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

2 January 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

236,885

Weighted average price paid (p)

174.61

Highest price paid (p)

175.00

Lowest price paid (p)

173.70

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 97,475,651 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 653,219,364 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 2 January 2024 is 653,219,364. 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 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

174.58

141,459

BATE

174.58

40,649

CHIX

174.71

39,246

TRQX

174.65

15,531

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBP)

Platform

08:06:48

1059

175.00

TRQX

08:06:48

1290

175.00

CHIX

08:06:48

1,290

175.00

BATE

08:06:48

1,337

175.00

XLON

08:06:48

498

175.00

XLON

08:06:48

266

175.00

XLON

08:06:48

400

175.00

XLON

08:06:48

390

175.00

XLON

08:34:19

661

175.00

XLON

08:34:19

796

175.00

XLON

08:34:19

1,620

175.00

XLON

08:42:04

1,542

174.80

XLON

08:45:01

1828

175.00

XLON

08:45:01

2,844

175.00

XLON

08:45:01

1,517

175.00

XLON

09:01:03

400

175.00

BATE

09:01:03

795

175.00

BATE

09:01:03

1,070

175.00

CHIX

09:01:03

1,626

175.00

CHIX

09:05:27

474

175.00

XLON

09:05:27

1,138

175.00

XLON

09:05:27

800

175.00

BATE

09:05:27

407

175.00

BATE

09:08:22

1,200

174.80

XLON

09:08:22

304

174.80

XLON

09:08:22

1,602

174.90

XLON

09:18:07

800

174.80

XLON

09:18:07

631

174.80

XLON

09:18:58

1,009

174.70

TRQX

09:18:58

187

174.70

TRQX

09:20:52

80

174.50

XLON

09:25:02

797

174.50

XLON

09:25:02

372

174.50

XLON

09:25:02

407

174.50

XLON

09:25:19

529

174.50

XLON

09:37:17

1,141

174.20

XLON

09:37:17

235

174.20

XLON

09:55:20

62

175.00

XLON

09:55:20

1,127

175.00

XLON

09:55:20

847

175.00

XLON

09:55:20

495

175.00

XLON

09:55:20

1,200

175.00

XLON

09:56:03

19

175.00

BATE

09:56:03

1,029

175.00

BATE

09:56:03

1,198

175.00

CHIX

09:56:03

1149

175.00

CHIX

09:56:03

940

175.00

BATE

09:59:49

1,604

174.80

XLON

10:04:58

1,237

174.80

XLON

10:04:58

945

174.80

XLON

10:11:05

718

174.50

XLON

10:15:05

1,217

175.00

XLON

10:15:05

232

175.00

XLON

10:26:42

1517

175.00

XLON

11:18:17

2702

175.00

XLON

11:18:17

1,531

175.00

XLON

11:31:20

844

175.00

CHIX

11:31:20

313

175.00

CHIX

11:31:20

88

175.00

CHIX

11:31:20

1107

175.00

TRQX

11:44:16

400

175.00

XLON

11:44:16

400

175.00

XLON

11:44:16

160

175.00

XLON

11:44:16

522

175.00

XLON

11:45:17

1,290

175.00

XLON

11:45:17

39

175.00

XLON

12:00:35

183

175.00

XLON

12:00:35

217

175.00

XLON

12:00:35

400

175.00

XLON

12:00:35

566

175.00

XLON

12:00:35

186

175.00

CHIX

12:00:35

902

175.00

CHIX

12:00:36

17

174.90

CHIX

12:00:36

1,232

174.90

CHIX

12:11:46

155

174.50

XLON

12:11:46

2,564

174.50

XLON

12:11:46

186

174.70

CHIX

12:11:46

1

