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

25 October 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

335,023

Weighted average price paid (p)

146.05

Highest price paid (p)

147.00

Lowest price paid (p)

142.90

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 86,329,667 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 664,365,348. 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 25 October 2023 is 664,365,348. 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

146.54

230,725

BATE

145.03

37,181

CHIX

144.94

30,771

TRQX

144.95

36,346

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:00:17

15

146.50

XLON

8:00:17

20

146.50

XLON

8:00:17

41

146.50

XLON

8:00:17

6

146.50

XLON

8:00:35

20

146.30

XLON

8:02:13

194

145.80

XLON

8:02:16

137

145.80

XLON

8:02:19

48

145.80

XLON

8:02:22

137

146.10

CHIX

8:02:23

34

146.10

XLON

8:02:25

35

146.10

CHIX

8:02:28

12

146.10

XLON

8:02:29

8

146.10

XLON

8:02:31

3

146.10

XLON

8:02:34

2

146.10

XLON

8:03:36

1

146.10

XLON

8:04:02

48

146.10

XLON

8:04:04

177

146.10

XLON

8:04:07

9

146.10

CHIX

8:05:37

1,035

145.90

XLON

8:05:37

136

145.20

TRQX

8:05:37

97

145.20

XLON

8:05:37

2

145.20

CHIX

8:05:37

97

145.20

BATE

8:06:00

718

145.60

BATE

8:16:56

504

144.70

XLON

8:16:56

504

144.70

TRQX

8:16:56

505

144.70

CHIX

8:16:56

505

144.70

BATE

8:20:14

445

144.20

XLON

8:20:14

444

144.20

TRQX

8:20:14

445

144.20

CHIX

8:20:14

445

144.20

BATE

8:20:14

564

144.00

TRQX

8:20:14

564

144.00

XLON

8:20:19

131

144.40

BATE

8:20:20

156

143.80

CHIX

8:20:20

156

143.80

TRQX

8:20:20

156

143.80

XLON

8:20:20

156

143.80

BATE

8:21:43

51

143.70

XLON

8:21:43

51

143.70

TRQX

8:21:43

52

143.70

CHIX

8:21:43

52

143.70

BATE

8:21:43

66

143.70

BATE

8:22:36

7

143.40

CHIX

8:22:36

7

143.40

XLON

8:22:36

8

143.40

BATE

8:23:19

46

143.80

XLON

8:23:20

11

143.80

XLON

8:25:02

747

144.00

XLON

8:25:02

162

143.90

BATE

8:55:16

162

143.60

XLON

8:55:16

162

143.60

TRQX

8:55:16

948

143.60

BATE

8:55:16

162

143.60

CHIX

8:55:17

1,416

143.65

BATE

8:55:18

672

143.50

TRQX

8:55:18

673

143.50

XLON

8:55:18

673

143.50

CHIX

8:55:18

28

143.40

BATE

8:56:17

448

143.50

TRQX

8:56:17

448

143.50

XLON

8:56:17

200

143.50

BATE

8:56:17

249

143.50

BATE

8:56:18

499

143.70

BATE

8:56:18

31

143.70

BATE

8:56:18

560

143.50

TRQX

8:56:18

290

143.50

CHIX

8:56:18

271

143.50

CHIX

8:56:21

504

143.40

XLON

8:56:21

504

143.40

TRQX

8:56:21

504

143.40

CHIX

8:56:21

195

143.40

BATE

8:56:21

309

143.40

BATE

8:56:24

457

143.30

XLON

8:56:24

456

143.30

TRQX

8:58:43

343

143.20

BATE

8:58:43

342

143.20

CHIX

9:01:41

63

142.90

BATE

9:01:41

64

142.90

XLON

9:01:41

64

142.90

TRQX

9:01:41

65

142.90

CHIX

9:01:41

2

142.90

BATE

9:02:02

79

143.20

BATE

9:02:03

158

143.40

BATE

9:02:03

95

143.40

BATE

9:02:12

229

143.40

BATE

9:02:12

79

143.40

TRQX

9:02:12

79

143.40

XLON

9:02:12

1,299

143.40

BATE

9:02:12

79

143.40

CHIX

9:02:21

595

143.30

TRQX

9:02:21

596

143.30

BATE

9:02:21

595

143.30

XLON

9:03:29

363

143.20

TRQX

9:03:29

118

143.20

CHIX

9:03:29

245

