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

26 July 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

188,585

Weighted average price paid (p)

168.20

Highest price paid (p)

171.60

Lowest price paid (p)

160.40

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 134,303,750 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 616,391,265. 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 26 July 2024 is 616,391,265. 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

167.19

33,583

BATE

167.35

5,022

CHIX

168.91

113,370

TRQX

166.98

21,095

Aquis

167.06

15,515

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:03:42

1531

160.40

CHIX

08:14:42

1000

167.60

CHIX

08:14:42

531

167.60

CHIX

08:20:11

1531

168.10

CHIX

08:20:15

1204

167.60

CHIX

08:20:15

327

167.60

CHIX

08:20:28

1531

167.00

CHIX

08:20:33

1010

165.20

CHIX

08:25:03

1500

165.60

CHIX

08:25:03

31

165.60

CHIX

08:25:03

453

165.60

TRQX

08:25:03

906

165.60

Aquis

08:25:03

470

165.60

CHIX

08:25:03

2000

165.60

XLON

08:25:03

1171

165.60

XLON

08:25:03

319

165.60

Aquis

08:25:03

302

165.60

TRQX

08:25:03

302

165.60

BATE

08:25:03

302

165.60

CHIX

08:25:03

316

165.60

XLON

08:25:03

3459

165.60

XLON

08:25:03

906

165.60

Aquis

08:25:03

302

165.60

TRQX

08:25:03

319

165.60

BATE

08:25:03

302

165.60

CHIX

08:25:03

3171

165.60

XLON

08:25:03

1678

165.60

Aquis

08:25:03

351

165.60

XLON

08:25:14

297

165.70

CHIX

08:25:30

213

165.70

CHIX

08:59:19

1531

167.10

CHIX

08:59:19

1678

167.00

CHIX

08:59:19

3322

167.00

XLON

08:59:19

167

167.00

TRQX

08:59:19

162

167.00

Aquis

08:59:19

160

167.00

BATE

08:59:19

475

167.00

XLON

08:59:19

152

167.00

XLON

08:59:19

153

167.00

XLON

08:59:19

1600

167.00

XLON

08:59:19

453

167.00

Aquis

08:59:19

156

167.00

BATE

09:25:45

1531

167.70

CHIX

09:37:30

1531

167.20

CHIX

09:37:30

163

167.00

BATE

09:37:30

453

167.00

Aquis

09:37:30

906

167.00

XLON

09:37:30

2136

167.00

TRQX

09:37:30

2197

167.00

CHIX

09:37:30

667

167.00

TRQX

09:37:30

1149

167.00

TRQX

09:37:30

2197

167.00

TRQX

09:37:30

1654

167.00

XLON

09:37:30

2197

167.00

Aquis

09:37:30

2197

167.00

CHIX

09:37:30

606

167.00

TRQX

09:37:30

1591

167.00

TRQX

09:37:30

72

167.00

Aquis

09:37:30

482

167.00

XLON

09:37:30

2855

167.00

XLON

09:37:30

2197

167.00

TRQX

09:37:30

2197

167.00

Aquis

09:37:30

147

167.00

XLON

09:37:30

459

167.00

XLON

09:37:30

2040

167.00

TRQX

09:37:30

1148

167.00

TRQX

09:37:30

166

167.00

XLON

09:37:30

1500

167.00

XLON

09:37:30

146

167.00

XLON

09:37:30

1531

166.90

CHIX

09:37:31

2197

167.00

CHIX

09:37:31

137

167.00

XLON

09:37:31

482

167.00

XLON

09:37:31

2184

167.00

CHIX

09:37:31

2184

167.00

BATE

09:37:31

13

167.00

CHIX

09:37:31

135

167.00

XLON

09:37:31

2197

167.00

TRQX

09:37:31

471

167.00

XLON

09:37:31

2197

167.00

Aquis

09:37:31

991

167.00

TRQX

09:37:31

380

167.00

CHIX

09:37:31

1432

167.00

CHIX

09:37:31

2080

167.00

Aquis

09:37:31

6

167.00

CHIX

09:37:31

2197

167.00

TRQX

09:42:02

521

167.20

CHIX

10:11:13

60

168.50

BATE

10:18:57

1531

168.70

CHIX

10:22:29

1531

168.60

