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

16 July 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

277,434

Weighted average price paid (p)

175.10

Highest price paid (p)

176.00

Lowest price paid (p)

174.10

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 132,482,176 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 618,212,839. 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 16 July 2024 is 618,212,839. 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

175.30

101,490

BATE

175.10

13,096

CHIX

174.96

124,707

TRQX

175.38

4,296

Aquis

174.70

33,845

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:11:27

1546

174.10

CHIX

08:11:27

152

174.10

CHIX

08:26:31

1698

174.50

CHIX

08:26:31

436

174.40

BATE

08:26:31

326

174.40

CHIX

08:26:31

326

174.40

TRQX

08:26:31

815

174.40

Aquis

08:26:31

2000

174.40

XLON

08:26:31

1097

174.40

XLON

08:26:31

5000

174.30

Aquis

08:26:31

5000

174.30

Aquis

08:26:31

5000

174.30

Aquis

08:26:31

5000

174.30

Aquis

08:26:31

170

174.30

CHIX

08:26:31

2571

174.30

CHIX

08:26:31

2259

174.30

CHIX

08:26:33

1116

174.50

CHIX

08:28:59

1180

175.10

CHIX

08:28:59

518

175.10

CHIX

08:29:07

549

174.70

CHIX

08:29:45

1149

174.70

CHIX

08:34:23

1698

174.40

CHIX

08:34:23

4100

174.40

XLON

08:34:23

900

174.40

XLON

08:34:23

489

174.40

CHIX

08:34:23

599

174.40

BATE

08:50:31

1698

174.50

CHIX

08:52:14

615

174.40

CHIX

08:52:14

400

174.40

CHIX

08:52:14

67

174.40

CHIX

08:52:14

400

174.40

CHIX

08:52:14

185

174.40

CHIX

08:52:14

652

174.40

Aquis

08:52:14

400

174.40

XLON

08:52:14

1200

174.40

XLON

08:52:14

737

174.40

XLON

08:52:14

271

174.40

XLON

08:52:14

683

174.40

CHIX

08:52:15

3097

174.40

XLON

08:58:31

1253

174.40

CHIX

08:58:31

445

174.40

CHIX

08:58:31

1872

174.40

XLON

08:58:31

31

174.40

XLON

09:03:10

479

174.80

CHIX

09:03:10

800

174.80

CHIX

09:03:10

419

174.80

CHIX

09:10:22

842

174.60

CHIX

09:10:22

362

174.40

XLON

09:22:30

393

174.80

CHIX

09:22:30

839

174.80

CHIX

09:22:30

400

174.80

CHIX

09:22:30

66

174.80

CHIX

09:26:34

9

174.60

CHIX

09:28:30

800

174.90

CHIX

09:28:30

898

174.90

CHIX

09:35:01

1625

174.70

CHIX

09:35:01

73

174.70

CHIX

09:35:02

1698

174.70

CHIX

09:52:29

7

175.00

XLON

10:03:41

1698

175.10

CHIX

10:03:41

1802

175.00

XLON

10:08:26

1698

175.20

CHIX

10:10:55

280

175.10

CHIX

10:31:10

1181

175.30

CHIX

10:31:10

517

175.30

CHIX

10:36:48

1698

175.20

CHIX

10:53:02

318

175.30

CHIX

10:53:02

1307

175.30

CHIX

10:53:02

73

175.30

CHIX

10:55:16

124

175.20

CHIX

10:55:16

1574

175.20

CHIX

10:55:45

782

175.10

CHIX

11:02:00

110

175.30

CHIX

11:02:00

1200

175.30

CHIX

11:02:00

388

175.30

CHIX

11:04:39

17

175.20

CHIX

11:12:12

118

175.20

CHIX

11:12:12

1563

175.20

CHIX

11:19:40

19

175.20

CHIX

11:23:06

1679

175.20

CHIX

11:23:30

1331

175.10

CHIX

11:23:30

367

175.10

CHIX

11:23:30

902

175.00

XLON

11:27:09

1698

175.00

CHIX

11:27:09

27

175.00

BATE

11:27:09

436

175.00

CHIX

11:27:09

299

175.00

BATE

11:27:09

815

175.00

Aquis

11:27:09

326

175.00

TRQX

11:27:09

