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

17 January 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

296,057

Weighted average price paid (p)

168.22

Highest price paid (p)

172.80

Lowest price paid (p)

166.40

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 99,390,989 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 651,304,026. 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 17 January 2024 is 651,304,026. 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

168.21

207,284

BATE

168.39

37,628

CHIX

168.15

35,367

TRQX

168.06

15,778

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:05:30

1141

            170.90

TRQX

08:05:30

1139

            172.80

CHIX

08:05:30

1,111

            170.90

BATE

08:05:30

1,526

            171.90

XLON

08:05:30

1468

            171.90

XLON

08:05:51

1,172

            170.30

BATE

08:05:52

819

            171.20

XLON

08:05:54

379

            171.60

XLON

08:05:54

1374

            171.80

XLON

08:05:54

1,374

            171.60

XLON

08:05:54

113

            171.80

XLON

08:05:54

1,448

            171.60

XLON

08:06:00

1135

            170.70

CHIX

08:06:41

1,675

            170.30

XLON

08:06:41

1,126

            170.50

BATE

08:08:45

1,455

            170.70

XLON

08:08:45

1,677

            170.70

XLON

08:11:33

1,176

            170.30

BATE

08:11:33

1,418

            170.00

XLON

08:14:33

1,752

            169.80

XLON

08:16:12

1,000

            169.60

CHIX

08:16:12

221

            169.60

CHIX

08:16:13

622

            169.40

XLON

08:16:13

1,041

            169.40

XLON

08:19:14

500

            169.80

XLON

08:19:14

1,153

            169.80

XLON

08:22:14

1,686

            170.00

XLON

08:26:14

1481

            169.70

XLON

08:30:14

303

            169.40

XLON

08:30:14

1,318

            169.40

XLON

08:30:14

5

            169.30

TRQX

08:30:14

1,251

            169.30

TRQX

08:33:14

1,579

            169.40

XLON

08:37:11

1678

            170.00

XLON

08:37:33

1,000

            169.90

BATE

08:37:33

80

            169.90

BATE

08:38:58

500

            169.80

CHIX

08:38:58

738

            169.80

CHIX

08:40:04

317

            169.70

XLON

08:40:04

1000

            169.70

XLON

08:40:04

400

            169.70

XLON

08:43:11

1,593

            169.70

XLON

08:47:21

1,190

            169.80

XLON

08:47:21

423

            169.80

XLON

08:53:31

1,665

            169.60

XLON

08:58:23

183

            169.60

XLON

08:58:23

1,549

            169.60

XLON

08:58:23

66

            169.50

CHIX

08:58:23

86

            169.50

CHIX

08:58:23

1000

            169.50

CHIX

08:58:23

94

            169.50

CHIX

09:03:54

1,182

            169.10

XLON

09:03:54

352

            169.10

XLON

09:04:33

774

            169.00

XLON

09:04:33

878

            169.00

XLON

09:09:22

30

            168.50

XLON

09:09:22

1,457

            168.50

XLON

09:14:11

1108

            168.00

XLON

09:14:11

443

            168.00

XLON

09:18:11

1479

            168.00

XLON

09:19:36

163

            167.70

CHIX

09:20:11

309

            168.10

TRQX

09:20:11

918

            168.10

TRQX

09:22:43

500

            168.50

XLON

09:22:43

1,185

            168.50

XLON

09:22:50

500

            168.50

CHIX

09:22:50

566

            168.50

CHIX

09:28:08

500

            168.10

XLON

09:28:08

1206

            168.10

XLON

09:33:10

400

            168.10

XLON

09:33:10

1,265

            168.10

XLON

09:39:10

672

            168.00

XLON

09:39:10

606

            168.00

XLON

09:39:10

325

            168.00

XLON

09:39:33

1,224

            168.60

BATE

09:39:33

1,197

            168.20

BATE

09:43:50

862

            168.00

CHIX

09:43:50

337

            168.00

CHIX

09:44:40

882

            168.10

XLON

09:44:40

527

            168.10

XLON

09:44:40

173

            168.10

XLON

09:51:01

1,653

            168.10

XLON

09:58:07

1,656

            168.70

XLON

10:04:16

218

            169.00

XLON

10:04:16

1052

            169.00

XLON

10:04:16

197

            169.00

XLON

10:07:12

1135

            168.50

CHIX

10:07:12

39

