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

14 February 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

110,924

Weighted average price paid (p)

158.20

Highest price paid (p)

158.80

Lowest price paid (p)

156.50

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 104,383,016 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 646,311,999. 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 14 February 2024 is 646,311,999. 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

158.17

40,434

BATE

158.36

11,771

CHIX

158.26

49,464

TRQX

158.06

1,840

Aquis

158.18

7,415

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:00:05

197

156.50

CHIX

08:17:47

623

158.60

CHIX

08:17:47

500

158.60

CHIX

08:30:38

320

158.50

BATE

08:30:38

803

158.50

BATE

08:34:44

867

158.20

CHIX

08:34:44

256

158.20

CHIX

08:43:00

1123

158.10

CHIX

08:45:56

1123

158.20

CHIX

08:50:15

146

158.20

CHIX

08:50:15

977

158.20

CHIX

08:50:15

3220

158.00

XLON

09:58:03

425

158.60

CHIX

09:58:03

592

158.60

CHIX

09:58:03

106

158.60

CHIX

10:00:59

500

158.60

CHIX

10:00:59

500

158.60

CHIX

10:00:59

123

158.60

CHIX

10:01:05

344

158.60

CHIX

10:01:05

419

158.60

CHIX

10:01:05

197

158.60

CHIX

10:02:42

163

158.60

CHIX

10:24:33

527

158.50

CHIX

10:24:43

596

158.50

CHIX

10:36:14

407

158.50

CHIX

10:36:15

438

158.50

CHIX

10:36:15

169

158.50

CHIX

10:36:15

109

158.50

CHIX

11:36:20

1123

158.40

CHIX

11:44:00

472

158.20

CHIX

11:44:00

500

158.20

CHIX

11:44:00

151

158.20

CHIX

12:00:33

57

158.10

CHIX

12:15:23

819

158.80

BATE

12:15:23

304

158.80

BATE

12:42:50

674

158.70

BATE

12:42:50

449

158.70

BATE

13:15:13

82

158.60

CHIX

13:15:13

427

158.60

CHIX

13:15:13

50

158.60

CHIX

13:15:13

564

158.60

CHIX

13:25:05

1123

158.50

BATE

13:25:07

500

158.40

CHIX

13:25:07

304

158.40

CHIX

13:25:07

256

158.40

CHIX

13:25:07

63

158.40

CHIX

13:25:13

1123

158.30

CHIX

13:26:03

500

158.20

CHIX

13:26:03

623

158.20

CHIX

13:53:08

1123

158.20

CHIX

13:58:30

1123

158.20

CHIX

13:58:30

250

158.20

BATE

13:58:30

325

158.20

BATE

13:58:30

575

158.20

CHIX

13:58:30

630

158.20

Aquis

13:58:30

10

158.20

XLON

13:58:30

934

158.20

XLON

13:58:30

2276

158.20

XLON

13:58:30

216

158.20

Aquis

13:58:30

414

158.20

Aquis

13:58:30

575

158.20

BATE

13:58:30

575

158.20

CHIX

13:58:30

98

158.20

XLON

13:58:30

3122

158.20

XLON

13:58:30

3220

158.20

XLON

13:58:30

110

158.20

Aquis

13:58:34

1123

158.20

CHIX

13:58:34

520

158.20

Aquis

13:58:34

575

158.20

BATE

13:58:34

575

158.20

CHIX

13:58:34

345

158.20

TRQX

13:58:34

3220

158.20

XLON

13:58:34

207

158.20

Aquis

13:58:35

155

158.20

CHIX

13:58:35

500

158.20

CHIX

13:58:35

468

158.20

CHIX

13:58:35

483

158.20

Aquis

13:58:35

400

158.20

BATE

13:58:35

345

158.20

CHIX

13:58:35

185

158.20

Aquis

13:58:35

98

158.20

BATE

13:58:35

98

158.20

CHIX

13:58:35

98

158.20

XLON

13:58:35

185

158.20

Aquis

13:58:35

56

158.20

XLON

13:58:35

115

158.20

BATE

13:58:36

1123

158.20

CHIX

13:58:36

140

158.20

CHIX

13:58:36

15

158.20

XLON

13:58:36

487

158.20

XLON

13:58:37

977

158.20

CHIX

13:58:37

146

158.20

CHIX

13:58:37

73

158.20

XLON

13:58:37

230

158.20

Aquis

13:58:44

1123

158.00

CHIX

14:27:21

800

158.00

BATE

14:59:55

109

158.20

CHIX

14:59:55

967

158.20

CHIX

14:59:55

47

158.20

CHIX

15:30:09

90

158.50

CHIX

15:30:09

633

158.50

CHIX

15:30:09

400

158.50

CHIX

15:30:16

176

158.30

CHIX

15:30:16

