Transaction in Own Shares
Released : 21.06.2023
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 16 December 2022, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) through RBC Europe Limited.
Date of Purchase |
20 June 2023 |
Number of ordinary shares purchased |
412,989 |
Weighted average price paid (p) |
140.63 |
Highest price paid (p) |
141.10 |
Lowest price paid (p) |
138.70 |
Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 51,244,350 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 699,422,795. 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 20 June 2023 is 699,422,795. 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:
Marianna Bowes, Head of Investor Relations
David Blizzard, Company Secretary
[email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354
Contacts at Brunswick PR:
Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959
Contacts at Liberum Capital Limited:
Nicholas How / John Fishley / William Hall
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000
Contacts at RBC Europe Limited:
James Agnew / Jack Wood
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7653 4000
Transaction details
Issuer name: FirstGroup PLC
LEI: 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93
ISIN: GB0003452173
Classification: 2.4. Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares
Intermediary name: RBC Europe Limited
Intermediary Code: ROYCGB22
Timezone: GMT
Currency: GBp
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), a breakdown of the individual trades made by RBC Europe Limited on behalf of FirstGroup as part of the Programme is detailed below:
Aggregate information:
Venue |
Weighted average price (pence per share) |
Aggregated volume |
XLON |
140.68 |
297,331 |
BATE |
140.44 |
45,882 |
CHIX |
140.57 |
34,667 |
TRQX |
140.55 |
35,109 |
Individual transactions:
Transaction Time |
Volume |
Price (GBp) |
Venue |
08:03:54 |
2,726 |
138.70 |
BATE |
08:03:54 |
681 |
138.70 |
BATE |
08:20:15 |
916 |
139.70 |
XLON |
08:20:15 |
916 |
139.70 |
TRQX |
08:20:15 |
1,051 |
139.70 |
BATE |
08:20:15 |
916 |
139.70 |
CHIX |
08:20:15 |
669 |
139.70 |
BATE |
08:23:58 |
687 |
140.00 |
XLON |
08:23:58 |
687 |
140.00 |
TRQX |
08:23:58 |
516 |
140.00 |
BATE |
08:23:58 |
687 |
140.00 |
CHIX |
08:23:58 |
171 |
140.00 |
BATE |
08:25:02 |
687 |
140.00 |
XLON |
08:25:02 |
687 |
140.00 |
TRQX |
08:25:02 |
687 |
140.00 |
BATE |
08:25:02 |
687 |
140.00 |
CHIX |
08:25:34 |
