REG-FirstGroup Plc: Transaction in Own Shares

FirstgroupAnnouncement

19/07/2023 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                     18 July  
 Number of ordinary shares purchased  269,387  
 Weighted average price paid (p)      143.58   
 Highest price paid (p)               146.00   
 Lowest price paid (p)                142.10   

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 60,435,535. Ordinary Shares in
treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held
as treasury shares is 690,248,613. 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 18 July 2023 is 690,248,613. 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   143.67                                    215,922            
 BATE   143.19                                    16,750             
 CHIX   143.25                                    17,986             
 TRQX   143.17                                    18,729             

 

Individual transactions:

 Transaction Time  Volume  Price (GBp)  Venue  

 08:02:15  452     145.70  XLON  
 08:02:15  668     145.40  XLON  
 08:02:18  223     146.00  CHIX  
 08:02:19  280     145.30  XLON  
 08:02:20  205     145.80  XLON  
 08:02:21  70      145.80  XLON  
 08:02:47  197     145.00  XLON  
 08:02:47  1,134   144.90  XLON  
 08:02:47  700     144.90  XLON  
 08:02:53  706     144.90  XLON  
 08:03:08  647     145.00  XLON  
 08:03:08  59      145.00  XLON  
 08:03:09  592     145.90  XLON  
 08:03:09  114     145.90  XLON  
 08:03:10  705     144.70  TRQX  
 08:03:10  706     144.70  BATE  
 08:03:10  706     144.70  CHIX  
 08:03:11  133     142.10  BATE  
 08:03:17  130     142.40  CHIX  
 08:04:27  705     142.90  TRQX  
 08:04:27  264     142.90  XLON  
 08:04:27  706     142.90  CHIX  
 08:04:27  706     142.90  BATE  
 08:04:27  442     142.90  XLON  
 08:04:27  837     142.60  TRQX  
 08:04:27  838     142.60  CHIX  
 08:04:34  294     142.60  XLON  
 08:04:34  294     142.60  TRQX  
 08:04:34  295     142.60  BATE  
 08:04:34  295     142.60  CHIX  
 08:04:34  74      142.60  CHIX  
 08:12:02  118     142.70  XLON  
 08:12:02  118     142.70  TRQX  
 08:12:02  119     142.70  BATE  
 08:12:02  118     142.70  CHIX  
 08:15:02  143     142.80  TRQX  
 08:15:02  144     142.80  XLON  
 08:15:02  144     142.80  BATE  
 08:15:02  144     142.80  CHIX  
 08:15:08  131     143.20  XLON  
 08:15:23  32      142.70  XLON  
 08:15:23  130     142.70  TRQX  
 08:15:23  311     142.70  BATE  
 08:20:25  83      142.70  XLON  
 08:29:50  83      142.80  CHIX  
 08:29:53  111     143.20  CHIX  
 08:31:44  21      142.90  XLON  
 08:31:44  209     142.90  TRQX  
 08:31:44  209     142.90  CHIX  
 08:31:44  84      142.90  BATE  
 08:31:47  395     143.40  XLON  
 08:31:48  395     143.50  BATE  
 08:31:50  260     143.50  XLON  
 08:31:52  98      143.50  BATE  
 08:31:56  67      143.50  BATE  
 08:31:59  134     143.50  BATE  
 08:32:00  65      143.50  XLON  
 08:32:02  52      143.50  CHIX  
 08:32:05  39      143.50  BATE  
 08:32:05  23      143.50  BATE  
 08:32:08  34      143.50  BATE  
 08:32:11  87      143.50  BATE  
 08:32:14  16      143.50  XLON  
 08:32:17  22      143.50  BATE  
 08:32:20  9       143.50  BATE  
 08:32:23  5       143.50  BATE  
 08:32:26  4       143.50  XLON  
 08:32:29  2       143.50  BATE  
 08:33:03  394     143.20  TRQX  
