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

12 July 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

299,284

Weighted average price paid (p)

173.10

Highest price paid (p)

174.50

Lowest price paid (p)

171.00

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 132,004,390 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 618,690,625. 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 12 July 2024 is 618,690,625. 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

172.99

128,881

BATE

172.92

11,342

CHIX

173.17

128,823

TRQX

173.02

10,724

Aquis

173.04

19,514

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:07:51

1749

172.40

CHIX

08:11:43

1749

172.30

CHIX

08:24:38

694

172.50

CHIX

08:24:38

1055

172.50

CHIX

08:28:52

1749

172.20

CHIX

08:46:45

52

172.00

CHIX

08:46:45

497

172.00

CHIX

08:46:45

1200

172.00

CHIX

08:48:20

1749

172.00

CHIX

09:10:43

579

171.80

CHIX

09:10:43

1170

171.80

CHIX

09:25:18

1749

171.30

CHIX

09:28:56

1749

171.10

CHIX

09:31:13

734

171.00

CHIX

09:31:13

1015

171.00

CHIX

09:33:20

1749

172.00

CHIX

09:40:38

238

172.10

CHIX

09:40:38

709

172.10

CHIX

09:40:38

802

172.10

CHIX

09:44:50

1749

172.10

CHIX

09:56:11

1749

172.30

CHIX

10:01:47

1749

172.10

CHIX

10:13:24

56

172.20

XLON

10:13:24

92

172.20

TRQX

10:13:24

236

172.20

TRQX

10:13:24

328

172.20

BATE

10:13:24

393

172.20

CHIX

10:13:24

984

172.20

Aquis

10:13:24

1538

172.20

XLON

10:13:24

1906

172.20

XLON

10:13:24

2300

172.20

XLON

10:26:53

499

172.30

XLON

10:26:53

1749

172.30

BATE

10:26:53

1869

172.30

CHIX

10:26:53

3608

172.30

XLON

10:42:57

492

172.50

CHIX

10:42:57

557

172.50

BATE

10:42:57

984

172.50

Aquis

10:42:57

1749

172.50

CHIX

10:42:57

3444

172.50

XLON

10:42:58

134

172.50

Aquis

10:42:58

138

172.50

XLON

10:42:58

143

172.50

CHIX

10:42:58

160

172.50

XLON

10:42:58

514

172.50

XLON

10:42:58

515

172.50

CHIX

10:42:58

631

172.50

XLON

10:42:58

1400

172.50

XLON

10:42:58

2119

172.50

XLON

10:49:35

164

172.60

TRQX

10:49:35

164

172.60

BATE

10:49:35

168

172.60

CHIX

10:49:35

328

172.60

Aquis

10:49:35

514

172.60

XLON

10:49:35

523

172.60

TRQX

10:49:35

940

172.60

XLON

10:49:35

1200

172.60

TRQX

10:49:35

1476

172.60

XLON

10:49:35

1749

172.50

CHIX

10:49:36

37

172.60

Aquis

10:49:36

75

172.60

CHIX

10:49:36

135

172.60

TRQX

10:49:36

151

172.60

CHIX

10:49:36

161

172.60

XLON

10:49:36

298

172.60

Aquis

10:49:36

328

172.60

TRQX

10:49:36

328

172.60

BATE

10:49:36

328

172.60

BATE

10:49:36

328

172.60

TRQX

10:49:36

328

172.60

TRQX

10:49:36

328

172.60

BATE

10:49:36

328

172.60

TRQX

10:49:36

393

172.60

CHIX

10:49:36

393

172.60

CHIX

10:49:36

400

172.60

XLON

10:49:36

418

172.60

XLON

10:49:36

425

172.60

CHIX

10:49:36

485

172.60

Aquis

10:49:36

734

172.60

CHIX

10:49:36

776

172.60

CHIX

10:49:36

776

172.60

XLON

10:49:36

898

172.60

CHIX

10:49:36

984

172.60

Aquis

10:49:36

984

172.60

Aquis

10:49:36

1148

172.60

BATE

10:49:36

1384

172.60

XLON

10:49:36

1482

172.60

XLON

10:49:36

1544

172.60

XLON

10:49:36

2060

172.60

XLON

10:49:36

2504

172.60

XLON

10:49:36

3044

172.60

XLON

10:49:37

109

172.60

XLON

10:49:37

134

172.60

XLON

10:49:37

134

172.50

Aquis

10:49:37

145

172.60

CHIX

10:49:37

145

172.60

XLON

10:49:37

247

172.50

XLON

10:49:37

328

