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

26 October 2023

Number of ordinary shares purchased

337,302

Weighted average price paid (p)

148.66

Highest price paid (p)

148.90

Lowest price paid (p)

145.50

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 86,666,969 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 664,028,046. 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 26 October 2023 is 664,028,046. 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

148.81

300,547

BATE

147.42

12,145

CHIX

147.44

13,185

TRQX

147.38

11,425

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:09:01

64

146.20

BATE

8:09:50

55

146.70

CHIX

8:09:52

55

146.70

BATE

8:09:55

55

146.70

XLON

8:09:57

54

146.70

TRQX

8:09:58

33

146.70

CHIX

8:10:01

14

146.70

XLON

8:10:04

13

146.70

TRQX

8:10:07

9

146.70

CHIX

8:10:10

4

146.70

TRQX

8:10:13

3

146.70

XLON

8:10:35

3

145.60

TRQX

8:10:35

3

145.60

CHIX

8:10:35

14

145.60

BATE

8:10:35

1

145.60

TRQX

8:10:35

494

145.50

XLON

8:12:39

31

145.50

BATE

8:13:00

26

145.70

CHIX

8:13:01

26

145.70

BATE

8:13:03

25

145.60

XLON

8:21:16

19

145.60

BATE

9:42:20

529

146.90

BATE

9:42:20

623

146.80

XLON

9:42:20

25

146.80

TRQX

9:42:20

605

146.80

BATE

9:43:07

122

146.80

CHIX

9:43:07

704

146.80

XLON

9:43:07

583

146.80

CHIX

9:43:13

700

146.80

XLON

9:43:13

28

146.80

XLON

9:43:13

692

146.80

TRQX

9:43:13

36

146.80

TRQX

9:43:15

91

147.00

XLON

10:15:17

294

147.00

XLON

10:15:17

55

147.00

TRQX

10:15:17

294

147.00

BATE

10:15:17

342

147.00

CHIX

10:15:17

36

147.00

TRQX

10:15:17

223

147.00

CHIX

10:15:17

501

146.90

TRQX

10:15:17

495

146.90

CHIX

10:54:13

397

147.30

TRQX

10:54:13

397

147.30

XLON

10:54:13

100

147.30

BATE

10:54:13

397

147.30

CHIX

10:54:13

298

147.30

BATE

11:32:33

294

147.30

TRQX

11:32:33

397

147.30

XLON

11:32:33

553

147.30

TRQX

11:32:33

397

147.30

CHIX

11:32:33

339

147.30

BATE

11:32:33

59

147.30

BATE

11:56:50

8

148.00

CHIX

11:56:50

420

147.70

XLON

12:00:00

391

148.40

CHIX

12:00:01

11

148.40

CHIX

12:00:03

97

148.40

CHIX

12:00:06

3

148.40

CHIX

12:00:09

24

148.40

CHIX

12:00:10

8

148.40

BATE

12:00:12

6

148.40

CHIX

12:00:15

2

148.40

BATE

12:03:05

420

147.90

TRQX

12:03:05

1

147.90

CHIX

12:03:05

390

147.90

XLON

12:03:05

2

147.90

CHIX

12:04:25

111

147.90

XLON

12:04:25

5

147.90

BATE

12:04:25

111

147.90

TRQX

12:04:25

111

147.90

CHIX

12:15:32

256

147.60

XLON

12:15:32

256

147.60

TRQX

12:15:32

256

147.60

BATE

12:15:32

256

147.60

CHIX

12:15:32

134

147.60

CHIX

12:26:41

78

147.40

TRQX

12:26:41

142

147.40

XLON

12:26:41

64

147.40

TRQX

12:26:41

142

147.40

CHIX

12:26:41

142

147.40

BATE

12:38:22

217

147.40

XLON

12:38:24

217

147.40

TRQX

12:38:27

217

147.40

CHIX

12:38:30

74

147.40

TRQX

12:38:31

55

147.10

XLON

12:38:31

217

147.10

BATE

12:38:31

54

147.10

CHIX

12:38:31

183

147.10

BATE

12:38:31

19

147.10

TRQX