687 |
140.00 |
TRQX |
08:25:34 |
687 |
140.00 |
XLON |
08:25:34 |
429 |
140.00 |
BATE |
08:25:34 |
644 |
140.00 |
CHIX |
08:25:34 |
258 |
140.00 |
BATE |
08:25:34 |
43 |
140.00 |
CHIX |
08:25:34 |
624 |
140.00 |
XLON |
08:40:58 |
322 |
140.10 |
CHIX |
08:45:02 |
1,673 |
141.10 |
CHIX |
08:45:02 |
310 |
141.00 |
CHIX |
08:45:02 |
63 |
141.00 |
XLON |
08:45:02 |
687 |
141.00 |
TRQX |
08:45:02 |
632 |
141.00 |
BATE |
08:46:02 |
622 |
141.00 |
CHIX |
08:46:02 |
687 |
141.00 |
BATE |
08:46:02 |
687 |
141.00 |
TRQX |
08:46:02 |
687 |
141.00 |
XLON |
08:46:02 |
65 |
141.00 |
CHIX |
08:48:02 |
1,051 |
140.70 |
BATE |
08:48:02 |
480 |
140.70 |
CHIX |
08:48:02 |
480 |
140.70 |
XLON |
08:48:02 |
479 |
140.70 |
TRQX |
08:48:02 |
258 |
140.70 |
BATE |
09:04:24 |
345 |
140.70 |
BATE |
09:04:24 |
405 |
140.70 |
TRQX |
09:04:24 |
1,531 |
140.70 |
CHIX |
09:04:24 |
406 |
140.70 |
XLON |
09:04:24 |
61 |
140.70 |
BATE |
09:05:01 |
1,140 |
140.50 |
TRQX |
09:05:01 |
1,141 |
140.50 |
CHIX |
09:33:18 |
535 |
141.00 |
TRQX |
09:33:18 |
536 |
141.00 |
XLON |
09:33:18 |
536 |
141.00 |
BATE |
09:33:18 |
855 |
141.00 |
CHIX |
09:33:18 |
678 |
140.90 |
TRQX |
09:33:18 |
679 |
140.90 |
XLON |
09:36:15 |
687 |
140.90 |
BATE |
09:36:15 |
687 |
140.90 |
XLON |
09:36:15 |
687 |
140.90 |
CHIX |
09:36:15 |
687 |
140.90 |
TRQX |
09:48:02 |
665 |
140.80 |
BATE |
09:48:02 |
687 |
140.80 |
TRQX |
09:48:02 |
687 |
140.80 |
CHIX |
09:48:02 |
687 |
140.80 |
XLON |
09:48:02 |
22 |
140.80 |
BATE |
09:52:02 |
687 |
140.80 |
XLON |
09:52:02 |
665 |
140.80 |
BATE |
09:52:02 |
687 |
140.80 |
TRQX |
09:52:02 |
687 |
140.80 |
CHIX |
09:52:02 |
22 |
140.80 |
BATE |
09:54:53 |
466 |
140.70 |
BATE |
09:54:53 |
465 |
140.70 |
TRQX |
09:54:53 |
465 |
140.70 |
CHIX |
09:54:53 |
180 |
140.70 |
XLON |
09:54:53 |
1,172 |
140.70 |
XLON |
10:11:53 |
687 |
140.80 |
XLON |
10:11:53 |
687 |
140.80 |
TRQX |
10:11:53 |
687 |
140.80 |
BATE |
10:11:53 |
687 |
140.80 |
CHIX |
10:14:02 |
687 |
140.70 |
TRQX |
10:14:02 |
687 |
140.70 |
XLON |
10:14:02 |
687 |
140.70 |
CHIX |
10:14:02 |
687 |
140.70 |
BATE |
10:31:02 |
687 |
140.80 |
XLON |
10:38:01 |
571 |
140.80 |
BATE |
10:38:02 |
116 |
140.80 |
BATE |
10:39:29 |
687 |
140.80 |
XLON |
10:39:29 |
687 |
140.80 |
TRQX |
10:39:29 |
61 |
140.80 |
CHIX |
10:39:29 |
626 |
140.80 |
CHIX |
10:44:48 |
687 |
140.80 |
BATE |
10:52:45 |
564 |
140.80 |
BATE |
10:58:57 |
471 |
140.80 |
XLON |
10:58:57 |
195 |
140.80 |
CHIX |
