FirstGroup Plc - Transaction in Own Shares

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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

10 July 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

194,219

Weighted average price paid (p)

169.30

Highest price paid (p)

171.30

Lowest price paid (p)

166.10

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 131,489,929 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 619,205,086. 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 10 July 2024 is 619,205,086. 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:


Marianna Bowes, Head of Investor Relations
David Blizzard, Company Secretary
corporate.comms@firstgroup.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354

Contacts at Brunswick PR:


Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959

Contacts at Panmure Liberum:


Nicholas How / John Fishley
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000 

Contacts at RBC Europe Limited:


James Agnew / Jack Wood
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

168.75

79,196

BATE

169.86

8,025

CHIX

169.61

95,716

TRQX

170.10

4,818

Aquis

168.57

6,464

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:04:00

282

166.10

CHIX

08:15:00

967

166.40

CHIX

08:15:00

584

166.40

CHIX

08:15:00

184

166.40

CHIX

09:06:51

400

167.20

CHIX

09:06:51

1335

167.20

CHIX

09:06:51

336

167.10

Aquis

09:06:51

672

167.10

BATE

09:06:51

464

167.10

CHIX

09:06:51

336

167.10

TRQX

09:06:51

2360

167.10

XLON

09:06:51

832

167.10

XLON

09:06:51

672

167.10

Aquis

09:06:51

504

167.10

BATE

09:06:51

570

167.10

CHIX

09:06:51

62

167.10

CHIX

09:06:51

3192

167.10

XLON

09:06:51

1354

167.10

CHIX

09:06:51

454

167.10

CHIX

09:06:51

3192

167.10

XLON

09:06:51

2

167.10

Aquis

09:06:51

670

167.10

Aquis

09:08:03

1735

167.20

CHIX

09:13:25

2353

167.10

XLON

09:13:25

167

167.10

XLON

09:13:37

1735

167.10

CHIX

09:13:37

908

167.10

XLON

09:13:37

900

167.10

XLON

09:13:37

52

167.10

BATE

09:13:37

4948

167.10

XLON

09:13:37

1055

167.10

XLON

09:13:37

2040

167.10

XLON

09:13:37

1693

167.10

XLON

09:13:37

212

167.10

XLON

09:13:38

565

167.10

XLON

09:13:38

4435

167.10

XLON

09:13:38

1189

167.10

CHIX

09:13:38

630

167.10

Aquis

09:13:38

30

167.10

Aquis

09:13:38

1148

167.10

Aquis

09:13:38

3192

167.10

XLON

09:13:40

546

167.10

CHIX

09:13:40

1826

167.10

XLON

09:13:40

1808

167.10

CHIX

09:14:06

1735

167.10

CHIX

09:14:06

1366

167.10

CHIX

09:16:02

589

167.20

CHIX

09:16:02

1146

167.20

CHIX

09:24:50

870

167.10

CHIX

09:24:50

865

167.10

CHIX

09:24:50

968

167.10

CHIX

09:24:50

3192

167.10

XLON

10:22:08

1735

168.20

CHIX

10:37:02

565

168.20

CHIX

10:48:41

28

168.20

XLON

10:52:28

1

168.20

CHIX

11:09:07

968

168.90

XLON

11:12:02

589

168.90

CHIX

11:16:02

379

168.90

CHIX

11:39:10

1074

169.10

CHIX

11:39:10

661

169.10

CHIX

11:57:34

1735

169.10

CHIX

11:57:34

3192

169.00

XLON

12:19:34

1735

169.70

CHIX

12:23:44

1144

169.60

CHIX

12:23:44

591

169.60

CHIX

12:25:01

781

169.50

CHIX

12:58:55

1735

170.10

CHIX

12:58:58

1735

170.10

CHIX

13:16:07

1735

170.10

CHIX

13:21:35

541

170.00

CHIX

13:21:35

415

170.00

CHIX

13:21:35

126

170.00

CHIX

13:21:35

653

170.00

CHIX

13:21:39

1735

169.90

CHIX

13:37:40

61

170.30

CHIX

13:45:53

100

170.30

CHIX

13:45:53

798

170.30

CHIX

13:45:53

1808

170.30

TRQX

13:45:53

3192

170.30

XLON

13:45:53

469

170.30

CHIX

13:45:53

264

170.30

CHIX

13:45:53

43

170.30

CHIX

14:16:14

1735

170.60

CHIX

14:19:37

1735

170.40

CHIX

14:19:38

840

170.30

BATE

14:19:38

968

170.30

CHIX

14:19:38

2880

