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

03 October 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

431,960

Weighted average price paid (p)

146.78

Highest price paid (p)

149.20

Lowest price paid (p)

145.95

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 80,388,846 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 670,306,169. 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 3 October 2023 is  670,306,169. 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: 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

146.58

286,091

BATE

147.12

51,657

CHIX

147.21

52,239

TRQX

147.20

38,624

SIGMA-X

147.49

3,349

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:53:38

17

148.90

CHIX

8:53:38

8

148.90

CHIX

8:53:38

37

148.90

CHIX

8:53:40

22

148.90

CHIX

8:53:43

8

148.90

CHIX

8:53:43

62

149.00

XLON

9:05:00

14

148.90

CHIX

9:05:00

99

148.90

CHIX

9:05:00

112

149.20

XLON

9:05:15

102

148.70

XLON

9:05:15

276

148.70

CHIX

9:05:15

113

148.70

BATE

9:05:15

112

148.70

TRQX

9:07:31

691

148.60

XLON

9:07:31

12

148.60

TRQX

9:07:31

13

148.60

CHIX

9:07:31

13

148.60

BATE

9:07:32

556

148.80

XLON

9:07:32

174

148.80

XLON

9:07:32

25

148.80

XLON

9:07:32

192

148.80

XLON

9:07:35

16

148.80

CHIX

9:07:35

176

148.80

CHIX

9:07:35

61

148.40

XLON

9:07:35

453

148.90

XLON

9:08:48

385

148.30

XLON

9:08:48

192

148.30

TRQX

9:08:48

385

148.30

CHIX

9:08:48

192

148.30

BATE

10:03:43

469

148.60

XLON

10:03:43

44

148.60

TRQX

10:03:43

580

148.60

XLON

10:03:43

221

148.60

TRQX

10:03:43

266

148.60

CHIX

10:03:43

266

148.60

BATE

10:03:43

1,044

148.60

XLON

10:03:46

228

148.70

XLON

10:03:46

233

148.70

XLON

10:23:56

461

148.50

TRQX

10:23:56

169

148.50

XLON

10:23:56

462

148.50

CHIX

10:23:56

462

148.50

BATE

10:23:56

651

148.50

BATE

10:24:25

461

148.40

TRQX

10:24:25

462

148.40

BATE

10:24:25

461

148.40

XLON

10:24:25

462

148.40

CHIX

10:25:33

379

148.30

XLON

10:25:33

461

148.30

TRQX

10:25:33

429

148.30

BATE

10:25:33

379

148.30

CHIX

10:25:33

33

148.30

BATE

10:26:06

532

148.10

CHIX

10:26:12

83

148.10

CHIX

10:26:12

130

148.10

BATE

10:26:12

486

148.10

BATE

10:26:13

290

148.30

TRQX

10:26:13

414

148.30

TRQX

10:26:24

405

148.00

CHIX

10:26:40

461

148.00

TRQX

10:26:40

462

148.00

BATE

10:26:40

57

148.00

CHIX

10:26:40

461

148.00

XLON

10:31:12

38

148.30

XLON

10:31:12

627

148.30

CHIX

10:31:12

926

148.30

CHIX

10:31:12

6

148.30

CHIX

10:31:14

390

148.50

XLON

10:31:14

174

148.50

XLON

10:31:14

716

148.50

XLON

10:31:14

326

148.60

XLON

10:31:16

600

148.30

XLON

10:31:18

433

148.20

TRQX

10:31:18

433

148.20

TRQX

10:31:18

167

148.20

BATE

10:31:18

327

148.20

CHIX

10:31:18

160

148.20

BATE

10:31:18

600

148.20

XLON

10:31:18

98

148.20

XLON

10:42:09

362

148.10

XLON

10:42:09

362

148.10

CHIX

10:42:09

759

148.10

TRQX

10:42:09

209

148.10

BATE

10:42:09

154

148.10

BATE

10:42:09

658

148.00

BATE

