REG-FirstGroup Plc: Transaction in Own Shares

FirstgroupAnnouncement

13/07/2023 07:15

 

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 16 December 2022,
it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each
(“Ordinary Shares”) through RBC Europe Limited.

 

 Date of Purchase                     12 July  
 Number of ordinary shares purchased  351,338  
 Weighted average price paid (p)      147.50   
 Highest price paid (p)               148.10   
 Lowest price paid (p)                144.60   

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 59,181,320 Ordinary Shares in
treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held
as treasury shares is 691,502,828. 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 July 2023 is 691,502,828. 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:                        Contacts at Brunswick PR:         
  Marianna Bowes, Head of Investor Relations     Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer    
  David Blizzard, Company Secretary              Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959        
  corporate.comms@firstgroup.co.uk                                                
  Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354                                                       
 Contacts at Liberum Capital Limited:           Contacts at RBC Europe Limited:   
  Nicholas How / John Fishley / William Hall     James Agnew / Jack Wood          
  Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000                      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   147.79                                    255,757            
 BATE   146.75                                    34,891             
 CHIX   146.71                                    32,583             
 TRQX   146.72                                    28,107             

 

Individual transactions:

 Transaction Time  Volume  Price (GBp)  Venue  

 08:43:41  92      146.40  XLON  
 08:43:41  41      146.40  CHIX  
 08:43:41  51      146.40  CHIX  
 08:43:41  663     146.30  XLON  
 08:43:41  777     146.30  XLON  
 09:25:03  1,049   145.80  XLON  
 09:25:03  1,050   145.80  CHIX  
 09:25:03  452     145.60  TRQX  
 09:25:34  502     145.40  BATE  
 09:25:34  502     145.40  TRQX  
 09:25:34  502     145.40  CHIX  
 09:25:34  143     145.40  XLON  
 09:25:34  359     145.40  XLON  
 09:25:49  29      145.10  TRQX  
 09:25:49  29      145.10  XLON  
 09:25:49  221     145.10  BATE  
 09:25:49  29      145.10  CHIX  
 09:25:49  942     145.10  BATE  
 09:27:36  212     144.60  XLON  
 09:29:06  212     145.50  TRQX  
 09:29:06  106     145.10  CHIX  
 09:29:07  363     144.90  TRQX  
 09:29:07  364     144.90  XLON  
 09:29:07  364     144.90  BATE  
 09:29:07  364     144.90  CHIX  
 09:40:19  111     145.30  TRQX  
 09:40:20  178     145.30  TRQX  
 09:40:22  709     145.30  TRQX  
 09:40:24  52      145.30  BATE  
 09:40:24  59      145.30  BATE  
 09:40:27  111     145.70  CHIX  
 09:40:27  461     145.30  TRQX  
 09:40:30  111     145.20  XLON  
 09:40:30  44      145.20  TRQX  
 09:40:30  27      145.20  BATE  
 09:40:30  1,484   145.20  CHIX  
 09:40:55  258     145.60  XLON  
 09:40:55  179     145.40  CHIX  
 09:41:37  258     145.40  TRQX  
 09:41:37  109     145.40  XLON  
