REG-FirstGroup Plc: Transaction in Own Shares

FirstgroupAnnouncement

24/07/2023 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                     21 July  
 Number of ordinary shares purchased  469,292  
 Weighted average price paid (p)      148.94   
 Highest price paid (p)               151.30   
 Lowest price paid (p)                145.90   

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 61,723,788 Ordinary Shares in
treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held
as treasury shares is 688,960,360. 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 21 July 2023 is 688,960,360. 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   149.43                                    297,444            
 BATE   148.08                                    57,706             
 CHIX   148.10                                    64,770             
 TRQX   148.13                                    49,372             

 

Individual transactions:

 Transaction Time  Volume  Price (GBp)  Venue  

 08:06:00  523     148.30  XLON  
 08:06:01  72      148.30  XLON  
 08:06:01  249     148.30  XLON  
 08:06:04  261     147.70  XLON  
 08:06:05  212     147.70  XLON  
 08:07:24  172     145.90  TRQX  
 08:07:24  172     145.90  XLON  
 08:07:24  173     145.90  BATE  
 08:07:24  173     145.90  CHIX  
 08:12:39  83      146.10  CHIX  
 08:12:39  82      146.10  TRQX  
 08:12:39  83      146.10  BATE  
 08:12:39  82      146.10  XLON  
 08:33:02  119     147.40  CHIX  
 08:33:03  75      148.30  XLON  
 08:33:03  610     147.50  CHIX  
 08:33:11  161     148.30  XLON  
 08:33:13  262     148.20  XLON  
 08:33:14  359     148.20  XLON  
 08:33:15  99      148.20  XLON  
 08:33:15  436     148.20  XLON  
 08:33:17  335     148.20  XLON  
 08:34:28  112     148.20  BATE  
 08:34:28  224     148.20  BATE  
 08:34:28  28      147.20  XLON  
 08:34:29  333     147.80  XLON  
 08:34:29  84      147.10  XLON  
 08:34:29  335     147.10  TRQX  
 08:34:29  335     147.10  CHIX  
 08:34:35  333     147.80  CHIX  
 08:34:35  15      147.20  XLON  
 08:34:36  84      147.10  XLON  
 08:34:36  332     147.10  TRQX  
 08:34:36  333     147.10  BATE  
 08:38:36  99      147.10  TRQX  
 08:38:36  99      147.10  XLON  
 08:38:36  99      147.10  CHIX  
 08:38:36  99      147.10  BATE  
 08:38:40  620     147.10  BATE  
 08:38:41  553     147.50  XLON  
 08:38:44  10      146.90  CHIX  
 08:39:07  507     147.50  XLON  
 08:39:11  507     147.50  CHIX  
 08:39:11  22      147.20  XLON  
 08:58:58  507     147.00  TRQX  
 08:58:58  127     147.00  XLON  
 08:58:58  132     147.00  CHIX  
 08:58:58  508     147.00  BATE  
 08:58:58  127     147.00  CHIX  
 09:01:21  249     146.50  CHIX  
 09:04:03  631     147.50  CHIX  
 09:04:03  16      147.50  CHIX  
 09:04:03  687     147.10  BATE  
 09:06:42  421     147.00  CHIX  
 09:06:43  351     147.50  CHIX  
 09:06:43  394     147.50  CHIX  
 09:06:46  192     147.90  XLON  
 09:06:46  549     147.90  XLON  
 09:06:46  315     147.90  XLON  
 09:06:46  621     147.60  CHIX  
 09:31:10  93      147.10  BATE  
 09:33:25  563     147.20  CHIX  
 09:34:21  596     147.20  TRQX  
 09:40:31  759     147.20  BATE  
 09:40:34  1,100   147.30  XLON  
 09:40:34  234     147.30  XLON  
 09:40:34  342     147.30  XLON  
 09:40:34  146     147.30  XLON  
 09:40:34  556     147.30  CHIX  
 09:40:34  122     147.30  XLON  
 09:40:34  670     147.10  XLON  
 09:40:34  669     147.10  TRQX  
 09:40:34  653     147.10  BATE  
 09:40:34  745     147.10  CHIX  
 09:45:12  1,342   147.20  XLON  
 09:45:13  1,415   147.20  TRQX  
 09:45:13  1,415   147.20  BATE  
 09:45:16  472     148.10  CHIX  
 09:45:16  1,311   148.00  CHIX  
 09:45:16  4,221   148.00  CHIX  
 09:45:16  754     148.00  XLON  
 09:45:16  365     148.00  BATE  
 09:45:16  24      148.00  BATE  
 09:45:16  41      147.70  XLON  
 09:45:17  1,297   147.20  CHIX  
 09:45:22  616     147.90  XLON  