10:42:09

1,132

148.00

BATE

10:42:09

272

147.90

XLON

10:42:09

461

147.90

TRQX

10:42:09

189

147.90

XLON

10:42:09

462

147.90

BATE

10:42:09

462

147.90

CHIX

10:50:06

67

147.80

BATE

10:50:06

461

147.80

TRQX

10:50:06

461

147.80

XLON

10:50:06

205

147.80

CHIX

10:50:06

395

147.80

BATE

10:50:06

257

147.80

CHIX

11:12:30

461

147.60

TRQX

11:12:30

240

147.60

XLON

11:12:30

221

147.60

XLON

11:12:30

462

147.60

BATE

11:12:30

462

147.60

CHIX

11:30:19

461

147.70

XLON

11:30:19

172

147.70

TRQX

11:30:19

43

147.70

TRQX

11:30:19

246

147.70

TRQX

11:30:19

461

147.70

XLON

11:30:19

78

147.70

TRQX

11:30:19

462

147.70

CHIX

11:30:19

383

147.70

TRQX

11:30:19

389

147.70

BATE

11:30:19

73

147.70

BATE

11:40:40

461

147.60

XLON

11:40:40

461

147.60

TRQX

11:40:40

462

147.60

BATE

11:40:40

462

147.60

CHIX

11:46:02

462

147.20

BATE

11:46:02

462

147.20

CHIX

11:46:02

461

147.20

XLON

11:46:02

461

147.20

TRQX

12:02:13

63

147.00

TRQX

12:07:14

409

146.80

XLON

12:07:14

410

146.80

CHIX

12:07:14

410

146.80

BATE

12:07:14

1,083

146.80

TRQX

12:07:23

1,026

146.60

XLON

12:07:23

269

146.60

TRQX

12:07:23

44

146.60

BATE

12:07:23

273

146.60

CHIX

12:07:23

4

146.60

TRQX

12:07:23

12

146.60

BATE

12:07:23

218

146.60

BATE

12:10:07

174

147.00

XLON

12:10:07

1,132

147.00

XLON

12:10:07

360

147.00

XLON

12:10:07

448

147.00

XLON

12:10:07

174

147.20

XLON

12:10:07

852

147.20

XLON

12:13:34

1,459

147.15

Sigma-X

12:18:55

6

147.20

XLON

12:18:55

564

147.20

CHIX

12:24:07

1,010

147.00

XLON

12:24:07

169

147.00

BATE

12:24:07

168

147.00

TRQX

12:24:07

330

147.00

XLON

12:24:07

169

147.00

CHIX

12:24:07

1,471

147.10

TRQX

12:24:13

461

147.00

XLON

12:24:13

462

147.00

BATE

12:24:13

461

147.00

TRQX

12:24:13

25

147.00

CHIX

12:24:13

437

147.00

CHIX

12:24:13

461

147.00

XLON

12:24:13

462

147.00

BATE

12:40:37

1,128

147.50

CHIX

12:40:40

265

147.70

XLON

12:40:40

563

147.70

XLON

12:40:40

45

147.70

XLON

12:40:40

15

147.70

CHIX

12:40:40

43

147.70

CHIX

12:44:09

59

147.70

TRQX

12:44:09

461

147.70

XLON

12:44:09

402

147.70

TRQX

12:44:09

462

147.70

BATE

12:44:09

462

147.70

CHIX

12:44:09

811

147.55

TRQX

12:44:09

764

147.55

BATE

12:53:52

462

147.50

CHIX

12:53:52

461

147.50

XLON

12:53:52

462

147.50

BATE

12:53:52

461

147.50

TRQX

12:53:53

109

147.50

BATE

12:53:53

742

147.50

BATE

12:53:53

461

147.60

XLON

13:03:02

461

147.30

XLON

13:03:02

461

147.30

TRQX

13:03:02

462

147.30

BATE

13:03:02

462

147.30

CHIX

13:06:12

461

147.10

XLON

13:06:12

461

147.10

TRQX

13:06:12

462

147.10

CHIX

13:06:12

462

147.10

BATE

13:06:12

461

147.00

XLON

13:06:12

461

147.00

TRQX

13:07:09

461

146.80

TRQX

13:07:09

461

146.80

XLON

13:07:09

462

146.80

BATE

13:07:09

462

146.80

CHIX

13:07:13

461

146.70

XLON

13:08:08

209

147.20

XLON

13:08:08

132

147.20

XLON

13:08:08

565

147.20

XLON

13:08:08

230

147.20

TRQX

13:08:08