 09:41:37  259     145.40  BATE  
 09:41:37  259     145.40  CHIX  
 09:41:55  106     145.30  XLON  
 09:41:55  106     145.30  TRQX  
 09:41:55  106     145.30  BATE  
 09:41:55  106     145.30  CHIX  
 09:45:01  94      145.30  CHIX  
 09:45:01  94      145.30  XLON  
 09:45:01  94      145.30  TRQX  
 09:50:56  64      145.40  CHIX  
 09:50:57  63      145.40  XLON  
 09:50:58  17      145.40  CHIX  
 09:52:17  13      145.40  XLON  
 09:52:17  201     145.40  XLON  
 09:55:00  197     145.40  BATE  
 09:55:02  197     145.30  XLON  
 09:55:02  197     145.30  TRQX  
 09:55:02  197     145.30  CHIX  
 09:55:02  85      145.30  XLON  
 10:22:40  291     145.40  XLON  
 10:26:07  699     145.30  XLON  
 10:26:07  290     145.30  TRQX  
 10:26:07  291     145.30  BATE  
 10:26:07  291     145.30  CHIX  
 10:26:07  797     145.30  XLON  
 10:26:32  529     145.20  TRQX  
 10:26:32  529     145.20  XLON  
 10:26:32  529     145.20  BATE  
 10:26:32  111     145.20  CHIX  
 10:26:32  418     145.20  CHIX  
 10:30:30  29      145.50  CHIX  
 10:30:31  29      145.50  XLON  
 10:30:34  7       145.50  XLON  
 10:33:50  168     145.40  TRQX  
 10:33:50  168     145.40  XLON  
 10:33:50  169     145.40  BATE  
 10:33:50  169     145.40  CHIX  
 11:10:20  193     145.10  BATE  
 11:10:20  192     145.10  TRQX  
 11:10:20  192     145.10  CHIX  
 11:10:20  192     145.10  XLON  
 11:10:20  150     145.10  CHIX  
 11:19:20  235     145.20  BATE  
 11:19:20  85      145.10  CHIX  
 11:19:20  150     145.10  CHIX  
 11:19:22  904     145.30  BATE  
 11:19:26  234     145.30  XLON  
 11:19:28  59      145.50  XLON  
 11:19:28  166     145.30  BATE  
 11:19:34  811     145.80  XLON  
 11:19:34  496     145.70  XLON  
 11:19:34  71      145.70  XLON  
 11:19:38  1434    145.60  XLON  
 11:19:38  234     145.60  TRQX  
 11:19:40  235     145.60  XLON  
 11:19:40  226     145.60  BATE  
 11:19:40  234     145.60  TRQX  
 11:19:40  76      145.60  CHIX  
 11:19:49  109     145.50  XLON  
 11:19:49  108     145.50  TRQX  
 11:19:49  109     145.50  BATE  
 11:19:49  109     145.50  CHIX  
 11:26:48  131     145.70  XLON  
 11:26:49  19      145.70  CHIX  
 11:26:49  112     145.70  CHIX  
 11:26:50  642     145.70  XLON  
 11:26:50  253     145.70  XLON  
 11:42:50  493     145.60  XLON  
 11:45:17  110     145.50  TRQX  
 11:45:17  110     145.50  XLON  
 11:45:17  111     145.50  BATE  
 11:45:17  110     145.50  CHIX  
 11:45:30  123     145.40  TRQX  
 11:45:30  123     145.40  XLON  
 11:45:30  123     145.40  BATE  
 11:45:30  123     145.40  CHIX  
 11:45:30  31      145.40  CHIX  
 11:50:02  86      145.50  XLON  
 11:50:02  48      145.50  XLON  
 11:50:02  134     145.30  CHIX  
 11:50:02  134     145.30  TRQX  
 11:50:02  134     145.30  BATE  
 11:50:02  33      145.30  CHIX  
 11:52:11  215     145.50  CHIX  
 11:52:11  3       145.50  CHIX  
 11:52:12  37      145.50  XLON  
 11:52:12  180     145.50  XLON  
 12:02:39  197     145.40  BATE  
 12:02:39  579     145.40  BATE  
 12:02:56  218     145.40  BATE  
 12:02:56  334     145.40  CHIX  
 12:02:56  677     145.30  TRQX  
 12:02:56  468     145.30  XLON  
 12:02:56  468     145.30  TRQX  
 12:02:56  469     145.30  BATE  
 12:02:59  745     145.40  XLON  
 12:24:21  744     145.30  TRQX  
