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                   |23 May 2024|
|___________________________________|___________|
|Number of ordinary shares purchased|265,583    |
|___________________________________|___________|
|Weighted average price paid (p)    |170.96     |
|___________________________________|___________|
|Highest price paid (p)             |172.70     |
|___________________________________|___________|
|Lowest price paid (p)              |169.20     |
|___________________________________|___________|

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 119,333,973 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 631,361,042. 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 23 May 2024 is 631,361,042. 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 |170.95                                  |158,719          |
|_____|________________________________________|_________________|
|BATE |171.03                                  |26,376           |
|_____|________________________________________|_________________|
|CHIX |170.90                                  |61,519           |
|_____|________________________________________|_________________|
|TRQX |171.12                                  |18,969           |
|_____|________________________________________|_________________|

 

Individual transactions:

 ___________________________________________
|Transaction Time|Volume|Price(GBp)|Platform|
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:10:12        |1826  |172.60    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:10:12        |1159  |172.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:10:12        |1400  |172.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:10:12        |391   |172.60    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:10:12        |1400  |172.60    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:10:12        |700   |172.60    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:12:34        |600   |172.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:12:37        |1549  |172.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:12:39        |69    |172.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:30:22        |369   |172.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:49:26        |151   |171.70    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:51:13        |1668  |172.20    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:51:13        |974   |172.20    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:51:18        |1881  |172.60    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:51:18        |364   |172.30    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:51:18        |1961  |172.30    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:57:13        |1737  |172.10    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|08:57:13        |141   |172.10    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:18:23        |2078  |172.00    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:18:23        |2147  |172.00    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:18:23        |2120  |172.00    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:18:23        |834   |172.00    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:18:23        |3199  |172.00    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:18:23        |1794  |172.00    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:18:26        |2357  |171.60    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:19:22        |700   |171.50    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:19:22        |92    |171.70    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:19:22        |300   |171.70    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:19:23        |2502  |172.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:19:23        |2384  |172.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:25:43        |237   |171.70    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:31:40        |1135  |171.70    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:31:40        |800   |171.70    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:31:40        |316   |171.70    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:43:03        |1759  |171.40    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|09:43:03        |447   |171.40    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:27:05        |12    |171.40    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:27:05        |2466  |171.50    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:27:05        |2198  |171.30    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:27:05        |641   |171.30    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:27:05        |16    |171.30    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:27:05        |487   |171.30    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:27:05        |700   |171.30    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:27:05        |1400  |171.30    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:27:05        |1268  |171.30    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:27:05        |1401  |171.30    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:27:40        |4883  |171.50    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:27:40        |1400  |171.50    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:27:40        |11200 |171.50    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:40:40        |1978  |171.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:42:35        |2497  |171.50    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:42:35        |151   |171.50    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:42:35        |690   |171.50    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:42:35        |690   |171.50    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|10:42:35        |700   |171.50    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:32:02        |46    |171.20    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:32:02        |48    |171.20    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:32:05        |8     |171.50    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:32:05        |96    |171.50    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:32:05        |3109  |171.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:32:05        |4008  |171.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:32:05        |287   |171.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:32:05        |1981  |171.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:32:25        |467   |171.40    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:32:25        |1400  |171.40    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:32:25        |700   |171.40    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:32:25        |396   |171.50    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|11:32:25        |2131  |171.50    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|12:17:02        |623   |170.90    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|12:20:18        |149   |170.90    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|12:20:18        |1530  |170.90    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|12:29:38        |289   |170.50    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|12:35:15        |1343  |171.10    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|12:35:15        |1331  |171.10    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|12:36:00        |2060  |171.20    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|12:36:00        |1892  |171.20    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:17:25        |2372  |171.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:17:34        |2048  |171.40    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:30:58        |1     |170.90    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:31:00        |2312  |171.40    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:31:00        |2579  |171.40    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:31:00        |426   |171.20    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:31:00        |714   |171.20    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:31:00        |4     |171.20    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:31:00        |491   |171.20    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:31:00        |1898  |171.20    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:32:39        |666   |171.20    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:32:39        |1458  |171.40    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:32:39        |1856  |171.40    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:32:39        |500   |171.40    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:32:39        |1711  |171.40    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:32:39        |2211  |171.40    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:43:47        |827   |171.20    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:43:47        |700   |171.20    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:43:47        |700   |171.20    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:55:00        |617   |171.10    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:55:00        |700   |171.10    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:55:00        |700   |171.10    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|13:55:00        |641   |171.10    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:09:50        |977   |170.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:09:50        |700   |170.