 08:33:03  2       143.20  BATE  
 08:33:03  13      143.20  CHIX  
 08:33:03  1       143.20  XLON  
 08:34:49  370     143.20  XLON  
 08:34:49  397     143.20  BATE  
 08:34:49  370     143.20  TRQX  
 08:34:49  370     143.20  CHIX  
 08:34:49  93      143.20  XLON  
 08:35:40  100     143.00  BATE  
 08:35:40  100     143.00  CHIX  
 08:35:40  100     143.00  XLON  
 08:35:40  99      143.00  TRQX  
 08:35:42  110     142.90  TRQX  
 08:35:42  110     142.90  XLON  
 08:35:42  110     142.90  BATE  
 08:35:42  110     142.90  CHIX  
 08:35:42  710     142.70  TRQX  
 08:35:43  705     142.60  TRQX  
 08:35:43  706     142.60  XLON  
 08:35:43  706     142.60  CHIX  
 08:35:43  706     142.60  BATE  
 08:35:53  468     142.50  TRQX  
 08:35:53  469     142.50  XLON  
 08:35:53  36      142.50  BATE  
 08:35:53  36      142.50  CHIX  
 09:21:27  230     143.00  XLON  
 09:21:27  230     142.90  CHIX  
 09:40:45  229     142.70  TRQX  
 09:40:45  208     142.70  XLON  
 09:40:45  230     142.70  BATE  
 09:40:45  48      142.70  CHIX  
 09:40:45  59      142.70  XLON  
 09:47:36  254     142.50  TRQX  
 09:47:36  254     142.50  XLON  
 09:47:36  254     142.50  BATE  
 09:47:36  254     142.50  CHIX  
 09:47:43  217     142.60  XLON  
 09:47:43  106     142.60  XLON  
 09:47:53  81      142.80  XLON  
 09:47:56  323     142.70  TRQX  
 09:47:56  37      142.70  XLON  
 09:47:56  333     142.60  XLON  
 10:01:10  281     142.50  XLON  
 10:01:10  281     142.50  BATE  
 10:01:10  281     142.50  TRQX  
 10:01:10  281     142.50  CHIX  
 10:45:20  925     142.90  XLON  
 10:45:20  295     142.90  TRQX  
 10:45:20  296     142.90  BATE  
 10:45:20  295     142.90  CHIX  
 11:46:07  1,937   142.90  XLON  
 11:46:08  335     143.00  XLON  
 11:46:10  335     143.00  CHIX  
 11:46:12  84      143.00  XLON  
 11:46:15  84      143.00  CHIX  
 11:46:18  21      143.00  XLON  
 11:46:21  21      143.00  CHIX  
 11:46:24  16      143.00  XLON  
 11:46:27  5       143.00  CHIX  
 11:46:30  5       143.00  XLON  
 11:46:33  4       143.00  XLON  
 11:46:36  2       143.00  XLON  
 13:00:41  1       143.30  CHIX  
 13:00:42  305     143.30  BATE  
 13:00:42  30      143.30  BATE  
 13:00:45  38      143.20  XLON  
 13:00:46  312     143.30  CHIX  
 13:00:46  397     143.30  CHIX  
 13:00:46  238     143.30  CHIX  
 13:00:46  220     143.20  BATE  
 13:14:56  232     143.20  TRQX  
 13:14:56  249     143.20  XLON  
 13:14:56  17      143.20  TRQX  
 13:14:56  249     143.20  CHIX  
 13:14:56  249     143.20  BATE  
 13:14:56  58      143.20  CHIX  
 13:19:41  280     143.40  CHIX  
 13:19:41  48      143.30  CHIX  
 13:45:42  1       143.50  XLON  
 13:45:42  279     143.40  XLON  
 13:45:43  280     143.40  BATE  
 13:45:45  248     143.40  TRQX  
 13:45:48  248     143.40  XLON  
 13:45:51  148     143.40  CHIX  
 13:45:54  82      143.40  CHIX  
 13:45:57  70      143.40  BATE  
 13:46:00  62      143.40  XLON  
 13:46:03  62      143.40  TRQX  
 13:46:06  37      143.40  CHIX  
 13:46:09  21      143.40  CHIX  
 13:46:12  17      143.40  BATE  
 13:46:15  16      143.40  XLON  
 13:46:18  15      143.40  TRQX  
 13:46:21  10      143.40  CHIX  
 13:46:23  5       143.40  CHIX  
 13:46:24  4       143.40  BATE  
 13:46:27  4       143.40  XLON  
 13:46:30  4       143.40  TRQX  
 13:46:33  2       143.40  CHIX  