386

175.00

XLON

11:27:09

300

175.00

BATE

11:30:09

216

175.30

CHIX

11:40:52

1698

175.50

CHIX

11:52:33

1612

175.70

CHIX

11:55:28

86

175.70

CHIX

11:58:26

918

175.30

CHIX

11:59:02

549

175.30

CHIX

12:00:01

231

175.30

CHIX

12:18:43

203

175.00

CHIX

12:18:43

3097

175.00

XLON

12:42:02

1700

175.00

XLON

12:42:02

95

175.00

TRQX

12:42:02

189

175.00

Aquis

12:42:02

22

175.00

BATE

12:42:02

37

175.00

CHIX

12:42:02

197

175.00

XLON

12:42:02

88

175.00

XLON

12:42:02

58

175.00

TRQX

12:42:02

56

175.00

TRQX

12:42:02

88

175.00

Aquis

12:42:02

189

175.00

Aquis

12:42:02

201

175.00

XLON

12:42:02

165

175.00

XLON

12:42:02

326

175.00

TRQX

12:42:02

652

175.00

BATE

12:42:02

352

175.00

CHIX

12:42:02

3

175.00

CHIX

12:42:02

161

175.00

XLON

12:42:03

13

175.00

XLON

12:51:09

326

175.00

TRQX

12:51:09

1782

175.00

XLON

12:51:18

609

175.00

CHIX

12:51:18

222

175.00

CHIX

12:51:18

978

175.00

BATE

12:51:18

3097

175.00

XLON

12:51:18

94

175.00

XLON

12:51:18

338

175.00

BATE

12:51:18

285

175.00

CHIX

12:51:18

186

175.00

CHIX

12:51:18

320

175.00

XLON

12:51:18

199

175.00

XLON

12:51:18

182

175.00

XLON

12:51:18

27

175.00

BATE

12:51:18

169

175.00

CHIX

12:51:18

489

175.00

Aquis

12:51:18

326

175.00

BATE

12:51:19

360

175.00

CHIX

12:51:19

2032

175.00

XLON

12:51:19

87

175.00

XLON

12:51:21

700

175.00

XLON

12:51:29

1345

175.00

XLON

12:51:29

2955

175.00

XLON

12:51:29

134

175.00

Aquis

12:51:29

85

175.00

CHIX

12:51:29

323

175.00

XLON

12:51:29

167

175.00

XLON

12:51:29

185

175.00

XLON

12:51:29

187

175.00

TRQX

12:51:29

168

175.00

CHIX

12:51:29

305

175.00

XLON

12:51:29

38

175.00

XLON

12:51:29

194

175.00

XLON

12:51:29

443

175.00

TRQX

12:51:29

489

175.00

BATE

12:51:29

326

175.00

CHIX

12:51:29

310

175.00

XLON

12:51:29

1646

175.00

XLON

12:51:29

815

175.00

Aquis

12:51:29

325

175.00

TRQX

12:51:29

1

175.00

TRQX

12:51:29

326

175.00

BATE

12:51:29

436

175.00

CHIX

12:51:29

3097

175.00

XLON

12:51:29

189

175.00

Aquis

12:51:29

2202

175.00

BATE

12:51:29

476

175.00

XLON

12:51:29

178

175.00

XLON

12:51:29

165

175.00

XLON

12:51:29

29

175.00

BATE

12:51:29

28

175.00

BATE

12:51:29

308

175.00

CHIX

12:51:29

447

175.00

CHIX

12:51:30

219

175.00

XLON

12:51:30

759

175.00

XLON

12:51:30

361

175.00

Aquis

12:51:30

454

175.00

Aquis

12:51:30

416

175.00

BATE

12:51:30

73

175.00

BATE

12:51:30

599

175.00

CHIX

12:51:30

2300

175.00

XLON

12:51:30

797

175.00

XLON

12:51:30

1903

175.00

CHIX

12:51:30

3097

175.00

XLON

12:51:30

1453

175.00

Aquis

12:51:30

303

175.00

XLON

12:51:30

184

175.00

XLON

12:51:30

476

175.00

XLON

12:51:30

193

175.00

XLON

12:51:30

1600

175.00

XLON

12:51:30

791

175.00

Aquis

12:51:31

400

175.00

Aquis

12:51:31

189

175.00

Aquis

12:51:31

175

175.00

CHIX

12:51:31

198

175.00

CHIX

12:51:31

181

175.00

XLON

12:51:31

476

175.00

XLON

12:51:31

491

175.00

CHIX

12:51:31

400

175.00

CHIX

12:51:31

451

175.00

XLON

12:51:31

1668

175.00

XLON

12:51:31

371

175.00

CHIX

12:51:31

189

175.00

Aquis