143.20

CHIX

9:03:42

311

143.10

BATE

9:03:42

311

143.10

XLON

9:19:13

198

143.20

TRQX

9:19:13

88

143.20

XLON

9:19:13

88

143.20

BATE

9:19:13

199

143.20

CHIX

9:19:13

49

143.20

XLON

9:19:22

327

143.00

XLON

9:19:22

66

143.00

CHIX

9:19:22

58

143.00

CHIX

9:19:23

178

143.00

XLON

9:19:23

327

143.00

TRQX

9:19:23

203

143.00

CHIX

9:19:23

342

143.00

XLON

9:19:23

327

143.00

BATE

9:19:27

101

142.90

XLON

9:19:27

12

142.90

BATE

9:19:27

101

142.90

TRQX

9:19:27

12

142.90

CHIX

9:19:27

89

142.90

BATE

9:19:27

89

142.90

CHIX

9:19:27

21

142.90

BATE

9:33:34

133

143.00

BATE

9:33:36

133

143.00

CHIX

9:33:39

133

143.00

XLON

9:33:50

300

143.00

XLON

9:33:52

300

143.00

BATE

9:33:53

209

143.00

CHIX

9:33:53

91

143.00

CHIX

9:33:54

299

143.00

TRQX

9:33:54

75

142.90

XLON

9:35:40

60

143.20

XLON

9:35:41

620

143.20

XLON

9:35:41

742

143.20

XLON

9:35:41

95

143.10

CHIX

9:38:23

504

143.30

TRQX

9:38:23

504

143.30

XLON

9:38:23

392

143.30

CHIX

9:38:23

392

143.30

BATE

9:38:23

113

143.30

CHIX

9:38:23

113

143.30

BATE

9:46:10

122

143.40

XLON

9:46:10

505

143.40

BATE

9:46:10

116

143.40

TRQX

9:46:10

334

143.40

TRQX

9:46:10

329

143.40

XLON

9:46:10

505

143.40

CHIX

9:46:10

53

143.40

XLON

9:55:34

386

143.40

TRQX

9:55:34

387

143.40

BATE

9:55:34

386

143.40

XLON

9:55:34

387

143.40

CHIX

9:55:40

213

143.30

XLON

9:55:40

858

143.30

TRQX

9:55:40

214

143.30

CHIX

9:55:40

214

143.30

BATE

9:55:41

281

143.20

TRQX

9:57:01

64

143.20

TRQX

9:57:01

391

143.20

XLON

9:57:01

20

143.20

CHIX

9:57:01

20

143.20

BATE

10:00:03

191

143.40

TRQX

10:00:04

187

143.40

BATE

10:00:04

228

143.40

BATE

10:00:07

191

143.40

BATE

10:00:10

191

143.40

CHIX

10:00:11

182

143.40

TRQX

10:19:24

1,097

143.80

CHIX

10:19:24

191

143.80

XLON

10:19:24

27

143.60

XLON

10:19:24

620

143.60

XLON

10:19:24

826

143.60

CHIX

10:19:24

208

143.60

CHIX

10:19:24

837

143.50

TRQX

10:19:24

838

143.50

CHIX

10:19:25

121

143.80

XLON

10:19:25

501

143.80

XLON

10:19:32

622

143.70

TRQX

10:19:32

622

143.70

CHIX

10:19:40

465

143.90

TRQX

10:19:40

465

143.90

XLON

10:19:40

466

143.90

BATE

10:21:31

543

143.80

TRQX

10:21:31

465

143.80

XLON

10:21:31

466

143.80

BATE

10:21:31

544

143.80

CHIX

10:21:37

385

143.80

XLON

10:21:37

119

143.80

XLON

10:21:38

273

143.80

TRQX

10:21:38

195

143.80

CHIX

10:21:38

505

143.80

BATE

10:21:38

231

143.80

TRQX

10:21:38

310

143.80

CHIX

10:21:39

972

143.70

XLON

10:58:27

38

144.20

CHIX

10:59:55

346

144.20

TRQX

10:59:55

346

144.20

XLON

10:59:55

107

144.20

CHIX

10:59:55

347

144.20

BATE

10:59:55

201

144.20

CHIX

10:59:55

1,017

144.10

TRQX

11:01:28

88

144.10

XLON

11:01:28

504

144.10

TRQX

11:01:28

416

144.10

XLON

11:01:28

505

144.10

CHIX

11:01:28

25

144.10

BATE

11:01:28

480

144.10

BATE

11:01:29

505

143.80

BATE

11:01:29

505

143.80

CHIX

11:01:29

504

143.80

XLON

11:01:29

504

143.80

TRQX

11:01:36

364

143.40

XLON

11:01:36

363

143.40

TRQX

11:02:11

302

143.80

XLON

11:08:49

645

143.80

TRQX

11:08:50

1,113

143.70

XLON

11:08:50

302

143.70

BATE