 13:49:00  1       143.20  XLON  
 13:49:00  2       143.20  CHIX  
 13:49:00  1       143.20  BATE  
 13:49:00  1       143.20  TRQX  
 13:55:54  466     143.20  TRQX  
 13:55:54  155     143.20  XLON  
 13:55:54  466     143.20  CHIX  
 13:55:54  466     143.20  BATE  
 13:55:54  311     143.20  XLON  
 13:56:10  1425    143.20  TRQX  
 13:56:10  451     143.20  XLON  
 13:56:10  452     143.20  BATE  
 13:56:10  452     143.20  CHIX  
 14:05:47  854     143.40  CHIX  
 14:05:47  379     143.40  CHIX  
 14:05:49  1101    143.50  TRQX  
 14:05:49  15      143.40  XLON  
 14:05:50  308     143.50  CHIX  
 14:05:52  234     143.50  XLON  
 14:05:55  59      143.40  XLON  
 14:06:01  54      143.50  BATE  
 14:06:02  70      143.50  XLON  
 14:06:04  53      143.50  XLON  
 14:06:07  18      143.50  XLON  
 14:06:10  15      143.50  CHIX  
 14:06:11  13      143.50  BATE  
 14:06:12  75      143.50  CHIX  
 14:06:16  13      143.50  XLON  
 14:06:19  19      143.50  CHIX  
 14:06:20  4       143.50  XLON  
 14:06:21  5       143.50  CHIX  
 14:06:25  3       143.50  XLON  
 14:06:26  3       143.50  BATE  
 14:11:17  1       143.50  XLON  
 14:11:25  99      143.50  BATE  
 14:11:28  257     143.50  XLON  
 14:11:29  110     143.50  BATE  
 14:11:30  65      143.50  XLON  
 14:11:32  27      143.50  BATE  
 14:11:33  16      143.50  XLON  
 14:11:34  7       143.50  BATE  
 14:11:37  4       143.50  XLON  
 14:11:40  2       143.50  BATE  
 14:12:28  1       143.50  CHIX  
 14:12:29  1       143.60  XLON  
 14:13:12  101     143.60  XLON  
 14:13:12  138     143.60  XLON  
 14:13:13  239     143.60  CHIX  
 14:13:16  136     143.60  XLON  
 14:13:19  60      143.60  CHIX  
 14:13:22  59      143.60  XLON  
 14:13:23  34      143.60  XLON  
 14:13:25  278     143.60  XLON  
 14:13:28  15      143.60  CHIX  
 14:13:31  70      143.60  XLON  
 14:13:34  8       143.60  XLON  
 14:13:37  17      143.60  XLON  
 14:13:40  4       143.60  CHIX  
 14:13:43  4       143.60  XLON  
 14:13:46  2       143.60  XLON  
 14:13:49  1       143.60  XLON  
 14:13:55  1       143.60  XLON  
 14:13:56  114     143.60  XLON  
 14:13:58  6       143.60  XLON  
 14:14:00  28      143.60  XLON  
 14:14:01  2       143.60  XLON  
 14:15:42  1       143.70  CHIX  
 14:15:43  7       143.70  XLON  
 14:15:46  96      143.70  CHIX  
 14:15:49  2       143.70  XLON  
 14:15:52  24      143.70  CHIX  
 14:15:55  1       143.70  XLON  
 14:16:31  6       143.70  CHIX  
 14:16:32  239     143.70  BATE  
 14:16:34  178     143.70  CHIX  
 14:16:36  143     143.70  XLON  
 14:16:40  60      143.70  BATE  
 14:16:43  44      143.70  CHIX  
 14:16:44  36      143.70  XLON  
 14:16:46  11      143.70  CHIX  
 14:16:47  9       143.70  XLON  
 14:16:49  3       143.70  CHIX  
 14:16:50  2       143.70  XLON  
 14:17:06  1       143.70  CHIX  
 14:18:28  107     143.70  CHIX  
 14:18:29  428     143.70  TRQX  
 14:18:31  28      143.70  XLON  
 14:18:34  107     143.70  TRQX  
 14:18:35  27      143.70  CHIX  
 14:18:36  15      143.70  BATE  
 14:18:37  27      143.70  TRQX  
 14:18:39  7       143.70  XLON  
 14:18:40  6       143.70  CHIX  
 14:18:42  7       143.70  TRQX  
 14:18:43  4       143.70  BATE  
 14:18:44  2       143.70  XLON  
 14:20:20  1       143.70  CHIX  
 14:20:20  482     143.60  XLON  
 14:20:24  120     143.70  CHIX  
