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

22 July 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

207,261

Weighted average price paid (p)

175.30

Highest price paid (p)

176.50

Lowest price paid (p)

172.00

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 133,399,635 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 617,295,380. 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 22 July 2024 is 617,295,380. 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

175.33

83,849

BATE

175.56

10,055

CHIX

175.13

93,106

TRQX

175.28

7,815

Aquis

175.38

12,436

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:29:39

532

172.80

CHIX

08:29:39

542

172.80

CHIX

08:29:39

542

172.80

CHIX

08:30:01

1616

172.60

CHIX

08:38:06

1616

172.30

CHIX

08:48:02

43

172.00

CHIX

09:26:49

1

173.10

CHIX

09:26:49

1615

173.10

CHIX

09:44:29

852

173.50

CHIX

09:44:29

764

173.50

CHIX

10:10:19

100

173.60

CHIX

10:10:19

547

173.60

CHIX

10:10:19

645

173.60

CHIX

10:10:19

324

173.60

CHIX

10:15:34

1616

173.50

CHIX

10:17:50

312

173.50

TRQX

10:17:50

936

173.50

Aquis

10:17:50

312

173.50

BATE

10:17:50

320

173.50

CHIX

10:17:50

2000

173.50

XLON

10:17:50

800

173.50

XLON

10:17:50

320

173.50

XLON

10:17:50

936

173.50

Aquis

10:17:50

468

173.50

BATE

10:31:32

1616

174.10

CHIX

10:32:56

400

174.30

CHIX

10:32:56

1216

174.30

CHIX

10:43:06

1616

174.50

CHIX

10:43:06

502

174.40

TRQX

10:43:06

888

174.40

XLON

10:43:06

2232

174.40

XLON

10:56:38

1000

174.40

CHIX

10:56:38

616

174.40

CHIX

10:56:38

278

174.40

TRQX

10:56:38

400

174.40

XLON

10:56:38

700

174.40

XLON

10:56:38

944

174.40

Aquis

10:56:38

312

174.40

TRQX

10:56:38

312

174.40

BATE

10:56:38

312

174.40

CHIX

10:56:38

1600

174.40

XLON

10:56:38

400

174.40

XLON

10:56:38

400

174.40

XLON

10:56:38

500

174.40

XLON

10:56:38

220

174.40

XLON

10:56:38

312

174.40

TRQX

10:56:38

159

174.40

CHIX

10:56:38

160

174.40

BATE

10:56:38

160

174.40

BATE

10:56:38

853

174.40

Aquis

10:56:48

123

174.40

XLON

10:57:01

1288

174.40

XLON

10:57:02

1616

174.40

CHIX

10:57:02

312

174.40

TRQX

10:57:02

83

174.40

Aquis

10:57:02

153

174.40

CHIX

10:57:02

1397

174.40

XLON

10:57:02

468

174.40

TRQX

10:57:02

936

174.40

BATE

10:57:02

476

174.40

CHIX

10:57:02

1600

174.40

XLON

10:57:02

400

174.40

XLON

10:57:02

1120

174.40

XLON

10:57:02

1880

174.40

CHIX

10:57:02

3120

174.40

XLON

10:57:02

5000

174.40

XLON

10:57:02

1060

174.40

XLON

11:36:50

1069

174.90

CHIX

11:38:05

547

174.90

CHIX

11:39:13

450

174.70

CHIX

11:43:17

557

174.70

XLON

11:44:54

693

174.70

CHIX

11:44:54

177

174.70

XLON

11:44:54

693

174.70

XLON

11:46:02

1616

174.70

CHIX

11:46:02

737

174.70

CHIX

11:46:02

183

174.70

XLON

