FirstGroup Plc - Transaction in Own Shares – Company Announcement

FirstGroup Plc - Transaction in Own Shares

Jul 18 2025 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 10 June 2025, 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                   |17 July 2025|
|___________________________________|____________|
|Number of ordinary shares purchased|351,907     |
|___________________________________|____________|
|Weighted average price paid (p)    |221.48      |
|___________________________________|____________|
|Highest price paid (p)             |223.60      |
|___________________________________|____________|
|Lowest price paid (p)              |217.40      |
|___________________________________|____________|

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 175,345,608 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 575,349,407. 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 17 July 2025 is 575,349,407. 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:

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|Platform|Daily weighted average price of|Daily total volume (in number of|
|        |shares acquired (GBp)          |shares)                         |
|________|_______________________________|________________________________|
|XLON    |221.82                         |16,375                          |
|________|_______________________________|________________________________|
|BATE    |222.17                         |53,012                          |
|________|_______________________________|________________________________|
|CHIX    |221.33                         |282,520                         |
|________|_______________________________|________________________________|

Individual Transactions

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|Transaction Time|Volume|Price |Platform|Transaction Ref |
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|08:03:05        |92    |217.80|CHIX    |00299841760TRLO0|
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|08:03:05        |439   |217.80|CHIX    |00299841761TRLO0|
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|08:09:56        |539   |217.80|CHIX    |00299842496TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|08:09:56        |473   |217.80|BATE    |00299842497TRLO0|
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|08:09:56        |473   |217.80|CHIX    |00299842498TRLO0|
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|08:09:56        |456   |217.80|CHIX    |00299842499TRLO0|
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|08:09:56        |465   |217.80|CHIX    |00299842500TRLO0|
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|08:20:53        |461   |217.40|XLON    |00299843576TRLO0|
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|08:20:53        |473   |217.40|XLON    |00299843577TRLO0|
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|08:20:55        |511   |217.80|CHIX    |00299843580TRLO0|
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|08:20:55        |1553  |217.80|CHIX    |00299843581TRLO0|
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|08:21:21        |2148  |217.80|CHIX    |00299843612TRLO0|
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|08:26:28        |360   |218.00|CHIX    |00299843967TRLO0|
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|08:26:30        |453   |218.00|CHIX    |00299843971TRLO0|
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|08:26:48        |343   |218.00|CHIX    |00299843987TRLO0|
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|08:32:20        |4231  |218.20|CHIX    |00299844252TRLO0|
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|08:32:20        |1477  |218.20|CHIX    |00299844253TRLO0|
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|08:32:20        |1991  |218.20|CHIX    |00299844254TRLO0|
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|08:32:20        |4429  |218.20|CHIX    |00299844255TRLO0|
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|08:32:20        |1494  |218.20|XLON    |00299844256TRLO0|
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|08:32:24        |507   |217.80|BATE    |00299844264TRLO0|
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|08:46:05        |483   |218.00|CHIX    |00299844883TRLO0|
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|08:46:05        |471   |218.00|CHIX    |00299844884TRLO0|
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|08:46:05        |991   |218.00|CHIX    |00299844885TRLO0|
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|08:46:05        |480   |218.00|CHIX    |00299844886TRLO0|
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|08:46:05        |544   |218.00|CHIX    |00299844887TRLO0|
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|08:46:05        |1013  |218.00|CHIX    |00299844888TRLO0|
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|09:13:25        |18293 |218.20|CHIX    |00299846449TRLO0|
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|09:57:53        |11305 |220.00|CHIX    |00299849524TRLO0|
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|09:57:53        |2197  |220.00|CHIX    |00299849525TRLO0|
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|10:06:43        |14    |219.60|CHIX    |00299850187TRLO0|
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|10:24:47        |173   |219.80|CHIX    |00299851399TRLO0|
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|10:32:55        |8911  |219.80|CHIX    |00299851967TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|10:32:55        |1010  |219.80|BATE    |00299851968TRLO0|
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|10:32:55        |1050  |219.80|BATE    |00299851969TRLO0|
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|10:32:55        |1029  |219.80|BATE    |00299851970TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|10:32:55        |728   |219.80|CHIX    |00299851971TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|10:32:55        |933   |219.80|XLON    |00299851972TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|10:40:41        |481   |219.20|CHIX    |00299852489TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|10:57:51        |498   |219.40|CHIX    |00299853700TRLO0|
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|10:57:51        |278   |219.40|CHIX    |00299853701TRLO0|