 12:24:21  745     145.30  BATE  
 12:24:21  745     145.30  CHIX  
 12:24:21  39      145.30  XLON  
 12:47:26  993     145.60  XLON  
 12:47:26  993     145.60  BATE  
 12:47:26  634     145.60  TRQX  
 12:47:26  993     145.60  CHIX  
 12:47:26  341     145.60  TRQX  
 12:47:26  648     145.60  BATE  
 13:21:26  744     145.80  TRQX  
 13:21:26  745     145.80  XLON  
 13:21:26  533     145.80  BATE  
 13:21:26  745     145.80  CHIX  
 13:21:26  212     145.80  BATE  
 13:24:36  993     146.70  TRQX  
 13:24:36  951     146.70  XLON  
 13:24:36  993     146.70  CHIX  
 13:24:36  667     146.70  BATE  
 13:24:36  42      146.70  XLON  
 13:25:24  744     146.50  TRQX  
 13:25:24  745     146.50  XLON  
 13:25:24  745     146.50  BATE  
 13:25:24  745     146.50  CHIX  
 13:25:24  723     146.35  CHIX  
 13:25:25  1,273   146.35  BATE  
 13:29:11  745     146.10  CHIX  
 13:30:29  644     146.40  BATE  
 13:30:56  572     146.40  XLON  
 13:30:56  744     146.40  TRQX  
 13:30:56  101     146.40  BATE  
 13:30:56  1,389   146.40  CHIX  
 13:30:56  173     146.40  XLON  
 13:38:40  745     146.80  BATE  
 13:38:40  744     146.80  TRQX  
 13:38:40  745     146.80  XLON  
 13:38:40  745     146.80  CHIX  
 13:38:47  537     146.70  BATE  
 13:54:26  745     146.90  XLON  
 13:54:26  744     146.90  TRQX  
 13:54:26  745     146.90  CHIX  
 13:54:26  208     146.90  BATE  
 13:54:34  111     146.90  CHIX  
 13:54:34  566     146.90  BATE  
 13:54:37  983     146.90  XLON  
 13:54:37  565     146.90  TRQX  
 13:54:37  299     146.90  XLON  
 13:54:37  455     146.90  CHIX  
 13:55:55  439     146.80  TRQX  
 13:55:55  169     146.80  CHIX  
 13:55:55  1,660   146.80  BATE  
 13:55:55  440     146.80  XLON  
 13:55:55  271     146.80  CHIX  
 13:56:02  38      147.10  TRQX  
 13:56:02  77      147.10  TRQX  
 13:56:02  492     147.10  TRQX  
 13:56:02  80      147.00  BATE  
 13:56:02  527     147.00  BATE  
 13:56:03  107     147.30  BATE  
 13:56:03  576     147.30  BATE  
 13:56:03  174     147.20  CHIX  
 13:59:06  325     147.20  TRQX  
 13:59:06  325     147.20  XLON  
 13:59:06  326     147.20  BATE  
 13:59:06  325     147.20  CHIX  
 14:01:29  92      147.40  CHIX  
 14:01:30  91      147.40  XLON  
 14:01:33  26      147.40  CHIX  
 14:01:33  139     147.40  CHIX  
 14:01:35  23      147.30  XLON  
 14:01:53  465     147.20  TRQX  
 14:01:53  6       147.20  XLON  
 14:01:53  92      147.20  BATE  
 14:01:53  96      147.20  CHIX  
 14:01:53  842     147.20  CHIX  
 14:02:48  207     147.30  CHIX  
 14:02:49  207     147.30  BATE  
 14:02:52  846     147.30  CHIX  
 14:02:55  207     147.30  XLON  
 14:02:58  131     147.30  CHIX  
 14:02:58  81      147.30  CHIX  
 14:03:01  92      147.30  CHIX  
 14:03:25  107     147.10  TRQX  
 14:03:25  107     147.10  XLON  
 14:03:25  107     147.10  CHIX  
 14:03:25  108     147.10  BATE  
 14:03:25  250     147.10  CHIX  
 14:04:58  546     147.10  TRQX  
 14:04:58  547     147.10  XLON  
 14:04:58  453     147.10  CHIX  
 14:04:58  547     147.10  BATE  
 14:04:58  94      147.10  CHIX  
 14:07:01  358     147.00  XLON  
 14:16:53  745     147.50  XLON  
 14:16:53  744     147.50  TRQX  
 14:16:53  745     147.50  BATE  
 14:16:53  745     147.50  CHIX  
 14:24:39  745     147.40  BATE  
 14:24:39  745     147.40  CHIX  