170.30

XLON

14:19:38

312

170.30

XLON

14:19:38

1088

170.30

TRQX

14:19:38

312

170.30

XLON

14:19:38

334

170.30

XLON

14:19:38

966

170.30

XLON

14:19:38

101

170.30

XLON

14:19:38

136

170.30

CHIX

14:19:56

92

170.40

CHIX

14:20:15

82

170.40

CHIX

14:20:56

482

170.40

CHIX

14:20:56

1079

170.40

CHIX

14:23:56

234

170.30

BATE

14:23:56

779

170.30

BATE

14:23:56

722

170.30

BATE

14:23:56

400

170.30

CHIX

14:23:56

304

170.30

CHIX

14:23:56

149

170.30

XLON

14:23:56

1210

170.30

XLON

14:23:57

559

170.30

CHIX

14:23:57

104

170.30

CHIX

14:23:57

148

170.30

XLON

14:23:57

296

170.30

XLON

14:36:33

1735

170.30

CHIX

14:36:33

1373

170.30

CHIX

14:36:33

2520

170.30

XLON

14:36:33

262

170.30

Aquis

14:36:33

336

170.30

TRQX

14:36:34

1463

170.30

CHIX

14:36:34

272

170.30

CHIX

14:36:34

336

170.30

BATE

14:36:34

3192

170.30

XLON

14:36:34

464

170.30

CHIX

14:36:35

242

170.30

TRQX

14:36:35

168

170.30

XLON

14:48:45

75

170.30

XLON

14:53:22

1735

170.30

CHIX

14:53:22

464

170.30

CHIX

14:53:22

336

170.30

TRQX

14:53:22

336

170.30

BATE

14:53:22

3117

170.30

XLON

14:53:22

672

170.30

Aquis

14:53:22

504

170.30

BATE

14:53:22

632

170.30

CHIX

14:53:23

1309

170.30

CHIX

14:53:23

3192

170.30

XLON

14:53:24

426

170.30

CHIX

14:53:24

374

170.30

Aquis

14:53:24

298

170.30

Aquis

14:53:24

162

170.30

Aquis

14:53:24

510

170.30

Aquis

14:53:24

473

170.30

BATE

14:53:24

632

170.30

CHIX

14:53:24

31

170.30

BATE

14:53:24

1275

170.30

XLON

14:53:24

1917

170.30

XLON

14:53:24

672

170.30

Aquis

14:53:24

68

170.30

BATE

14:53:24

436

170.30

BATE

14:53:24

632

170.30

CHIX

14:53:24

3192

170.30

XLON

14:53:24

336

170.30

XLON

14:53:24

348

170.30

XLON

14:53:26

170

170.10

CHIX

14:53:26

856

170.10

CHIX

14:54:20

599

170.10

CHIX

14:54:20

110

170.10

CHIX

14:54:21

1735

170.00

CHIX

14:54:56

1

169.70

CHIX

14:55:47

433

169.70

CHIX

14:58:20

1005

169.70

CHIX

14:58:50

296

169.70

CHIX

15:17:34

1000

170.40

CHIX

15:17:34

680

170.40

CHIX

15:20:41

26

170.50

Aquis

15:20:41

31

170.50

BATE

15:20:41

663

170.50

BATE

15:20:41

25

170.50

CHIX

15:20:41

107

170.50

CHIX

15:20:41

109

170.50

CHIX

15:20:41

973

170.50

XLON

15:20:41

114

170.50

XLON

15:20:41

96

170.50

XLON

15:20:41

168

170.50

TRQX

15:20:41

168

170.50

CHIX

15:20:41

672

170.50

BATE

15:20:41

1848

170.50

XLON

15:20:41

260

170.50

TRQX

15:20:41

244

170.50

TRQX

15:20:41

61

170.50

BATE

15:20:41

611

170.50

BATE

15:20:41

632

170.50

CHIX

15:20:41

800

170.50

XLON

15:20:41

400

170.50

XLON

15:20:41

589

170.50

XLON

15:20:41

1403

170.50

XLON

15:20:41

2000

170.50

XLON

15:20:41

491

170.50

XLON

15:20:41

400

170.40

CHIX

15:20:41

400

170.40

CHIX

15:20:41

935

170.40

CHIX

15:38:07

1735

170.90

CHIX

15:49:03

1317

170.80

CHIX

15:49:03

197

170.80

CHIX

16:03:22

1438

171.00

CHIX

16:03:22

297

171.00

CHIX

16:03:25

1735

170.90

CHIX

16:07:29

319

170.80

CHIX

16:07:29

448

170.80

CHIX

16:07:29

400

170.80

CHIX

16:07:29

568

170.80

CHIX

16:12:23

217

170.70

CHIX

16:18:22

1169

171.00

CHIX

16:18:22

468

171.00

CHIX

16:18:22

98

171.00

CHIX

16:24:18

1735

171.20

CHIX

16:24:19

1735

171.20

CHIX

16:24:21

1211

171.10

CHIX

16:25:15

363

171.20

CHIX

16:25:15

1372

171.20

CHIX

16:25:17

1735

171.20

CHIX

16:26:16

981

171.30

CHIX

16:26:16

754

171.30

CHIX

16:27:29

1735

171.20

CHIX

16:28:50

1735

171.20

CHIX

16:29:47

388

171.30

CHIX

16:29:47

364

171.30

CHIX

16:29:49

1

171.30

CHIX

16:29:50

1

171.30

CHIX

16:29:51

1

171.30

CHIX

16:29:52

117

171.30

CHIX