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

12 February 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

95,952

Weighted average price paid (p)

159.30

Highest price paid (p)

160.60

Lowest price paid (p)

158.00

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 104,140,169 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 646,554,846. 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 12 February 2024 is 646,554,846. 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

159.15

23,094

BATE

159.17

2,312

CHIX

159.43

64,929

TRQX

159.34

595

Aquis

159.17

5,022

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:03:00

4

158.20

CHIX

08:03:00

1113

158.20

CHIX

08:08:58

9

158.00

CHIX

08:09:27

1108

158.00

CHIX

08:24:00

581

159.60

CHIX

08:24:00

536

159.60

CHIX

08:31:33

1117

160.10

CHIX

08:31:37

1117

159.70

CHIX

08:32:01

1117

159.60

CHIX

08:37:20

1117

159.20

CHIX

08:40:58

1051

159.30

CHIX

08:40:58

66

159.30

CHIX

08:49:38

581

159.20

CHIX

08:49:38

536

159.20

CHIX

08:49:40

466

159.20

CHIX

08:49:40

651

159.20

CHIX

08:49:40

95

159.10

CHIX

08:49:40

556

159.10

XLON

08:49:40

634

159.10

XLON

08:50:02

342

159.10

CHIX

08:50:02

775

159.10

CHIX

08:50:02

239

159.10

CHIX

08:50:02

476

159.10

XLON

08:50:02

119

159.10

BATE

08:50:02

215

159.10

CHIX

08:50:02

119

159.10

TRQX

08:50:02

357

159.10

Aquis

08:50:02

1190

159.10

XLON

08:57:38

581

159.10

Aquis

08:57:45

181

159.10

CHIX

08:57:45

400

159.10

CHIX

08:57:45

536

159.10

CHIX

08:57:45

229

159.10

Aquis

08:57:45

253

159.10

XLON

08:57:45

937

159.10

XLON

09:03:04

66

159.10

CHIX

09:03:04

1051

159.10

CHIX

09:03:04

149

159.10

Aquis

09:03:04

215

159.10

BATE

09:03:04

119

159.10

CHIX

09:03:04

327

159.10

Aquis

09:03:04

1190

159.10

XLON

09:03:10

788

159.10

CHIX

09:03:10

119

159.10

CHIX

09:03:24

329

159.10

CHIX

09:03:24

485

159.10

XLON

09:03:24

119

159.10

BATE

09:03:24

467

159.10

XLON

09:03:24

200

159.10

CHIX

09:03:24

225

159.10

Aquis

09:03:30

400

159.10

CHIX

09:03:30

147

159.10

BATE

09:05:30

717

159.10

CHIX

09:05:30

206

159.10

BATE

09:05:30

32

159.10

BATE

09:05:30

1250

159.10

Aquis

09:10:52

512

159.10

XLON

09:10:54

450

159.10

CHIX

09:10:54

240

159.10

CHIX

09:10:54

400

159.10

CHIX

09:10:54

119

159.10

BATE

09:10:54

66

159.10

XLON

09:10:54

27

159.10

CHIX

09:10:54

30

159.10

XLON

09:10:54

23

159.10

XLON

09:10:59

679

159.10

CHIX

09:10:59

119

159.10

CHIX

09:10:59

400

159.10

XLON

09:10:59

574

159.10

XLON

09:10:59

216

159.10

XLON

09:23:22

1117

159.20

CHIX

09:32:40

1117

159.10

CHIX

09:32:40

215

159.10

CHIX

09:32:40

476

159.10

XLON

09:32:40

2000

159.10

XLON

09:32:40

2000

159.10

XLON

09:32:40

2000

159.10

XLON

09:32:48

1117

159.10

CHIX

09:32:48

714

159.10

Aquis

09:32:48

1286

159.10

XLON

09:32:48

2000

159.10

XLON

09:32:48

1000

159.10

XLON

09:32:51

114

158.90

CHIX

09:32:51

1003

158.90

CHIX

09:33:48

1117

158.80

CHIX

09:33:52

921

158.70

CHIX

09:33:52

196

158.70

CHIX

09:33:55

609

158.50

CHIX

09:33:55

508

158.50

CHIX

09:34:30

1117

158.30

CHIX

09:34:36

128

158.20

CHIX

09:34:36

269

158.20

CHIX

10:26:35

423

158.70

CHIX

11:29:37

208

159.40

CHIX

11:29:37

146

159.40

CHIX

11:29:37

763

159.40

CHIX

11:32:38

581

159.40

CHIX

11:33:02

536

159.40

CHIX

11:33:03

1117

159.40

CHIX

11:34:02

879

159.30

CHIX

11:34:02

238

159.30

CHIX

11:49:11

462

159.20

BATE

11:49:11

400

159.20

BATE

11:49:11

255

159.20

BATE

12:07:02

212

159.20

CHIX

12:13:02

1

159.20

CHIX

12:13:03

581

159.20

CHIX

12:13:03

323

159.20

CHIX

12:17:02

581

159.10

CHIX

12:17:02

536

159.10

CHIX

12:41:41

1

159.10

CHIX

13:11:27

1117

159.50

CHIX

13:11:28

1117

159.30

CHIX

13:12:59

1117

159.20

CHIX

13:38:09

204

159.10

CHIX

13:38:09

913

159.10

CHIX

13:53:23

479

159.00

CHIX

13:53:23

638

159.00

CHIX

13:53:23

119

159.00

CHIX

13:53:23

93

159.00

TRQX

13:53:23

630

159.00

XLON

13:53:23

400

159.00

XLON

13:58:13

1117

159.00

CHIX

13:58:13

119

159.00

BATE

13:58:13

115

159.00

CHIX

13:58:13

4

159.00

CHIX

13:58:13

437

159.00

XLON

13:58:13

357

159.00

Aquis

13:58:13

26

159.00

TRQX

14:35:08

1117

159.40

CHIX

15:01:11

1117

159.60

CHIX

15:01:23

1117

159.50

CHIX

15:28:02

581

159.50

CHIX

15:28:02

439

159.50

CHIX

15:28:02

277

159.50

CHIX

15:28:02

357

159.50

Aquis

15:28:02

75

159.50

TRQX

15:28:02

163

159.50

TRQX

15:28:02

520

159.50

XLON

15:28:02

800

159.50

XLON

15:28:02

108

159.50

XLON

15:28:02

97

159.50

CHIX

15:48:13

1117

159.90

CHIX

15:52:07

1115

159.80

CHIX

15:52:07

2

159.80

CHIX

15:52:07

119

159.60

TRQX

15:52:07

476

159.60

Aquis

15:52:07

158

159.60

CHIX

15:52:07

119

159.60

BATE

15:52:07

1428

159.60

XLON

16:03:10

1117

159.70

CHIX

16:09:56

1117

159.90

CHIX

16:10:02

639

159.90

CHIX

16:10:03

478

159.90

CHIX

16:18:14

1117

160.20

CHIX

16:21:46

1117

160.30

CHIX

16:21:50

3

160.50

CHIX

16:21:51

58

160.50

CHIX

16:21:55

195

160.50

CHIX

16:21:55

652

160.50

CHIX

16:21:55

209

160.50

CHIX

16:22:22

1117

160.50

CHIX

16:23:52

1117

160.40

CHIX

16:25:42

1117

160.50

CHIX

16:25:48

150

160.50

CHIX

16:26:23

967

160.50

CHIX

16:26:36

1117

160.50

CHIX

16:26:48

779

160.50

CHIX

16:28:43

338

160.50

CHIX

16:29:30

418

160.60

CHIX

16:29:46

699

160.60

CHIX

 



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