REG-FirstGroup Plc: Transaction in Own Shares

FirstgroupAnnouncement

17/10/2023 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                     16 October 2023  
 Number of ordinary shares purchased  447,000          
 Weighted average price paid (p)      149.52           
 Highest price paid (p)               150.30           
 Lowest price paid (p)                148.60           

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 83,961,844 Ordinary Shares in
treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held
as treasury shares is 666,733,171. 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 16 October 2023 is 666,733,171. 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   149.43                                    264,820            
 BATE   149.63                                    77,483             
 CHIX   149.83                                    52,774             
 TRQX   149.56                                    51,923             

 

Individual transactions:

 Transaction Time  Volume  Price (GBp)  Platform  

 8:14:15   50      150.30  BATE  
 8:14:15   17      150.20  XLON  
 8:14:19   1,239   150.00  CHIX  
 8:15:05   430     150.00  XLON  
 8:15:05   430     150.00  BATE  
 8:15:05   308     150.00  TRQX  
 8:22:23   1,128   150.00  CHIX  
 8:22:23   7       150.00  BATE  
 8:22:23   6       150.00  XLON  
 8:22:23   121     150.00  TRQX  
 8:22:23   451     150.00  XLON  
 8:22:26   35      149.80  CHIX  
 8:22:26   162     149.80  CHIX  
 8:22:26   197     149.80  BATE  
 8:22:26   196     149.80  XLON  
 8:22:26   196     149.80  TRQX  
 8:22:28   26      149.80  CHIX  
 8:22:29   27      149.80  BATE  
 8:22:29   26      149.80  XLON  
 8:22:29   330     149.80  TRQX  
 8:22:34   44      149.60  CHIX  
 8:22:34   44      149.60  XLON  
 8:22:34   44      149.60  TRQX  
 8:22:34   45      149.60  BATE  
 8:22:34   17      149.60  BATE  
 8:45:30   86      149.40  CHIX  
 8:45:30   86      149.40  XLON  
 8:45:30   86      149.40  BATE  
 8:45:30   85      149.40  TRQX  
 8:45:57   129     149.90  CHIX  
 8:46:00   129     149.80  XLON  
 8:47:09   865     149.60  BATE  
 8:47:09   387     149.60  CHIX  
 8:47:09   129     149.60  TRQX  
 8:56:02   311     149.40  CHIX  
 8:56:02   311     149.40  BATE  
 8:56:02   12      149.40  TRQX  
 8:56:02   298     149.40  TRQX  
 8:56:02   311     149.40  XLON  
 8:56:02   119     149.40  BATE  
 8:56:13   124     149.10  CHIX  
 8:56:13   213     149.10  CHIX  
 8:56:13   338     149.10  BATE  
 8:56:13   337     149.10  XLON  
 8:56:13   337     149.10  TRQX  
 8:58:12   73      149.40  XLON  
 9:08:25   262     149.20  CHIX  
 9:08:25   263     149.20  BATE  
 9:08:25   262     149.20  XLON  
 9:08:25   262     149.20  TRQX  
 9:08:25   104     149.20  XLON  
 9:11:06   329     148.90  CHIX  
 9:11:06   328     148.90  XLON  
 9:11:06   328     148.90  TRQX  
 9:11:06   329     148.90  BATE  
 9:14:50   861     148.80  BATE  
 9:14:50   60      148.80  XLON  
 9:14:50   61      148.80  CHIX  
 9:14:50   60      148.80  TRQX  
 9:14:58   115     148.60  CHIX  
 9:14:58   176     148.60  BATE  
 9:14:58   175     148.60  XLON  
 9:14:58   61      148.60  CHIX  