            168.40

XLON

10:07:12

1627

            168.40

XLON

10:07:12

1,216

            168.20

BATE

10:14:16

1,462

            168.50

XLON

10:14:16

181

            168.50

XLON

10:20:57

1448

            168.50

XLON

10:24:14

1125

            168.90

TRQX

10:25:33

1628

            168.70

XLON

10:33:54

1,260

            168.90

CHIX

10:33:54

1,167

            168.70

XLON

10:33:54

679

            168.70

XLON

10:35:13

1164

            168.60

BATE

10:37:41

1,565

            168.70

XLON

10:43:55

1,453

            168.50

XLON

10:43:55

104

            168.50

XLON

10:50:16

1,656

            168.50

XLON

10:54:31

146

            168.50

XLON

10:54:31

1,358

            168.50

XLON

10:56:30

663

            168.50

CHIX

10:56:30

438

            168.50

CHIX

11:00:45

305

            168.40

XLON

11:00:45

500

            168.40

XLON

11:00:45

500

            168.40

XLON

11:00:45

187

            168.40

XLON

11:09:04

1,686

            168.10

XLON

11:09:04

1,058

            168.30

TRQX

11:09:04

702

            168.20

BATE

11:09:04

217

            168.20

BATE

11:09:04

302

            168.20

BATE

11:09:04

804

            168.20

XLON

11:09:04

155

            168.20

XLON

11:09:04

502

            168.30

XLON

11:09:04

246

            168.30

XLON

11:18:21

1,000

            168.00

XLON

11:18:21

444

            168.00

XLON

11:24:21

513

            167.70

XLON

11:25:40

176

            167.80

XLON

11:25:50

500

            167.90

CHIX

11:25:50

500

            167.90

CHIX

11:25:50

61

            167.90

CHIX

11:25:50

20

            167.90

CHIX

11:25:50

1193

            167.80

XLON

11:25:50

256

            167.80

XLON

11:31:54

1,215

            168.20

BATE

11:32:53

500

            167.90

XLON

11:32:53

1,018

            167.90

XLON

11:33:54

458

            167.70

BATE

11:33:54

500

            167.70

BATE

11:33:54

199

            167.70

BATE

11:41:04

1577

            167.70

XLON

11:48:11

1000

            167.50

XLON

11:48:11

713

            167.50

XLON

11:54:01

1,214

            167.40

CHIX

12:02:15

1606

            167.20

XLON

12:02:15

567

            167.20

XLON

12:02:15

1111

            167.20

XLON

12:11:22

389

            167.10

XLON

12:11:22

500

            167.10

XLON

12:11:22

201

            167.10

XLON

12:11:22

500

            167.10

XLON

12:11:22

156

            167.10

XLON

12:11:22

276

            167.10

TRQX

12:11:22

844

            167.10

TRQX

12:13:22

190

            167.50

BATE

12:13:22

1,085

            167.50

BATE

12:13:22

1,063

            167.50

BATE

12:14:45

794

            167.20

XLON

12:14:45

772

            167.20

XLON

12:22:10

409

            167.20

CHIX

12:22:12

500

            167.30

XLON

12:22:12

500

            167.30

XLON

12:22:12

622

            167.30

XLON

12:27:54

500

            167.00

XLON

12:27:54

500

            167.00

XLON

12:32:05

500

            167.10

CHIX

12:32:05

554

            167.10

XLON

12:32:05

1,158

            167.10

XLON

12:32:05

738

            167.10

CHIX

12:38:05

1,439

            167.10

XLON

12:45:02

500

            167.10

XLON

12:45:02

943

            167.10

XLON

12:49:02

285

            167.00

XLON

12:49:02

1000

            167.00

XLON

12:49:02

159

            167.00

XLON

12:55:39

722

            166.90

XLON

12:55:44

1

            166.90

XLON

12:55:44

721

            166.90

XLON

12:59:52

337

            166.90

XLON

13:01:12

129

            166.90

XLON

13:01:12

969

            166.90

XLON

13:01:12

500

            167.20

CHIX

13:01:12

664

            167.20

CHIX

13:05:20

343

            167.00

XLON

13:05:20

500

            167.00

XLON

13:05:20

622

            167.00

XLON

13:05:52

191

            167.10

TRQX

13:05:52

345

            167.10

TRQX

13:05:52

500

            167.10

TRQX

13:05:52

134

            167.10

TRQX

13:10:11

1,000

            167.10

XLON

13:10:11

727

            167.10

XLON

13:17:11

500

            167.00

XLON

13:17:11

1,098

            167.00

XLON

13:22:01

1,260

            167.10

XLON

13:22:01

