REG-FirstGroup Plc: Transaction in Own Shares

FirstgroupAnnouncement

06/10/2023 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 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                     05 October 2023  
 Number of ordinary shares purchased  401,024          
 Weighted average price paid (p)      145.26           
 Highest price paid (p)               145.70           
 Lowest price paid (p)                144.20           

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 81,125,416 Ordinary Shares in
treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held
as treasury shares is 669,569,599. 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 4 October 2023 is 669,569,599. 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                    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     145.36                                    334,630            
 BATE     144.77                                    18,392             
 CHIX     144.84                                    23,480             
 TRQX     144.69                                    23,140             
 SIGMA-X  144.95                                    1,382              

 

Individual transactions:

 Transaction Time  Volume  Price (GBp)  Platform  

 8:08:24   87      144.80  BATE     
 8:08:24   86      144.80  CHIX     
 8:08:24   83      144.80  TRQX     
 8:08:24   86      144.80  XLON     
 8:10:24   73      145.30  BATE     
 8:10:24   73      145.30  CHIX     
 8:10:24   72      145.30  XLON     
 8:10:24   72      145.30  TRQX     
 8:10:24   70      145.30  BATE     
 8:11:02   93      145.20  BATE     
 8:11:02   93      145.20  TRQX     
 8:11:02   93      145.20  XLON     
 8:11:02   93      145.20  CHIX     
 8:11:02   131     145.20  BATE     
 8:17:02   58      144.90  BATE     
 8:17:02   57      144.90  XLON     
 8:17:02   57      144.90  TRQX     
 8:17:02   58      144.90  CHIX     
 8:23:15   71      145.70  XLON     
 8:23:18   83      145.70  XLON     
 8:25:29   125     145.30  CHIX     
 8:25:29   126     145.30  BATE     
 8:26:11   112     145.20  CHIX     
 8:26:11   112     145.20  BATE     
 8:26:11   111     145.20  XLON     
 8:29:45   19      145.20  XLON     
 8:29:45   40      145.20  TRQX     
 8:29:45   129     145.20  BATE     
 8:29:45   109     145.20  XLON     
 8:29:45   88      145.20  TRQX     
 8:29:45   128     145.20  CHIX     
 8:29:45   30      145.20  XLON     
 8:30:02   97      145.20  BATE     
 8:30:02   97      145.20  CHIX     
 8:30:02   97      145.20  XLON     
 8:30:02   96      145.20  TRQX     
 8:52:18   55      145.30  BATE     
 8:52:18   55      145.30  CHIX     
 8:52:18   54      145.30  TRQX     
 8:53:02   155     145.30  BATE     
 8:53:02   53      145.30  CHIX     
 8:56:01   66      145.30  BATE     
 8:56:01   194     145.30  CHIX     
 10:01:31  140     145.30  CHIX     
 10:01:31  21      145.30  CHIX     
 10:01:31  98      145.30  BATE     
 10:01:31  54      145.30  XLON     
 10:01:31  52      145.30  TRQX     
 10:01:31  1,029   145.20  BATE     
 10:01:41  160     145.00  TRQX     
 10:01:41  160     145.00  XLON     
 10:01:41  161     145.00  BATE     
 10:01:41  161     145.00  CHIX     
 10:01:41  56      145.00  BATE     
 10:06:50  128     144.90  CHIX     
 10:06:50  128     144.90  BATE     
 10:06:50  127     144.90  XLON     
 10:06:50  127     144.90  TRQX     
 10:06:50  78      145.00  BATE     
 10:06:50  639     145.10  XLON     
 10:06:50  279     145.10  XLON     
 10:06:50  691     145.10  CHIX     
 10:27:01  345     144.80  CHIX     
 10:27:01  291     144.80  CHIX     
 10:27:01  591     144.80  BATE     
 10:27:01  286     144.80  XLON     
 10:27:01  314     144.80  TRQX     
 10:27:01  349     144.80  XLON     
 10:27:01  321     144.80  TRQX     
 11:03:18  476     144.60  TRQX     
 11:03:18  476     144.60  XLON     
 11:13:14  477     145.00  BATE     
 11:13:14  477     145.00  CHIX     
 11:13:14  476     145.00  TRQX     
 11:13:14  476     145.00  XLON     
 11:13:14  888     145.20  XLON     
 11:19:15  516     144.90  BATE     
 11:19:15  635     144.90  CHIX     
 11:19:15  120     144.90  BATE     
 11:19:15  58      144.90  TRQX     
 11:19:15  59      144.90  TRQX     
 11:19:15  518     144.90  TRQX     
 11:44:31  463     144.80  XLON     
 11:44:31  341     144.80  CHIX     
 11:44:31  123     144.80  CHIX     
 11:44:31  307     144.80  TRQX     
 11:44:31  156     144.80  TRQX     
 11:44:33  149     145.10  XLON     
 11:44:33  569     145.10  XLON     
 11:44:33  417     145.10  XLON     
 11:44:36  257     145.10  CHIX     
 12:05:00  825     144.80  XLON     
 12:05:00  310     144.80  XLON     
 12:05:00  257     144.80  BATE     
 12:05:00  257     144.80  TRQX     
 12:05:03  64      145.10  BATE     
