Company Announcements

 

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:
                                           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: 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    |
|________________|______|__________|________|