 9:14:58   175     148.60  TRQX  
 9:15:30   121     148.60  XLON  
 9:22:22   136     148.80  XLON  
 9:22:22   474     148.80  XLON  
 9:22:24   187     149.00  CHIX  
 9:22:27   180     149.00  XLON  
 9:22:27   136     149.00  XLON  
 9:22:30   75      149.00  CHIX  
 9:22:33   126     149.00  XLON  
 9:22:36   48      149.00  XLON  
 9:22:39   182     149.00  BATE  
 9:22:40   85      148.90  TRQX  
 9:22:40   97      148.90  TRQX  
 9:22:40   50      149.00  XLON  
 9:40:17   93      149.00  TRQX  
 9:40:21   72      149.00  XLON  
 9:40:24   72      149.00  BATE  
 9:40:25   37      149.00  TRQX  
 9:40:27   30      149.00  CHIX  
 9:40:29   29      149.00  BATE  
 9:40:30   29      149.00  XLON  
 9:40:33   20      149.00  XLON  
 9:40:36   15      149.00  TRQX  
 9:40:39   12      149.00  CHIX  
 9:40:42   12      149.00  XLON  
 9:40:45   11      149.00  BATE  
 9:40:48   8       149.00  XLON  
 9:40:51   6       149.00  TRQX  
 9:40:54   5       149.00  CHIX  
 9:40:57   5       149.00  XLON  
 9:41:00   4       149.00  BATE  
 9:41:03   3       149.00  XLON  
 9:41:06   3       149.00  TRQX  
 9:41:07   2       149.00  CHIX  
 9:47:25   2       149.00  XLON  
 9:47:27   75      149.00  CHIX  
 9:47:30   2       149.00  TRQX  
 9:50:04   2,116   149.30  XLON  
 9:50:04   136     149.30  XLON  
 9:50:04   278     149.30  TRQX  
 9:50:06   174     149.30  XLON  
 9:50:06   1       149.60  XLON  
 9:50:06   1,379   149.60  XLON  
 9:50:06   1       149.70  XLON  
 10:23:15  30      149.40  CHIX  
 10:23:15  2,076   149.40  TRQX  
 10:23:15  1       149.40  BATE  
 10:32:48  1,040   149.40  BATE  
 10:32:49  12      149.70  XLON  
 10:45:09  602     150.20  XLON  
 10:45:09  136     150.20  XLON  
 10:45:16  527     149.80  CHIX  
 10:45:16  528     149.80  BATE  
 10:45:16  527     149.80  TRQX  
 10:45:16  527     149.80  XLON  
 10:45:17  443     149.80  BATE  
 10:45:17  1,074   149.80  BATE  
 10:46:06  256     149.70  CHIX  
 10:46:06  271     149.70  CHIX  
 10:46:06  6       149.70  XLON  
 10:46:06  528     149.70  BATE  
 10:46:06  521     149.70  XLON  
 10:46:06  521     149.70  TRQX  
 10:46:06  6       149.70  TRQX  
 10:50:26  617     149.50  TRQX  
 10:50:26  618     149.50  XLON  
 10:50:26  618     149.50  BATE  
 10:50:27  874     149.60  XLON  
 10:50:27  272     149.80  CHIX  
 10:50:27  547     149.80  CHIX  
 10:50:28  412     149.40  BATE  
 10:50:28  301     149.40  TRQX  
 11:34:12  193     150.20  BATE  
 11:37:07  124     149.90  BATE  
 11:37:07  412     149.90  CHIX  
 11:37:07  738     149.90  XLON  
 11:37:07  670     149.90  BATE  
 11:37:07  22      149.90  TRQX  
 11:37:07  55      149.90  XLON  
 11:37:07  88      149.90  TRQX  
 11:37:07  527     149.70  CHIX  
 11:37:07  179     149.70  TRQX  
 11:37:07  527     149.70  XLON  
 11:37:07  528     149.70  BATE  
 11:37:07  348     149.70  TRQX  
 11:37:07  1,122   149.75  BATE  
 11:37:08  527     149.90  XLON  
 13:02:14  527     149.80  XLON  
 13:02:14  528     149.80  BATE  
 13:02:14  527     149.80  CHIX  
 13:02:14  527     149.80  TRQX  
 13:23:44  527     149.70  CHIX  
 13:23:44  484     149.70  XLON  
 13:23:44  484     149.70  TRQX  