172.60

BATE

10:49:37

622

172.60

XLON

10:49:37

693

172.50

XLON

10:49:37

866

172.50

Aquis

10:49:37

940

172.60

XLON

10:49:37

1308

172.50

XLON

10:49:37

1377

172.40

XLON

10:49:37

1710

172.60

XLON

10:49:37

1710

172.60

XLON

10:49:37

1749

172.60

XLON

10:49:37

2300

172.50

XLON

10:49:37

3335

172.60

XLON

10:49:38

78

172.60

Aquis

10:49:38

134

172.60

Aquis

10:49:38

135

172.60

TRQX

10:49:38

155

172.60

CHIX

10:49:38

328

172.60

TRQX

10:52:36

1749

172.80

CHIX

10:59:57

566

172.90

CHIX

11:04:43

1183

172.90

CHIX

11:26:02

568

173.10

CHIX

11:29:02

568

173.10

CHIX

11:29:02

613

173.10

CHIX

11:49:57

1749

173.60

CHIX

12:06:02

568

173.60

CHIX

12:06:02

1181

173.60

CHIX

12:20:26

23

173.40

CHIX

12:21:02

568

173.40

CHIX

12:22:21

1158

173.40

CHIX

12:34:27

165

173.30

BATE

12:55:39

118

173.30

BATE

12:55:39

177

173.30

CHIX

12:55:39

366

173.30

CHIX

12:55:39

1206

173.30

CHIX

12:55:39

1476

173.30

BATE

12:55:39

2952

173.30

XLON

12:55:40

143

173.30

XLON

12:55:40

502

173.30

XLON

12:57:02

1749

173.60

CHIX

13:00:26

1749

173.70

CHIX

13:02:02

568

173.60

CHIX

13:03:02

568

173.60

CHIX

13:09:23

613

173.60

CHIX

13:19:01

1749

173.80

CHIX

13:21:02

1749

173.60

CHIX

13:27:02

568

173.30

XLON

13:30:01

560

173.30

CHIX

13:30:01

1103

173.30

XLON

13:30:01

1189

173.30

CHIX

13:30:01

2952

173.30

XLON

13:30:01

3498

173.30

XLON

13:30:02

656

173.30

CHIX

13:30:02

1640

173.30

CHIX

13:30:02

1749

173.30

CHIX

13:30:02

2952

173.30

XLON

13:30:02

3071

173.30

XLON

13:30:04

400

173.30

CHIX

13:30:04

708

173.30

Aquis

13:30:04

1051

173.30

Aquis

13:30:04

1349

173.30

CHIX

13:30:04

1640

173.30

Aquis

13:30:04

3071

173.30

XLON

13:30:04

3071

173.30

XLON

13:30:05

800

173.30

Aquis

13:30:05

840

173.30

Aquis

13:30:14

1331

173.30

XLON

13:30:14

1740

173.30

XLON

13:30:14

1749

173.30

CHIX

13:32:02

568

173.40

CHIX

13:32:02

1181

173.40

CHIX

13:32:03

316

173.30

TRQX

13:32:03

460

173.30

CHIX

13:32:03

623

173.30

TRQX

13:32:03

820

173.30

Aquis

13:32:03

1289

173.30

CHIX

13:32:03

1294

173.30

XLON

13:32:03

1640

173.30

XLON

13:32:03

1658

173.30

XLON

13:39:47

156

173.30

Aquis

13:39:47

328

173.30

BATE

13:39:47

328

173.30

CHIX

13:39:47

360

173.30

CHIX

13:39:47

447

173.30

TRQX

13:39:47

500

173.30

Aquis

13:39:47

579

173.30

CHIX

13:39:47

589

173.30

XLON

13:39:47

820

173.30

Aquis

13:39:47

1200

173.30

TRQX

13:39:47

1749

173.30

CHIX

13:39:47

2952

173.30

XLON

13:39:50

72

173.20

BATE

13:39:50

72

173.20

CHIX

13:39:50

79

173.20

BATE

13:39:50

119

173.30

Aquis

13:39:50

134

173.30

Aquis

13:39:50

135

173.30

TRQX

13:39:50

144

173.20

XLON

13:39:50

149

173.30

XLON

13:39:50

153

173.30

XLON

13:39:50

160

173.30

XLON

13:39:50

164

173.30

Aquis

13:39:50

164

173.30

TRQX

13:39:50

164

173.30

BATE

13:39:50

164

173.30

CHIX

13:39:50

268

173.30

XLON

13:39:50

328

173.30

BATE

13:39:50

328

173.30

TRQX

13:39:50

328

173.30

TRQX

13:39:50

328

173.30

BATE

13:39:50

447

173.30

CHIX

13:39:50

447

173.30

CHIX

13:39:50

469

173.30

XLON

13:39:50

537

173.30

Aquis

13:39:50

585

173.10

XLON

13:39:50

656

173.30

Aquis

13:39:50

929

173.30

XLON

13:39:50

929

173.10

XLON

13:39:50

940

173.20

CHIX

13:39:50

1749

173.00

CHIX

13:39:50

2952

173.30

XLON