462

147.30

CHIX

13:08:08

565

147.30

XLON

13:08:08

1,055

147.40

XLON

13:09:10

1,193

147.50

TRQX

13:17:07

462

147.30

BATE

13:17:07

461

147.30

TRQX

13:17:07

923

147.30

CHIX

13:17:07

281

147.25

BATE

13:17:08

562

147.40

XLON

13:17:08

287

147.40

XLON

13:17:08

550

147.60

CHIX

13:17:08

66

147.60

CHIX

13:27:26

16

147.55

BATE

13:27:26

222

147.70

CHIX

13:27:26

271

147.70

XLON

13:27:26

339

147.70

CHIX

13:27:26

195

147.70

XLON

13:27:26

144

147.70

XLON

13:27:26

678

147.70

BATE

13:27:26

615

147.90

XLON

13:27:26

109

148.00

CHIX

13:27:26

133

148.00

CHIX

13:27:26

410

147.80

XLON

13:27:27

1,331

147.80

XLON

13:27:29

562

148.00

XLON

13:27:29

914

148.00

XLON

13:27:29

2,248

148.00

XLON

13:28:10

1,890

147.75

Sigma-X

13:30:58

631

147.90

XLON

13:32:41

461

147.60

TRQX

13:32:41

462

147.60

CHIX

13:32:41

462

147.60

BATE

13:32:41

461

147.60

XLON

13:32:41

1251

147.40

BATE

13:36:16

383

147.45

BATE

13:36:56

403

147.60

BATE

13:36:56

252

147.60

BATE

13:37:37

238

147.45

BATE

13:38:13

631

147.60

BATE

13:52:22

461

147.40

TRQX

13:52:22

461

147.40

XLON

13:52:22

462

147.40

CHIX

13:52:22

462

147.40

BATE

13:52:22

230

147.35

BATE

13:52:22

616

147.20

BATE

13:53:29

85

147.30

BATE

13:58:23

1,282

147.50

BATE

13:58:41

190

147.40

XLON

13:58:41

425

147.40

XLON

13:58:41

402

147.40

CHIX

13:58:41

213

147.40

CHIX

13:58:41

288

147.30

BATE

13:58:41

1,203

147.30

BATE

13:58:42

461

147.50

XLON

13:58:43

333

147.60

CHIX

13:58:43

509

147.60

CHIX

13:58:43

2,030

147.60

CHIX

14:20:08

615

147.30

TRQX

14:20:08

616

147.30

CHIX

14:20:08

615

147.30

XLON

14:20:08

465

147.30

BATE

14:20:08

458

147.30

BATE

14:20:12

460

147.50

CHIX

14:20:12

695

147.50

CHIX

14:20:13

36

147.60

TRQX

14:20:13

1

147.60

TRQX

14:20:13

217

147.60

TRQX

14:20:13

1,132

147.60

TRQX

14:20:16

167

147.60

XLON

14:20:16

388

147.60

XLON

14:20:16

615

147.70

XLON

14:20:21

689

147.65

BATE

14:20:21

290

147.80

CHIX

14:20:21

222

147.80

CHIX

14:20:21

4

147.80

CHIX

14:22:42

616

147.50

BATE

14:22:42

615

147.50

CHIX

14:22:42

443

147.40

XLON

14:22:42

614

147.40

XLON

14:22:42

2,137

147.40

XLON

14:22:43

561

147.60

XLON

14:22:43

2,842

147.60

XLON

14:22:43

333

147.70

CHIX

14:22:43

129

147.70

CHIX

14:35:20

2,048

147.60

CHIX

14:36:20

461

147.40

XLON

14:36:20

461

147.40

TRQX

14:36:20

462

147.40

BATE

14:36:20

562

147.50

XLON

14:36:20

53

147.50

XLON

14:36:20

444

147.60

CHIX

14:36:20

811

147.60

CHIX

14:36:20

291

147.60

CHIX

14:47:07

1,223

147.30

TRQX

14:47:07

96

147.30

XLON

14:47:07

615

147.30

CHIX

14:47:07

616

147.30

BATE

14:47:08

615

147.20

XLON

14:47:08

233

147.20

TRQX

14:47:08

228

147.20

BATE

14:47:08

1369

147.20

TRQX

14:47:08

615

147.20

CHIX

14:47:08

388

147.20

BATE

14:51:50

1,287

147.55

BATE

15:04:50

422

147.50

XLON

15:04:50

421

147.50

TRQX

15:04:50

502

147.50

BATE

15:04:50

501