 12:05:03  27      145.10  BATE     
 12:05:03  85      145.10  BATE     
 12:50:15  47      144.90  CHIX     
 12:50:15  151     144.90  CHIX     
 12:50:15  257     144.90  BATE     
 12:50:15  59      144.90  CHIX     
 12:50:15  27      144.90  TRQX     
 12:50:15  87      144.90  TRQX     
 12:50:15  749     144.90  XLON     
 12:50:15  143     144.90  TRQX     
 12:50:15  386     144.90  XLON     
 13:12:48  476     145.10  TRQX     
 13:12:48  477     145.10  BATE     
 13:12:48  477     145.10  CHIX     
 13:12:48  342     145.10  XLON     
 13:12:48  952     145.00  TRQX     
 13:13:29  636     144.90  CHIX     
 13:13:29  1226    144.90  BATE     
 13:13:29  635     144.90  XLON     
 13:13:29  551     145.00  CHIX     
 13:38:01  1,260   144.90  BATE     
 13:38:01  163     144.90  TRQX     
 13:38:01  636     144.90  CHIX     
 13:38:01  635     144.90  XLON     
 13:38:01  472     144.90  TRQX     
 13:38:01  800     144.85  TRQX     
 13:38:02  797     144.85  BATE     
 14:02:35  148     144.70  TRQX     
 14:05:26  59      144.60  TRQX     
 14:05:26  135     144.60  CHIX     
 14:05:26  136     144.60  BATE     
 14:05:26  135     144.60  XLON     
 14:05:26  23      144.60  TRQX     
 14:05:26  495     144.80  XLON     
 14:05:26  28      144.80  XLON     
 14:33:48  225     144.50  CHIX     
 14:33:48  225     144.50  TRQX     
 14:33:48  225     144.50  BATE     
 14:33:48  225     144.50  XLON     
 14:39:12  117     144.40  CHIX     
 14:39:12  67      144.40  TRQX     
 14:39:12  252     144.40  XLON     
 14:39:12  55      144.70  BATE     
 14:39:12  198     144.70  BATE     
 14:39:13  185     144.70  TRQX     
 14:39:16  291     144.70  BATE     
 14:39:17  290     144.70  XLON     
 14:39:18  135     144.70  CHIX     
 14:39:19  116     144.70  BATE     
 14:39:21  116     144.70  XLON     
 14:39:22  74      144.70  TRQX     
 14:39:23  54      144.70  CHIX     
 14:39:24  47      144.70  CHIX     
 14:39:27  47      144.70  BATE     
 14:39:28  46      144.70  XLON     
 14:39:31  30      144.70  TRQX     
 14:39:34  21      144.70  CHIX     
 14:39:37  19      144.70  CHIX     
 14:39:40  19      144.70  BATE     
 14:39:41  18      144.70  XLON     
 14:39:43  12      144.70  TRQX     
 14:39:46  9       144.70  CHIX     
 14:39:48  8       144.70  BATE     
 14:39:50  7       144.70  XLON     
 14:39:52  7       144.70  CHIX     
 14:39:55  5       144.70  TRQX     
 14:39:58  4       144.70  BATE     
 14:40:00  3       144.70  CHIX     
 14:40:01  3       144.70  CHIX     
 14:40:04  2       144.70  XLON     
 14:40:06  2       144.70  BATE     
 14:40:10  2       144.70  TRQX     
 14:40:13  1       144.70  CHIX     
 14:41:36  1       144.70  TRQX     
 14:41:37  111     144.70  CHIX     
 14:41:40  1       144.70  CHIX     
 14:48:00  1       144.50  BATE     
 14:48:00  44      144.50  CHIX     
 14:48:00  1       144.50  XLON     
 14:48:00  1       144.50  TRQX     
 14:52:34  227     144.90  CHIX     
 14:52:34  483     144.90  CHIX     
 14:59:29  1382    144.95  Sigma-X  
 14:59:30  190     145.10  XLON     
 14:59:30  284     145.10  XLON     
 14:59:30  878     145.10  XLON     
 14:59:30  1,610   144.90  CHIX     
 14:59:31  99      145.00  XLON     
 14:59:38  119     144.80  CHIX     
 15:00:20  30      144.90  TRQX     
 15:00:20  99      144.90  BATE     
 15:00:20  290     144.90  TRQX     
 15:00:20  1290    144.90  TRQX     
 15:00:21  738     145.10  CHIX     
 15:00:21  276     145.10  CHIX     
 15:00:21  706     145.10  CHIX     
 15:15:10  603     144.80  CHIX     
 15:15:10  603     144.80  BATE     
 15:15:10  602     144.80  XLON     
 15:15:10  98      144.80  TRQX     
 15:15:10  136     144.95  BATE     
 15:30:23  636     144.90  BATE     
 15:30:23  635     144.90  CHIX     
 15:30:23  635     144.90  XLON     
 15:30:23  1,745   144.90  TRQX     
 15:30:24  476     145.00  XLON     
 15:33:29  477     144.90  CHIX     
 15:33:29  477     144.90  BATE     
 15:33:29  476     144.90  TRQX     
 15:33:29  784     144.80  TRQX     
 15:33:29  1,746   144.80  CHIX     
 15:33:29  477     144.70  CHIX     
 15:33:29  147     144.70  BATE     
 15:33:29  476     144.70  XLON     
 15:33:29  330     144.70  BATE     
 15:33:29  476     144.70  TRQX     
 15:34:29  347     144.60  BATE     
 15:34:29  130     144.60  BATE     
 15:34:29  477     144.60  CHIX     
 15:34:29  476     144.60  XLON     
 15:34:29  476     144.60  TRQX     
 15:39:59  477     144.30  BATE     
 15:39:59  476     144.30  TRQX     
 15:39:59  476     144.30  XLON     
 15:39:59  477     144.30  CHIX     
 15:51:26  218     144.40  BATE     
 15:51:26  477     144.40  CHIX     
 15:51:26  259     144.40  BATE     
 15:51:26  476     144.40  XLON     
 15:51:26  476     144.40  TRQX     
 15:52:43  477     144.40  CHIX     