352

            167.10

XLON

13:25:01

1041

            167.10

XLON

13:25:01

403

            167.10

XLON

13:25:01

500

            167.10

BATE

13:25:01

500

            167.10

BATE

13:25:01

233

            167.10

BATE

13:25:02

419

            167.00

CHIX

13:25:07

654

            167.00

CHIX

13:29:04

152

            167.10

XLON

13:30:15

1,413

            167.10

XLON

13:34:37

261

            167.10

XLON

13:34:37

140

            167.10

XLON

13:34:37

911

            167.10

XLON

13:34:37

394

            167.10

XLON

13:37:14

367

            167.10

XLON

13:37:14

1,257

            167.10

XLON

13:41:12

50

            167.10

CHIX

13:41:20

132

            167.30

XLON

13:41:20

593

            167.30

XLON

13:41:20

340

            167.30

CHIX

13:41:20

747

            167.30

XLON

13:41:20

416

            167.30

CHIX

13:41:20

378

            167.30

CHIX

13:47:16

500

            167.10

XLON

13:47:16

500

            167.10

XLON

13:47:16

563

            167.10

XLON

13:52:52

616

            167.30

TRQX

13:52:52

197

            167.30

TRQX

13:52:52

302

            167.30

TRQX

13:52:52

346

            167.30

XLON

13:52:52

1316

            167.30

XLON

13:53:16

406

            167.50

BATE

13:53:16

775

            167.50

BATE

13:53:16

1062

            167.50

BATE

13:58:50

350

            167.30

XLON

13:58:50

1,950

            167.30

XLON

14:00:50

1,000

            167.30

XLON

14:00:50

683

            167.30

XLON

14:07:32

500

            167.30

XLON

14:07:32

1500

            167.30

XLON

14:07:32

363

            167.30

XLON

14:07:32

1,135

            167.30

CHIX

14:07:32

50

            167.30

CHIX

14:09:12

500

            167.30

XLON

14:09:12

155

            167.30

XLON

14:09:12

1,000

            167.30

XLON

14:12:48

1081

            167.70

CHIX

14:15:18

1,000

            167.70

XLON

14:15:18

611

            167.70

XLON

14:20:12

492

            167.80

TRQX

14:20:12

780

            167.80

TRQX

14:28:29

1,600

            167.50

XLON

14:28:29

1,428

            167.50

XLON

14:28:29

1,682

            167.50

XLON

14:28:29

1,057

            167.50

CHIX

14:28:29

1,091

            167.30

XLON

14:28:29

648

            167.30

XLON

14:32:22

500

            167.10

XLON

14:32:22

500

            167.10

XLON

14:32:22

630

            167.10

XLON

14:34:22

458

            167.10

CHIX

14:34:22

500

            167.10

CHIX

14:34:22

236

            167.10

CHIX

14:36:28

1,742

            167.10

XLON

14:38:29

500

            167.10

XLON

14:38:29

382

            167.10

XLON

14:38:29

686

            167.10

XLON

14:40:46

1,167

            167.10

BATE

14:40:46

765

            167.10

CHIX

14:40:46

289

            167.10

CHIX

14:40:46

154

            167.10

BATE

14:44:34

1,201

            167.10

TRQX

14:47:35

1,302

            167.10

XLON

14:47:35

1096

            167.10

XLON

14:47:35

1,688

            167.10

XLON

14:49:35

367

            167.00

XLON

14:49:35

1,000

            167.00

XLON

14:49:35

102

            167.00

XLON

14:52:35

1,451

            166.90

XLON

14:52:35

1,050

            166.80

CHIX

14:58:35

993

            166.60

XLON

14:58:35

1,018

            166.60

XLON

14:59:35

500

            166.50

XLON

14:59:35

989

            166.50

XLON

15:00:50

500

            166.40

CHIX

15:00:50

751

            166.40

CHIX

15:02:35

1,138

            166.40

XLON

15:02:35

407

            166.40

XLON

15:04:28

1,206

            166.80

BATE

15:04:28

1,111

            166.80

BATE

15:05:28

1,000

            166.60

XLON

15:05:28

373

            166.60

XLON

15:05:28

330

            166.60

XLON

15:06:22

500

            166.70

TRQX

15:06:22

500

            166.70

TRQX

15:06:22

140

            166.70

TRQX

15:09:12

1444

            166.80

XLON

15:09:41

203

            166.80

CHIX

15:09:42

77

            166.80

CHIX

15:12:02

1,248

            167.10

BATE

15:12:02

120

            167.10

BATE

15:12:02

500

            167.10

BATE

15:12:02

471

            167.10

BATE

15:12:02

1,466

            167.00