174.70

CHIX

12:11:46

499

174.70

CHIX

12:11:46

701

174.70

CHIX

12:12:16

499

174.70

BATE

12:12:16

186

174.70

BATE

12:12:16

460

174.80

BATE

12:12:21

879

174.50

CHIX

12:12:47

1624

174.60

CHIX

12:12:47

2,334

174.60

CHIX

12:42:55

1522

174.20

XLON

12:51:30

1,236

174.00

CHIX

12:52:20

1230

174.30

TRQX

12:56:37

1,937

173.90

XLON

12:56:37

1,273

173.90

XLON

12:56:37

572

173.90

XLON

13:01:07

1236

174.20

BATE

13:01:07

1124

174.20

BATE

13:01:07

122

174.20

BATE

13:06:06

1,382

173.90

XLON

13:10:06

1,351

173.90

XLON

13:21:04

172

173.70

CHIX

13:21:04

135

174.10

TRQX

13:21:04

1,052

174.10

TRQX

13:21:04

390

174.10

TRQX

13:21:04

698

174.10

TRQX

13:21:37

400

173.90

CHIX

13:21:37

400

173.90

CHIX

13:21:37

290

173.90

CHIX

13:21:37

1636

173.90

XLON

13:29:13

1347

173.80

XLON

13:32:01

1187

174.00

CHIX

13:32:01

62

174.20

XLON

13:32:01

820

174.30

XLON

13:32:01

62

174.30

XLON

13:32:01

1,395

174.30

XLON

13:32:01

187

174.40

XLON

13:32:01

1,032

174.00

BATE

13:32:01

400

174.20

XLON

13:32:01

1,032

174.20

XLON

13:32:01

1,207

174.00

BATE

13:32:01

1,262

174.60

BATE

13:32:01

500

174.50

BATE

13:32:01

872

174.60

BATE

13:32:01

1,509

174.20

XLON

13:32:01

800

174.20

XLON

13:32:01

1,304

174.20

XLON

13:32:01

1,299

174.00

XLON

13:32:01

277

174.00

XLON

13:32:02

800

174.20

XLON

13:32:02

1,737

174.20

XLON

13:32:02

2873

174.10

XLON

13:32:02

2000

174.10

XLON

13:32:02

400

174.10

XLON

13:33:07

2,007

174.10

XLON

13:33:07

1,268

173.90

CHIX

13:34:33

2,472

174.10

XLON

13:35:01

800

174.00

BATE

13:35:01

407

174.00

BATE

13:39:07

800

174.10

XLON

13:39:07

1200

174.10

XLON

13:39:07

163

174.10

XLON

13:39:07

11

174.10

XLON

13:39:07

800

174.10

XLON

13:39:07

400

174.10

XLON

13:39:07

1,600

174.10

XLON

13:39:07

400

174.10

XLON

13:39:07

400

174.10

XLON

13:39:07

287

174.10

XLON

13:39:07

816

174.10

XLON

13:39:07

676

174.10

XLON

13:39:07

1,068

174.10

XLON

13:39:07

1,523

174.10

XLON

13:39:07

2,679

174.10

XLON

13:40:02

800

174.20

BATE

13:40:02

301

174.20

BATE

13:44:02

1,784

174.50

XLON

13:44:07

1,229

174.70

TRQX

13:45:02

800

174.60

XLON

13:45:02

217

174.60

XLON

13:45:02

800

174.60

XLON

13:45:02

1848

174.60

XLON

14:00:49

1,293

174.70

BATE

14:00:49

1,110

174.70

BATE

14:00:49

184

174.70

BATE

14:00:50

42

174.30

CHIX

14:04:51

242

174.30

CHIX

14:04:51

754

174.30

CHIX

14:14:09

400

174.80

XLON

14:14:09

800

174.80

XLON

14:14:09

400

174.80

XLON

14:14:09

1,379

174.80

XLON

14:14:09

2001

175.00

XLON

14:14:09

186

175.00

CHIX

14:14:09

855

175.00

CHIX

14:15:09

400

174.80

XLON

14:15:09

462

174.80

XLON

14:15:09

593

174.80

XLON

14:21:11

586

174.90

CHIX

14:29:09

238

175.00

CHIX

14:29:09

189

175.00

CHIX

14:29:09

800

175.00

CHIX

14:29:09

19

175.00

CHIX