 14:24:39  745     147.40  XLON  
 14:24:39  744     147.40  TRQX  
 14:26:24  510     147.40  XLON  
 14:26:24  745     147.40  BATE  
 14:26:24  744     147.40  TRQX  
 14:26:24  745     147.40  CHIX  
 14:26:24  235     147.40  XLON  
 14:29:53  569     147.30  XLON  
 14:29:53  569     147.30  TRQX  
 14:29:53  570     147.30  BATE  
 14:29:53  570     147.30  CHIX  
 14:48:37  1,270   147.10  XLON  
 14:48:37  569     147.10  TRQX  
 14:48:37  570     147.10  BATE  
 14:48:37  570     147.10  CHIX  
 14:56:02  1,000   147.10  XLON  
 14:56:02  137     147.10  TRQX  
 14:56:02  570     147.10  BATE  
 14:56:02  570     147.10  CHIX  
 14:56:02  270     147.10  XLON  
 14:56:02  164     147.10  TRQX  
 14:56:02  268     147.10  TRQX  
 15:00:10  215     147.10  BATE  
 15:00:10  951     147.10  BATE  
 15:01:12  130     147.10  XLON  
 15:01:12  130     147.10  TRQX  
 15:01:12  130     147.10  CHIX  
 15:01:12  131     147.10  BATE  
 15:01:12  33      147.10  BATE  
 15:01:39  116     147.00  XLON  
 15:02:45  173     147.40  BATE  
 15:02:46  116     147.40  CHIX  
 15:02:49  1       147.40  XLON  
 15:21:39  141     147.40  XLON  
 15:21:39  31      147.40  XLON  
 15:21:39  26      147.40  XLON  
 15:21:39  1,165   147.40  XLON  
 15:24:42  142     147.40  XLON  
 15:24:42  118     147.40  XLON  
 15:24:42  362     147.40  XLON  
 15:24:44  18      147.40  XLON  
 15:24:44  516     147.40  XLON  
 15:29:16  622     147.50  TRQX  
 15:29:16  29      147.50  CHIX  
 15:29:16  116     147.50  BATE  
 15:29:16  1248    147.50  XLON  
 15:37:33  464     147.40  XLON  
 15:48:58  1,586   148.00  TRQX  
 15:48:58  447     148.00  CHIX  
 15:48:58  465     148.00  BATE  
 15:48:58  17      148.00  CHIX  
 16:02:36  667     148.05  BATE  
 16:02:36  565     148.00  TRQX  
 16:02:36  745     148.00  XLON  
 16:02:36  179     148.00  TRQX  
 16:02:36  164     148.00  CHIX  
 16:02:36  49      148.00  BATE  
 16:02:36  581     148.00  CHIX  
 16:02:36  696     148.00  BATE  
 16:02:37  744     147.90  TRQX  
 16:02:37  745     147.90  XLON  
 16:02:37  745     147.90  BATE  
 16:02:37  745     147.90  CHIX  
 16:03:21  745     148.00  XLON  
 16:03:21  744     148.00  TRQX  
 16:03:21  745     148.00  BATE  
 16:03:21  745     148.00  CHIX  
 16:03:38  744     148.00  TRQX  
 16:03:38  745     148.00  XLON  
 16:03:38  745     148.00  BATE  
 16:03:38  490     148.00  CHIX  
 16:03:38  255     148.00  CHIX  
 16:04:01  206     148.00  TRQX  
 16:04:01  461     148.00  XLON  
 16:04:01  745     148.00  BATE  
 16:04:01  255     148.00  CHIX  
 16:04:01  538     148.00  TRQX  
 16:04:01  284     148.00  XLON  
 16:04:01  490     148.00  CHIX  
 16:08:09  411     148.00  XLON  
 16:08:09  411     148.00  TRQX  
 16:08:09  1,412   148.00  BATE  
 16:08:09  411     148.00  CHIX  
 16:10:01  297     148.10  XLON  
 16:10:01  33      148.00  CHIX  
 16:11:27  82      148.10  XLON  
 16:11:28  15      148.10  XLON  
 16:11:32  207     148.10  XLON  
 16:11:32  269     148.10  XLON  
 16:11:32  115     148.10  XLON  
 16:11:32  51      148.10  XLON  
 16:11:34  4       148.10  XLON  
 16:11:36  160     148.10  XLON  
 16:11:37  24      148.10  XLON  
 16:11:38  510     148.10  XLON  
 16:11:38  226     148.10  XLON  
 16:11:41  44      148.10  XLON  