XLON

15:12:02

277

            167.00

XLON

15:12:02

1261

            167.00

CHIX

15:15:22

1,000

            167.10

XLON

15:15:22

29

            167.10

XLON

15:15:22

651

            167.10

XLON

15:18:50

64

            167.10

XLON

15:18:59

1,536

            167.40

XLON

15:21:12

1,000

            167.40

XLON

15:21:12

556

            167.40

XLON

15:26:15

514

            168.00

XLON

15:26:15

1247

            168.00

XLON

15:27:15

1,695

            168.00

XLON

15:27:15

281

            167.90

CHIX

15:27:15

320

            167.90

CHIX

15:27:15

431

            167.90

CHIX

15:29:15

1000

            167.90

XLON

15:29:15

473

            167.90

XLON

15:31:59

1,276

            167.90

TRQX

15:32:15

1,350

            168.00

XLON

15:32:15

160

            168.00

XLON

15:35:25

1,524

            168.40

XLON

15:35:50

500

            168.40

CHIX

15:35:50

773

            168.40

CHIX

15:35:50

809

            169.00

BATE

15:35:50

274

            169.00

BATE

15:35:50

1,184

            169.00

BATE

15:36:57

1,632

            168.50

XLON

15:39:12

500

            168.50

XLON

15:39:12

1,055

            168.50

XLON

15:41:46

1,482

            168.40

XLON

15:49:02

122

            168.20

XLON

15:49:02

1,000

            168.20

XLON

15:49:02

519

            168.20

XLON

15:49:02

1,673

            168.20

XLON

15:49:02

228

            168.40

CHIX

15:49:02

810

            168.40

CHIX

15:49:02

226

            168.40

CHIX

15:49:02

236

            168.40

XLON

15:49:02

228

            168.50

XLON

15:49:02

155

            168.50

XLON

15:49:02

530

            168.50

XLON

15:49:02

2,245

            168.50

XLON

15:50:04

716

            167.90

BATE

15:50:04

500

            167.90

BATE

15:50:04

49

            167.90

BATE

15:55:04

1,000

            168.00

XLON

15:55:04

677

            168.00

XLON

15:58:02

116

            168.00

TRQX

15:58:02

956

            168.00

TRQX

15:58:04

1,592

            168.00

XLON

16:00:45

155

            167.80

XLON

16:00:50

458

            167.90

CHIX

16:00:50

770

            167.90

CHIX

16:00:50

42

            167.90

CHIX

16:01:45

475

            168.00

XLON

16:01:45

985

            168.00

XLON

16:04:21

1,215

            168.40

BATE

16:04:21

500

            168.00

XLON

16:04:21

500

            168.00

XLON

16:04:21

500

            168.00

XLON

16:04:21

13

            168.00

XLON

16:05:44

4

            168.00

XLON

16:05:44

292

            168.10

BATE

16:05:44

242

            168.10

BATE

16:05:44

537

            168.10

BATE

16:05:44

500

            168.00

XLON

16:05:44

1073

            168.00

XLON

16:08:53

896

            168.10

XLON

16:08:53

729

            168.10

XLON

16:08:53

1,246

            168.60

BATE

16:08:53

758

            168.50

BATE

16:08:53

344

            168.60

BATE

16:08:53

107

            168.60

BATE

16:11:52

1,519

            168.40

XLON

16:12:52

500

            168.40

XLON

16:12:52

1,247

            168.40

XLON

16:14:10

1000

            168.40

CHIX

16:14:10

254

            168.40

CHIX

16:15:02

1,380

            168.40

XLON

16:15:12

605

            168.50

TRQX

16:17:02

985

            168.50

XLON

16:17:02

628

            168.50

XLON

16:18:05

1,455

            168.60

XLON

16:19:42

77

            168.40

XLON

16:20:07

155

            168.60

XLON

16:20:07

1,282

            168.60

XLON

16:22:07

546

            168.80

XLON

16:22:07

151

            168.80

XLON

16:22:07

824

            168.80

XLON

16:24:07

104

            168.80

XLON

16:24:07

9

            168.80

XLON

16:24:07

1435

            169.00

XLON

16:24:07

38

            169.00

XLON

16:24:07

595

            168.90

CHIX

16:24:53

154

            169.10

BATE

16:24:53

806

            169.40

BATE

16:24:53

287

            169.40

BATE

16:24:54

1,048

            169.20

BATE

16:24:54

1,210

            169.20

BATE

16:25:48

1,554

            169.10

XLON

16:26:50

263

            169.00

XLON

16:27:34

1,175

            169.00

XLON

 



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