 13:23:44  528     149.70  BATE  
 13:23:44  43      149.70  XLON  
 13:23:44  43      149.70  TRQX  
 13:38:08  527     149.50  CHIX  
 13:38:08  528     149.50  BATE  
 13:38:08  527     149.50  XLON  
 13:38:08  527     149.50  TRQX  
 13:38:08  38      149.40  XLON  
 13:38:08  194     149.40  XLON  
 13:38:08  61      149.40  TRQX  
 13:38:08  195     149.40  XLON  
 13:38:08  100     149.40  XLON  
 13:38:08  466     149.40  TRQX  
 13:38:35  527     149.20  XLON  
 13:38:36  222     149.20  CHIX  
 14:00:27  365     149.10  CHIX  
 14:00:27  528     149.10  BATE  
 14:00:27  162     149.10  CHIX  
 14:00:27  527     149.10  XLON  
 14:00:27  527     149.10  TRQX  
 14:41:03  205     149.00  TRQX  
 14:41:03  22      149.00  TRQX  
 14:41:03  527     149.00  CHIX  
 14:41:03  528     149.00  BATE  
 14:41:03  300     149.00  TRQX  
 14:41:03  527     149.00  XLON  
 14:41:03  527     148.80  CHIX  
 14:41:03  528     148.80  BATE  
 14:41:03  527     148.80  TRQX  
 14:41:03  527     148.80  XLON  
 14:41:03  591     148.70  BATE  
 14:41:03  141     148.70  BATE  
 14:41:04  417     148.80  BATE  
 14:41:04  417     148.80  BATE  
 14:41:04  185     148.80  BATE  
 14:41:04  111     148.70  CHIX  
 14:41:04  180     148.70  BATE  
 14:41:04  527     148.70  XLON  
 15:11:43  1,357   149.25  CHIX  
 15:24:21  499     149.60  BATE  
 15:42:36  527     149.40  XLON  
 15:42:36  528     149.40  BATE  
 15:42:36  527     149.40  CHIX  
 15:42:36  59      149.40  TRQX  
 15:42:36  468     149.40  TRQX  
 15:42:36  527     149.40  CHIX  
 15:42:36  528     149.40  BATE  
 15:42:36  527     149.40  XLON  
 15:42:36  527     149.40  TRQX  
 15:42:37  1340    149.30  BATE  
 15:42:37  525     149.30  TRQX  
 15:42:38  6,337   149.40  XLON  
 15:42:38  6378    149.40  XLON  
 15:42:38  527     149.20  XLON  
 15:42:38  27      149.20  TRQX  
 15:42:38  33      149.20  TRQX  
 15:42:44  10,547  149.35  TRQX  
 15:42:44  4,690   149.40  XLON  
 15:42:44  8,000   149.40  XLON  
 15:42:45  742     149.40  XLON  
 15:42:45  3,608   149.40  XLON  
 15:42:45  529     149.40  BATE  
 15:42:45  547     149.40  BATE  
 15:42:45  1,289   149.40  CHIX  
 15:42:45  815     149.40  BATE  
 15:42:45  6,660   149.40  XLON  
 15:42:46  467     149.30  TRQX  
 15:42:46  527     149.30  CHIX  
 15:42:46  528     149.30  BATE  
 15:42:47  527     149.40  XLON  
 15:43:13  2743    149.30  BATE  
 15:43:13  2,645   149.30  BATE  
 15:43:16  257     149.40  CHIX  
 15:43:16  446     149.40  CHIX  
 15:43:16  73      149.30  XLON  
 15:43:16  703     149.30  TRQX  
 15:43:16  630     149.30  XLON  
 15:43:33  703     149.30  XLON  
 15:43:39  703     149.30  CHIX  
 15:43:39  703     149.30  BATE  
 15:43:48  469     149.20  XLON  
 15:43:48  469     149.40  BATE  
 15:45:18  1178    149.55  BATE  
 15:45:18  550     149.70  XLON  
 15:45:18  36      149.70  XLON  
 15:45:19  1411    149.40  BATE  
 15:45:19  1055    149.60  XLON  
 15:45:40  1,168   149.40  XLON  
 15:45:50  864     149.40  XLON  
 15:45:53  1,731   149.40  XLON  
 15:45:56  703     149.50  CHIX  
 15:45:56  703     149.50  XLON  
 15:45:56  703     149.50  TRQX  
 15:45:56  700     149.60  BATE  