 14:20:24  32      143.60  CHIX  
 14:24:26  13      143.50  XLON  
 14:24:26  12      143.50  TRQX  
 14:24:26  13      143.50  BATE  
 14:24:26  13      143.50  CHIX  
 14:24:26  481     143.50  CHIX  
 14:24:29  371     143.40  BATE  
 14:24:29  370     143.40  XLON  
 14:24:29  370     143.40  TRQX  
 14:24:29  370     143.40  CHIX  
 14:24:29  19      143.40  CHIX  
 14:24:40  611     143.40  TRQX  
 14:24:40  612     143.40  XLON  
 14:24:40  612     143.40  CHIX  
 14:24:40  612     143.40  BATE  
 14:24:40  341     143.40  XLON  
 14:24:40  341     143.40  TRQX  
 14:24:43  51      143.40  XLON  
 14:24:43  51      143.40  TRQX  
 14:24:43  51      143.40  CHIX  
 14:24:43  51      143.40  BATE  
 14:30:24  395     143.30  CHIX  
 14:30:24  394     143.30  XLON  
 14:30:24  395     143.30  BATE  
 14:30:24  394     143.30  TRQX  
 14:30:24  98      143.30  BATE  
 14:30:26  669     143.40  TRQX  
 14:30:26  94      143.40  TRQX  
 14:31:29  705     143.20  TRQX  
 14:31:29  706     143.20  XLON  
 14:31:29  2       143.20  CHIX  
 14:31:29  706     143.20  BATE  
 14:31:29  704     143.20  CHIX  
 14:33:33  282     143.10  BATE  
 14:33:33  285     143.10  XLON  
 14:33:33  705     143.10  TRQX  
 14:33:33  282     143.10  CHIX  
 14:33:33  421     143.10  XLON  
 14:34:16  257     143.00  XLON  
 14:34:16  257     143.00  TRQX  
 14:34:16  531     143.00  BATE  
 14:34:16  185     143.00  CHIX  
 14:34:16  599     143.00  BATE  
 14:34:16  72      143.00  CHIX  
 14:45:31  123     143.30  CHIX  
 14:45:31  192     143.20  XLON  
 14:45:31  751     143.20  XLON  
 15:01:12  32      143.00  BATE  
 15:01:12  32      143.00  CHIX  
 15:01:12  1,828   143.00  XLON  
 15:01:12  31      143.00  TRQX  
 15:13:23  454     143.00  XLON  
 15:13:23  454     143.00  CHIX  
 15:13:23  455     143.00  BATE  
 15:13:23  114     143.00  TRQX  
 15:15:26  210     143.20  XLON  
 15:15:29  15      143.20  TRQX  
 15:15:29  195     143.20  TRQX  
 15:15:30  52      143.20  XLON  
 15:15:32  13      143.20  XLON  
 15:25:16  211     143.30  CHIX  
 15:25:17  520     143.30  XLON  
 15:25:17  70      143.30  XLON  
 15:25:20  134     143.30  BATE  
 15:25:23  148     143.30  XLON  
 15:25:24  133     143.30  XLON  
 15:25:26  52      143.30  CHIX  
 15:25:29  37      143.30  XLON  
 15:25:32  34      143.30  XLON  
 15:25:34  13      143.30  CHIX  
 15:25:36  33      143.30  BATE  
 15:25:38  9       143.30  XLON  
 15:25:41  113     143.30  BATE  
 15:25:44  8       143.30  XLON  
 15:25:47  28      143.30  BATE  
 15:25:49  4       143.30  CHIX  
 15:25:53  7       143.30  BATE  
 15:25:56  3       143.30  XLON  
 15:35:16  2       143.10  XLON  
 15:35:16  82      143.10  TRQX  
 15:35:16  2       143.10  BATE  
 15:35:16  1       143.10  CHIX  
 15:35:17  312     143.10  XLON  
 15:35:18  557     143.00  XLON  
 15:35:18  557     143.00  TRQX  
 15:35:18  557     143.00  CHIX  
 15:35:18  558     143.00  BATE  
 15:47:31  211     143.20  TRQX  
 15:47:32  211     143.20  CHIX  
 15:47:35  122     143.20  XLON  
 15:47:35  89      143.20  XLON  
 15:47:36  211     143.30  BATE  
 15:47:38  115     143.30  BATE  
 15:47:40  53      143.30  XLON  
 15:47:41  53      143.30  CHIX  
 15:47:44  53      143.30  TRQX  
 15:47:47  52      143.30  BATE  
 15:47:50  29      143.30  BATE  
 15:47:53  14      143.30  CHIX  
