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 Liberum Capital Limited.

 

Date of Purchase

17 May 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

248,102

Weighted average price paid (p)

171.65

Highest price paid (p)

172.40

Lowest price paid (p)

170.70

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 118,198,687 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 632,496,328. 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 17 May 2024 is 632,496,328. 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 Liberum Capital Limited:


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: Liberum Capital Limited

Intermediary Code: RINFGB21XXX

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 Liberum Capital 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

171.68

131,200

BATE

171.60

25,063

CHIX

171.66

73,593

TRQX

171.54

18,246

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:03:54

2030

171.60

XLON

08:05:07

1000

171.70

CHIX

08:05:07

1483

171.70

CHIX

08:18:34

40

171.60

XLON

08:18:34

261

171.60

XLON

08:18:34

500

171.60

XLON

08:18:34

1500

171.60

XLON

08:25:29

359

172.00

CHIX

08:25:29

1898

172.00

CHIX

08:27:54

1826

171.90

XLON

08:33:41

2558

171.80

BATE

08:37:10

1675

171.60

TRQX

08:37:10

1057

171.60

TRQX

09:02:00

1416

171.70

XLON

09:02:00

500

171.70

XLON

09:02:03

2329

171.90

XLON

09:02:03

2095

171.90

XLON

09:25:03

266

172.00

XLON

09:25:03

1000

172.00

XLON

09:25:03

3000

172.00

XLON

09:33:03

1742

172.30

XLON

09:33:03

904

172.30

XLON

10:03:47

46

172.20

CHIX

10:04:35

4786

172.00

XLON

10:04:35

500

172.00

XLON

10:04:35

6678

172.00

XLON

10:04:35

2155

172.00

XLON

10:04:35

500

172.20

CHIX

10:04:35

836

172.20

CHIX

10:04:35

500

172.20

CHIX

10:04:35

500

172.20

CHIX

10:04:35

381

172.20

CHIX

10:19:09

1812

172.00

BATE

10:19:09

406

172.00

BATE

11:03:21

448

171.40

CHIX

11:03:21

670

171.40

CHIX

11:03:21

1641

171.40

CHIX

12:08:49

1548

171.00

XLON

12:08:49

305

171.00

XLON

12:08:49

500

171.00

XLON

12:08:49

2240

171.00

XLON

12:09:55

1114

171.30

TRQX

12:09:55

1339

171.30

TRQX

12:11:16

2297

171.20

CHIX

12:12:16

1319

171.20

CHIX

12:15:43

415

171.20

CHIX

12:15:43

872

171.20

CHIX

12:15:43

256

171.20

CHIX

12:39:04

312

171.30

XLON

12:39:04

117

171.30

XLON

12:39:04

318

171.30

XLON

12:39:04

990

171.30

XLON

12:39:04

299

171.30

XLON

12:45:20

525

171.40

CHIX

12:45:20

2186

171.40

CHIX

12:45:20

202

171.40

CHIX

12:45:20

1000

171.40

CHIX

12:45:20

1640

171.40

CHIX

12:46:09

381

171.30

XLON

12:46:09

468

171.30

XLON

12:46:09

1167

171.30

XLON

12:51:53

2757

171.00

XLON

13:02:53

4

170.70

XLON

13:06:56

2450

170.90

XLON

13:07:27

1847

170.90

XLON

13:26:27

2108

170.90

XLON

13:34:08

2326

170.80

CHIX

13:34:08

283

170.80

CHIX

13:34:08

386

170.80

TRQX

13:34:08

46

170.80

TRQX

13:34:08

40

170.80

TRQX

13:34:08

2277

170.80

TRQX

13:56:53

35

170.70

BATE

14:12:18

500

171.20

XLON

14:12:18

1739

171.20

XLON

14:12:18

242

171.20

XLON

14:12:18

621

171.20

XLON

14:12:18

2717

171.20

XLON

14:12:18

500

171.20

XLON

14:12:18

69

171.20

XLON

14:12:18

207

171.20

XLON

14:12:18

100

171.20

XLON

14:12:18

40

171.20

XLON

14:12:18

6