11:46:02

1510

174.70

XLON

11:46:02

800

174.70

Aquis

11:46:02

136

174.70

Aquis

11:46:02

157

174.70

TRQX

11:46:02

155

174.70

TRQX

11:46:02

312

174.70

BATE

11:46:02

320

174.70

CHIX

11:47:21

450

174.70

CHIX

12:02:44

99

175.00

CHIX

12:02:44

41

175.00

CHIX

12:02:44

4

175.00

CHIX

12:03:01

1472

175.00

CHIX

12:19:23

874

175.00

CHIX

12:21:02

532

175.00

CHIX

12:28:10

210

175.00

CHIX

12:28:12

573

174.90

CHIX

12:33:31

586

174.90

CHIX

12:37:22

1616

175.00

CHIX

12:51:49

57

175.00

CHIX

12:52:55

67

175.00

CHIX

12:52:55

233

175.00

CHIX

12:52:55

304

175.00

CHIX

12:52:55

1012

175.00

CHIX

12:53:02

817

175.00

CHIX

12:55:07

799

175.00

CHIX

13:22:12

976

175.00

CHIX

13:22:12

400

175.00

CHIX

13:22:12

240

175.00

CHIX

13:22:12

146

175.00

TRQX

13:22:12

174

175.00

TRQX

13:22:12

312

175.00

BATE

13:22:12

312

175.00

CHIX

13:22:12

1

175.00

Aquis

13:22:12

26

175.00

Aquis

13:22:12

19

175.00

Aquis

13:22:12

890

175.00

Aquis

13:22:12

3100

175.00

XLON

13:22:12

20

175.00

XLON

13:22:12

145

175.00

Aquis

13:22:12

146

175.00

CHIX

13:22:49

400

175.20

CHIX

13:22:49

199

175.20

CHIX

13:22:49

400

175.20

CHIX

13:22:49

608

175.20

CHIX

13:22:49

9

175.20

CHIX

13:44:37

668

175.20

CHIX

13:46:39

302

175.20

CHIX

13:56:58

200

175.20

CHIX

14:05:38

446

175.20

CHIX

14:23:32

100

175.30

CHIX

14:23:39

1616

175.30

CHIX

14:23:39

526

175.30

CHIX

14:23:39

800

175.30

CHIX

14:23:39

136

175.30

CHIX

14:23:39

318

175.30

CHIX

14:23:39

3120

175.30

XLON

14:23:39

114

175.30

TRQX

14:27:29

964

175.30

CHIX

14:27:29

936

175.30

BATE

14:27:29

776

175.30

TRQX

14:27:29

54

175.30

TRQX

14:27:29

3120

175.30

XLON

14:27:29

652

175.30

CHIX

14:28:26

379

175.30

XLON

14:31:38

454

175.30

CHIX

14:31:38

550

175.30

CHIX

14:31:38

31

175.30

CHIX

14:31:38

248

175.30

CHIX

14:31:38

286

175.30

CHIX

14:31:38

34

175.30

CHIX

14:31:38

312

175.30

BATE

14:31:38

312

175.30

TRQX

14:31:38

2741

175.30

XLON

14:31:38

936

175.30

XLON

14:31:38

333

175.30

CHIX

14:31:39

738

175.30

XLON

14:31:51

4262

175.30

XLON

14:31:51

391

175.30

CHIX

14:31:51

391

175.30

CHIX

14:31:51

391

175.30

CHIX

14:32:55

372

175.30

CHIX

14:32:55

301

175.30

CHIX

14:32:55

300

175.30

XLON

14:32:55

635

175.30

XLON

14:32:55

400

175.30

XLON

14:32:55

71

175.30

CHIX

14:40:19

400

175.40

CHIX

14:40:19

637

175.40

CHIX

14:40:19

400

175.40

CHIX

14:40:19

100

175.40

CHIX

14:40:19

79

175.40

CHIX

14:47:55

1616

175.40

CHIX

14:55:19

400

175.40

CHIX

14:56:03

529

175.40

CHIX

14:57:13

687

175.40

CHIX

14:58:05

223

175.30

TRQX

14:58:05

557

175.30

TRQX

14:58:05

799

175.30

CHIX

14:58:05

1616

175.30

CHIX

14:58:05

1785

175.30

XLON

14:58:05

