FirstGroup Plc - Transaction in Own Shares – Company Announcement

FirstGroup Plc - Transaction in Own Shares

Nov 22 2024 07:00 GMT

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 14 November 2024, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each ("Ordinary Shares") through RBC Europe Limited.

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|Date of Purchase                   |21 November 2024|
|___________________________________|________________|
|Number of ordinary shares purchased|267,262         |
|___________________________________|________________|
|Weighted average price paid (p)    |145.73          |
|___________________________________|________________|
|Highest price paid (p)             |146.60          |
|___________________________________|________________|
|Lowest price paid (p)              |143.50          |
|___________________________________|________________|

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 136,437,804 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 614,257,211. FirstGroup initially intends to hold the purchased shares as treasury shares but may cancel them in due course.

The total number of voting rights in FirstGroup, excluding treasury shares as at 21 November 2024 is 614,257,211. 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 FirstGroupMarianna Bowes, Head of Investor Relations

David Blizzard, Company Secretary

companysecretariat@firstgroup.co.uk

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354

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:


      Weighted average price
Venue                        Aggregated volume
      (pence per share)

XLON  145.76                 97,820

BATE  145.79                 47,991

CHIX  145.66                 104,689

TRQX  145.49                 3,008

Aquis 145.79                 13,754

Individual Transactions

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|Transaction Time|Volume|Price |Platform|Transaction Ref |
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|14:53:06        |1675  |143.60|CHIX    |00275206614TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|14:53:06        |1680  |143.60|Aquis   |00275206618TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|14:53:06        |3320  |143.60|XLON    |00275206619TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|14:53:06        |394   |143.50|BATE    |00275206615TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|14:53:06        |300   |143.50|Aquis   |00275206616TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|14:53:06        |427   |143.50|BATE    |00275206617TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|14:53:06        |380   |143.50|BATE    |00275206620TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|14:53:06        |37    |143.50|Aquis   |00275206621TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|14:53:06        |105   |143.50|Aquis   |00275206622TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|14:53:07        |50    |143.60|XLON    |00275206623TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|14:53:07        |551   |143.60|XLON    |00275206624TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|14:53:09        |213   |143.60|CHIX    |00275206650TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|14:53:09        |213   |143.60|CHIX    |00275206651TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|14:53:09        |2008  |143.60|XLON    |00275206652TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|14:53:27        |4     |143.80|Aquis   |00275206752TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:13:04        |5407  |144.90|CHIX    |00275215424TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:13:04        |5407  |144.90|XLON    |00275215425TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:14:12        |109   |145.40|CHIX    |00275215912TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:14:12        |2649  |145.40|CHIX    |00275215913TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:14:12        |2649  |145.40|CHIX    |00275215914TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:14:12        |300   |145.40|CHIX    |00275215915TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:14:12        |5107  |145.40|CHIX    |00275215916TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:14:13        |5407  |145.20|CHIX    |00275215920TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:14:13        |5407  |145.20|BATE    |00275215921TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:14:13        |5407  |145.20|CHIX    |00275215922TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:17:15        |844   |145.20|BATE    |00275217057TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:17:15        |416   |145.20|CHIX    |00275217058TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:17:15        |2315  |145.20|CHIX    |00275217059TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:17:15        |2120  |145.20|CHIX    |00275217060TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:17:15        |5407  |145.20|CHIX    |00275217061TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:17:15        |883   |145.20|XLON    |00275217062TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:26:38        |404   |145.00|BATE    |00275221216TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:26:38        |286   |145.00|BATE    |00275221217TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:26:38        |118   |145.00|BATE    |00275221218TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:26:38        |182   |145.00|BATE    |00275221219TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:26:38        |222   |145.00|BATE    |00275221220TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:26:38        |404   |145.00|BATE    |00275221221TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:26:38        |2425  |145.00|CHIX    |00275221222TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:30:04        |356   |144.80|BATE    |00275222604TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:30:04        |109   |144.80|BATE    |00275222605TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:30:04        |419   |144.80|BATE    |00275222606TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:30:04        |178   |144.80|BATE    |00275222607TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:30:04        |241   |144.80|BATE    |00275222608TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:30:04        |465   |144.80|BATE    |00275222609TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:30:04        |3865  |144.80|CHIX    |00275222610TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:32:17        |78    |145.00|Aquis   |00275223197TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:32:17        |752   |145.00|Aquis   |00275223198TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:32:17        |259   |145.00|BATE    |00275223199TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:32:17        |259   |145.00|BATE    |00275223200TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:32:17        |249   |145.00|CHIX    |00275223201TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:32:17        |249   |145.00|CHIX    |00275223202TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:32:17        |3154  |145.00|XLON    |00275223203TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:32:17        |253   |145.00|TRQX    |00275223204TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:32:17        |303   |145.00|Aquis   |00275223205TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:32:17        |527   |145.00|Aquis   |00275223206TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:32:17        |99    |145.00|TRQX    |00275223207TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:32:17        |332   |145.00|BATE    |00275223208TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:32:17        |204   |145.00|CHIX    |00275223209TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:33:00        |485   |145.00|CHIX    |00275223774TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:33:00        |863   |145.00|CHIX    |00275223775TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:33:00        |418   |145.00|CHIX    |00275223776TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:33:00        |128   |145.00|CHIX    |00275223777TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:34:44        |682   |145.40|CHIX    |00275225000TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:34:44        |2100  |145.40|XLON    |00275225001TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:34:44        |795   |145.40|XLON    |00275225002TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:34:44        |300   |145.40|XLON    |00275225003TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:34:44        |55    |145.40|XLON    |00275225004TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:34:44        |1068  |145.40|XLON    |00275225005TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:34:44        |55    |145.40|XLON    |00275225006TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:35:01        |3273  |145.40|BATE    |00275225148TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:35:01        |3451  |145.40|CHIX    |00275225149TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:35:01        |5407  |145.40|CHIX    |00275225150TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:35:01        |166   |145.40|Aquis   |00275225152TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:35:01        |300   |145.40|XLON    |00275225153TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:35:01        |20    |145.40|XLON    |00275225154TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:35:04        |656   |145.30|BATE    |00275225175TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:37:44        |925   |145.60|BATE    |00275227040TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:37:44        |1351  |145.60|CHIX    |00275227041TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:37:44        |1101  |145.60|XLON    |00275227043TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:37:44        |878   |145.60|XLON    |00275227044TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:37:44        |438   |145.50|CHIX    |00275227045TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:37:44        |1162  |145.50|TRQX    |00275227049TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:37:44        |1162  |145.50|TRQX    |00275227050TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:37:44        |2324  |145.50|BATE    |00275227051TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:37:44        |2404  |145.50|CHIX    |00275227052TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:37:44        |6911  |145.50|XLON    |00275227053TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:37:44        |6037  |145.50|XLON    |00275227054TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:57:02        |1500  |146.30|BATE    |00275236562TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:57:02        |600   |146.30|BATE    |00275236563TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:57:02        |3307  |146.30|BATE    |00275236564TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:57:02        |1373  |146.30|CHIX    |00275236565TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:57:02        |4034  |146.30|CHIX    |00275236566TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:57:02        |5407  |146.30|CHIX    |00275236567TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:57:02        |3111  |146.30|XLON    |00275236568TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:57:02        |55    |146.30|XLON    |00275236569TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:57:02        |300   |146.30|XLON    |00275236570TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:57:02        |300   |146.30|XLON    |00275236571TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:57:02        |1641  |146.30|XLON    |00275236572TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:57:02        |2703  |146.30|XLON    |00275236573TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|15:57:02        |2704  |146.30|XLON    |00275236575TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:03:44        |317   |146.20|CHIX    |00275240197TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:29        |5407  |146.60|CHIX    |00275241592TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:29        |5099  |146.60|CHIX    |00275241593TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:29        |5407  |146.60|BATE    |00275241594TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:29        |308   |146.60|CHIX    |00275241595TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:29        |444   |146.60|XLON    |00275241599TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:29        |4033  |146.60|Aquis   |00275241600TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:29        |3355  |146.60|Aquis   |00275241601TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:29        |42    |146.60|XLON    |00275241603TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:29        |82    |146.60|XLON    |00275241605TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:29        |1409  |146.60|XLON    |00275241606TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:29        |11635 |146.60|XLON    |00275241607TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:29        |1977  |146.50|CHIX    |00275241596TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:33        |375   |146.50|CHIX    |00275241626TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:42        |5407  |146.50|BATE    |00275241670TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:42        |3055  |146.50|CHIX    |00275241671TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:42        |2617  |146.50|CHIX    |00275241672TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:42        |2790  |146.50|CHIX    |00275241673TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:42        |1499  |146.50|XLON    |00275241676TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:42        |3908  |146.50|XLON    |00275241677TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:07:42        |3668  |146.50|XLON    |00275241678TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:08:20        |110   |146.30|BATE    |00275242064TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:10:16        |938   |146.40|BATE    |00275243090TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:10:16        |900   |146.40|BATE    |00275243091TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:10:16        |2625  |146.40|CHIX    |00275243092TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:10:16        |907   |146.40|CHIX    |00275243093TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:10:16        |864   |146.40|CHIX    |00275243094TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:11:05        |424   |146.30|CHIX    |00275243491TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:11:08        |401   |146.10|BATE    |00275243506TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:14:04        |354   |146.10|BATE    |00275244674TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:15:02        |36    |146.10|BATE    |00275245229TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:20:16        |449   |145.90|CHIX    |00275248035TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:20:16        |2404  |145.80|Aquis   |00275248038TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:20:16        |2324  |145.80|BATE    |00275248040TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:20:16        |2324  |145.80|CHIX    |00275248041TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:20:16        |12948 |145.80|XLON    |00275248042TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:25:09        |166   |145.80|TRQX    |00275250873TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:25:09        |7179  |145.80|BATE    |00275250874TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:25:09        |967   |145.80|XLON    |00275250875TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:25:09        |5750  |145.80|XLON    |00275250876TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:25:09        |5933  |145.80|XLON    |00275250877TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:25:09        |796   |145.80|XLON    |00275250878TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:25:09        |332   |145.80|BATE    |00275250879TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:25:09        |845   |145.80|XLON    |00275250880TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:26:28        |42    |145.70|XLON    |00275251393TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:28:27        |900   |146.00|XLON    |00275252403TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:28:27        |300   |146.00|XLON    |00275252404TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:29:11        |6     |146.00|Aquis   |00275252831TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:29:36        |4     |146.00|Aquis   |00275253250TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:29:50        |171   |146.10|BATE    |00275253613TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:29:50        |83    |146.10|TRQX    |00275253614TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:29:50        |83    |146.10|TRQX    |00275253615TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:29:50        |161   |146.10|BATE    |00275253616TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:29:50        |845   |146.10|XLON    |00275253617TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|16:29:50        |2324  |146.00|CHIX    |00275253618TRLO0|
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