10:58:57 |
216 |
140.80 |
XLON |
10:58:57 |
492 |
140.80 |
CHIX |
10:58:57 |
123 |
140.80 |
BATE |
10:58:57 |
687 |
140.80 |
TRQX |
10:58:57 |
1,230 |
140.80 |
CHIX |
10:59:13 |
687 |
140.50 |
XLON |
10:59:13 |
687 |
140.50 |
BATE |
10:59:13 |
687 |
140.50 |
TRQX |
10:59:13 |
687 |
140.50 |
CHIX |
10:59:13 |
687 |
140.20 |
XLON |
10:59:13 |
687 |
140.20 |
BATE |
11:00:02 |
200 |
140.10 |
XLON |
11:00:02 |
213 |
140.10 |
TRQX |
11:00:02 |
687 |
140.10 |
CHIX |
11:00:02 |
687 |
140.10 |
BATE |
11:00:02 |
487 |
140.10 |
XLON |
11:00:02 |
474 |
140.10 |
TRQX |
11:02:35 |
630 |
140.00 |
BATE |
11:02:35 |
630 |
140.00 |
CHIX |
11:02:35 |
629 |
140.00 |
TRQX |
11:02:35 |
629 |
140.00 |
XLON |
11:09:53 |
2 |
140.20 |
CHIX |
11:09:53 |
244 |
140.20 |
CHIX |
11:09:53 |
428 |
140.20 |
CHIX |
11:09:55 |
122 |
140.20 |
XLON |
11:09:59 |
73 |
140.20 |
XLON |
11:10:02 |
31 |
140.20 |
XLON |
11:10:05 |
18 |
140.20 |
XLON |
11:10:08 |
8 |
140.20 |
XLON |
11:10:11 |
4 |
140.20 |
XLON |
11:10:14 |
2 |
140.20 |
XLON |
11:10:17 |
1 |
140.20 |
XLON |
11:10:45 |
675 |
140.50 |
BATE |
11:10:45 |
10 |
140.30 |
CHIX |
11:10:45 |
158 |
140.30 |
CHIX |
11:10:47 |
447 |
140.50 |
XLON |
11:10:50 |
1 |
140.50 |
XLON |
11:10:53 |
1 |
140.50 |
XLON |
11:20:23 |
105 |
140.20 |
CHIX |
11:20:23 |
106 |
140.20 |
BATE |
11:20:23 |
73 |
140.20 |
TRQX |
11:20:23 |
111 |
140.20 |
XLON |
11:25:31 |
334 |
140.70 |
XLON |
11:25:31 |
319 |
140.70 |
XLON |
11:25:31 |
800 |
140.60 |
XLON |
11:25:31 |
475 |
140.60 |
XLON |
11:26:57 |
180 |
140.40 |
XLON |
11:26:57 |
180 |
140.40 |
BATE |
11:26:57 |
180 |
140.40 |
TRQX |
11:26:57 |
180 |
140.40 |
CHIX |
11:27:02 |
1,375 |
140.30 |
XLON |
11:27:02 |
40 |
140.30 |
TRQX |
11:29:02 |
172 |
140.20 |
XLON |
11:29:02 |
172 |
140.20 |
TRQX |
11:29:02 |
173 |
140.20 |
BATE |
11:29:02 |
173 |
140.20 |
CHIX |
11:37:06 |
122 |
140.30 |
XLON |
11:37:08 |
3 |
140.30 |
CHIX |
11:37:08 |
119 |
140.30 |
CHIX |
11:58:02 |
48 |
140.30 |
CHIX |
11:58:05 |
6 |
140.30 |
CHIX |
11:58:08 |
12 |
140.30 |
CHIX |
11:58:11 |
1 |
140.30 |
CHIX |
11:58:14 |
3 |
140.30 |
CHIX |
11:58:35 |
105 |
140.50 |
XLON |
11:58:36 |
27 |
140.50 |
XLON |
12:03:00 |
440 |
140.50 |
XLON |
12:03:02 |
97 |
140.50 |
XLON |
12:03:05 |
110 |
140.50 |
XLON |
12:03:08 |
24 |
140.50 |
XLON |
12:03:11 |
27 |
140.50 |
XLON |
12:03:14 |
6 |
140.50 |
XLON |
12:03:17 |
7 |
140.50 |
XLON |
12:03:20 |
2 |
140.50 |
XLON |
12:03:23 |
1 |
140.50 |
XLON |