CHIX

10:26:59

1474

168.50

CHIX

10:26:59

57

168.50

CHIX

10:30:31

440

168.60

CHIX

10:30:31

1091

168.60

CHIX

10:30:40

500

168.60

CHIX

10:30:40

1031

168.60

CHIX

10:35:41

648

168.60

CHIX

10:35:41

883

168.60

CHIX

10:57:28

685

168.90

CHIX

10:57:28

846

168.90

CHIX

11:08:25

360

169.00

CHIX

11:08:25

1171

169.00

CHIX

11:08:34

247

168.70

CHIX

11:08:34

1284

168.70

CHIX

11:19:32

1531

168.60

CHIX

11:19:53

1531

168.40

CHIX

11:30:32

50

168.30

CHIX

11:31:40

22

168.30

CHIX

11:35:18

1459

168.30

CHIX

11:35:24

510

168.20

CHIX

11:36:10

1531

168.30

CHIX

12:03:51

1531

168.10

CHIX

12:05:45

9

168.00

CHIX

12:09:41

275

168.00

CHIX

12:09:50

1247

168.00

CHIX

13:00:37

800

168.70

CHIX

13:00:37

731

168.70

CHIX

13:00:37

282

168.50

XLON

13:00:39

285

168.50

CHIX

13:01:11

509

168.50

CHIX

13:01:11

500

168.50

CHIX

13:01:11

522

168.50

CHIX

13:01:11

53

168.50

CHIX

13:01:11

755

168.50

TRQX

13:01:11

500

168.50

CHIX

13:01:11

236

168.50

CHIX

13:01:11

1000

168.50

XLON

13:01:11

1889

168.50

XLON

13:01:11

629

168.50

BATE

13:01:11

1049

168.50

BATE

13:23:15

1531

168.80

CHIX

13:35:39

1384

168.80

CHIX

13:35:39

147

168.80

CHIX

14:08:53

1531

169.80

CHIX

14:17:00

594

169.90

CHIX

14:17:00

937

169.90

CHIX

14:17:02

431

169.80

CHIX

14:17:02

1100

169.80

CHIX

14:18:02

173

169.70

CHIX

14:18:02

384

169.70

CHIX

14:18:02

974

169.70

CHIX

14:18:24

1531

169.60

CHIX

14:19:49

284

169.40

CHIX

14:19:49

384

169.40

CHIX

14:19:49

863

169.40

CHIX

14:23:02

476

169.30

CHIX

14:23:02

1055

169.30

CHIX

14:24:17

744

168.90

CHIX

14:26:28

787

168.90

CHIX

14:29:07

30

169.20

CHIX

14:29:08

285

169.20

CHIX

14:29:08

1216

169.20

CHIX

14:38:28

1531

169.10

CHIX

14:38:41

1531

168.90

CHIX

14:38:57

1531

168.80

CHIX

14:56:50

1531

170.10

CHIX

15:03:38

6

170.00

CHIX

15:03:38

1525

170.00

CHIX

15:07:51

1531

170.40

CHIX

15:09:49

1531

170.30

CHIX

15:09:49

1000

170.30

XLON

15:09:49

1829

170.30

Aquis

15:09:49

2000

170.30

XLON

15:09:49

171

170.30

XLON

15:11:57

175

170.90

CHIX

15:11:57

733

170.90

CHIX

15:11:57

563

170.90

CHIX

15:11:57

60

170.90

CHIX

15:13:02

500

170.80

XLON

15:13:02

199

170.80

XLON

15:13:02

832

170.80

XLON

15:14:03

1531

170.80

CHIX

15:30:43

1531

171.00

CHIX

15:36:34

1531

171.40

CHIX

15:36:42

624

171.30

CHIX

15:36:42

907

171.30

CHIX

15:36:44

316

171.10

CHIX

15:36:44

1215

171.10

CHIX

15:36:47

797

171.00

CHIX

15:36:48

500

171.00

CHIX

15:36:48

234

171.00

CHIX

15:36:51

30

170.80

CHIX

15:37:01

1501

170.80

CHIX

15:47:02

521

171.50

CHIX

15:47:02

1010

171.50

CHIX

15:48:08

1531

171.60

CHIX

15:52:25

1531

171.40

CHIX

15:56:03

1531

171.20

CHIX

16:10:48

1531

171.20

CHIX

16:12:51

1531

171.50

CHIX

16:14:58

66

171.60

Aquis

16:14:58

1465

171.60

CHIX

16:14:59

500

171.40

CHIX

16:14:59

1031

171.40

CHIX

16:16:48

504

171.30

CHIX

16:16:48

389

171.30

CHIX

16:16:48

381

171.30

CHIX

16:16:48

43

171.30

CHIX

16:16:48

214

171.30

CHIX

16:21:02

521

171.30

CHIX

16:21:48

170

171.30

CHIX

16:21:55

56

171.30

CHIX

16:22:20

784

171.30

CHIX