 15:47:56  13      143.30  TRQX  
 15:47:59  13      143.30  XLON  
 15:48:02  13      143.30  BATE  
 15:48:05  7       143.30  BATE  
 15:48:08  4       143.30  CHIX  
 15:48:11  3       143.30  BATE  
 15:48:14  3       143.30  XLON  
 15:48:17  3       143.30  TRQX  
 16:11:32  2       143.10  BATE  
 16:11:33  1       143.10  BATE  
 16:11:34  936     143.10  BATE  
 16:11:35  222     143.10  BATE  
 16:11:36  1       143.20  XLON  
 16:11:36  370     143.10  BATE  
 16:11:36  103     143.10  BATE  
 16:13:47  537     143.40  XLON  
 16:13:48  90      143.40  XLON  
 16:13:48  7       143.40  XLON  
 16:13:49  35      143.70  XLON  
 16:13:49  76      143.60  TRQX  
 16:13:49  613     143.40  XLON  
 16:14:07  24      143.40  XLON  
 16:14:07  450     143.40  TRQX  
 16:14:07  55      143.40  BATE  
 16:14:07  1       143.40  CHIX  
 16:14:07  260     143.40  XLON  
 16:16:57  162     143.50  BATE  
 16:19:10  106     143.50  BATE  
 16:19:10  40      143.50  BATE  
 16:19:11  61      143.50  XLON  
 16:19:11  84      143.50  XLON  
 16:19:14  145     143.50  TRQX  
 16:19:17  38      143.50  BATE  
 16:19:20  36      143.50  XLON  
 16:19:23  10      143.50  BATE  
 16:19:26  9       143.50  XLON  
 16:19:29  2       143.50  BATE  
 16:19:30  2       143.50  XLON  
 16:19:32  36      143.70  TRQX  
 16:19:33  139     143.70  XLON  
 16:19:34  236     143.70  TRQX  
 16:19:35  34      143.70  XLON  
 16:19:37  237     143.70  CHIX  
 16:19:38  40      143.70  TRQX  
 16:19:38  19      143.70  TRQX  
 16:19:41  19      143.70  CHIX  
 16:19:44  19      143.70  XLON  
 16:19:44  47      143.70  XLON  
 16:19:45  65      143.70  TRQX  
 16:20:02  82      143.50  TRQX  
 16:20:02  39      143.50  XLON  
 16:20:02  66      143.50  BATE  
 16:20:02  4       143.50  CHIX  
 16:26:50  168     143.60  BATE  
 16:26:53  168     143.60  XLON  
 16:26:56  168     143.60  CHIX  
 16:26:59  119     143.60  CHIX  
 16:27:02  16      143.60  CHIX  
 16:27:02  26      143.60  CHIX  
 16:27:05  6       143.60  BATE  
 16:27:05  36      143.60  BATE  
 16:27:06  42      143.60  XLON  
 16:27:08  30      143.60  CHIX  
 16:27:11  11      143.60  BATE  
 16:27:14  10      143.60  CHIX  
 16:27:17  10      143.60  XLON  
 16:27:20  8       143.60  CHIX  
 16:27:23  3       143.60  CHIX  
 16:27:26  2       143.60  BATE  
 16:27:29  2       143.60  XLON  
 16:28:41  167     143.40  TRQX  
 16:28:41  2       143.40  CHIX  
 16:28:41  1       143.40  CHIX  
 16:28:41  1       143.40  BATE  
 16:29:38  355     143.30  XLON  
 16:29:38  190     143.30  TRQX  
 16:29:38  56      143.30  XLON  
 16:29:38  221     143.30  TRQX  
 16:29:38  128     143.30  BATE  
 16:29:38  203     143.30  CHIX  
 16:29:38  283     143.30  BATE  
 16:29:38  208     143.30  CHIX  
 16:35:07  725     143.70  XLON  
 16:35:07  3,911   143.70  XLON  
 16:35:07  5,575   143.70  XLON  
 16:35:07  17,236  143.70  XLON  
 16:35:07  14,372  143.70  XLON  
 16:35:07  21      143.70  XLON  
 16:35:07  17,607  143.70  XLON  
 16:35:07  29,288  143.70  XLON  
 16:35:07  2720    143.70  XLON  
 16:35:07  4,134   143.70  XLON  
 16:35:07  9153    143.70  XLON  
 16:35:07  6403    143.70  XLON  
 16:35:07  25,888  143.70  XLON  
 16:35:07  20,213  143.70  XLON  
 16:35:07  5,974   143.70  XLON  
 16:35:07  21,546  143.70  XLON  
 


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