11:08:50

179

143.70

CHIX

11:08:50

123

143.70

CHIX

11:14:09

572

143.60

XLON

11:14:09

301

143.60

TRQX

11:14:09

9

143.60

BATE

11:14:09

572

143.60

CHIX

11:14:09

564

143.60

BATE

11:21:18

504

143.50

TRQX

11:21:18

125

143.50

XLON

11:21:18

379

143.50

XLON

11:21:18

505

143.50

BATE

11:21:18

505

143.50

CHIX

11:21:21

356

143.30

XLON

11:30:19

89

143.40

XLON

11:30:19

147

143.40

TRQX

11:30:19

356

143.40

BATE

11:30:19

356

143.40

CHIX

12:29:52

157

145.10

CHIX

12:38:19

209

145.20

TRQX

12:38:19

536

145.20

XLON

12:38:19

497

145.20

BATE

12:38:19

479

145.20

CHIX

12:38:19

140

145.20

BATE

12:38:19

511

145.00

TRQX

12:38:19

547

145.00

BATE

12:38:19

518

145.00

CHIX

12:46:49

140

144.80

BATE

12:55:23

140

144.80

BATE

13:08:55

140

144.80

BATE

13:15:04

11

144.80

XLON

13:15:04

100

144.80

XLON

13:26:43

393

145.00

XLON

13:26:43

85

145.00

BATE

13:26:43

504

145.00

TRQX

13:26:43

505

145.00

CHIX

13:26:43

616

145.00

TRQX

13:35:58

364

145.00

TRQX

13:35:58

924

145.00

XLON

13:35:58

365

145.00

BATE

13:35:58

365

145.00

CHIX

13:35:59

644

144.90

XLON

13:37:09

148

144.80

BATE

13:42:13

504

144.80

XLON

13:42:13

504

144.80

TRQX

13:42:13

311

144.80

BATE

13:42:13

46

144.80

BATE

13:42:13

505

144.80

CHIX

13:42:27

578

144.90

TRQX

13:42:27

578

144.90

XLON

13:44:15

578

144.90

XLON

13:44:15

578

144.90

TRQX

13:44:15

431

144.90

BATE

13:44:15

431

144.90

CHIX

13:56:14

578

145.40

XLON

13:56:14

578

145.40

TRQX

13:56:14

431

145.40

CHIX

13:56:14

431

145.40

BATE

14:29:58

574

146.65

BATE

14:36:55

774

146.65

TRQX

14:36:55

828

146.65

BATE

14:36:55

784

146.65

CHIX

14:36:55

578

146.60

TRQX

14:36:55

578

146.60

XLON

14:36:55

353

146.60

CHIX

14:36:55

431

146.60

BATE

14:36:55

78

146.60

CHIX

14:43:29

504

146.60

XLON

14:43:29

504

146.60

TRQX

14:43:29

505

146.60

BATE

14:43:29

505

146.60

CHIX

14:43:29

511

146.60

BATE

14:43:29

504

146.60

XLON

14:43:29

504

146.60

TRQX

14:43:29

505

146.60

BATE

14:43:29

505

146.60

CHIX

14:43:29

451

146.60

BATE

14:43:29

388

146.55

BATE

14:43:29

113

146.55

BATE

14:43:29

8

146.55

BATE

14:43:40

504

147.00

XLON

14:43:40

504

147.00

TRQX

14:43:40

505

147.00

BATE

14:43:40

505

147.00

CHIX

14:43:40

871

146.95

TRQX

14:44:34

504

146.80

XLON

14:44:34

505

146.80

CHIX

14:44:34

504

146.80

TRQX

14:44:34

226

146.80

BATE

14:44:34

279

146.80

BATE

14:44:34

504

146.70

XLON

14:44:34

505

146.70

CHIX

14:48:10

504

146.60

XLON

14:48:10

504

146.60

TRQX

14:48:10

505

146.60

BATE

14:48:10

505

146.60

CHIX

15:00:45

271

146.60

TRQX

15:00:45

57

146.60

XLON

15:00:45

505

146.60

BATE

15:00:45

171

146.60

TRQX

15:00:45

62

146.60

TRQX

15:00:45

447

146.60

XLON

15:00:45

505

146.60

CHIX

15:00:48

395

146.50

XLON

15:00:48

395

146.50

TRQX

15:00:48

395

146.50

CHIX

15:00:48

833

146.50

BATE

15:00:53

395

146.50

XLON

15:01:22

504

146.50

XLON

15:01:58

504

146.40

XLON

15:02:10

504

146.40

TRQX

15:02:10

505

146.40

CHIX

15:02:10

505

146.40

BATE

15:02:42

504

146.10

TRQX

15:02:42

113

146.10

XLON

15:02:50

391

146.10

XLON

15:02:50