 09:45:22  189     147.90  CHIX  
 09:45:23  15      148.00  XLON  
 09:45:23  334     148.00  XLON  
 09:45:23  41      147.80  XLON  
 09:45:23  895     147.80  XLON  
 09:45:23  41      147.80  XLON  
 09:45:23  82      147.80  XLON  
 09:45:24  603     147.20  XLON  
 09:46:25  592     147.90  XLON  
 09:46:25  218     147.90  XLON  
 09:46:28  702     147.90  XLON  
 09:46:28  425     147.90  XLON  
 09:46:30  566     147.80  XLON  
 09:46:39  64      147.80  XLON  
 09:46:39  679     147.80  XLON  
 09:46:39  86      147.80  XLON  
 09:46:41  709     147.90  XLON  
 09:46:41  514     147.80  XLON  
 09:47:30  770     147.70  CHIX  
 09:47:30  634     147.70  XLON  
 09:47:30  590     147.40  BATE  
 09:47:30  471     147.10  TRQX  
 09:47:40  596     147.70  CHIX  
 09:52:31  424     147.70  XLON  
 09:52:31  466     147.70  XLON  
 09:55:31  780     147.45  BATE  
 09:56:23  472     148.00  XLON  
 09:56:23  617     147.90  XLON  
 09:56:43  509     148.40  XLON  
 09:56:43  532     148.40  XLON  
 09:56:43  1,087   147.75  BATE  
 09:56:45  471     148.90  TRQX  
 09:56:45  2       148.40  XLON  
 09:56:45  2,531   148.40  XLON  
 09:56:47  82      148.90  TRQX  
 09:56:47  329     148.90  TRQX  
 09:56:47  488     148.90  CHIX  
 09:56:47  328     148.90  CHIX  
 09:57:11  434     149.60  CHIX  
 09:57:11  38      149.60  CHIX  
 09:57:11  209     148.90  TRQX  
 09:57:11  528     148.90  TRQX  
 09:57:11  751     148.90  TRQX  
 09:57:11  158     148.90  TRQX  
 09:57:11  313     148.90  TRQX  
 10:00:20  636     148.30  XLON  
 10:00:52  558     148.90  TRQX  
 10:00:52  1,294   148.90  TRQX  
 10:00:52  898     148.80  CHIX  
 10:00:52  284     148.80  CHIX  
 10:00:52  1,396   148.50  CHIX  
 10:00:53  3,313   147.20  TRQX  
 10:00:56  472     147.10  CHIX  
 10:01:27  814     149.90  CHIX  
 10:01:27  1,415   149.80  BATE  
 10:01:27  476     149.80  CHIX  
 10:01:27  95      149.80  CHIX  
 10:01:27  102     149.80  TRQX  
 10:01:27  1,255   149.80  TRQX  
 10:01:27  864     148.10  CHIX  
 10:05:29  731     151.20  XLON  
 10:05:29  212     151.20  XLON  
 10:05:29  780     151.10  BATE  
 10:05:29  188     151.10  BATE  
 10:05:35  943     149.90  TRQX  
 10:05:35  944     149.90  CHIX  
 10:05:52  1,488   150.30  BATE  
 10:05:52  714     149.90  XLON  
 10:05:52  943     149.90  TRQX  
 10:05:52  943     149.90  BATE  
 10:05:52  831     149.60  CHIX  
 10:05:52  944     149.60  BATE  
 10:05:52  1,096   149.60  TRQX  
 10:05:52  943     149.60  XLON  
 10:05:52  112     149.60  CHIX  
 10:05:53  296     149.60  TRQX  
 10:05:53  647     149.60  TRQX  
 10:05:53  943     149.60  XLON  
 10:05:53  944     149.60  CHIX  
 10:05:54  570     151.30  CHIX  
 10:05:54  138     151.30  CHIX  
 10:09:13  707     149.30  TRQX  
 10:09:13  707     149.30  XLON  
 10:09:13  708     149.30  BATE  
 10:09:13  708     149.30  CHIX  
 10:09:14  707     149.00  XLON  
 10:09:14  707     149.00  TRQX  
 10:09:14  708     149.00  CHIX  
 10:09:14  708     149.00  BATE  
 10:09:15  707     148.80  XLON  
 10:09:15  707     148.80  TRQX  
 10:09:15  708     148.80  BATE  
 10:09:15  708     148.80  CHIX  
 10:13:24  708     148.60  CHIX  
 10:36:29  707     148.70  TRQX  
 10:36:29  707     148.70  XLON  
 10:36:29  708     148.70  BATE  
 10:36:31  378     148.00  CHIX  
 10:41:04  300     148.20  BATE  
 10:55:03  161     148.20  BATE  
 10:55:03  330     148.20  CHIX  
 10:55:03  707     148.20  XLON  
 10:55:03  400     148.20  TRQX  
 10:55:03  86      148.20  BATE  
 10:55:03  307     148.20  TRQX  
 10:55:03  161     148.20  BATE  
 11:30:56  707     147.90  XLON  
 11:30:56  369     147.90  TRQX  
 11:30:56  338     147.90  TRQX  
 11:30:56  708     147.90  CHIX  
 11:30:56  708     147.90  BATE  
 11:53:39  348     147.80  TRQX  
 11:53:39  515     147.80  XLON  
 11:53:39  351     147.80  BATE  
 11:53:39  665     147.80  CHIX  
 11:53:39  359     147.80  TRQX  