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|10:57:51        |182   |219.40|CHIX    |00299853702TRLO0|
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|10:57:51        |538   |219.40|CHIX    |00299853703TRLO0|
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|10:57:51        |537   |219.40|CHIX    |00299853704TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|10:57:51        |513   |219.40|XLON    |00299853705TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:12:42        |250   |220.20|CHIX    |00299854794TRLO0|
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|11:38:14        |15938 |220.80|CHIX    |00299856828TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:38:14        |1917  |220.80|BATE    |00299856829TRLO0|
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|11:38:14        |5651  |220.80|BATE    |00299856830TRLO0|
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|11:38:14        |76    |220.80|CHIX    |00299856831TRLO0|
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|11:38:14        |4455  |220.80|CHIX    |00299856832TRLO0|
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|11:38:14        |5880  |220.80|CHIX    |00299856833TRLO0|
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|11:38:14        |4162  |220.80|CHIX    |00299856834TRLO0|
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|11:38:14        |3378  |220.80|CHIX    |00299856835TRLO0|
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|11:38:14        |1712  |220.80|CHIX    |00299856836TRLO0|
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|11:38:17        |6011  |221.00|CHIX    |00299856839TRLO0|
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|11:39:17        |500   |221.40|CHIX    |00299856910TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:40:03        |15    |221.20|BATE    |00299856939TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:42:30        |915   |221.20|CHIX    |00299857169TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:42:30        |439   |221.20|BATE    |00299857170TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:42:30        |471   |221.20|CHIX    |00299857171TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:42:30        |11542 |221.20|CHIX    |00299857172TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:42:30        |13657 |221.20|CHIX    |00299857173TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:44:25        |214   |221.00|CHIX    |00299857254TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:45:03        |10    |221.00|BATE    |00299857284TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:51:51        |176   |221.00|CHIX    |00299857656TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:56:46        |242   |221.00|CHIX    |00299857995TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:56:46        |503   |221.00|BATE    |00299857996TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:56:46        |529   |221.00|BATE    |00299857997TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:56:46        |1723  |221.00|CHIX    |00299857998TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:56:46        |507   |221.00|CHIX    |00299857999TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|11:56:46        |486   |221.00|CHIX    |00299858000TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:02:12        |2376  |221.00|CHIX    |00299858417TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:02:12        |486   |221.00|BATE    |00299858418TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:02:12        |273   |221.00|BATE    |00299858419TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:02:12        |961   |221.00|CHIX    |00299858420TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:37:48        |5269  |222.40|CHIX    |00299861127TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:37:48        |17550 |222.40|BATE    |00299861128TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:37:48        |6389  |222.40|CHIX    |00299861129TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:37:48        |8811  |222.40|CHIX    |00299861130TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:37:48        |3069  |222.40|CHIX    |00299861131TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:37:48        |5880  |222.40|CHIX    |00299861132TRLO0|
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|12:37:48        |6000  |222.40|CHIX    |00299861133TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:37:48        |5520  |222.40|CHIX    |00299861134TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:37:48        |1940  |222.40|XLON    |00299861135TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:37:48        |1180  |222.40|XLON    |00299861136TRLO0|
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|12:37:48        |292   |222.40|XLON    |00299861137TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:48:24        |509   |222.80|BATE    |00299861899TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:48:24        |488   |222.80|BATE    |00299861900TRLO0|
|________________|______|______|________|________________|
|12:48:24        |4307  |222.80|CHIX    |00299861901TRLO0|
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|12:48:24        |992   |222.80|CHIX    |00299861902TRLO0|
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|12:48:24        |52    |222.80|XLON    |00299861903TRLO0|
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|12:48:24        |946   |222.80|XLON    |00299861904TRLO0|
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|12:48:24        |1021  |222.80|XLON    |00299861905TRLO0|
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|12:50:04        |40    |222.80|BATE    |00299862019TRLO0|
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|12:50:07        |608   |222.80|CHIX    |00299862023TRLO0|
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|12:50:09        |1531  |222.80|CHIX    |00299862027TRLO0|
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|12:51:44        |60    |222.80|BATE    |00299862123TRLO0|
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|12:55:04        |7     |222.80|BATE    |00299862370TRLO0|
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|12:55:05        |111   |222.80|CHIX    |00299862377TRLO0|
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|12:57:13        |1633  |222.80|CHIX    |00299862512TRLO0|