12:51:31

202

175.00

BATE

12:51:31

197

175.00

CHIX

12:51:31

197

175.00

CHIX

12:51:31

403

175.00

XLON

12:51:31

198

175.00

XLON

12:51:31

2146

175.00

XLON

12:51:54

517

175.00

CHIX

12:51:54

815

175.00

Aquis

12:51:54

136

175.00

XLON

12:51:54

325

175.00

BATE

12:51:54

320

175.00

CHIX

12:51:54

476

175.00

XLON

12:51:54

181

175.00

XLON

12:51:54

190

175.00

XLON

12:56:11

21

175.30

CHIX

13:01:30

1698

175.40

CHIX

13:04:32

549

175.20

CHIX

13:14:16

1149

175.20

CHIX

13:15:01

900

174.90

CHIX

13:15:01

798

174.90

CHIX

13:15:02

1698

174.60

CHIX

13:19:43

1448

174.80

CHIX

13:19:43

250

174.80

CHIX

13:30:01

379

174.80

CHIX

13:30:01

829

174.80

CHIX

13:30:01

400

174.80

CHIX

13:35:00

400

174.90

CHIX

13:35:05

933

174.90

CHIX

13:35:05

365

174.90

CHIX

13:36:51

1625

174.90

CHIX

13:39:47

73

174.90

CHIX

13:40:06

1698

174.80

CHIX

13:44:14

115

174.60

CHIX

13:44:14

1583

174.60

CHIX

13:45:41

99

174.20

CHIX

13:45:41

1165

174.20

CHIX

13:45:41

434

174.20

CHIX

13:46:44

1698

174.20

CHIX

13:47:19

560

174.20

CHIX

13:47:19

1138

174.20

CHIX

13:47:39

101

174.20

BATE

13:47:39

176

174.20

BATE

13:47:39

46

174.20

BATE

13:47:39

1375

174.20

BATE

13:48:46

1698

174.20

CHIX

13:54:30

900

174.20

CHIX

13:54:30

427

174.20

CHIX

14:00:41

371

174.20

CHIX

14:05:34

423

174.30

CHIX

14:05:34

1275

174.30

CHIX

14:12:59

1698

174.50

CHIX

14:15:02

549

174.40

CHIX

14:17:00

500

174.50

CHIX

14:17:01

549

174.50

CHIX

14:17:41

69

174.50

CHIX

14:17:47

580

174.50

CHIX

14:19:02

214

174.40

CHIX

14:19:02

100

174.40

CHIX

14:19:02

1384

174.40

CHIX

14:30:37

1698

174.50

CHIX

14:33:01

1174

174.60

CHIX

14:33:01

524

174.60

CHIX

14:44:13

783

174.80

CHIX

14:44:13

383

174.80

CHIX

14:44:13

532

174.80

CHIX

14:44:52

400

174.80

CHIX

15:03:35

1698

175.40

CHIX

15:13:51

1698

175.80

CHIX

15:22:56

1698

175.70

CHIX

15:22:57

1698

175.70

CHIX

15:22:59

1698

175.70

CHIX

15:24:01

1698

175.70

CHIX

15:50:37

1498

176.00

CHIX

15:50:37

200

176.00

CHIX

15:55:03

1698

176.00

CHIX

16:00:09

522

176.00

CHIX

16:03:12

354

176.00

CHIX

16:03:12

400

176.00

CHIX

16:03:12

422

176.00

CHIX

16:06:46

74

176.00

BATE

16:06:46

207

176.00

CHIX

16:08:02

815

176.00

XLON

16:08:02

489

176.00

CHIX

16:08:02

89

176.00

BATE

16:08:03

326

176.00

Aquis

16:08:03

163

176.00

BATE

16:08:03

163

176.00

TRQX

16:08:03

207

176.00

CHIX

16:08:09

14

176.00

XLON

16:08:09

145

176.00

XLON

16:08:36

126

176.00

TRQX

16:08:36

326

176.00

Aquis

16:08:36

819

176.00

XLON

16:08:36

37

176.00

TRQX

16:09:02

326

176.00

Aquis

16:09:02

60

176.00

CHIX

16:09:02

163

176.00

BATE

16:09:09

326

176.00

Aquis

16:09:09

147

176.00

CHIX

16:09:09

163

176.00

BATE

16:09:09

163

176.00

TRQX

16:09:09

652

176.00

XLON

16:09:09

207

176.00

CHIX

16:09:20

163

176.00

BATE

16:09:43

163

176.00

BATE

16:09:43

163

176.00

TRQX

16:09:43

205

176.00

CHIX

16:09:43

121

176.00

CHIX

16:09:43

44

176.00

XLON

16:09:43

608

176.00

XLON

16:09:43

326

176.00

Aquis

16:09:43

489

176.00

Aquis

16:09:46