13:39:50

2952

173.30

XLON

13:39:51

134

173.30

Aquis

13:39:51

135

173.30

TRQX

13:39:51

138

173.30

CHIX

13:39:51

157

173.30

XLON

13:39:51

164

173.30

TRQX

13:39:51

328

173.30

Aquis

13:39:51

595

173.30

XLON

13:39:51

1409

173.30

XLON

13:39:53

164

173.30

BATE

13:39:53

175

173.30

CHIX

13:39:53

328

173.30

TRQX

13:39:53

328

173.30

BATE

13:39:53

1312

173.30

XLON

13:39:53

1749

173.30

CHIX

13:40:04

276

173.30

Aquis

13:40:04

2624

173.30

XLON

13:40:15

207

173.30

XLON

13:40:15

380

173.30

Aquis

13:40:15

568

173.30

XLON

13:40:15

1749

173.30

CHIX

13:40:16

59

173.30

Aquis

13:40:16

134

173.30

Aquis

13:40:16

134

173.30

Aquis

13:40:16

135

173.30

TRQX

13:40:16

148

173.30

XLON

13:40:16

154

173.30

XLON

13:40:16

156

173.30

CHIX

13:40:16

186

173.30

BATE

13:40:16

306

173.30

Aquis

13:40:16

328

173.30

TRQX

13:40:16

328

173.30

BATE

13:40:16

328

173.30

CHIX

13:40:16

328

173.30

TRQX

13:40:16

328

173.30

BATE

13:40:16

328

173.30

CHIX

13:40:16

328

173.30

TRQX

13:40:16

328

173.30

BATE

13:40:16

425

173.30

BATE

13:40:16

447

173.30

CHIX

13:40:16

492

173.30

TRQX

13:40:16

597

173.30

Aquis

13:40:16

656

173.30

Aquis

13:40:16

656

173.30

Aquis

13:40:16

1227

173.30

XLON

13:40:16

1315

173.30

XLON

13:40:16

1427

173.30

XLON

13:40:16

1749

173.30

CHIX

13:40:16

2646

173.30

XLON

13:40:16

2952

173.30

XLON

13:40:16

2952

173.30

XLON

13:40:16

3071

173.30

XLON

13:40:17

1749

173.30

CHIX

13:40:22

171

173.30

CHIX

13:40:24

142

173.30

XLON

13:40:24

164

173.30

TRQX

13:40:24

350

173.30

XLON

13:40:24

1578

173.30

CHIX

13:40:25

149

173.00

CHIX

13:40:25

366

173.00

CHIX

13:40:26

24

173.30

CHIX

13:40:26

134

173.30

Aquis

13:40:26

134

173.30

XLON

13:40:26

141

173.30

XLON

13:40:26

160

173.30

CHIX

13:40:26

282

173.30

Aquis

13:40:26

999

173.30

CHIX

13:40:26

1410

173.30

XLON

13:40:26

1427

173.30

XLON

13:40:27

492

173.30

TRQX

13:40:27

606

173.30

BATE

13:40:27

1749

173.30

CHIX

13:40:27

2952

173.30

XLON

13:40:38

112

173.30

XLON

13:41:00

5

173.30

BATE

13:41:00

128

173.30

XLON

13:41:02

568

173.30

CHIX

13:41:29

10

173.30

BATE

13:41:29

154

173.30

BATE

13:41:29

252

173.30

XLON

13:41:29

1181

173.30

CHIX

13:46:41

1749

173.50

CHIX

14:10:50

1749

173.90

CHIX

14:20:55

63

173.60

Aquis

14:20:55

164

173.60

BATE

14:20:55

164

173.60

TRQX

14:20:55

196

173.60

CHIX

14:20:55

1148

173.60

XLON

14:20:55

1749

173.60

CHIX

14:27:02

1749

174.00

CHIX

14:50:54

63

174.20

CHIX

15:05:33

201

174.50

CHIX

15:05:33

348

174.50

CHIX

15:05:33

400

174.50

CHIX

15:05:33

800

174.50

CHIX

15:05:36

1749

174.40

CHIX

15:06:23

1749

174.30

CHIX

15:13:02

469

174.30

CHIX

15:13:02

1280

174.30

CHIX

15:23:03

368

174.20

CHIX

15:23:03

1381

174.20

CHIX

15:43:22

1749

174.30

CHIX

15:43:23

660

174.30

CHIX

15:43:23

1089

174.30

CHIX

15:43:25

1749

174.30

XLON

15:44:07

1749

174.20

CHIX

15:48:07

97

173.90

CHIX

15:48:07

303

173.90

CHIX

15:48:07

1090

173.90

CHIX

15:52:54

259

173.90

CHIX

15:53:24

1749

173.90

CHIX

15:59:08

1749

173.90

CHIX

16:04:50

1749

173.90

CHIX

16:05:51

409

174.00

CHIX

16:05:51

1340

174.00

CHIX

16:20:10

563

174.00

CHIX

16:20:10

1186

174.00

CHIX

16:21:18

1749

173.90

CHIX

16:21:25

190

173.80

CHIX

16:21:25

1559

173.80

CHIX