171.20

XLON

14:12:18

318

171.20

XLON

14:12:18

3437

171.20

BATE

14:12:18

2124

171.20

BATE

14:12:18

531

171.20

BATE

14:12:20

157

171.40

CHIX

14:12:21

267

171.50

CHIX

14:12:21

500

171.50

CHIX

14:12:21

500

171.50

CHIX

14:12:21

500

171.50

CHIX

14:12:21

500

171.50

CHIX

14:12:21

500

171.50

CHIX

14:12:21

1000

171.50

CHIX

14:12:21

500

171.50

CHIX

14:12:21

1979

171.50

CHIX

14:12:21

1121

171.50

CHIX

14:16:20

74

171.40

XLON

14:16:20

2263

171.50

TRQX

14:16:20

517

171.50

TRQX

14:16:20

1984

171.50

TRQX

14:16:20

920

171.40

XLON

14:16:39

62

171.40

XLON

14:19:15

2163

171.60

XLON

14:37:43

2952

171.40

BATE

14:37:43

2680

171.40

CHIX

14:38:15

2095

171.30

XLON

15:02:43

2037

171.60

CHIX

15:02:43

318

171.60

CHIX

15:02:43

267

171.60

CHIX

15:02:43

2427

171.60

CHIX

15:03:52

1882

171.50

BATE

15:03:52

365

171.50

BATE

15:03:52

500

171.50

BATE

15:09:29

223

171.80

XLON

15:09:29

2199

171.80

XLON

15:09:29

1807

171.80

XLON

15:25:43

2339

171.60

CHIX

15:31:03

256

171.60

CHIX

15:31:03

156

171.60

CHIX

16:08:03

1420

171.70

CHIX

16:08:03

802

171.70

CHIX

16:08:03

1178

171.70

CHIX

16:08:20

3443

171.60

XLON

16:08:39

1654

171.40

XLON

16:08:39

1978

171.40

XLON

16:08:39

5751

171.40

XLON

16:08:42

421

171.40

CHIX

16:08:42

2101

171.40

CHIX

16:08:42

196

171.40

CHIX

16:08:42

4424

171.40

XLON

16:08:42

1855

171.40

XLON

16:08:42

3679

171.40

CHIX

16:08:46

1218

171.60

XLON

16:08:46

145

171.60

CHIX

16:08:46

1109

171.60

CHIX

16:08:46

2560

171.60

CHIX

16:08:46

2763

171.70

BATE

16:08:46

1538

171.70

BATE

16:08:46

1743

171.70

BATE

16:08:47

2441

171.80

XLON

16:08:47

329

171.80

XLON

16:08:47

565

171.80

XLON

16:08:47

505

171.80

XLON

16:08:47

500

171.80

XLON

16:08:47

4071

171.80

XLON

16:08:47

1000

171.80

XLON

16:08:47

500

171.80

XLON

16:08:47

3500

171.80

XLON

16:09:04

965

172.10

CHIX

16:09:04

1557

172.10

CHIX

16:09:04

920

172.10

CHIX

16:09:04

724

172.10

CHIX

16:09:04

1891

172.00

XLON

16:09:04

232

172.00

XLON

16:09:04

500

172.00

XLON

16:09:16

2300

172.20

XLON

16:09:16

259

172.20

XLON

16:09:21

99

172.10

TRQX

16:10:03

644

172.20

CHIX

16:10:03

622

172.20

CHIX

16:10:03

500

172.20

CHIX

16:10:03

2641

172.20

CHIX

16:10:03

141

172.20

CHIX

16:10:16

2448

172.10

XLON

16:10:16

2441

172.10

XLON

16:10:16

3039

172.10

TRQX

16:11:03

3

172.00

CHIX

16:11:03

406

172.00

CHIX

16:11:03

2446

172.00

CHIX

16:14:16

1895

171.80

XLON

16:15:03

2467

171.90

CHIX

16:15:03

284

171.90

XLON

16:15:03

43

171.90

XLON

16:15:03

3

171.90

XLON

16:15:03

284

171.90

CHIX

16:15:03

58

171.80

CHIX

16:15:46

2417

172.10

BATE

16:21:48

2659

172.40

CHIX

16:21:48

1058

172.00

XLON

16:21:48

1370

172.00

XLON

16:21:48

1145

172.00

XLON

16:21:48

1151

172.00

XLON

16:21:57

3550

172.00

XLON

16:21:57

2165

172.00

XLON

16:21:57

13

172.00

XLON

16:21:57

114

172.00

XLON

16:22:20

1312

171.90

TRQX

16:22:20

1098

171.90

TRQX

16:25:42

1041

171.90

XLON

16:25:42

500

171.90

XLON

16:25:44

1358

172.00

CHIX

16:25:44

115

172.00

XLON

16:25:44

784

172.00

XLON

16:25:44

1000

172.00

XLON

16:25:44

662

172.00

XLON

16:25:44

2561

172.00

XLON