460

158.30

CHIX

15:30:16

345

158.30

Aquis

15:30:16

115

158.30

BATE

15:30:16

160

158.30

CHIX

15:30:16

58

158.30

TRQX

15:30:16

57

158.30

TRQX

15:30:16

1265

158.30

XLON

15:30:16

487

158.30

CHIX

15:30:18

1123

158.30

CHIX

15:30:18

735

158.30

CHIX

15:30:18

1265

158.30

XLON

15:30:27

1123

158.30

CHIX

15:30:27

345

158.30

Aquis

15:30:27

115

158.30

BATE

15:30:27

115

158.30

TRQX

15:30:27

115

158.30

CHIX

15:30:27

1310

158.30

XLON

15:30:28

300

158.30

XLON

15:30:38

1123

158.30

CHIX

15:30:38

735

158.30

CHIX

15:30:38

965

158.30

XLON

15:30:38

390

158.30

BATE

15:30:38

250

158.30

CHIX

15:30:38

95

158.30

CHIX

15:40:17

1123

158.30

BATE

15:40:17

350

158.30

XLON

15:40:17

415

158.30

BATE

15:40:17

390

158.30

CHIX

15:40:17

110

158.30

XLON

15:40:17

767

158.30

XLON

15:40:19

510

158.30

Aquis

15:43:34

18

158.30

CHIX

15:43:34

498

158.30

XLON

15:45:03

217

158.30

CHIX

15:45:03

888

158.30

CHIX

15:45:03

225

158.30

XLON

15:45:03

230

158.30

BATE

15:45:04

200

158.30

XLON

15:45:04

23

158.30

XLON

15:54:20

440

158.30

XLON

15:57:12

1123

158.30

CHIX

15:57:12

115

158.30

CHIX

15:57:12

24

158.30

Aquis

15:57:12

230

158.30

BATE

15:57:12

647

158.30

XLON

15:57:12

91

158.30

Aquis

15:57:12

225

158.30

BATE

15:57:12

50

158.30

BATE

15:57:12

230

158.30

Aquis

15:57:12

230

158.30

CHIX

15:57:12

702

158.30

XLON

15:57:12

563

158.30

XLON

15:57:12

289

158.30

Aquis

15:57:12

160

158.30

CHIX

15:57:12

115

158.30

BATE

15:57:12

115

158.30

TRQX

15:57:12

1000

158.30

XLON

15:57:12

265

158.30

XLON

15:57:12

56

158.30

Aquis

15:57:12

275

158.30

Aquis

15:57:12

230

158.30

BATE

15:57:12

230

158.30

CHIX

15:57:12

428

158.30

XLON

15:57:12

500

158.30

XLON

15:57:12

337

158.30

XLON

15:57:13

133

158.30

XLON

15:57:25

109

158.30

CHIX

15:57:25

1014

158.30

CHIX

15:57:25

115

158.30

TRQX

15:57:25

115

158.30

BATE

15:57:25

115

158.30

CHIX

15:57:25

1132

158.30

XLON

15:57:25

390

158.30

Aquis

15:57:25

185

158.30

Aquis

15:57:25

98

158.30

BATE

15:57:25

98

158.30

CHIX

15:57:25

98

158.30

XLON

15:57:25

504

158.30

XLON

15:57:25

2

158.30

XLON

15:57:25

504

158.30

XLON

15:57:25

98

158.30

XLON

15:57:25

298

158.30

XLON

15:57:25

66

158.30

Aquis

15:57:25

49

158.30

Aquis

15:57:25

655

158.30

XLON

15:57:29

98

158.30

XLON

15:57:29

65

158.20

XLON

15:57:32

182

158.30

XLON

15:58:02

464

158.20

CHIX

15:58:02

659

158.20

CHIX

15:58:13

3

158.10

CHIX

15:58:13

454

158.10

CHIX

15:58:13

454

158.10

CHIX

15:58:13

212

158.10

CHIX

16:01:30

404

158.00

CHIX

16:01:48

621

158.00

CHIX

16:01:48

98

158.00

CHIX

16:11:28

750

158.00

CHIX

16:11:28

373

158.00

CHIX

16:18:20

177

157.90

TRQX

16:21:29

1123

157.90

CHIX

16:21:29

167

157.90

TRQX

16:21:29

345

157.90

BATE

16:21:29

400

157.90

CHIX

16:21:29

500

157.90

Aquis

16:21:29

190

157.90

Aquis

16:21:29

1

157.90

TRQX

16:21:29

2101

157.90

XLON

16:21:29

500

157.90

XLON

16:21:29

320

157.90

XLON

16:21:29

294

157.90

XLON

16:21:29

5

157.90

XLON

16:21:29

345

157.90

TRQX

16:21:29

345

157.90

BATE

16:21:29

690

157.90

Aquis

16:21:29

363

157.90

CHIX

16:21:29

37

157.90

CHIX

16:21:30

1454

157.90

XLON

16:21:31

927

157.90

CHIX

16:21:34

196

157.90

CHIX

16:21:34

541

157.90

XLON

16:21:34

1225

157.90

XLON

16:21:34

969

157.90

XLON

16:29:30

345

157.90

TRQX

16:29:30

267

157.90

XLON

 



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