 15:52:43  477     144.40  BATE     
 15:52:43  476     144.40  XLON     
 15:52:43  476     144.40  TRQX     
 15:54:07  85      144.30  CHIX     
 15:55:51  392     144.40  CHIX     
 15:55:51  371     144.40  XLON     
 15:55:51  29      144.40  TRQX     
 15:55:51  105     144.40  XLON     
 15:55:51  447     144.40  TRQX     
 15:55:51  430     144.40  BATE     
 15:55:51  47      144.40  BATE     
 15:59:54  285     144.30  TRQX     
 16:03:10  69      144.40  CHIX     
 16:03:10  408     144.40  CHIX     
 16:03:10  476     144.40  XLON     
 16:03:10  191     144.40  TRQX     
 16:03:10  334     144.40  BATE     
 16:03:10  143     144.40  BATE     
 16:03:22  476     144.40  XLON     
 16:03:22  476     144.40  TRQX     
 16:03:22  477     144.40  CHIX     
 16:03:22  477     144.40  BATE     
 16:03:22  476     144.40  TRQX     
 16:03:22  238     144.40  XLON     
 16:03:22  238     144.40  XLON     
 16:05:14  476     144.30  TRQX     
 16:05:14  72      144.30  BATE     
 16:05:14  450     144.30  CHIX     
 16:05:14  35      144.30  XLON     
 16:05:14  405     144.30  BATE     
 16:05:14  27      144.30  CHIX     
 16:05:14  441     144.30  XLON     
 16:07:44  644     144.30  TRQX     
 16:07:44  330     144.30  BATE     
 16:07:44  329     144.30  XLON     
 16:07:44  273     144.30  TRQX     
 16:07:44  14      144.30  CHIX     
 16:09:25  316     144.30  CHIX     
 16:09:25  917     144.30  TRQX     
 16:10:24  201     144.30  TRQX     
 16:10:24  530     144.30  XLON     
 16:10:24  329     144.30  TRQX     
 16:10:24  530     144.30  BATE     
 16:10:24  179     144.30  XLON     
 16:14:44  476     144.20  TRQX     
 16:18:14  476     144.20  XLON     
 16:21:54  322     144.30  XLON     
 16:21:54  450     144.30  TRQX     
 16:21:54  384     144.40  BATE     
 16:21:54  93      144.40  BATE     
 16:26:14  772     144.40  XLON     
 16:26:14  26      144.40  TRQX     
 16:26:14  160     144.40  TRQX     
 16:26:14  115     144.50  BATE     
 16:26:44  317     144.70  TRQX     
 16:26:44  370     144.70  TRQX     
 16:26:44  440     144.80  BATE     
 16:26:44  198     144.80  BATE     
 16:29:36  15      144.90  XLON     
 16:29:36  678     144.90  CHIX     
 16:29:37  225     145.10  TRQX     
 16:29:37  252     145.10  TRQX     
 16:29:37  2,015   145.00  CHIX     
 16:29:37  371     145.00  CHIX     
 16:29:44  1,211   144.70  TRQX     
 16:29:44  154     144.70  XLON     
 16:35:29  5,995   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  6,496   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  4,251   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  9,615   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  11,449  145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  5,101   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  4,807   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  3083    145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  5,099   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  901     145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  10,802  145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  4,502   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  4,964   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  22,821  145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  1,095   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  10361   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  9,547   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  5,236   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  4,362   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  7537    145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  12,747  145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  2507    145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  990     145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  7144    145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  13,140  145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  21,614  145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  5,816   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  24,513  145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  11,560  145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  3179    145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  2,152   145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  5582    145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  11,027  145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  644     145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  16,216  145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  21,829  145.40  XLON     
 16:35:29  13,588  145.40  XLON     
 


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