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

21 May 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

307,421

Weighted average price paid (p)

172.89

Highest price paid (p)

174.50

Lowest price paid (p)

171.50

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 118,727,406 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 631,967,609. 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 21 May 2024 is 631,967,609. 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

172.86

194,326

BATE

172.88

24,995

CHIX

173.01

71,081

TRQX

172.69

17,019

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:02:15

2433

172.30

BATE

08:02:15

70

172.30

BATE

08:02:23

1809

171.50

XLON

08:02:23

339

171.50

XLON

08:05:40

2346

172.70

CHIX

08:05:40

1582

172.50

XLON

08:05:40

440

172.50

XLON

08:05:40

106

172.60

XLON

08:05:40

700

172.60

XLON

08:05:40

700

172.60

XLON

08:05:40

700

172.60

XLON

08:22:36

393

171.50

TRQX

08:22:36

1875

171.50

TRQX

08:22:36

1919

171.60

XLON

08:22:50

924

172.00

XLON

08:22:50

1245

172.00

XLON

08:23:40

1608

172.00

XLON

08:23:40

700

172.00

XLON

08:24:00

2300

172.10

CHIX

08:24:44

2379

172.20

XLON

08:24:48

1190

172.20

XLON

08:24:48

700

172.20

XLON

08:24:52

2050

172.10

XLON

08:24:52

1943

172.20

XLON

08:25:30

2457

172.40

BATE

08:26:52

1829

172.50

XLON

08:30:12

2213

172.20

XLON

08:36:10

2722

172.50

CHIX

08:48:58

1289

172.70

CHIX

08:48:58

1230

172.70

CHIX

09:04:53

2433

172.50

TRQX

09:09:12

2142

172.50

XLON

09:15:33

2361

172.20

CHIX

09:24:12

1845

171.90

XLON

09:24:20

1889

172.10

XLON

09:30:10

855

172.10

CHIX

09:30:10

978

172.10

CHIX

09:30:10

700

172.10

CHIX

09:30:10

230

172.10

CHIX

09:30:10

1297

172.10

XLON

09:30:10

700

172.10

XLON

09:41:59

441

172.30

XLON

10:11:03

4132

173.10

XLON

10:11:03

700

173.10

XLON

10:11:03

4200

173.10

XLON

10:11:03

2007

173.10

XLON

10:12:22

211

173.20

CHIX

10:12:22

1489

173.20

CHIX

10:12:22

353

173.10

XLON

10:12:45

1946

173.40

XLON

10:14:16

1353

173.50

BATE

10:14:16

923

173.50

BATE

10:15:07

1606

173.30

CHIX

10:15:07

956

173.30

CHIX

10:19:45

1839

173.40

XLON

10:57:35

2163

173.70

CHIX

10:57:35

224

173.70

CHIX

10:57:35

53

173.70

CHIX

10:57:35

2619

173.60

XLON

10:57:35

2510

173.50

TRQX

10:57:35

3357

173.50

XLON

10:57:36

1984

173.40

XLON

10:59:36

796

173.80

XLON

10:59:36

1467

173.80

XLON

11:13:35

1500

173.80

CHIX

11:13:35

493

173.80

CHIX

11:13:35

700

173.80

CHIX

11:19:10

384

173.60

XLON

11:19:10

1863

173.80

XLON

11:35:03

2641

173.60

XLON

11:40:35

2205

173.80

XLON

11:40:35

2021

173.80

XLON

11:53:36

2048

173.80

CHIX

11:53:36

700

173.80

CHIX

11:53:36

2207

173.80

XLON

12:11:44

447

174.50

XLON

12:11:44

2692

174.50

XLON

12:13:44

1888

174.40

XLON

12:14:51

887

174.40

TRQX

12:14:51

1400

174.40

TRQX

12:14:51

2098

174.30

CHIX

12:14:51

428

174.30

CHIX

12:43:52

238

173.90

XLON

12:43:52

1647

173.90

XLON

12:43:52

272

173.90

XLON

12:43:52

428

173.90

XLON

12:43:52

1400

173.90

XLON

12:43:52

206

173.90

XLON

12:44:30

85

173.80

CHIX

13:18:53

2308

173.80

CHIX

13:18:53

2381

173.80

CHIX

13:18:58

700

173.90

XLON

13:18:58

454

173.90

XLON

13:19:16

2719

174.40

BATE

13:19:16

2996

174.40

XLON

13:19:16

3163

174.40

XLON

13:34:29

2022

174.20

CHIX

13:34:29

681

174.20

CHIX

13:34:29

1849

174.20

XLON

13:34:56

5

174.10

XLON

13:36:40

539

174.10

XLON

13:37:40

600

174.10

XLON

13:37:59

4

174.10

XLON

13:37:59

700

174.10

XLON

13:37:59

649

174.10

XLON

13:56:02

236

174.00

CHIX

13:56:02

142

174.00

CHIX

13:56:02

142

174.00

CHIX

13:56:02

1958

174.00

CHIX

14:00:02

1380

173.90

XLON

14:00:02

700

173.90

XLON

14:00:02

2272

173.90

XLON

14:00:12

1831

173.80

XLON

14:01:09