 15:45:56  8,400   149.60  BATE  
 15:45:56  1,243   149.60  BATE  
 15:45:56  242     149.60  BATE  
 15:45:56  618     149.60  BATE  
 15:45:56  700     149.60  BATE  
 15:45:56  700     149.60  BATE  
 15:45:56  9,800   149.60  BATE  
 15:45:56  363     149.60  BATE  
 15:45:56  249     149.80  XLON  
 15:45:56  454     149.80  XLON  
 15:45:56  817     150.00  BATE  
 15:45:56  506     150.00  BATE  
 15:45:56  151     150.00  BATE  
 15:45:56  2,347   150.00  BATE  
 15:45:56  3,580   150.00  BATE  
 15:46:44  10,307  149.30  TRQX  
 15:50:30  587     149.40  XLON  
 15:51:17  603     149.40  XLON  
 15:52:03  582     149.40  XLON  
 15:52:50  651     149.40  XLON  
 15:53:32  584     149.40  XLON  
 15:54:11  552     149.40  XLON  
 15:54:54  606     149.40  XLON  
 15:55:33  585     149.40  XLON  
 15:56:08  551     149.40  XLON  
 15:56:08  703     149.50  BATE  
 15:56:08  328     149.50  XLON  
 15:56:08  156     149.60  CHIX  
 15:56:08  547     149.60  CHIX  
 15:56:08  469     149.70  XLON  
 15:56:08  469     149.80  BATE  
 15:56:09  211     149.80  XLON  
 15:56:09  547     149.80  BATE  
 15:57:14  547     149.70  CHIX  
 15:57:14  468     149.70  TRQX  
 15:57:14  547     149.70  XLON  
 15:57:15  547     149.70  XLON  
 16:00:48  706     149.90  XLON  
 16:01:03  653     149.90  BATE  
 16:01:18  408     149.90  XLON  
 16:01:18  263     149.90  XLON  
 16:01:32  110     149.90  XLON  
 16:01:32  561     149.90  XLON  
 16:01:51  540     149.90  XLON  
 16:01:51  130     149.90  XLON  
 16:01:51  7       150.00  XLON  
 16:01:51  1,083   150.00  XLON  
 16:01:51  867     150.00  XLON  
 16:01:52  547     150.10  BATE  
 16:01:52  507     150.10  TRQX  
 16:01:52  508     150.10  CHIX  
 16:02:47  3,255   150.05  BATE  
 16:02:47  7,784   150.05  TRQX  
 16:02:47  3,330   150.05  CHIX  
 16:02:47  4,518   150.05  CHIX  
 16:02:47  7,812   150.05  CHIX  
 16:02:47  1,280   150.05  CHIX  
 16:02:48  527     149.90  XLON  
 16:02:48  527     149.90  TRQX  
 16:03:43  527     149.90  CHIX  
 16:03:43  527     149.90  TRQX  
 16:03:43  528     149.90  BATE  
 16:03:43  527     149.90  XLON  
 16:16:45  45      149.90  CHIX  
 16:16:45  186     149.90  CHIX  
 16:16:45  183     149.90  CHIX  
 16:16:45  6       149.90  XLON  
 16:16:45  96      149.90  XLON  
 16:16:45  528     150.00  BATE  
 16:16:45  527     150.00  TRQX  
 16:16:45  18      149.90  TRQX  
 16:16:45  49      149.90  XLON  
 16:16:45  528     149.90  BATE  
 16:16:45  509     149.90  TRQX  
 16:16:45  527     150.00  CHIX  
 16:16:45  47      149.90  CHIX  
 16:18:42  384     150.00  XLON  
 16:18:42  185     150.00  XLON  
 16:19:05  614     150.00  BATE  
 16:19:05  18      150.00  BATE  
 16:19:30  424     150.00  BATE  
 16:19:30  195     150.00  BATE  
 16:19:50  457     150.00  CHIX  
 16:19:50  85      150.00  CHIX  
 16:20:11  365     150.00  CHIX  
 16:20:11  85      150.00  CHIX  
 16:20:11  90      150.00  CHIX  
 16:20:35  616     150.00  CHIX  
 16:20:59  315     150.00  XLON  
 16:20:59  136     150.00  XLON  
 16:20:59  164     150.00  XLON  
 16:21:23  53      150.00  CHIX  
 16:21:23  580     150.00  CHIX  
 16:21:51  218     150.00  CHIX  
