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

11 July 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

215,177

Weighted average price paid (p)

172.10

Highest price paid (p)

174.10

Lowest price paid (p)

169.50

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 131,705,106 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 618,989,909. 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 11 July 2024 is 618,989,909. 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

171.87

69,702

BATE

171.57

5,509

CHIX

172.35

123,588

TRQX

171.99

3,441

Aquis

171.66

12,937

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

09:10:48

27

170.10

CHIX

09:12:50

1683

170.10

CHIX

09:17:19

1710

169.90

CHIX

09:30:40

1594

169.80

CHIX

09:30:40

116

169.80

CHIX

09:32:43

1710

169.60

CHIX

09:35:02

158

169.50

CHIX

09:36:09

336

169.50

XLON

09:36:10

1668

169.50

XLON

09:37:19

1710

169.50

CHIX

09:37:19

87

169.50

BATE

09:37:19

157

169.50

BATE

09:37:19

165

169.50

CHIX

09:37:19

165

169.50

TRQX

09:37:19

150

169.50

Aquis

09:37:19

195

169.50

Aquis

09:37:19

480

169.50

Aquis

09:37:19

141

169.50

XLON

09:37:19

825

169.50

Aquis

09:37:19

165

169.50

TRQX

09:37:19

165

169.50

BATE

09:37:19

244

169.50

CHIX

09:37:19

2145

169.50

XLON

09:37:19

825

169.50

Aquis

09:37:19

165

169.50

TRQX

09:37:19

165

169.50

BATE

09:37:19

244

169.50

CHIX

09:37:19

400

169.50

XLON

09:37:19

400

169.50

XLON

09:37:19

400

169.50

XLON

09:37:19

400

169.50

XLON

09:37:19

545

169.50

XLON

09:37:19

165

169.50

TRQX

09:37:19

825

169.50

Aquis

09:37:19

244

169.50

BATE

09:37:19

165

169.50

CHIX

09:37:19

2145

169.50

XLON

09:37:19

165

169.50

TRQX

09:37:19

244

169.50

BATE

09:37:19

463

169.50

XLON

09:37:33

1009

169.80

CHIX

09:37:33

701

169.80

CHIX

09:45:44

197

169.80

CHIX

09:56:56

43

170.10

CHIX

09:56:56

1667

170.10

CHIX

09:57:52

463

169.90

XLON

10:01:12

589

170.30

CHIX

10:02:15

184

170.30

CHIX

10:08:30

301

170.30

CHIX

10:08:30

575

170.30

CHIX

10:13:48

61

170.30

CHIX

11:01:12

463

170.40

CHIX

11:01:12

1247

170.40

CHIX

11:01:49

174

170.20

CHIX

11:03:32

336

170.20

BATE

11:04:41

1710

170.50

CHIX

11:14:33

529

170.70

CHIX

11:21:12

550

170.80

XLON

11:30:06

367

171.00

CHIX

11:30:06

1343

171.00

CHIX

11:30:06

165

171.00

BATE

11:30:06

36

171.00

CHIX

11:30:06

165

171.00

TRQX

11:30:06

208

171.00

CHIX

11:30:06

575

171.00

Aquis

11:30:06

250

171.00

Aquis

11:30:06

2145

171.00

XLON

11:30:07

165

171.00

TRQX

11:30:07

165

171.00

BATE

11:30:07

244

171.00

CHIX

11:31:12

26

171.00

CHIX

11:31:12

421

171.00

XLON

11:31:12

1559

171.00

XLON

11:35:09

37

171.10

CHIX

11:35:09

1673

171.10

CHIX

11:35:09

990

171.00

XLON

11:35:09

300

171.00

XLON

11:36:12

463

171.00

XLON

11:43:52

917

171.10

CHIX

11:55:50

1089

171.40

CHIX

11:55:50

621

171.40

CHIX

12:04:45

734

171.30

CHIX

12:19:49

800

171.30

CHIX

12:19:49

176

171.30

CHIX

12:19:49

463

171.20

XLON

12:21:12

422

171.20

XLON

12:28:10

140

171.30

CHIX

12:29:09

268

171.30

CHIX

12:30:03

525

171.30

CHIX

12:30:04

610

171.30

CHIX

12:30:11

24

171.30

CHIX

12:31:09

115

171.30

CHIX

12:31:13

28

171.30

CHIX

12:31:41

55

171.30

Aquis

12:32:00

1200

171.30