14:31:50

172

175.00

XLON

14:31:50

1,469

175.00

XLON

14:33:50

306

175.00

XLON

14:33:51

178

175.00

XLON

14:33:51

1,124

175.00

XLON

14:33:51

779

174.90

CHIX

14:33:51

198

174.90

CHIX

14:33:51

175

174.90

CHIX

14:42:24

1,193

174.80

CHIX

14:43:35

2,020

175.00

XLON

14:43:35

1,629

175.00

XLON

14:43:35

1,517

175.00

XLON

14:43:35

800

175.00

XLON

14:43:35

1632

175.00

XLON

14:43:35

1,140

175.00

BATE

14:43:35

1,291

175.00

TRQX

15:18:58

1,167

175.00

BATE

15:18:58

1,181

175.00

CHIX

15:18:58

1249

175.00

CHIX

15:18:58

1238

175.00

CHIX

15:18:58

1,214

175.00

CHIX

15:18:58

400

175.00

BATE

15:18:58

219

175.00

BATE

15:18:58

548

175.00

BATE

15:19:01

1,487

175.00

XLON

15:19:27

1,361

174.70

TRQX

15:27:03

1,604

174.50

XLON

15:27:23

1,247

174.70

TRQX

15:42:18

358

175.00

XLON

15:42:18

4,152

175.00

XLON

15:42:18

980

175.00

BATE

15:42:18

232

175.00

BATE

15:42:18

1,271

175.00

BATE

15:42:18

308

175.00

CHIX

15:42:18

1,690

175.00

CHIX

15:42:18

2,119

175.00

XLON

15:42:18

400

175.00

XLON

15:42:18

2,550

175.00

XLON

15:42:18

2,483

175.00

BATE

15:43:04

541

175.00

BATE

15:43:04

602

175.00

BATE

15:45:00

400

175.00

XLON

15:45:00

197

175.00

XLON

15:45:00

400

175.00

XLON

15:45:00

459

175.00

XLON

15:45:00

676

175.00

TRQX

15:45:00

455

175.00

TRQX

15:47:53

241

175.00

CHIX

15:47:53

955

175.00

CHIX

15:53:34

186

174.80

BATE

15:53:34

400

174.80

BATE

15:53:34

58

174.80

BATE

15:53:34

509

174.80

BATE

15:53:34

1,180

175.00

BATE

15:53:34

498

174.90

TRQX

15:53:34

589

175.00

TRQX

15:54:00

35

174.80

XLON

15:54:00

800

174.80

XLON

15:54:00

400

174.80

XLON

15:54:00

68

174.80

XLON

15:54:00

532

174.80

XLON

15:55:00

223

174.80

XLON

15:55:00

1,425

174.80

XLON

15:57:31

299

174.60

CHIX

15:58:08

809

174.60

CHIX

15:58:08

31

174.60

CHIX

16:11:43

1,150

174.30

CHIX

16:13:10

1,240

174.20

BATE

16:13:10

1,270

174.20

BATE

16:13:10

400

174.20

TRQX

16:13:10

356

174.20

TRQX

16:13:10

136

174.20

TRQX

16:15:36

2,246

174.30

XLON

16:15:36

800

174.30

XLON

16:15:36

400

174.30

XLON

16:15:36

400

174.30

XLON

16:15:36

1,654

174.30

XLON

16:16:33

160

174.20

CHIX

16:17:30

485

174.20

CHIX

16:19:10

426

174.30

TRQX

16:23:41

888

174.20

CHIX

16:23:42

751

174.20

BATE

16:23:42

355

174.20

BATE

16:24:55

400

174.30

XLON

16:24:55

1,200

174.30

XLON

16:24:55

382

174.30

XLON

16:24:55

800

174.30

XLON

16:24:55

800

174.30

XLON

16:24:55

151

174.30

XLON

16:24:55

400

174.30

XLON

16:24:55

370

174.30

XLON

16:24:55

98

174.30

XLON

16:25:14

1,280

174.30

BATE

16:25:14

1,166

174.30

BATE

16:29:34

1,129

174.00

BATE

16:29:34

13

174.00

BATE

16:29:34

867

174.00

BATE

16:29:52

1,227

174.00

BATE

16:29:52

360

174.00

BATE

 

 

 

 

 



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