147.50

CHIX

15:04:50

712

147.40

TRQX

15:05:01

377

147.40

XLON

15:05:01

238

147.40

XLON

15:05:07

82

147.40

TRQX

15:05:07

616

147.40

BATE

15:05:07

615

147.40

CHIX

15:05:07

450

147.40

XLON

15:05:07

600

147.40

XLON

15:05:07

10

147.40

XLON

15:17:00

396

147.30

TRQX

15:17:00

219

147.30

TRQX

15:17:00

467

147.30

BATE

15:17:00

149

147.30

BATE

15:17:00

1,898

147.20

XLON

15:17:00

433

147.20

TRQX

15:17:05

615

147.00

TRQX

15:17:05

126

147.00

XLON

15:17:05

489

147.00

XLON

15:17:05

227

147.00

BATE

15:17:06

109

147.20

CHIX

15:17:06

333

147.20

CHIX

15:17:06

1,386

147.20

CHIX

15:17:26

461

146.90

XLON

15:17:26

461

146.90

TRQX

15:20:30

498

147.10

CHIX

15:20:30

834

147.10

CHIX

15:20:30

180

147.10

CHIX

15:20:30

449

147.20

CHIX

15:20:30

13

147.20

CHIX

15:22:37

461

147.00

TRQX

15:22:37

461

147.00

XLON

15:22:37

462

147.00

BATE

15:22:37

686

147.00

CHIX

15:22:37

368

147.00

CHIX

15:22:37

600

147.00

CHIX

15:22:37

20

147.00

CHIX

15:22:37

160

146.90

TRQX

15:22:37

558

147.00

BATE

15:36:25

373

146.80

BATE

15:39:58

615

146.80

XLON

15:39:58

2,630

146.80

TRQX

15:39:58

243

146.80

BATE

15:39:58

615

146.80

CHIX

15:39:58

564

146.65

BATE

15:39:59

481

146.80

XLON

15:39:59

461

146.80

XLON

15:39:59

706

146.80

XLON

15:40:00

25

146.80

XLON

15:40:00

246

146.80

XLON

15:40:00

388

146.80

XLON

15:40:18

646

146.90

TRQX

15:40:18

539

146.90

CHIX

15:40:25

461

146.70

XLON

15:40:29

1,116

146.70

XLON

15:40:29

564

146.90

XLON

15:40:29

75

147.00

XLON

15:44:06

656

147.00

XLON

15:44:06

314

147.00

XLON

15:44:06

43

147.00

XLON

15:44:07

113

147.00

XLON

15:44:07

111

147.00

XLON

15:44:07

276

147.00

XLON

15:44:07

38

147.00

XLON

15:50:49

615

146.70

XLON

15:50:49

1790

146.70

TRQX

15:50:49

616

146.70

BATE

15:50:49

615

146.70

CHIX

15:50:49

461

146.60

TRQX

15:50:49

167

146.60

XLON

15:50:49

294

146.60

XLON

15:50:49

600

146.55

CHIX

15:50:49

462

146.60

BATE

15:50:49

462

146.60

CHIX

15:50:49

667

146.50

XLON

15:50:49

28

146.50

XLON

15:50:49

776

146.60

BATE

15:50:50

486

146.50

XLON

15:51:13

461

146.50

XLON

15:51:13

461

146.50

TRQX

15:51:13

462

146.50

CHIX

15:51:13

462

146.50

BATE

15:51:47

7

146.50

BATE

15:55:04

182

146.50

BATE

15:56:27

461

146.40

TRQX

15:56:27

461

146.40

XLON

15:56:27

462

146.40

CHIX

15:56:27

462

146.40

BATE

15:56:27

590

146.40

BATE

15:56:28

550

146.50

CHIX

15:56:28

6

146.50

CHIX

15:57:04

462

146.30

CHIX

15:57:04

461

146.30

XLON

15:57:04

381

146.30

BATE

15:57:04

354

146.30

TRQX

15:57:04

81

146.30

BATE

15:57:04

107

146.30

TRQX

16:01:54

295

146.00

BATE

16:05:04

120

146.00

BATE

16:05:04

580

146.00

CHIX

16:05:04

165

146.00

BATE

16:05:04

579

146.00

XLON

16:05:04

380

146.00

TRQX

16:05:04

227

146.00

TRQX

16:05:04

811

145.95

BATE

16:05:04

432

145.95

BATE

16:05:04

277

145.95

BATE

16:06:25

616

145.95

BATE

16:06:26

1,089

146.00

XLON