12:09:18 |
1 |
140.50 |
XLON |
12:15:40 |
183 |
140.40 |
XLON |
12:15:41 |
70 |
140.50 |
XLON |
12:15:43 |
230 |
140.50 |
XLON |
12:15:43 |
101 |
140.50 |
XLON |
12:15:44 |
1 |
140.50 |
CHIX |
12:24:59 |
83 |
140.60 |
XLON |
12:25:01 |
386 |
140.80 |
BATE |
12:25:01 |
17 |
140.60 |
XLON |
12:46:44 |
278 |
140.50 |
CHIX |
13:00:09 |
277 |
140.80 |
XLON |
13:00:10 |
2 |
140.80 |
CHIX |
13:00:10 |
22 |
140.80 |
CHIX |
13:00:10 |
97 |
140.80 |
CHIX |
13:00:12 |
70 |
140.80 |
XLON |
13:00:15 |
30 |
140.80 |
CHIX |
13:00:18 |
2 |
140.80 |
BATE |
13:00:18 |
23 |
140.80 |
BATE |
13:00:18 |
75 |
140.80 |
BATE |
13:00:21 |
8 |
140.80 |
CHIX |
13:00:22 |
2 |
140.80 |
BATE |
13:02:50 |
149 |
140.60 |
CHIX |
13:02:50 |
68 |
140.60 |
TRQX |
13:02:50 |
150 |
140.60 |
BATE |
13:02:50 |
149 |
140.60 |
XLON |
13:02:50 |
81 |
140.60 |
TRQX |
13:04:32 |
300 |
140.50 |
BATE |
13:04:32 |
120 |
140.50 |
TRQX |
13:04:32 |
299 |
140.50 |
XLON |
13:04:32 |
300 |
140.50 |
CHIX |
13:04:32 |
179 |
140.50 |
TRQX |
13:26:41 |
641 |
140.40 |
XLON |
13:26:41 |
641 |
140.40 |
TRQX |
13:26:41 |
172 |
140.40 |
CHIX |
13:26:41 |
642 |
140.40 |
BATE |
13:26:41 |
470 |
140.40 |
CHIX |
14:07:17 |
673 |
140.80 |
BATE |
14:07:17 |
5 |
140.80 |
CHIX |
14:21:45 |
668 |
140.80 |
CHIX |
14:21:45 |
673 |
140.80 |
XLON |
14:21:45 |
672 |
140.80 |
TRQX |
14:31:15 |
12 |
140.70 |
BATE |
14:39:04 |
690 |
140.80 |
BATE |
14:44:38 |
701 |
140.90 |
CHIX |
14:55:52 |
131 |
140.90 |
XLON |
15:06:51 |
672 |
140.90 |
TRQX |
15:06:51 |
702 |
140.90 |
BATE |
15:06:51 |
701 |
140.90 |
CHIX |
15:06:51 |
542 |
140.90 |
XLON |
15:06:51 |
1,657 |
140.90 |
BATE |
15:07:55 |
1,553 |
141.05 |
BATE |
15:07:57 |
402 |
141.10 |
XLON |
15:07:57 |
569 |
141.10 |
XLON |
15:20:13 |
27 |
141.10 |
TRQX |
15:20:13 |
28 |
141.10 |
TRQX |
15:20:13 |
27 |
141.10 |
TRQX |
15:20:13 |
26 |
141.10 |
TRQX |
15:20:13 |
321 |
141.10 |
TRQX |
15:20:13 |
1,324 |
141.10 |
TRQX |
15:20:13 |
296 |
141.10 |
TRQX |
15:20:13 |
12 |
141.10 |
TRQX |
15:20:13 |
402 |
141.00 |
BATE |
15:20:13 |
126 |
141.00 |
XLON |
15:20:13 |
916 |
141.00 |
CHIX |
15:20:13 |
700 |
141.00 |
XLON |
15:20:13 |
514 |
141.00 |
BATE |
15:20:13 |
90 |
141.00 |
XLON |
15:20:13 |
940 |
141.00 |
TRQX |
15:20:13 |
877 |
141.00 |
BATE |
15:22:53 |
687 |
141.00 |
XLON |
15:22:53 |
687 |
141.00 |
TRQX |
15:22:53 |
687 |
141.00 |
CHIX |
15:22:53 |
687 |
141.00 |
BATE |
15:22:53 |
1,355 |
141.00 |
BATE |
15:28:20 |
687 |
140.90 |