12:38:36

66

147.20

XLON

12:38:42

16

147.20

XLON

12:38:45

4

147.20

XLON

12:46:16

100

147.10

XLON

12:46:16

4

147.10

XLON

12:46:18

66

147.10

CHIX

12:46:21

26

147.10

XLON

12:46:24

17

147.10

CHIX

12:46:27

6

147.10

XLON

12:46:30

5

147.10

XLON

12:46:33

5

147.10

CHIX

12:46:36

1

147.10

XLON

12:49:36

2

147.10

CHIX

12:51:16

3

147.10

XLON

12:51:18

3

147.10

CHIX

12:51:21

1

147.10

XLON

12:54:44

1

147.20

CHIX

12:54:51

1

147.30

XLON

12:54:51

1

147.20

XLON

13:38:34

454

147.25

BATE

13:38:34

406

147.20

TRQX

13:38:34

406

147.20

XLON

13:38:34

407

147.20

BATE

13:38:34

407

147.20

CHIX

13:38:34

819

147.10

TRQX

14:22:45

568

147.65

CHIX

14:22:45

447

147.60

TRQX

14:22:45

447

147.60

XLON

14:22:45

448

147.60

BATE

14:22:45

448

147.60

CHIX

14:46:51

510

147.80

XLON

14:46:51

509

147.80

TRQX

14:46:51

510

147.80

BATE

14:46:51

510

147.80

CHIX

14:50:08

393

147.80

XLON

14:50:08

509

147.80

TRQX

14:50:08

168

147.80

CHIX

14:50:08

117

147.80

XLON

14:50:08

510

147.80

BATE

14:50:08

342

147.80

CHIX

14:51:20

39

148.00

CHIX

14:51:20

875

147.80

TRQX

14:51:20

1

147.80

BATE

14:51:24

219

148.00

CHIX

14:51:27

27

148.00

TRQX

14:51:30

26

148.00

CHIX

14:51:30

29

148.00

CHIX

14:51:33

9

148.00

CHIX

14:51:36

14

148.00

CHIX

14:51:39

7

148.00

TRQX

14:51:42

3

148.00

CHIX

14:51:45

2

148.00

CHIX

14:52:28

2

148.00

TRQX

14:52:28

3

147.80

BATE

14:52:30

1

148.00

CHIX

15:00:07

38

147.80

XLON

15:00:07

1

147.80

TRQX

15:00:07

35

147.80

BATE

15:00:07

1

147.80

CHIX

15:00:07

296

147.80

CHIX

15:01:38

77

147.70

TRQX

15:01:38

78

147.70

XLON

15:01:38

78

147.70

CHIX

15:01:38

78

147.70

BATE

15:02:46

233

147.50

TRQX

15:02:46

60

147.50

XLON

15:02:46

233

147.50

CHIX

15:02:46

57

147.50

BATE

15:02:46

173

147.50

XLON

15:02:46

176

147.50

BATE

15:02:48

785

147.90

BATE

15:02:48

169

147.90

BATE

15:02:48

47

147.70

XLON

15:03:20

212

147.90

BATE

15:03:24

170

147.90

XLON

15:03:25

170

147.90

CHIX

15:03:27

43

148.00

CHIX

15:03:27

104

147.90

BATE

15:03:27

29

147.90

BATE

15:04:00

1

147.60

CHIX

15:12:09

448

147.90

CHIX

15:12:09

1

147.60

CHIX

15:12:12

53

147.90

BATE

15:12:15

112

147.90

CHIX

15:12:18

46

147.90

TRQX

15:12:21

42

147.90

XLON

15:12:24

28

147.90

CHIX

15:12:27

11

147.90

TRQX

15:12:30

11

147.90

XLON

15:12:33

7

147.90

CHIX

15:12:36

3

147.90

TRQX

15:12:39

2

147.90

XLON

15:15:11

2

147.90

CHIX

15:19:35

13

147.90

BATE

15:19:36

3

148.00

BATE

15:19:36

23

147.90

CHIX

15:22:40

1

147.80

TRQX

15:22:40

1

147.80

XLON

15:22:40

1

147.80

CHIX

15:22:40

871

147.80

BATE

15:22:41

13

147.80

BATE

15:22:44

140

147.90

XLON

15:22:44

158

147.90

XLON

15:24:11

190

147.70

TRQX

15:24:11

108

147.70

TRQX

15:24:11

144

147.70

BATE

15:24:11

299

147.70

CHIX

15:24:11

262

147.70

BATE

15:24:28

623

147.60

XLON

15:24:28

299

147.60

BATE

15:24:30

127

147.50

CHIX