163

176.00

CHIX

16:09:46

163

176.00

BATE

16:09:46

44

176.00

Aquis

16:09:46

652

176.00

XLON

16:09:49

489

176.00

Aquis

16:09:49

64

176.00

BATE

16:09:56

163

176.00

TRQX

16:09:56

207

176.00

CHIX

16:09:56

99

176.00

BATE

16:09:56

928

176.00

XLON

16:09:56

213

176.00

XLON

16:09:56

326

176.00

XLON

16:09:56

1874

176.00

XLON

16:09:56

126

176.00

XLON

16:10:54

118

176.00

CHIX

16:12:21

45

176.00

CHIX

16:12:24

163

176.00

BATE

16:12:24

978

176.00

XLON

16:12:24

489

176.00

Aquis

16:12:24

207

176.00

CHIX

16:12:24

326

176.00

Aquis

16:12:24

163

176.00

TRQX

16:12:24

207

176.00

CHIX

16:12:24

163

176.00

BATE

16:12:24

1141

176.00

XLON

16:12:24

163

176.00

TRQX

16:12:24

326

176.00

Aquis

16:12:24

163

176.00

BATE

16:12:24

207

176.00

CHIX

16:12:24

631

176.00

XLON

16:12:24

55

176.00

XLON

16:12:24

207

176.00

XLON

16:12:24

7

176.00

XLON

16:12:24

37

176.00

XLON

16:12:24

7

176.00

XLON

16:12:30

163

176.00

TRQX

16:12:50

34

176.00

TRQX

16:12:52

801

176.00

XLON

16:13:38

98

176.00

BATE

16:14:31

59

176.00

BATE

16:14:36

1

176.00

CHIX

16:15:10

206

176.00

CHIX

16:15:10

6

176.00

BATE

16:15:10

340

176.00

XLON

16:15:28

163

176.00

CHIX

16:15:31

163

176.00

XLON

16:15:31

163

176.00

BATE

16:15:34

5

176.00

Aquis

16:16:28

426

176.00

XLON

16:17:28

163

176.00

BATE

16:18:43

8

176.00

XLON

16:20:02

549

176.00

XLON

16:20:32

158

176.00

XLON

16:20:32

12

176.00

Aquis

16:20:36

12

176.00

Aquis

16:21:32

9

176.00

Aquis

16:22:06

5

176.00

Aquis

16:24:17

370

176.00

XLON

16:25:55

283

176.00

XLON

16:28:38

799

176.00

CHIX

16:28:38

60

176.00

CHIX

16:28:38

1141

176.00

XLON

16:28:42

826

176.00

XLON

16:28:42

163

176.00

TRQX

16:28:42

207

176.00

CHIX

16:28:42

163

176.00

BATE

16:28:42

315

176.00

XLON

16:28:50

163

176.00

CHIX

16:28:50

73

176.00

BATE

16:28:54

90

176.00

BATE

16:28:54

2000

176.00

XLON

16:28:54

2000

176.00

XLON

16:28:54

2000

176.00

XLON

16:28:54

1000

176.00

XLON

16:28:54

567

176.00

XLON

16:28:54

163

176.00

CHIX

16:28:54

270

176.00

XLON

16:28:54

163

176.00

TRQX

16:28:54

207

176.00

CHIX

16:28:54

273

176.00

XLON

16:28:55

868

176.00

XLON

16:28:55

489

176.00

Aquis

16:28:55

207

176.00

BATE

16:28:55

163

176.00

CHIX

16:28:55

1141

176.00

XLON

16:28:58

489

176.00

Aquis

16:28:58

1141

176.00

XLON

16:28:58

163

176.00

BATE

16:28:58

207

176.00

CHIX

16:29:06

59

176.00

BATE

16:29:09

163

176.00

CHIX

16:29:09

104

176.00

BATE

16:29:09

163

176.00

XLON

16:29:09

2000

176.00

XLON

16:29:09

2000

176.00

XLON

16:29:09

2000

176.00

XLON

16:29:09

2000

176.00

XLON

16:29:09

2000

176.00

XLON

16:29:09

430

176.00

XLON

16:29:09

1570

176.00

XLON

16:29:10

169

176.00

CHIX

16:29:17

176

176.00

XLON

16:29:26

4

176.00

Aquis

16:29:28

38

176.00

TRQX

16:29:35

12

176.00

BATE

16:29:38

9

176.00

BATE

16:29:45

12

176.00

BATE

16:29:48

3

176.00

BATE

16:29:48

125

176.00

TRQX

16:29:48

127

176.00

BATE

16:29:48

163

176.00

CHIX

16:29:48

1003

176.00

XLON

16:29:56

65

176.00

XLON

16:29:56

67

176.00

XLON