148

175.30

TRQX

14:58:05

145

175.30

Aquis

14:58:05

138

175.30

BATE

14:58:05

542

175.30

XLON

14:58:05

149

175.30

XLON

14:58:05

154

175.30

XLON

15:00:11

2652

175.30

XLON

15:01:41

500

175.30

CHIX

15:01:41

400

175.30

CHIX

15:01:41

18

175.30

CHIX

15:01:41

400

175.30

XLON

15:01:41

672

175.30

XLON

15:01:41

698

175.30

CHIX

15:01:41

352

175.30

CHIX

15:01:41

308

175.30

XLON

15:04:32

808

175.70

CHIX

15:04:32

808

175.70

CHIX

15:23:25

1359

175.70

CHIX

15:39:31

224

175.80

CHIX

15:45:25

805

175.80

CHIX

15:50:20

587

175.80

CHIX

15:50:24

1616

175.90

CHIX

15:50:25

45

175.60

XLON

15:51:31

1

175.70

CHIX

15:55:48

452

175.70

BATE

15:56:02

532

175.70

CHIX

16:00:25

312

176.10

TRQX

16:00:25

106

176.10

Aquis

16:00:25

400

176.10

Aquis

16:00:25

400

176.10

Aquis

16:00:25

239

176.10

CHIX

16:00:25

312

176.10

BATE

16:00:25

73

176.10

CHIX

16:02:56

615

176.10

CHIX

16:02:56

600

176.10

CHIX

16:02:56

401

176.10

CHIX

16:02:57

68

176.10

BATE

16:02:57

556

176.10

XLON

16:03:41

26

176.50

CHIX

16:11:34

1200

176.50

CHIX

16:11:34

390

176.50

CHIX

16:11:36

400

176.50

CHIX

16:11:36

400

176.50

CHIX

16:11:40

816

176.50

CHIX

16:12:52

753

176.50

CHIX

16:12:52

321

176.50

CHIX

16:12:52

400

176.50

CHIX

16:12:52

142

176.50

CHIX

16:15:06

532

176.40

BATE

16:15:06

181

176.40

XLON

16:17:53

1616

176.40

CHIX

16:17:53

1678

176.40

CHIX

16:17:53

592

176.40

BATE

16:17:53

800

176.40

Aquis

16:17:53

592

176.40

BATE

16:17:53

62

176.40

CHIX

16:17:53

800

176.40

Aquis

16:17:53

272

176.40

Aquis

16:17:53

5000

176.40

XLON

16:17:53

45

176.40

XLON

16:17:53

4446

176.40

XLON

16:17:53

1248

176.40

TRQX

16:17:53

1560

176.40

Aquis

16:17:53

1248

176.40

BATE

16:17:53

277

176.40

CHIX

16:17:53

995

176.40

CHIX

16:17:53

9672

176.40

XLON

16:17:53

943

176.40

TRQX

16:17:53

127

176.40

CHIX

16:17:53

141

176.40

CHIX

16:17:53

692

176.40

BATE

16:17:53

1003

176.40

XLON

16:19:14

312

176.50

CHIX

16:19:14

1304

176.50

CHIX

16:20:00

532

176.40

Aquis

16:20:03

1417

176.40

Aquis

16:24:02

97

176.40

CHIX

16:24:02

400

176.40

CHIX

16:24:02

500

176.40

CHIX

16:24:02

471

176.40

CHIX

16:24:02

723

176.40

CHIX

16:24:02

400

176.40

CHIX

16:24:02

213

176.40

CHIX

16:24:02

303

176.40

CHIX

16:24:02

7800

176.40

XLON

16:24:05

619

176.40

CHIX

16:24:06

235

176.40

Aquis

16:24:06

57

176.30

BATE

16:24:06

278

176.30

BATE

16:24:06

693

176.30

BATE

16:24:06

181

176.30

BATE

16:25:44

771

176.00

CHIX

16:25:44

845

176.00

CHIX

16:26:31

1616

175.90

CHIX

16:26:32

427

175.90

CHIX

16:26:32

1189

175.90

CHIX

16:27:53

1164

175.90

CHIX

16:29:17

90

175.90

CHIX

16:29:17

362

175.90

CHIX

16:29:58

1473

175.90

CHIX