15:24:30

127

147.50

XLON

15:24:30

127

147.50

TRQX

15:24:30

127

147.50

BATE

15:24:44

184

147.30

TRQX

15:24:44

196

147.30

XLON

15:24:44

118

147.30

CHIX

15:24:44

251

147.30

BATE

15:24:44

54

147.30

XLON

15:24:44

133

147.30

CHIX

15:24:44

34

147.30

TRQX

15:24:44

32

147.30

TRQX

15:24:46

9

147.20

BATE

15:24:46

9

147.20

BATE

15:24:48

128

147.60

TRQX

15:24:51

128

147.60

CHIX

15:24:54

128

147.60

XLON

15:24:57

32

147.60

CHIX

15:25:00

8

147.60

CHIX

15:25:09

19

147.70

TRQX

15:25:10

162

147.70

TRQX

15:25:12

5

147.70

TRQX

15:25:15

40

147.70

TRQX

15:25:17

110

147.80

BATE

15:25:21

32

147.80

XLON

15:25:23

28

147.80

BATE

15:25:24

19

147.80

CHIX

15:25:27

8

147.80

XLON

15:25:30

7

147.80

BATE

15:25:33

5

147.80

CHIX

15:25:36

2

147.80

XLON

16:00:09

1

147.30

BATE

16:00:12

16

147.70

XLON

16:00:12

18

147.70

XLON

16:00:15

72

147.70

BATE

16:00:17

9

147.60

XLON

16:00:18

182

147.30

BATE

16:00:18

2

147.30

CHIX

16:00:18

1

147.30

TRQX

16:00:18

10

147.30

TRQX

16:02:00

115

147.50

CHIX

16:02:00

23

147.20

CHIX

16:02:00

138

147.20

XLON

16:02:03

9

147.50

BATE

16:02:03

78

147.50

BATE

16:02:03

51

147.50

BATE

16:02:06

150

147.50

CHIX

16:02:09

150

147.50

XLON

16:02:12

38

147.50

CHIX

16:02:15

37

147.50

XLON

16:02:18

34

147.50

BATE

16:02:19

10

147.50

CHIX

16:02:21

137

147.50

TRQX

16:02:24

9

147.50

XLON

16:02:25

34

147.50

TRQX

16:02:27

8

147.50

BATE

16:02:30

9

147.50

TRQX

16:02:33

3

147.50

CHIX

16:02:36

2

147.50

XLON

16:04:38

2

147.50

BATE

16:04:38

65

147.30

XLON

16:04:38

1

147.30

CHIX

16:04:38

2

147.30

TRQX

16:04:43

49

147.50

BATE

16:04:43

49

147.30

XLON

16:04:45

49

147.50

CHIX

16:04:48

6

147.50

XLON

16:04:51

12

147.50

CHIX

16:04:52

12

147.50

TRQX

16:04:53

6

147.50

BATE

16:04:57

3

147.50

TRQX

16:04:58

3

147.50

CHIX

16:05:00

2

147.50

TRQX

16:05:20

2

147.30

XLON

16:05:20

1

147.30

TRQX

16:05:20

1

147.30

BATE

16:05:20

1

147.30

TRQX

16:05:20

1

147.30

CHIX

16:06:02

180

147.40

CHIX

16:06:03

180

147.40

XLON

16:06:04

180

147.40

BATE

16:06:06

113

147.40

CHIX

16:06:07

45

147.40

CHIX

16:06:09

45

147.40

XLON

16:06:12

45

147.40

BATE

16:06:15

28

147.40

CHIX

16:06:18

12

147.40

BATE

16:06:21

11

147.40

CHIX

16:06:22

80

147.40

TRQX

16:06:22

99

147.40

TRQX

16:06:24

7

147.40

CHIX

16:06:25

2

147.40

CHIX

16:10:26

931

147.20

TRQX

16:10:26

11

147.20

XLON

16:10:26

3

147.20

BATE

16:10:26

2

147.20

CHIX

16:10:28

707

147.20

CHIX

16:10:28

385

147.20

CHIX

16:10:28

316

147.20

XLON

16:10:28

315

147.20

TRQX

16:10:28

316

147.20

BATE

16:12:02

260

147.30

XLON

16:12:06

1

147.30

CHIX

16:12:06

207

147.30

CHIX

16:12:06

52

147.30

CHIX

16:12:09

65

147.30

XLON

16:12:12

65

147.30

CHIX

16:12:15

32

147.30

BATE

16:12:15

145

147.30

BATE

16:12:18

16

147.30

CHIX

16:12:21

16

147.30

XLON

16:12:24

4

147.30

CHIX

16:12:27

4

147.30

