.1

TRQX

10:18:13

365

154.3

XLON

10:18:13

1743

154.3

XLON

10:19:50

1200

155

XLON

10:19:50

514

155

XLON

10:20:38

1311

155

BATE

10:21:28

1297

155

CHIX

10:22:50

600

155

XLON

10:22:50

986

155

XLON

10:24:00

1246

155

BATE

10:28:07

1675

154.7

XLON

10:32:07

1803

154.7

XLON

10:38:19

1721

154.6

XLON

10:40:12

1250

154.5

CHIX

10:40:12

1581

154.3

XLON

10:48:12

414

154.5

XLON

10:48:12

600

154.5

XLON

10:48:12

600

154.5

XLON

10:48:12

211

154.5

XLON

10:52:12

1230

154.4

CHIX

10:52:35

1307

154.4

TRQX

11:10:42

1311

154.4

CHIX

11:10:43

587

154.3

XLON

11:10:43

600

154.3

XLON

11:10:43

369

154.3

XLON

11:10:43

229

154.3

XLON

11:10:43

600

154.3

XLON

11:10:43

767

154.3

XLON

11:10:43

230

154.3

XLON

11:10:43

598

154.3

XLON

11:10:43

1060

154.3

XLON

11:10:43

1287

154.3

XLON

11:10:43

334

154.3

XLON

11:10:43

565

154.3

XLON

11:18:43

63

154.2

XLON

11:18:43

184

154.2

XLON

11:21:43

600

154.5

XLON

11:21:43

1800

154.5

XLON

11:21:43

1576

154.9

BATE

11:21:43

19

154.5

XLON

11:21:43

1714

154.9

BATE

11:22:43

600

154.6

XLON

11:22:43

983

154.6

XLON

11:27:00

1233

154.8

CHIX

11:27:00

447

154.7

XLON

11:27:00

600

154.7

XLON

11:27:00

600

154.7

XLON

11:27:00

234

154.7

XLON

11:32:29

769

154.8

TRQX

11:32:29

484

154.8

TRQX

11:38:25

33

154.7

XLON

11:40:00

898

154.8

CHIX

11:40:00

387

154.8

CHIX

11:42:15

485

154.7

XLON

11:42:15

677

154.7

XLON

11:42:15

547

154.7

XLON

11:42:15

513

154.7

XLON

11:42:15

1407

154.7

XLON

11:54:15

1200

154.7

XLON

11:54:15

600

154.7

XLON

11:54:15

200

154.7

XLON

11:56:08

1260

154.7

CHIX

11:56:45

1034

154.7

XLON

11:56:45

600

154.7

XLON

11:56:45

133

154.7

XLON

12:06:15

581

154.8

TRQX

12:06:15

780

154.8

TRQX

12:11:04

600

154.7

XLON

12:11:04

1200

154.7

XLON

12:11:04

109

154.7

XLON

12:11:04

1899

154.7

XLON

12:17:08

481

154.7

CHIX

12:17:08

600

154.7

CHIX

12:17:08

231

154.7

CHIX

12:18:51

1813

154.6

XLON

12:29:52

27

154

XLON

12:32:08

1401

154.1

CHIX

12:33:16

1858

154

XLON

12:33:16

1856

154

XLON

12:38:55

2026

154.3

XLON

12:41:55

1200

154.4

TRQX

12:42:22

98

154.4

TRQX

12:42:22

87

154.3

XLON

12:42:22

1542

154.3

XLON

12:43:55

1623

154.5

XLON

12:46:55

600

154.5

XLON

12:46:55

1106

154.5

XLON

13:02:55

1919

154.6

XLON

13:02:55

1816

154.6

XLON

13:02:55

1820

154.6

XLON

13:02:55

1230

154.5

CHIX

13:03:43

1384

154.7

BATE

13:09:55

240

154.6

XLON

13:09:55

1336

154.6

XLON

13:13:55

1200

154.6

XLON

13:13:55

554

154.6

XLON

13:13:55

1055

154.5

CHIX

13:13:55

121

154.5

CHIX

13:13:55

1236

154.5

TRQX

13:16:55

1817

154.2

XLON

13:19:45

1216

154.1

CHIX

13:19:55

986

154.2

XLON

13:19:55

780

154.2

XLON

13:23:55

1200

154.2

XLON

13:23:55

441

154.2

XLON

13:27:55

1885

154.2

XLON

13:31:07

1081

153.7

XLON

13:33:07

1063

154.3

XLON

13:33:07

705

154.3

XLON

13:34:40

388

154.2

BATE

13:34:40

1010

154.2

BATE

13:35:42

807

154.2

XLON

13:35:42

270

154.2

XLON

13:35:42

1239

154.4

CHIX

13:39:51

807

154.2

XLON

13:39:51

1756

154.2

XLON

13:41:51

1796

154.2

XLON

13:43:21

969

154.1

CHIX

13:43:21

459

154.1

CHIX

13:43:55

1364

154.2

TRQX

13:59:21

1045

154

CHIX

13:59:21

146

154

CHIX

14:08:41

1358

154

CHIX

14:17:00

