REG-FirstGroup Plc: Transaction in Own Shares

FirstgroupAnnouncement

18/03/2024 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 RBC Europe Limited.

 

 Date of Purchase                     15 March 2024  
 Number of ordinary shares purchased  13,101         
 Weighted average price paid (p)      168.40         
 Highest price paid (p)               169.90         
 Lowest price paid (p)                166.40         

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 109,865,685 Ordinary Shares in
treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held
as treasury shares is 640,829,330. 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 15 March 2024 is 640,829,330. 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  
 CHIX   168.38                                    13,101             

 

Individual transactions:

 Transaction Time  Volume  Price (GBp)  Platform  
 08:02:16          355     166.40       CHIX      
 08:02:16          1307    166.40       CHIX      
 08:04:01          626     166.60       CHIX      
 08:09:37          1662    168.30       CHIX      
 08:09:40          390     168.10       CHIX      
 08:09:40          1263    168.10       CHIX      
 08:09:41          9       168.10       CHIX      
 08:13:17          162     168.70       CHIX      
 08:13:17          1099    168.70       CHIX      
 08:13:17          401     168.70       CHIX      
 08:13:27          180     168.90       CHIX      
 08:13:27          1482    168.90       CHIX      
 08:13:29          1662    168.70       CHIX      
 08:14:09          841     169.00       CHIX      
 08:19:45          300     169.90       CHIX      
 08:19:45          1362    169.90       CHIX      
 


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