CHIX

12:32:00

455

171.30

CHIX

12:32:00

330

171.20

BATE

12:32:00

409

171.20

CHIX

12:32:00

400

171.20

Aquis

12:32:00

260

171.20

Aquis

12:32:00

1260

171.20

XLON

12:32:00

244

171.20

BATE

12:32:00

165

171.20

CHIX

12:32:00

825

171.20

Aquis

12:32:00

165

171.20

TRQX

12:32:00

1142

171.20

XLON

12:32:00

1003

171.20

XLON

12:32:53

505

171.60

CHIX

12:32:53

1205

171.60

CHIX

12:39:49

100

171.50

CHIX

12:52:36

1146

172.20

CHIX

12:52:36

564

172.20

CHIX

12:52:36

165

172.20

BATE

12:52:36

244

172.20

CHIX

12:52:36

165

172.20

TRQX

12:52:36

2145

172.20

XLON

12:52:36

579

172.20

Aquis

12:52:36

246

172.20

Aquis

12:52:53

1710

172.20

CHIX

12:52:53

574

172.20

BATE

12:52:53

589

172.20

XLON

12:52:53

1556

172.20

XLON

12:53:02

249

172.20

CHIX

12:53:02

330

172.20

CHIX

12:54:02

579

172.20

CHIX

12:54:02

882

172.20

CHIX

12:54:02

330

172.20

CHIX

12:54:02

165

172.20

XLON

12:54:30

540

172.30

CHIX

12:54:30

1170

172.30

CHIX

12:56:13

589

172.30

CHIX

12:56:13

1121

172.30

CHIX

12:56:45

483

172.20

CHIX

12:56:45

1227

172.20

CHIX

12:56:45

3544

172.20

XLON

12:56:45

428

172.20

Aquis

12:56:45

981

172.20

XLON

12:56:45

1800

172.20

XLON

12:56:45

335

172.20

XLON

12:56:45

328

172.20

XLON

12:56:45

937

172.20

Aquis

12:56:45

2061

172.20

XLON

12:56:51

1710

172.20

CHIX

12:56:51

218

172.20

XLON

12:56:51

1399

172.20

CHIX

12:56:51

679

172.20

XLON

12:56:51

1466

172.20

XLON

12:56:54

758

172.20

CHIX

12:56:59

1

172.20

XLON

12:57:53

674

172.20

CHIX

12:57:53

1036

172.20

CHIX

12:57:53

463

172.20

XLON

12:57:53

1760

172.20

XLON

12:57:53

562

172.20

CHIX

12:57:53

495

172.20

CHIX

12:57:53

825

172.20

Aquis

12:57:53

1249

172.20

XLON

12:57:53

975

172.20

XLON

12:57:53

86

172.20

CHIX

12:57:53

330

172.20

BATE

12:57:53

660

172.20

Aquis

12:57:53

2224

172.20

XLON

12:57:53

244

172.20

CHIX

12:57:55

1064

172.20

CHIX

12:57:55

642

172.20

XLON

12:57:55

1582

172.20

XLON

12:57:59

136

172.20

CHIX

12:57:59

171

172.20

CHIX

12:57:59

176

172.20

CHIX

12:57:59

80

172.20

CHIX

12:57:59

825

172.20

BATE

12:58:02

2145

172.20

XLON

12:58:05

1403

172.20

CHIX

12:58:05

244

172.20

BATE

12:58:05

330

172.20

XLON

12:59:33

647

172.20

XLON

12:59:33

1498

172.20

XLON

13:00:43

387

172.20

CHIX

13:01:13

39

172.20

CHIX

13:01:13

1284

172.20

CHIX

13:01:13

505

172.20

XLON

13:01:13

894

172.20

XLON

13:02:53

589

172.20

XLON

13:03:09

208

172.20

CHIX

13:03:09

165

172.20

TRQX

13:03:09

244

172.20

CHIX

13:03:09

165

172.20

BATE

13:03:09

452

172.20

Aquis

13:03:09

452

172.20

XLON

13:03:09

1104

172.20

XLON

13:03:09

1502

172.20

CHIX

13:03:09

373

172.20

Aquis

13:03:10

157

172.20

TRQX

13:03:10

8

172.20

TRQX

13:03:10

165

172.20

BATE

13:03:10

244

172.20

CHIX

13:03:10

2145

172.20

XLON

13:03:15

254

172.20

CHIX

13:03:43

1456

172.20

CHIX

13:03:43

165

172.20

TRQX

13:03:43

6

172.20

XLON

13:03:43

654

172.20

XLON

13:03:43

968

172.20

XLON

13:03:43

118

172.20

XLON

13:04:33

1710

172.20

CHIX

13:04:33

165

172.20

BATE

13:04:33

22

172.20

CHIX

13:04:33

313

172.20

TRQX

13:04:33

143

172.20

CHIX

13:04:33

632

172.20

XLON

13:04:33

853

172.20

XLON

13:04:34

330

172.20