201

153.9

TRQX

14:17:00

1036

153.9

TRQX

14:19:10

520

154

CHIX

14:19:10

737

154

CHIX

14:19:19

17

154

XLON

14:19:46

8

154

XLON

14:20:05

1365

154

XLON

14:20:05

294

154

XLON

14:20:05

113

154

XLON

14:20:05

1419

154

XLON

14:20:05

906

154

XLON

14:20:05

2076

154

XLON

14:25:12

1218

153.9

TRQX

14:29:55

112

153.8

CHIX

14:30:55

1386

154

CHIX

14:30:55

2454

154

BATE

14:30:55

195

154.2

BATE

14:30:55

2775

154.2

BATE

14:33:03

355

154

BATE

14:33:03

600

153.9

XLON

14:33:03

2251

153.9

XLON

14:39:17

22

154

CHIX

14:40:05

1

154

CHIX

14:41:15

1200

154.4

CHIX

14:41:15

173

154.4

CHIX

14:45:12

368

154.4

TRQX

14:45:16

106

154.4

TRQX

14:45:31

825

154.4

TRQX

14:48:24

975

154.3

XLON

14:48:24

8579

154.3

XLON

14:48:24

571

154.3

CHIX

14:48:24

591

154.3

CHIX

14:52:24

1569

154.3

XLON

14:55:24

1212

154.2

CHIX

14:59:53

75

153.9

TRQX

14:59:53

1171

153.9

TRQX

15:03:24

681

153.8

CHIX

15:03:24

511

153.8

CHIX

15:07:08

2539

153.8

XLON

15:07:08

250

153.9

XLON

15:07:08

600

153.9

XLON

15:07:08

600

153.9

XLON

15:07:09

5021

154

XLON

15:07:12

2087

154

XLON

15:07:12

1552

154

XLON

15:07:12

600

154

XLON

15:07:12

600

154

XLON

15:07:12

600

154

XLON

15:07:50

38

154

BATE

15:07:50

1952

154

BATE

15:07:50

1200

154

BATE

15:07:50

458

154

BATE

15:13:08

647

154

CHIX

15:13:08

538

154

CHIX

15:20:08

1423

154

CHIX

15:22:24

1366

153.9

TRQX

15:22:24

1838

153.9

XLON

15:25:17

1268

153.8

CHIX

15:25:17

59

153.8

CHIX

15:32:03

4601

153.7

XLON

15:32:04

588

153.5

CHIX

15:32:04

798

153.5

CHIX

15:32:11

489

153.5

BATE

15:32:11

600

153.5

BATE

15:32:11

1106

153.6

XLON

15:32:11

87

153.7

BATE

15:32:11

932

153.7

BATE

15:32:11

416

153.7

BATE

15:32:11

1404

153.6

XLON

15:32:11

130

153.6

XLON

15:32:11

600

153.6

XLON

15:32:11

600

153.6

XLON

15:35:24

600

153.5

TRQX

15:35:24

695

153.5

TRQX

15:38:56

238

153.7

BATE

15:38:56

2232

153.7

XLON

15:38:56

18

153.7

BATE

15:38:56

2365

153.7

BATE

15:38:56

489

153.7

BATE

15:39:04

3015

153.7

XLON

15:39:04

1198

153.7

XLON

15:39:04

2507

153.7

BATE

15:39:04

600

153.7

XLON

15:43:45

6

153.8

CHIX

15:43:46

1381

154

CHIX

15:44:04

600

153.9

XLON

15:44:04

1051

153.9

XLON

15:51:29

600

153.9

TRQX

15:51:29

616

153.9

TRQX

15:53:04

87

154

CHIX

15:53:04

600

154

CHIX

15:53:04

570

154

CHIX

15:59:30

600

153.8

CHIX

15:59:30

690

153.8

CHIX

16:06:30

478

153.6

CHIX

16:06:30

881

153.6

CHIX

16:06:36

600

153.7

TRQX

16:06:36

600

153.7

TRQX

16:06:36

216

153.7

TRQX

16:08:04

1542

153.5

XLON

16:15:08

424

153.2

CHIX

16:15:52

1407

153.8

CHIX

16:15:52

733

154

CHIX

16:15:52

578

154

CHIX

16:15:52

404

153.6

XLON

16:15:52

1385

153.6

XLON

16:16:22

600

153.6

XLON

16:16:22

600

153.6

XLON

16:16:22

600

153.6

XLON

16:16:22

600

153.6

XLON

16:16:22

1812

153.6

XLON

16:16:22

5400

153.6

XLON

16:16:22

993

153.6

XLON

16:16:22

2844

153.6

XLON

16:16:22

8413

153.6

XLON

16:16:22

5123

153.6

XLON

16:16:52

1182

153.5

BATE

16:16:52

105

153.5

BATE

16:20:12

600

153.5

TRQX

16:20:12

600

153.5

TRQX

16:20:12

18

153.5

TRQX

16:23:52

1201

153.4

BATE

16:28:51

258

153.3

CHIX

 



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