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:09:50        |700   |170.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:09:50        |1400  |170.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:09:50        |2098  |170.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:10:13        |3158  |171.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:10:13        |48    |171.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:10:13        |3754  |171.40    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:12:40        |1781  |171.10    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:12:40        |417   |171.10    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:10        |709   |170.60    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:30:10        |1156  |170.60    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:41:00        |2497  |170.70    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:42:00        |463   |170.70    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:42:00        |1970  |170.70    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:52:54        |269   |170.10    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:52:54        |1571  |170.10    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:52:54        |1400  |170.10    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:52:54        |1576  |170.10    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:52:54        |455   |170.10    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:56:08        |532   |170.00    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:56:08        |1881  |170.00    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:56:13        |1730  |170.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:56:13        |900   |170.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|14:57:23        |1949  |170.20    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:07:46        |1517  |169.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:07:55        |7     |169.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:08:00        |5     |169.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:08:01        |294   |170.10    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:08:01        |2542  |170.10    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:09:00        |1     |170.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:09:30        |646   |170.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:09:30        |1872  |170.10    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:09:30        |452   |170.20    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:09:30        |1332  |170.20    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:12:16        |2332  |170.10    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:12:16        |25    |170.10    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:12:16        |249   |170.10    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:22:22        |13    |170.00    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:23:30        |2012  |170.10    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:23:30        |88    |170.10    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:25:28        |1971  |170.00    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:25:28        |254   |170.00    |BATE    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:26:18        |127   |169.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:26:18        |591   |169.80    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:27:08        |11    |169.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:27:58        |54    |169.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:27:58        |2586  |169.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:28:58        |1920  |169.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:34:18        |82    |169.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:34:18        |2155  |169.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:34:18        |46    |169.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:36:47        |281   |169.50    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:36:47        |1813  |169.50    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:36:47        |3848  |169.50    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:36:47        |2507  |169.70    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:36:49        |1736  |169.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:36:49        |5072  |169.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:36:49        |626   |169.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:36:49        |700   |169.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:57:47        |359   |169.40    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:57:47        |2762  |169.50    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:57:47        |76    |169.40    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:57:47        |23    |169.40    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:57:47        |322   |169.40    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|15:57:47        |2228  |169.40    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:00:00        |2349  |169.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:00:00        |674   |169.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:02:52        |186   |169.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:02:52        |46    |169.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:02:52        |515   |169.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:02:53        |368   |169.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:02:53        |352   |169.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:02:53        |2574  |169.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:02:53        |559   |169.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:04:45        |46    |169.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:02        |33    |170.00    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:33        |52    |170.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:33        |42    |170.20    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:35        |1145  |170.60    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:35        |1585  |170.60    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:36        |1695  |170.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:36        |4539  |170.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:36        |917   |170.80    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:36        |1544  |170.80    |TRQX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:36        |700   |170.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:36        |2324  |170.70    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:36        |999   |170.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:36        |266   |170.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:36        |1058  |170.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:36        |481   |170.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:36        |1897  |170.80    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:15:49        |2208  |170.50    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:19:48        |204   |170.40    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:19:48        |2897  |170.40    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:20:55        |11    |170.40    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:20:55        |2615  |170.40    |CHIX    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:25:49        |700   |170.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:25:49        |200   |170.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:25:49        |202   |170.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:25:49        |1857  |170.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:25:49        |2400  |170.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:25:49        |700   |170.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:25:49        |2100  |170.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:25:49        |83    |170.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:25:49        |149   |170.90    |XLON    |
|________________|______|__________|________|
|16:25:49        |700   |170.90    |XLON    |
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|16:25:49        |700   |170.90    |XLON    |
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|16:25:49        |637   |170.80    |XLON    |
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|16:25:49        |1800  |170.80    |XLON    |
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|16:25:49        |2916  |170.80    |CHIX    |
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|16:26:25        |2370  |170.70    |CHIX    |
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|16:27:38        |426   |170.70    |TRQX    |
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|16:28:13        |51    |170.70    |BATE    |
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|16:28:25        |712   |170.70    |TRQX    |
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|16:28:25        |661   |170.70    |TRQX    |
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|16:28:25        |661   |170.70    |TRQX    |
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|16:28:25        |604   |170.70    |BATE    |
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|16:28:25        |1400  |170.70    |BATE    |
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|16:28:25        |700   |170.70    |BATE    |
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