FirstGroup Plc - Transaction in Own Shares – Company Announcement

FirstGroup Plc - Transaction in Own Shares

Apr 23 2024 07:00 BST

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 April 2024|
|___________________________________|_____________|
|Number of ordinary shares purchased|108,302      |
|___________________________________|_____________|
|Weighted average price paid (p)    |169.30       |
|___________________________________|_____________|
|Highest price paid (p)             |170.20       |
|___________________________________|_____________|
|Lowest price paid (p)              |168.70       |
|___________________________________|_____________|

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 113,461,562 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 637,233,453. 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 April 2024 is 637,233,453. 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:
                                           Contacts at Brunswick PR:

Marianna Bowes, Head of Investor Relations
David Blizzard, Company Secretary          Andrew Porter / Simone Selzercorporate.comms@firstgroup.co.uk           Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354

Contacts at Liberum Capital Limited:       Contacts at RBC Europe Limited:


Nicholas How / John FishleyJames Agnew / Jack Wood
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000                  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 |168.80                                  |6,995            |
|_____|________________________________________|_________________|
|BATE |168.80                                  |323              |
|_____|________________________________________|_________________|
|CHIX |169.29                                  |100,600          |
|_____|________________________________________|_________________|
|TRQX |168.80                                  |177              |
|_____|________________________________________|_________________|
|Aquis|169.24                                  |207              |
|_____|________________________________________|_________________|

Individual transactions:

 ___________________________________________
|Transaction Time|Volume|Price(GBp)|Platform|
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:25:01        |102   |169.70    |Aquis   |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:25:11        |282   |169.70    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:25:11        |12    |169.70    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:29:24        |1816  |169.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:11:18        |1816  |170.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:15:27        |616   |170.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:15:27        |1200  |170.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:15:52        |1200  |169.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:15:52        |616   |169.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:17:36        |1816  |169.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:17:38        |1816  |169.70    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:19:00        |1816  |169.60    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:25:48        |1816  |169.40    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:29:56        |1200  |169.70    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:29:56        |616   |169.70    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:45:47        |1816  |169.50    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:45:51        |1816  |169.30    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:46:11        |132   |169.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:55:00        |1816  |169.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:55:03        |1816  |169.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:56:00        |1816  |168.90    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:58:16        |1816  |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:39:56        |1200  |169.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:39:56        |616   |169.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:40:24        |1045  |169.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:40:24        |600   |169.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:40:24        |171   |169.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:43:00        |1816  |168.90    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|12:44:16        |1816  |169.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|12:45:17        |5     |169.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|12:45:17        |1811  |169.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|12:50:02        |1546  |168.90    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|12:50:02        |270   |168.90    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|12:51:18        |1816  |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|12:56:55        |1816  |168.70    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:06:10        |823   |169.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:06:10        |108   |169.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:06:10        |227   |169.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:06:10        |658   |169.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:20:04        |315   |169.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:25:17        |1501  |169.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:26:56        |500   |169.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:27:07        |1316  |169.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:32:45        |60    |168.90    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:47:00        |600   |168.90    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:47:00        |1156  |168.90    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:16        |1816  |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:16        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:16        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:16        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:16        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:16        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:16        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:17        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:17        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:17        |77    |168.80    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:17        |23    |168.80    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:51        |1065  |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:51        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:51        |347   |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:51        |404   |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:51        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:51        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:13:51        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:16:58        |89    |168.90    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:16:58        |1727  |168.90    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:16:58        |96    |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:26:19        |1331  |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:26:19        |485   |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:26:19        |4     |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:26:19        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:02        |1816  |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:02        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:02        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:02        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:02        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:02        |100   |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:02        |100   |168.80    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:03        |100   |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:03        |100   |168.80    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:03        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:03        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:03        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:03        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:03        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:03        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:03        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:03        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:04        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:04        |1816  |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:04        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:04        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:04        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:04        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:04        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:04        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:04        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:04        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:04        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:05        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:05        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:05        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:05        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:05        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:05        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:06        |1816  |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:07        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:10        |1816  |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:10        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:11        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:11        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:11        |100   |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:11        |100   |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:11        |100   |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:11        |100   |168.80    |Aquis   |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:11        |5     |168.80    |Aquis   |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:11        |95    |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:12        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:35        |1816  |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:35        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:27:36        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:35        |1739  |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:35        |77    |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:35        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:35        |100   |168.80    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:35        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:36        |1816  |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:36        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:36        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:38        |1816  |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:38        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:38        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:39        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:39        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:39        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:39        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:39        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:39        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:40        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:47        |1816  |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:47        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:28:47        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:02        |1816  |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:02        |74    |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:02        |26    |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:02        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:02        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:02        |100   |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:03        |100   |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:03        |100   |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:03        |100   |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:03        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:03        |100   |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:03        |100   |168.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:03        |100   |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:03        |100   |168.80    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:03        |100   |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:03        |71    |168.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:58:20        |96    |169.40    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:58:20        |1720  |169.40    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:00:20        |600   |169.30    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:00:20        |1216  |169.30    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:10:37        |414   |169.40    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:10:37        |402   |169.40    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:14:32        |1174  |169.60    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:14:32        |642   |169.60    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:21:30        |23    |169.50    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:25:58        |1816  |169.70    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:37:30        |1284  |169.90    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:37:30        |532   |169.90    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:37:54        |253   |169.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:37:54        |262   |169.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:37:54        |1200  |169.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:37:54        |101   |169.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:40:06        |761   |169.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:40:06        |1055  |169.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:50:28        |458   |170.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:50:28        |600   |170.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:50:28        |758   |170.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:03:46        |39    |170.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:03:46        |407   |170.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:03:46        |1370  |170.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:04:58        |1816  |170.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:08:14        |142   |170.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:09:00        |1674  |170.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:10:56        |319   |170.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:11:37        |1497  |170.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:20:34        |71    |170.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:20:34        |1745  |170.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|

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