 16:11:41  115     148.10  XLON  
 16:11:41  96      148.10  XLON  
 16:11:41  169     148.10  XLON  
 16:11:44  184     148.10  XLON  
 16:11:47  106     148.10  XLON  
 16:11:50  46      148.10  XLON  
 16:11:53  26      148.10  XLON  
 16:11:56  12      148.10  XLON  
 16:11:59  6       148.10  XLON  
 16:12:02  3       148.10  XLON  
 16:12:33  298     147.90  BATE  
 16:12:33  2       147.90  XLON  
 16:12:33  297     147.90  TRQX  
 16:12:33  2       147.90  CHIX  
 16:15:01  369     148.10  BATE  
 16:15:02  194     148.10  TRQX  
 16:15:02  175     148.10  TRQX  
 16:15:04  320     148.10  XLON  
 16:15:04  23      148.10  XLON  
 16:15:08  49      148.10  TRQX  
 16:15:08  44      148.10  TRQX  
 16:15:11  85      148.10  XLON  
 16:15:12  63      148.10  BATE  
 16:15:12  200     148.10  BATE  
 16:15:13  54      148.10  CHIX  
 16:15:13  237     148.10  CHIX  
 16:15:13  52      148.10  CHIX  
 16:15:13  3       148.10  CHIX  
 16:15:13  23      148.10  CHIX  
 16:15:15  339     148.10  BATE  
 16:15:17  91      148.10  CHIX  
 16:15:17  377     148.10  CHIX  
 16:15:18  92      148.10  CHIX  
 16:15:20  142     148.10  CHIX  
 16:15:23  28      148.10  BATE  
 16:15:23  57      148.10  BATE  
 16:15:26  35      148.10  CHIX  
 16:15:29  24      148.10  TRQX  
 16:15:32  23      148.10  CHIX  
 16:15:35  22      148.10  BATE  
 16:15:38  21      148.10  XLON  
 16:15:41  8       148.10  CHIX  
 16:15:44  6       148.10  CHIX  
 16:15:47  6       148.10  BATE  
 16:15:50  6       148.10  TRQX  
 16:15:53  5       148.10  XLON  
 16:15:56  2       148.10  CHIX  
 16:20:40  1       147.90  TRQX  
 16:20:40  2       147.90  XLON  
 16:20:40  2       147.90  BATE  
 16:20:40  1       147.90  CHIX  
 16:20:40  134     147.90  CHIX  
 16:23:38  103     147.90  XLON  
 16:23:38  103     147.90  TRQX  
 16:23:38  103     147.90  BATE  
 16:23:38  103     147.90  CHIX  
 16:24:33  152     148.00  XLON  
 16:24:35  152     148.00  CHIX  
 16:24:38  29      148.00  BATE  
 16:24:38  102     148.00  BATE  
 16:24:38  12      148.00  BATE  
 16:24:38  9       148.00  BATE  
 16:24:39  135     148.00  CHIX  
 16:24:41  106     148.00  TRQX  
 16:24:41  46      148.00  TRQX  
 16:24:42  66      148.00  CHIX  
 16:24:42  421     148.00  CHIX  
 16:24:44  38      148.00  XLON  
 16:24:47  122     148.00  CHIX  
 16:24:50  113     148.00  BATE  
 16:24:50  445     148.00  BATE  
 16:24:53  38      148.00  CHIX  
 16:24:56  69      148.00  BATE  
 16:24:56  57      148.00  BATE  
 16:24:56  13      148.00  BATE  
 16:24:59  31      148.00  CHIX  
 16:25:02  21      148.00  BATE  
 16:25:02  14      148.00  BATE  
 16:25:05  10      148.00  CHIX  
 16:25:08  9       148.00  XLON  
 16:25:10  9       148.00  BATE  
 16:25:11  7       148.00  CHIX  
 16:25:14  3       148.00  CHIX  
 16:25:17  2       148.00  XLON  
 16:25:22  20      147.90  TRQX  
 16:25:22  2       147.90  CHIX  
 16:25:22  18      147.90  TRQX  
 16:25:22  1       147.90  CHIX  
 16:25:22  2       147.90  BATE  
 16:27:19  147     147.80  XLON  
 16:27:19  147     147.80  TRQX  
 16:27:19  148     147.80  CHIX  
 16:27:19  148     147.80  BATE  
 16:29:09  140     147.80  BATE  
 16:29:09  105     147.80  BATE  
 16:29:55  54      147.90  BATE  
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