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

10 October 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

316,090

Weighted average price paid (p)

146.40

Highest price paid (p)

147.00

Lowest price paid (p)

145.00

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 82,140,044 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 668,554,971. 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 10 October 2023 is 668,554,971. 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

146.47

273,059

BATE

145.93

12,548

CHIX

145.93

16,613

TRQX

145.91

12,345

Sigma-X

145.96

1,525

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:24:18

79

145.90

XLON

8:24:20

79

145.80

CHIX

8:24:20

543

145.90

XLON

8:24:21

79

146.10

TRQX

9:12:41

834

145.40

CHIX

9:12:41

1

145.40

CHIX

9:12:41

442

145.50

CHIX

9:12:41

1

145.50

CHIX

9:12:41

428

145.60

BATE

9:12:41

16

145.60

BATE

9:16:18

87

145.40

BATE

9:16:18

198

145.40

TRQX

9:16:18

161

145.40

BATE

9:16:18

61

145.40

TRQX

9:16:18

179

145.40

TRQX

9:16:18

151

145.40

BATE

9:16:18

961

145.40

XLON

9:16:24

325

145.70

CHIX

9:16:24

73

145.70

CHIX

9:16:24

222

145.80

XLON

9:23:37

314

146.10

XLON

9:23:37

120

146.00

XLON

9:30:06

385

146.30

XLON

9:30:06

91

146.60

XLON

9:32:45

206

146.90

XLON

9:32:46

309

146.90

XLON

9:32:47

73

147.00

XLON

9:32:48

108

147.00

XLON

9:32:49

25

147.00

XLON

9:32:51

38

147.00

XLON

9:32:55

9

147.00

XLON

9:32:58

13

147.00

XLON

9:33:00

3

147.00

XLON

9:33:01

5

147.00

XLON

9:33:03

1

147.00

XLON

9:39:01

39

146.30

CHIX

9:39:01

168

147.00

CHIX

9:39:03

14

146.90

XLON

9:39:04

58

146.90

CHIX

9:39:07

5

146.90

XLON

9:39:10

21

146.90

CHIX

9:39:13

2

146.90

XLON

9:41:42

35

147.00

XLON

9:41:44

14

147.00

XLON

9:41:47

26

147.00

XLON

9:43:13

26

146.40

CHIX

9:43:13

234

146.40

XLON

9:43:13

25

146.40

TRQX

9:43:13

234

146.40

BATE

9:43:13

10

146.40

XLON

9:43:13

373

146.40

CHIX

9:43:13

152

146.40

CHIX

10:11:12

66

146.20

CHIX

10:11:12

273

146.20

CHIX

10:11:12

340

146.20

BATE

10:11:12

339

146.20

XLON

10:11:12

339

146.20

TRQX

10:11:13

447

146.50

XLON

10:52:26

448

146.10

CHIX

10:52:26

448

146.10

BATE

10:52:26

447

146.10

TRQX

10:52:29

284

146.40

XLON

10:52:29

557

146.40

XLON

10:52:29

71

146.50

CHIX

10:52:51

70

146.10

XLON

10:52:51

1154

146.10

TRQX

10:52:51

462

146.10

TRQX

10:52:51

463

146.10

CHIX

10:57:13

303

145.80

CHIX

10:57:13

160

145.80

BATE

10:57:13

302

145.80

TRQX

10:57:13

303

145.80

XLON

10:57:13

143

145.80

BATE

10:57:13

57

145.80

CHIX

11:53:59

287

145.80

CHIX

11:54:02

286

145.80

XLON

11:54:03

260

145.80

BATE

11:54:03

1

145.80

BATE

11:54:03

25

145.80

BATE

11:54:03

1

145.80

BATE

11:54:05

152

145.80

CHIX

11:54:08

115

145.80

XLON

11:54:11

60

145.80

CHIX

11:54:12

2

145.80

XLON

11:54:12

78

145.80

XLON

11:54:14

42

145.80

CHIX

11:54:17

32

145.80

XLON

11:54:20

24

145.80

CHIX

11:54:23

16

145.80

CHIX

11:54:26

13

145.80

XLON

11:54:29

10

145.80

CHIX

11:54:32

6

145.80

CHIX

11:54:35

5

145.80

XLON

11:54:38

4

145.80

CHIX

11:54:41

3

145.80

CHIX

11:54:44

2

145.80

XLON

12:54:08

101

145.60

CHIX

12:54:08

101

145.60

BATE

12:54:08

101

145.60

XLON

12:54:08

101

145.60

TRQX

12:54:08

11

145.60

XLON

13:00:48

152

145.50

CHIX

13:00:48

153

145.50

BATE

13:00:48

152

145.50

TRQX

13:00:48

152

145.50

XLON

13:00:48