 16:21:51  494     150.00  CHIX  
 16:22:15  313     150.00  CHIX  
 16:22:15  348     150.00  CHIX  
 16:22:35  592     150.00  CHIX  
 16:22:56  592     150.00  CHIX  
 16:23:18  2       150.00  XLON  
 16:23:18  548     150.00  XLON  
 16:23:18  102     150.00  XLON  
 16:23:36  20      150.00  BATE  
 16:23:36  547     150.00  BATE  
 16:23:57  44      150.00  XLON  
 16:23:57  324     150.00  XLON  
 16:23:57  136     150.00  XLON  
 16:23:57  157     150.00  XLON  
 16:24:11  357     150.00  TRQX  
 16:24:11  172     150.00  TRQX  
 16:24:26  474     150.00  CHIX  
 16:24:26  68      150.00  CHIX  
 16:24:45  55      150.00  CHIX  
 16:24:45  522     150.00  CHIX  
 16:24:45  73      150.00  CHIX  
 16:25:03  676     150.00  CHIX  
 16:25:15  268     150.00  CHIX  
 16:25:15  85      150.00  CHIX  
 16:25:15  183     150.00  CHIX  
 16:25:29  670     150.00  CHIX  
 16:25:44  52      150.00  CHIX  
 16:25:44  617     150.00  CHIX  
 16:25:57  434     150.00  XLON  
 16:25:57  102     150.00  XLON  
 16:26:09  259     150.00  BATE  
 16:26:09  65      150.00  BATE  
 16:26:09  261     150.00  TRQX  
 16:26:09  40      150.00  TRQX  
 16:26:09  528     150.10  BATE  
 16:26:30  107     150.10  XLON  
 16:26:30  548     150.10  XLON  
 16:26:38  994     150.00  TRQX  
 16:26:38  3191    150.00  TRQX  
 16:26:38  1,272   150.00  BATE  
 16:26:38  3,863   150.00  BATE  
 16:26:38  1,309   150.00  CHIX  
 16:26:38  4,233   150.00  CHIX  
 16:26:49  197     149.80  BATE  
 16:29:44  527     149.80  CHIX  
 16:29:44  294     149.80  BATE  
 16:29:49  2       149.80  CHIX  
 16:29:49  1       149.80  CHIX  
 16:29:50  1       149.80  CHIX  
 16:29:56  86      149.80  CHIX  
 16:35:28  18719   149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  10,753  149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  11,861  149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  6,118   149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  6,348   149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  3,706   149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  8,964   149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  1,841   149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  9220    149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  8,997   149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  7,329   149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  384     149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  7,557   149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  4559    149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  32,851  149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  47      149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  6739    149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  6,576   149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  642     149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  2,643   149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  12,039  149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  3,227   149.40  XLON  
 16:35:28  11,371  149.40  XLON  
 


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