2688

173.80

BATE

14:08:14

100

173.80

XLON

14:10:47

1935

173.80

XLON

14:20:47

700

173.80

CHIX

14:20:47

700

173.80

CHIX

14:20:47

900

173.80

CHIX

14:22:00

281

173.80

CHIX

14:33:54

1893

173.70

XLON

14:33:54

399

173.60

XLON

14:33:54

2648

173.60

XLON

14:33:58

538

173.50

CHIX

14:33:58

682

173.50

CHIX

14:34:00

1486

173.50

CHIX

14:34:03

1450

173.40

XLON

14:34:24

458

173.40

XLON

14:38:46

1267

173.20

CHIX

14:38:46

1267

173.20

CHIX

14:38:46

2989

173.20

XLON

14:38:46

2820

173.20

XLON

14:54:17

642

172.90

XLON

14:54:17

2692

172.90

XLON

14:54:17

3

172.80

XLON

14:54:17

2793

172.90

XLON

14:54:46

518

172.60

CHIX

14:54:46

2100

172.60

CHIX

14:54:46

2057

172.50

XLON

14:54:47

2474

172.50

XLON

14:54:51

2245

172.50

TRQX

15:17:45

1170

172.60

CHIX

15:17:45

1400

172.60

CHIX

15:18:27

996

172.50

XLON

15:18:27

1620

172.50

XLON

15:18:28

2083

172.50

XLON

15:20:46

493

172.70

BATE

15:20:46

2100

172.70

BATE

15:20:46

1420

172.60

XLON

15:20:46

55

172.60

XLON

15:20:46

467

172.60

XLON

15:20:46

700

172.60

XLON

15:22:45

1092

172.70

CHIX

15:22:45

688

172.70

CHIX

15:22:45

977

172.70

CHIX

15:42:07

1451

172.60

CHIX

15:42:07

141

172.60

CHIX

15:42:07

24

172.60

CHIX

15:42:07

450

172.60

CHIX

15:42:07

700

172.60

CHIX

15:42:07

2183

172.60

XLON

15:42:07

2466

172.60

XLON

15:43:30

900

172.60

XLON

15:45:40

891

172.60

XLON

15:48:37

2255

172.70

CHIX

15:51:39

393

172.60

XLON

15:54:55

2234

172.70

BATE

15:54:56

410

172.80

XLON

15:54:56

3085

172.80

XLON

15:54:56

1800

172.80

XLON

15:54:56

3325

172.80

XLON

15:55:46

2610

172.50

CHIX

15:55:51

1709

172.40

TRQX

15:55:51

1037

172.40

TRQX

16:00:51

2192

172.30

XLON

16:00:51

1993

172.40

XLON

16:03:14

1054

172.20

XLON

16:03:14

1700

172.20

XLON

16:03:14

2763

172.20

XLON

16:03:14

385

172.20

XLON

16:03:14

2113

172.20

XLON

16:04:20

2

172.10

CHIX

16:04:20

134

172.10

CHIX

16:04:20

1200

172.10

CHIX

16:04:20

344

172.10

CHIX

16:04:20

9

172.10

CHIX

16:04:20

98

172.10

CHIX

16:04:20

639

172.10

CHIX

16:08:43

2624

172.20

BATE

16:08:43

672

172.20

BATE

16:08:43

700

172.20

BATE

16:08:43

1047

172.20

BATE

16:09:20

2858

171.90

XLON

16:09:20

400

171.90

XLON

16:13:48

113

171.70

CHIX

16:14:20

1873

172.00

CHIX

16:14:20

538

172.00

CHIX

16:14:20

10

172.00

CHIX

16:14:20

813

172.00

XLON

16:14:21

433

172.00

XLON

16:14:22

245

172.00

XLON

16:14:22

1916

172.00

XLON

16:14:22

1431

172.00

XLON

16:14:22

867

172.00

XLON

16:15:27

864

171.90

XLON

16:15:40

11

171.90

XLON

16:15:40

400

171.90

XLON

16:15:47

90

171.90

XLON

16:18:12

866

171.90

XLON

16:21:12

1109

172.10

CHIX

16:21:12

302

172.10

CHIX

16:21:12

433

172.00

XLON

16:21:33

1646

172.00

XLON

16:21:53

441

172.20

XLON

16:21:53

700

172.20

XLON

16:21:53

520

172.20

XLON

16:21:53

1400

172.20

XLON

16:22:16

152

172.20

XLON

16:22:16

616

172.20

XLON

16:22:16

700

172.20

XLON

16:22:16

2270

172.20

XLON

16:22:16

556

172.20

XLON

16:22:16

16

172.20

XLON

16:22:16

93

172.20

XLON

16:22:16

788

172.20

XLON

16:22:16

438

172.20

XLON

16:23:07

2530

172.10

TRQX

16:25:56

2014

171.90

XLON

16:25:56

329

171.90

XLON

16:25:56

310

171.90

XLON

16:26:06

105

171.90

CHIX

16:27:12

1058

171.90

CHIX

16:27:12

216

171.90

CHIX

16:27:12

299

171.90

CHIX

16:27:12

42

171.90

XLON

16:28:05

2798

172.10

XLON

16:28:05

331

172.10

XLON

16:28:05

206

172.10

XLON

16:28:13

67

172.40

BATE

16:28:13

1613

172.40

BATE

16:28:13

802

172.40

BATE

16:28:20

1946

172.20

XLON

16:28:25

225

172.20

XLON

16:28:25

1400

172.20

XLON

16:28:25

236

172.20

XLON

16:28:25

700

172.20

XLON

16:28:25

79

172.20

XLON

16:28:25

2367

172.30

XLON

16:28:25

1862

172.30

XLON