61

145.50

XLON

13:10:25

65

145.20

CHIX

13:10:25

65

145.20

BATE

13:10:25

64

145.20

TRQX

13:10:25

64

145.20

XLON

13:10:25

26

145.20

XLON

13:16:47

161

145.00

CHIX

13:16:47

162

145.00

BATE

13:16:47

161

145.00

TRQX

13:16:47

161

145.00

XLON

14:34:23

484

145.45

CHIX

14:41:46

785

145.65

BATE

14:49:44

1

145.50

CHIX

14:49:44

579

145.70

TRQX

14:49:44

290

145.80

XLON

14:49:44

4

145.80

XLON

14:49:44

288

145.80

CHIX

14:49:44

172

145.80

CHIX

14:49:47

1

145.50

CHIX

14:57:36

486

145.65

TRQX

14:59:17

216

145.70

Sigma-X

14:59:17

660

145.70

BATE

15:06:21

162

145.70

TRQX

15:06:53

358

145.60

CHIX

15:06:53

236

145.60

CHIX

15:06:53

859

145.60

XLON

15:06:53

595

145.60

TRQX

15:06:54

684

145.50

BATE

15:06:54

175

145.50

XLON

15:06:54

365

145.50

CHIX

15:06:54

318

145.50

CHIX

15:06:54

508

145.50

XLON

15:06:54

365

145.65

BATE

15:41:38

684

146.00

CHIX

15:41:38

683

146.00

TRQX

15:41:38

683

146.00

XLON

15:41:38

1,394

146.10

CHIX

15:41:39

1322

146.20

CHIX

15:41:39

336

146.20

CHIX

15:41:39

1

146.20

CHIX

15:41:39

455

146.30

XLON

15:41:39

2,217

146.30

BATE

15:41:39

884

146.30

BATE

15:41:39

11

146.40

XLON

15:41:39

558

146.40

XLON

15:45:48

570

146.20

CHIX

15:45:48

455

146.20

TRQX

15:45:48

456

146.20

BATE

15:45:48

627

146.15

CHIX

15:45:49

660

146.15

CHIX

15:45:49

1100

146.30

XLON

15:45:49

558

146.30

XLON

15:45:50

513

146.30

BATE

15:51:30

512

146.00

TRQX

15:51:30

513

146.00

CHIX

15:51:30

924

146.00

TRQX

15:51:30

1,227

146.00

TRQX

15:51:30

239

146.00

TRQX

15:51:30

512

146.00

XLON

15:51:30

1,309

146.00

Sigma-X

15:51:31

512

146.10

XLON

16:00:02

513

145.90

CHIX

16:00:02

513

145.90

BATE

16:00:02

325

145.90

TRQX

16:00:02

187

145.90

TRQX

16:00:02

513

145.90

TRQX

16:00:02

197

145.90

TRQX

16:00:02

575

145.80

XLON

16:00:02

654

145.85

BATE

16:09:27

513

145.70

BATE

16:18:08

358

146.00

CHIX

16:18:08

512

146.00

XLON

16:21:51

155

146.00

CHIX

16:22:30

513

146.00

BATE

16:22:30

512

146.00

XLON

16:22:30

512

146.00

TRQX

16:22:30

559

146.00

CHIX

16:22:52

1025

145.90

TRQX

16:22:52

341

145.90

XLON

16:22:52

342

145.90

CHIX

16:22:52

290

145.90

BATE

16:22:52

52

145.90

BATE

16:22:52

486

145.90

XLON

16:22:52

487

145.90

CHIX

16:25:50

513

145.80

CHIX

16:26:38

513

145.80

BATE

16:35:06

64,701

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

8,511

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

4,896

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

22,762

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

31,555

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

1,695

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

33,291

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

4,406

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

24,721

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

6,120

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

4,797

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

7,904

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

12,050

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

18438

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

85

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

1052

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

5726

146.50

XLON

16:35:06

4,744

146.50

XLON

 



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