 11:53:39  192     147.80  XLON  
 11:53:39  357     147.80  BATE  
 11:53:39  43      147.80  CHIX  
 12:17:56  539     147.90  XLON  
 12:17:56  538     147.90  TRQX  
 12:17:56  153     147.90  CHIX  
 12:17:56  1,214   147.90  BATE  
 12:17:56  386     147.90  CHIX  
 12:54:15  615     148.00  XLON  
 12:54:15  310     148.00  TRQX  
 12:54:15  800     148.00  BATE  
 12:54:15  800     148.00  CHIX  
 12:54:15  305     148.00  TRQX  
 12:54:25  521     147.90  XLON  
 12:54:25  341     147.90  XLON  
 12:54:25  800     147.90  BATE  
 12:55:22  707     147.80  XLON  
 12:55:22  707     147.80  TRQX  
 12:55:22  708     147.80  BATE  
 12:55:22  708     147.80  CHIX  
 13:02:48  707     147.70  XLON  
 13:02:48  707     147.70  TRQX  
 13:02:48  708     147.70  BATE  
 13:02:48  708     147.70  CHIX  
 13:09:09  707     147.70  TRQX  
 13:09:09  708     147.70  BATE  
 13:09:09  708     147.70  CHIX  
 13:09:09  707     147.70  XLON  
 13:30:24  707     148.00  TRQX  
 13:30:24  707     148.00  XLON  
 13:30:24  708     148.00  BATE  
 13:30:24  708     148.00  CHIX  
 13:37:17  944     147.70  CHIX  
 13:48:22  943     147.70  XLON  
 13:48:22  943     147.70  TRQX  
 13:48:22  772     147.60  BATE  
 13:48:22  1,600   147.60  BATE  
 13:48:22  800     147.60  BATE  
 13:48:24  523     147.50  CHIX  
 14:25:34  934     147.90  CHIX  
 14:25:34  934     147.90  BATE  
 14:25:34  386     147.80  XLON  
 14:25:34  538     147.80  TRQX  
 14:25:34  609     147.80  CHIX  
 14:25:34  944     147.80  BATE  
 14:25:34  557     147.80  XLON  
 14:25:34  405     147.80  TRQX  
 14:25:35  1,788   148.10  CHIX  
 14:47:33  707     147.90  TRQX  
 14:47:33  708     147.90  BATE  
 14:47:33  708     147.90  CHIX  
 14:47:33  707     147.90  XLON  
 15:04:06  120     147.90  XLON  
 15:04:06  707     147.90  TRQX  
 15:04:06  708     147.90  CHIX  
 15:04:06  708     147.90  BATE  
 15:04:06  587     147.90  XLON  
 15:04:59  707     147.80  TRQX  
 15:04:59  248     147.80  XLON  
 15:04:59  459     147.80  XLON  
 15:04:59  708     147.80  BATE  
 15:04:59  494     147.80  CHIX  
 15:04:59  214     147.80  CHIX  
 15:05:48  707     147.80  XLON  
 15:05:48  707     147.80  TRQX  
 15:05:48  352     147.80  BATE  
 15:05:48  708     147.80  CHIX  
 15:05:48  356     147.80  BATE  
 15:09:07  708     147.80  BATE  
 15:09:07  707     147.80  XLON  
 15:09:07  708     147.80  CHIX  
 15:09:07  707     147.80  TRQX  
 15:09:07  707     147.70  XLON  
 15:09:07  708     147.70  BATE  
 15:09:11  707     147.60  XLON  
 15:09:11  707     147.60  TRQX  
 15:09:11  708     147.60  BATE  
 15:09:11  708     147.60  CHIX  
 15:09:15  707     147.50  XLON  
 15:09:15  707     147.50  TRQX  
 15:09:15  708     147.50  CHIX  
 15:09:15  708     147.50  BATE  
 15:11:15  707     147.70  XLON  
 15:11:15  707     147.70  TRQX  
 15:11:15  708     147.70  BATE  
 15:11:15  708     147.70  CHIX  
 15:11:20  707     147.70  XLON  
 15:11:20  707     147.70  TRQX  
 15:11:20  708     147.70  BATE  
 15:11:20  708     147.70  CHIX  
 15:12:43  707     147.80  XLON  
 15:12:43  707     147.80  TRQX  
 15:12:43  708     147.80  BATE  
 15:12:43  6       147.80  CHIX  
 15:12:43  702     147.80  CHIX  
 15:15:17  707     148.00  TRQX  
 15:15:17  707     148.00  XLON  
 15:15:17  425     148.00  BATE  
 15:15:17  708     148.00  CHIX  
 15:15:17  283     148.00  BATE  
 15:15:19  707     147.90  TRQX  
 15:15:19  707     147.90  XLON  
 15:15:19  708     147.90  CHIX  
 15:15:19  708     147.90  BATE  
 15:15:22  707     147.60  TRQX  
 15:15:22  707     147.60  XLON  
 15:15:22  708     147.60  BATE  
 15:15:22  708     147.60  CHIX  
 15:16:15  707     147.60  TRQX  
 15:16:15  679     147.60  XLON  
 15:16:15  708     147.60  BATE  
 15:16:15  708     147.60  CHIX  
 15:16:15  28      147.60  XLON  
 15:17:56  707     147.50  XLON  
 15:17:56  221     147.50  TRQX  
 15:17:56  708     147.50  BATE  
