REG-FirstGroup Plc: Transaction in Own Shares

FirstgroupAnnouncement

02/01/2024 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 Liberum Capital Limited.

 

 Date of Purchase                     29 December 2023  
 Number of ordinary shares purchased  19,637            
 Weighted average price paid (p)      174.96            
 Highest price paid (p)               175.00            
 Lowest price paid (p)                174.70            

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 97,238,766 Ordinary Shares in
treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held
as treasury shares is 653,456,249.  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 29 December 2023 is 653,456,249.  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: Liberum Capital Limited

Intermediary Code: RINFGB21XXX

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   174.94                                    12,644             
 BATE   175.00                                    1,290              
 CHIX   175.00                                    3,395              
 TRQX   175.00                                    2,308              

 

Individual transactions:

 Transaction Date  Transaction Time  Volume  Price   Platform  
 29/12/2023        08:30:26          346     175.00  CHIX      
 29/12/2023        08:31:00          953     175.00  XLON      
 29/12/2023        08:31:05          628     175.00  CHIX      
 29/12/2023        08:31:05          458     175.00  CHIX      
 29/12/2023        08:31:05          369     175.00  XLON      
 29/12/2023        08:31:05          1,290   175.00  BATE      
 29/12/2023        08:31:05          453     175.00  CHIX      
 29/12/2023        08:31:05          477     175.00  CHIX      
 29/12/2023        08:31:05          1231    175.00  TRQX      
 29/12/2023        08:32:05          162     174.70  XLON      
 29/12/2023        08:32:05          1,200   174.70  XLON      
 29/12/2023        08:38:05          1,218   175.00  XLON      
 29/12/2023        10:11:54          713     175.00  XLON      
 29/12/2023        10:11:54          528     175.00  XLON      
 29/12/2023        10:23:18          1,077   175.00  TRQX      
 29/12/2023        10:35:12          1,100   175.00  XLON      
 29/12/2023        10:35:12          218     175.00  XLON      
 29/12/2023        10:35:12          800     175.00  XLON      
 29/12/2023        10:35:12          1,200   175.00  XLON      
 29/12/2023        10:35:12          1,749   174.80  XLON      
 29/12/2023        10:35:12          61      174.80  XLON      
 29/12/2023        10:35:25          800     175.00  XLON      
 29/12/2023        10:35:25          762     175.00  XLON      
 29/12/2023        10:35:25          811     175.00  XLON      
 29/12/2023        11:49:04          41      175.00  CHIX      
 29/12/2023        11:56:59          992     175.00  CHIX      

 

 
 


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