16:06:26

201

146.10

BATE

16:06:26

261

146.10

BATE

16:06:39

557

146.15

BATE

16:06:39

1,312

146.20

CHIX

16:06:39

1,354

146.20

CHIX

16:06:39

55

146.20

CHIX

16:06:39

1,137

146.20

CHIX

16:06:39

461

146.30

XLON

16:06:39

201

146.40

BATE

16:06:39

972

146.40

BATE

16:06:39

475

146.40

BATE

16:06:40

1,060

146.50

XLON

16:06:40

174

146.50

XLON

16:06:40

230

146.50

XLON

16:06:41

586

147.00

XLON

16:06:43

564

147.00

XLON

16:06:43

1,032

147.00

XLON

16:06:45

638

146.70

BATE

16:06:46

247

146.50

BATE

16:06:46

461

146.50

XLON

16:06:46

461

146.50

TRQX

16:06:46

215

146.50

BATE

16:06:46

164

146.70

BATE

16:06:46

109

146.70

BATE

16:06:46

1,202

146.70

BATE

16:09:02

584

146.50

TRQX

16:09:02

462

146.50

CHIX

16:09:02

585

146.50

XLON

16:09:03

799

146.60

TRQX

16:09:04

349

146.60

XLON

16:11:02

799

146.40

TRQX

16:11:02

349

146.40

CHIX

16:11:02

176

146.40

BATE

16:11:02

548

146.40

BATE

16:11:02

248

146.40

BATE

16:11:02

258

146.40

BATE

16:11:02

349

146.40

BATE

16:11:02

551

146.40

CHIX

16:11:18

499

146.30

XLON

16:11:18

499

146.30

CHIX

16:11:19

461

146.30

XLON

16:11:19

852

146.30

CHIX

16:11:19

462

146.30

CHIX

16:17:54

78

146.10

BATE

16:20:32

461

146.20

TRQX

16:20:32

226

146.20

XLON

16:22:44

384

146.20

BATE

16:23:59

77

146.20

TRQX

16:24:14

276

146.20

TRQX

16:25:04

235

146.20

XLON

16:25:04

412

146.20

TRQX

16:26:23

208

146.20

BATE

16:27:11

972

146.20

XLON

16:27:11

691

146.20

BATE

16:27:11

462

146.20

CHIX

16:27:54

692

146.10

BATE

16:27:54

338

146.30

XLON

16:27:54

354

146.30

XLON

16:29:33

246

146.20

BATE

16:29:33

385

146.30

CHIX

16:29:33

931

146.40

XLON

16:29:33

7

146.40

XLON

16:29:35

661

146.40

XLON

16:29:38

662

146.50

CHIX

16:29:38

567

146.50

XLON

16:29:38

273

146.60

XLON

16:29:38

645

146.60

XLON

16:29:39

29

146.60

CHIX

16:29:39

1,793

146.70

BATE

16:29:41

26

146.70

TRQX

16:29:41

567

146.70

XLON

16:29:41

69

146.70

TRQX

16:29:41

67

146.70

XLON

16:29:41

395

146.80

XLON

16:29:41

1

146.60

BATE

16:29:41

13

146.60

TRQX

16:29:41

17

146.80

CHIX

16:29:41

548

146.80

CHIX

16:29:43

649

146.80

XLON

16:29:44

2,364

146.80

XLON

16:29:44

567

146.80

XLON

16:29:44

1,196

146.80

XLON

16:29:44

1,024

146.80

CHIX

16:29:44

620

146.80

XLON

16:29:44

620

146.80

CHIX

16:29:44

36

146.80

BATE

16:29:44

726

146.80

BATE

16:29:44

528

146.90

XLON

16:30:00

468

146.80

XLON

16:35:20

17,633

146.30

XLON

16:35:20

15

146.30

XLON

16:35:20

3,042

146.30

XLON

16:35:20

7,006

146.30

XLON

16:35:20

8,347

146.30

XLON

16:35:20

1432

146.30

XLON

16:35:20

20,315

146.30

XLON

16:35:20

76,404

146.30

XLON

16:35:20

14,296

146.30

XLON

16:35:20

2210

146.30

XLON

16:35:20

6

146.30

XLON

16:35:20

7921

146.30

XLON

16:35:20

173

146.30

XLON

16:35:20

12,120

146.30

XLON

16:35:20

13,726

146.30

XLON

16:35:20

17189

146.30

XLON

 



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