 15:17:56  486     147.50  TRQX  
 15:17:56  708     147.50  CHIX  
 15:17:59  138     147.40  XLON  
 15:26:28  569     147.50  XLON  
 15:26:28  707     147.50  TRQX  
 15:26:28  708     147.50  BATE  
 15:38:53  1,886   147.80  BATE  
 15:38:53  707     147.70  XLON  
 15:38:53  707     147.70  TRQX  
 15:38:53  310     147.70  BATE  
 15:38:53  708     147.70  CHIX  
 15:38:53  398     147.70  BATE  
 15:42:34  708     148.10  BATE  
 16:01:57  76      148.00  XLON  
 16:01:57  2,373   148.00  XLON  
 16:01:57  1,231   147.90  CHIX  
 16:01:58  514     148.60  BATE  
 16:01:58  847     148.60  BATE  
 16:01:58  378     148.60  BATE  
 16:01:58  2,782   148.00  XLON  
 16:02:03  199     147.90  TRQX  
 16:02:03  707     147.90  XLON  
 16:02:03  2,801   147.90  BATE  
 16:02:03  508     147.90  TRQX  
 16:02:03  708     147.90  CHIX  
 16:02:03  620     147.90  BATE  
 16:02:13  727     148.55  BATE  
 16:03:16  698     148.75  CHIX  
 16:03:28  585     148.70  TRQX  
 16:03:28  520     148.70  TRQX  
 16:03:28  925     148.30  TRQX  
 16:03:28  943     148.20  XLON  
 16:03:28  944     148.20  BATE  
 16:03:28  943     148.20  CHIX  
 16:03:57  943     148.10  TRQX  
 16:03:57  943     148.10  XLON  
 16:03:57  4,802   148.10  CHIX  
 16:03:57  944     148.10  BATE  
 16:03:57  714     148.00  TRQX  
 16:03:57  696     148.00  CHIX  
 16:15:36  707     148.10  TRQX  
 16:15:36  707     148.10  XLON  
 16:15:36  708     148.10  BATE  
 16:15:36  708     148.10  CHIX  
 16:15:36  905     148.10  TRQX  
 16:15:36  946     148.10  BATE  
 16:15:36  883     148.10  CHIX  
 16:15:36  672     148.00  BATE  
 16:15:36  258     148.00  BATE  
 16:15:44  236     148.00  TRQX  
 16:15:44  707     148.00  XLON  
 16:15:44  471     148.00  TRQX  
 16:15:44  379     148.00  BATE  
 16:15:44  708     148.00  CHIX  
 16:15:44  329     148.00  BATE  
 16:21:28  627     148.40  TRQX  
 16:29:45  1,231   148.35  TRQX  
 16:29:45  1,286   148.35  BATE  
 16:29:45  1,274   148.35  CHIX  
 16:29:45  809     148.35  CHIX  
 16:35:09  14,635  149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  8,851   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  3,298   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  540     149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  5,367   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  3,367   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  7,101   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  20,058  149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  20,058  149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  5,070   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  5,218   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  7,321   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  10,957  149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  1,485   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  10,724  149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  1,804   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  3,086   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  2,263   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  8,731   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  3,891   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  4,247   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  7,410   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  10,029  149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  4,901   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  1,449   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  25,220  149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  16,044  149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  10,935  149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  7,090   149.80  XLON  
 16:35:09  4,146   149.80  XLON  
 


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