505

146.10

BATE

15:02:50

505

146.10

CHIX

15:04:34

445

146.00

XLON

15:09:01

504

146.00

TRQX

15:09:01

505

146.00

CHIX

15:09:01

59

146.00

XLON

15:09:01

505

146.00

BATE

15:09:01

949

145.80

TRQX

15:11:30

140

145.70

BATE

15:21:01

112

145.70

XLON

15:21:01

504

145.70

TRQX

15:21:01

392

145.70

XLON

15:21:01

181

145.70

CHIX

15:21:01

365

145.70

BATE

15:23:10

574

145.70

XLON

15:23:10

574

145.70

TRQX

15:23:10

324

145.70

CHIX

15:31:41

197

145.60

BATE

15:38:11

308

145.70

BATE

15:40:39

278

145.80

TRQX

15:49:09

74

146.00

XLON

15:49:09

430

146.00

XLON

15:49:09

226

146.00

TRQX

15:49:09

505

146.00

CHIX

15:53:10

387

145.90

XLON

15:53:10

387

145.90

TRQX

15:53:10

387

145.90

CHIX

15:53:10

857

145.90

BATE

15:58:40

387

145.80

XLON

15:58:40

387

145.80

TRQX

15:58:40

387

145.80

CHIX

15:58:40

857

145.80

BATE

16:04:33

712

146.30

XLON

16:04:33

106

146.30

XLON

16:04:33

562

146.20

BATE

16:04:36

430

146.40

XLON

16:04:36

424

146.40

XLON

16:04:37

505

146.70

BATE

16:04:37

329

146.50

XLON

16:04:37

121

146.50

XLON

16:04:37

343

146.50

XLON

16:07:13

504

146.40

TRQX

16:07:13

504

146.40

XLON

16:07:13

505

146.40

CHIX

16:07:13

722

146.40

BATE

16:07:14

337

146.40

BATE

16:07:14

336

146.40

XLON

16:07:14

336

146.40

CHIX

16:13:27

8

146.90

XLON

16:13:27

805

146.90

XLON

16:13:27

336

146.80

XLON

16:13:27

280

146.80

CHIX

16:13:27

56

146.80

CHIX

16:15:13

101

146.80

XLON

16:15:13

40

146.80

XLON

16:15:13

363

146.80

XLON

16:15:13

240

146.80

BATE

16:15:13

504

146.80

TRQX

16:15:13

265

146.80

BATE

16:15:13

253

146.80

CHIX

16:15:13

252

146.80

CHIX

16:16:11

170

146.80

TRQX

16:16:11

454

146.80

TRQX

16:16:11

624

146.80

XLON

16:16:41

285

146.80

TRQX

16:16:41

470

146.80

BATE

16:16:41

470

146.80

CHIX

16:16:41

254

146.80

TRQX

16:16:41

539

146.80

XLON

16:19:31

51

146.70

BATE

16:19:31

61

146.70

BATE

16:19:31

5

146.70

BATE

16:23:30

504

146.60

XLON

16:23:30

504

146.60

TRQX

16:23:30

505

146.60

BATE

16:23:30

505

146.60

CHIX

16:23:30

34

146.50

XLON

16:24:22

504

146.60

TRQX

16:24:22

470

146.60

XLON

16:24:22

178

146.50

CHIX

16:24:22

522

146.50

BATE

16:24:22

344

146.50

CHIX

16:24:28

456

146.30

CHIX

16:24:45

504

146.30

XLON

16:24:45

49

146.30

CHIX

16:24:45

504

146.30

TRQX

16:24:45

8

146.30

BATE

16:24:45

497

146.30

BATE

16:26:41

504

146.10

TRQX

16:27:40

504

146.10

XLON

16:29:51

357

146.40

TRQX

16:29:52

91

146.60

XLON

16:29:52

413

146.60

XLON

16:29:52

115

146.40

CHIX

16:29:52

152

146.40

BATE

16:29:52

165

146.40

CHIX

16:29:52

325

146.40

BATE

16:29:52

167

146.40

CHIX

16:35:27

22,092

146.90

XLON

16:35:27

88,366

146.90

XLON

16:35:27

16,255

146.90

XLON

16:35:27

6,385

146.90

XLON

16:35:27

10,357

146.90

XLON

16:35:27

51

146.90

XLON

16:35:27

142

146.90

XLON

16:35:27

991

146.90

XLON

16:35:27

7764

146.90

XLON

16:35:27

5,878

146.90

XLON

16:35:27

4,645

146.90

XLON

16:35:27

4,014

146.90

XLON

16:35:27

3076

146.90

XLON

16:35:27

8884

146.90

XLON

16:35:27

7815

146.90

XLON

 



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