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|12:58:00        |462   |222.80|CHIX    |00299862553TRLO0|
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|12:58:00        |385   |222.80|BATE    |00299862554TRLO0|
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|12:58:00        |536   |222.80|BATE    |00299862555TRLO0|
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|12:58:00        |514   |222.80|BATE    |00299862556TRLO0|
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|12:58:00        |4966  |222.80|CHIX    |00299862557TRLO0|
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|12:58:00        |493   |222.80|BATE    |00299862558TRLO0|
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|12:58:02        |1019  |222.40|CHIX    |00299862570TRLO0|
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|12:58:02        |5082  |222.40|CHIX    |00299862571TRLO0|
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|12:58:02        |1954  |222.40|CHIX    |00299862572TRLO0|
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|12:58:02        |2721  |222.40|CHIX    |00299862573TRLO0|
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|13:00:03        |502   |222.20|CHIX    |00299862791TRLO0|
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|13:00:03        |487   |222.20|BATE    |00299862792TRLO0|
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|13:00:03        |506   |222.20|BATE    |00299862793TRLO0|
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|13:00:03        |506   |222.20|CHIX    |00299862794TRLO0|
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|13:00:03        |529   |222.20|CHIX    |00299862795TRLO0|
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|13:01:01        |458   |222.20|CHIX    |00299862905TRLO0|
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|13:05:57        |501   |222.20|BATE    |00299863223TRLO0|
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|13:05:57        |994   |222.20|BATE    |00299863224TRLO0|
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|13:05:57        |544   |222.20|CHIX    |00299863225TRLO0|
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|13:05:57        |1069  |222.20|CHIX    |00299863226TRLO0|
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|13:05:57        |1003  |222.20|CHIX    |00299863227TRLO0|
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|13:09:08        |3394  |222.00|CHIX    |00299863425TRLO0|
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|13:09:08        |529   |222.00|BATE    |00299863426TRLO0|
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|13:09:08        |509   |222.00|BATE    |00299863427TRLO0|
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|13:09:08        |487   |222.00|XLON    |00299863428TRLO0|
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|13:09:08        |509   |222.00|XLON    |00299863429TRLO0|
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|13:31:40        |994   |222.40|CHIX    |00299864956TRLO0|
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|13:40:05        |16    |222.40|XLON    |00299866104TRLO0|
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|13:41:12        |2798  |222.40|CHIX    |00299866192TRLO0|
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|13:41:12        |524   |222.40|CHIX    |00299866193TRLO0|
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|13:41:12        |914   |222.40|CHIX    |00299866194TRLO0|
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|13:41:12        |1598  |222.40|CHIX    |00299866195TRLO0|
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|13:41:12        |422   |222.40|CHIX    |00299866196TRLO0|
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|13:41:12        |1633  |222.40|CHIX    |00299866197TRLO0|
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|13:41:12        |6260  |222.40|CHIX    |00299866198TRLO0|
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|13:41:12        |1009  |222.40|XLON    |00299866199TRLO0|
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|13:58:08        |156   |223.20|CHIX    |00299868093TRLO0|
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|13:58:08        |2402  |223.20|CHIX    |00299868094TRLO0|
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|13:58:08        |6000  |223.20|CHIX    |00299868095TRLO0|
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|13:58:56        |527   |223.40|CHIX    |00299868156TRLO0|
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|14:03:02        |1023  |223.40|BATE    |00299868588TRLO0|
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|14:03:02        |494   |223.40|BATE    |00299868589TRLO0|
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|14:03:02        |1510  |223.40|BATE    |00299868590TRLO0|
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|14:03:02        |4175  |223.40|BATE    |00299868591TRLO0|
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|14:03:02        |10180 |223.40|CHIX    |00299868592TRLO0|
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|14:03:02        |1406  |223.40|CHIX    |00299868593TRLO0|
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|14:03:02        |714   |223.40|BATE    |00299868594TRLO0|
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|14:03:02        |1689  |223.40|BATE    |00299868595TRLO0|
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|14:03:02        |1290  |223.40|BATE    |00299868596TRLO0|
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|14:07:45        |6031  |223.60|CHIX    |00299869092TRLO0|
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|14:11:17        |19063 |223.40|CHIX    |00299869618TRLO0|
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|14:11:17        |3076  |223.40|BATE    |00299869619TRLO0|
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|14:11:17        |511   |223.40|BATE    |00299869620TRLO0|
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|14:11:17        |530   |223.40|BATE    |00299869621TRLO0|
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|14:11:17        |5049  |223.40|XLON    |00299869622TRLO0|
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|14:11:19        |3560  |223.00|CHIX    |00299869630TRLO0|
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|14:11:19        |14    |223.00|CHIX    |00299869631TRLO0|
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