Aquis

13:04:34

471

172.20

XLON

13:06:13

463

172.20

XLON

13:07:53

505

172.20

XLON

13:09:33

496

172.20

XLON

13:11:52

516

172.20

XLON

13:14:33

435

172.20

XLON

13:19:44

498

172.20

CHIX

13:31:13

421

172.70

CHIX

13:41:46

1213

173.40

CHIX

13:41:46

497

173.40

CHIX

13:42:50

1442

173.30

CHIX

13:42:50

268

173.30

CHIX

13:45:11

650

173.20

CHIX

13:45:11

1060

173.20

CHIX

13:50:41

1710

173.10

CHIX

13:55:02

415

172.70

CHIX

13:55:02

1295

172.70

CHIX

13:56:13

265

172.60

CHIX

13:57:01

285

172.60

CHIX

13:57:01

1160

172.60

CHIX

14:00:15

382

172.50

CHIX

14:00:15

1310

172.50

CHIX

14:00:15

18

172.50

CHIX

14:07:53

505

172.60

CHIX

14:08:00

805

172.60

CHIX

14:08:00

400

172.60

CHIX

14:21:18

365

172.90

CHIX

14:23:30

634

172.90

CHIX

14:26:48

711

172.90

CHIX

14:26:56

379

172.90

CHIX

14:27:53

466

172.90

CHIX

14:36:03

1317

173.00

CHIX

14:36:03

393

173.00

CHIX

14:55:35

63

173.10

CHIX

14:55:35

382

173.10

CHIX

14:55:35

390

173.10

CHIX

14:55:35

382

173.10

CHIX

14:55:35

382

173.10

CHIX

14:55:35

111

173.10

CHIX

14:58:30

1435

172.90

CHIX

14:58:30

275

172.90

CHIX

15:02:08

556

173.10

CHIX

15:02:08

340

173.10

CHIX

15:02:08

400

173.10

CHIX

15:02:08

414

173.10

CHIX

15:02:53

498

172.90

CHIX

15:04:33

421

172.90

CHIX

15:04:33

712

172.90

CHIX

15:19:37

1517

173.40

CHIX

15:19:37

193

173.40

CHIX

15:27:39

74

174.00

TRQX

15:27:39

335

174.00

TRQX

15:27:39

82

174.00

Aquis

15:27:39

25

174.00

Aquis

15:27:39

553

174.00

Aquis

15:27:39

330

174.00

BATE

15:27:39

1600

174.00

XLON

15:27:39

545

174.00

XLON

15:27:39

400

174.00

Aquis

15:27:39

425

174.00

Aquis

15:27:39

165

174.00

TRQX

15:27:39

244

174.00

BATE

15:27:39

165

174.00

CHIX

15:27:39

1026

174.00

XLON

15:27:39

1119

174.00

XLON

15:27:53

548

174.00

XLON

15:28:39

218

174.00

CHIX

15:28:39

392

174.00

CHIX

15:28:39

1100

174.00

CHIX

15:28:39

574

174.00

TRQX

15:28:39

825

174.00

Aquis

15:28:39

46

174.00

XLON

15:28:39

800

174.00

XLON

15:28:39

751

174.00

XLON

15:28:39

86

174.00

Aquis

15:28:39

1

174.00

Aquis

15:28:39

45

174.00

Aquis

15:28:39

1161

174.00

XLON

15:28:40

1710

174.00

CHIX

15:29:33

192

174.00

CHIX

15:29:33

1518

174.00

CHIX

15:29:33

422

174.00

XLON

15:29:33

271

174.00

XLON

15:32:53

463

174.10

CHIX

15:33:46

147

174.10

CHIX

15:35:16

1100

174.10

CHIX

15:35:41

400

174.00

CHIX

15:35:41

1310

174.00

CHIX

15:36:13

1710

174.10

CHIX

15:43:49

1710

174.10

CHIX

15:43:56

333

174.00

CHIX

15:44:02

382

174.00

CHIX

15:44:02

782

174.00

CHIX

15:44:02

213

174.00

CHIX

15:46:58

609

173.90

CHIX

15:57:34

1101

173.90

CHIX

15:58:16

1592

173.90

CHIX

15:58:16

118

173.90

CHIX

15:58:27

1710

173.60

CHIX

15:58:38

1310

173.30

CHIX

15:58:38

400

173.30

CHIX

16:06:54

1710

173.20

CHIX

16:07:00

1710

173.20

CHIX

16:07:41

1710

173.10

CHIX

16:10:55

379

173.10

CHIX

16:10:55

1331

173.10

CHIX

16:19:34

559

173.60

CHIX

16:19:34

1151

173.60

CHIX

16:22:55

731

173.80

CHIX

16:22:55

800

173.80

CHIX

16:22:55

179

173.80

CHIX

16:23:36

1710

173.70

CHIX

16:24:14

906

173.60

CHIX

16:24:14

804

173.60

CHIX

16:29:38

127

174.00

CHIX

16:29:39

40

174.00

CHIX

16:29:40

74

174.00

CHIX