XLON

16:12:30

1

147.30

TRQX

16:12:30

167

147.30

TRQX

16:12:30

91

147.30

TRQX

16:12:33

1

147.30

CHIX

16:13:02

260

147.10

BATE

16:14:02

145

147.30

CHIX

16:14:02

32

147.30

CHIX

16:14:06

1

147.30

XLON

16:15:02

48

147.10

TRQX

16:15:02

44

147.10

CHIX

16:15:02

44

147.10

BATE

16:15:02

6

147.10

BATE

16:17:21

32

147.30

CHIX

16:17:21

236

147.30

CHIX

16:17:24

57

147.30

BATE

16:17:24

51

147.30

BATE

16:17:24

71

147.30

BATE

16:17:24

116

147.10

BATE

16:17:24

67

147.10

CHIX

16:17:24

42

147.10

XLON

16:17:35

179

147.30

CHIX

16:17:36

110

147.30

XLON

16:17:36

68

147.30

XLON

16:17:38

45

147.30

CHIX

16:17:39

44

147.30

XLON

16:17:42

17

147.30

TRQX

16:17:45

11

147.30

XLON

16:17:48

11

147.30

CHIX

16:17:51

8

147.30

XLON

16:17:53

179

147.30

BATE

16:17:57

5

147.30

TRQX

16:18:00

45

147.30

BATE

16:18:03

3

147.30

CHIX

16:18:04

11

147.30

BATE

16:18:05

2

147.30

XLON

16:18:09

78

147.30

BATE

16:18:12

2

147.30

XLON

16:18:15

19

147.30

BATE

16:18:18

1

147.30

XLON

16:18:21

4

147.30

BATE

16:18:22

1

147.30

CHIX

16:20:00

1

147.10

XLON

16:20:00

1

147.10

XLON

16:20:01

5

147.10

CHIX

16:21:44

265

147.30

XLON

16:21:44

82

147.10

CHIX

16:23:48

66

147.10

XLON

16:23:48

182

147.10

CHIX

16:23:48

1

147.10

BATE

16:23:48

1

147.10

TRQX

16:23:48

172

147.10

XLON

16:24:04

149

147.30

XLON

16:24:05

170

147.40

XLON

16:27:59

1,032

147.30

XLON

16:27:59

149

147.30

TRQX

16:27:59

149

147.30

CHIX

16:27:59

149

147.30

BATE

16:27:59

14

147.20

XLON

16:27:59

269

147.20

XLON

16:28:29

484

147.20

XLON

16:29:07

825

147.20

XLON

16:29:07

36

147.20

BATE

16:29:07

405

147.20

CHIX

16:29:43

145

147.20

XLON

16:29:43

96

147.20

TRQX

16:29:43

71

147.20

TRQX

16:29:43

680

147.20

XLON

16:29:43

237

147.20

TRQX

16:29:43

369

147.20

BATE

16:29:43

716

147.20

XLON

16:29:58

45

147.20

XLON

16:35:28

8794

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

1,259

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

10,594

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

4184

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

1,098

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

8,282

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

6089

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

7,939

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

4,621

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

12,489

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

17,347

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

11,785

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

39,860

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

74,230

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

10828

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

9,195

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

7,662

148.90

XLON

16:35:28

47,957

148.90

XLON

 



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