TRQX |
15:28:20 |
687 |
140.90 |
XLON |
15:28:20 |
687 |
140.90 |
CHIX |
15:28:20 |
687 |
140.90 |
BATE |
15:28:20 |
973 |
140.85 |
TRQX |
15:28:20 |
908 |
140.85 |
BATE |
15:28:22 |
262 |
140.70 |
BATE |
15:28:23 |
41 |
140.80 |
XLON |
15:28:23 |
138 |
140.80 |
XLON |
15:28:23 |
758 |
140.80 |
XLON |
15:28:23 |
687 |
140.70 |
CHIX |
15:28:23 |
687 |
140.70 |
TRQX |
15:28:23 |
687 |
140.70 |
XLON |
15:28:23 |
425 |
140.70 |
BATE |
15:35:14 |
818 |
140.70 |
TRQX |
15:35:14 |
556 |
140.70 |
XLON |
15:35:14 |
556 |
140.70 |
BATE |
15:35:14 |
590 |
140.70 |
CHIX |
15:35:14 |
228 |
140.70 |
CHIX |
15:35:15 |
687 |
140.70 |
CHIX |
15:35:15 |
687 |
140.70 |
BATE |
15:42:51 |
687 |
140.60 |
CHIX |
15:42:51 |
687 |
140.60 |
TRQX |
15:42:51 |
402 |
140.60 |
BATE |
15:42:51 |
687 |
140.60 |
XLON |
15:42:51 |
285 |
140.60 |
BATE |
15:52:27 |
687 |
140.50 |
XLON |
15:52:27 |
687 |
140.50 |
TRQX |
15:52:27 |
687 |
140.50 |
BATE |
15:52:27 |
687 |
140.50 |
CHIX |
15:56:02 |
687 |
140.40 |
XLON |
15:56:02 |
427 |
140.40 |
TRQX |
15:56:02 |
283 |
140.40 |
BATE |
15:56:02 |
687 |
140.40 |
CHIX |
15:56:02 |
260 |
140.40 |
TRQX |
15:56:02 |
404 |
140.40 |
BATE |
15:58:26 |
1,635 |
140.55 |
TRQX |
15:58:27 |
662 |
140.70 |
XLON |
15:58:27 |
579 |
140.70 |
XLON |
15:58:27 |
545 |
140.60 |
BATE |
16:09:07 |
311 |
140.50 |
CHIX |
16:11:06 |
1,114 |
140.40 |
XLON |
16:11:06 |
544 |
140.40 |
TRQX |
16:11:06 |
545 |
140.40 |
CHIX |
16:11:06 |
3,450 |
140.40 |
BATE |
16:11:06 |
210 |
140.40 |
BATE |
16:11:06 |
1,239 |
140.40 |
TRQX |
16:11:06 |
1,156 |
140.40 |
BATE |
16:14:28 |
687 |
140.40 |
XLON |
16:14:28 |
687 |
140.40 |
TRQX |
16:14:28 |
687 |
140.40 |
CHIX |
16:14:28 |
687 |
140.40 |
BATE |
16:15:23 |
687 |
140.30 |
TRQX |
16:15:23 |
687 |
140.30 |
XLON |
16:15:23 |
687 |
140.30 |
CHIX |
16:15:23 |
687 |
140.30 |
BATE |
16:21:05 |
687 |
140.20 |
XLON |
16:21:05 |
687 |
140.20 |
TRQX |
16:21:05 |
687 |
140.20 |
CHIX |
16:21:05 |
687 |
140.20 |
BATE |
16:21:13 |
687 |
140.10 |
XLON |
16:21:13 |
687 |
140.10 |
TRQX |
16:21:13 |
687 |
140.10 |
BATE |
16:21:13 |
687 |
140.10 |
CHIX |
16:23:11 |
305 |
140.00 |
BATE |
16:23:11 |
687 |
140.00 |
XLON |
16:23:11 |
687 |
140.00 |
CHIX |
16:23:11 |
687 |
140.00 |
TRQX |
16:23:11 |
382 |
140.00 |
BATE |
16:27:14 |
128 |
140.10 |
TRQX |
16:27:17 |
216 |
140.00 |
XLON |
16:29:29 |
333 |
140.20 |
XLON |
16:29:29 |
614 |
140.20 |
XLON |
16:29:29 |
12 |
140.10 |
CHIX |
16:29:29 |
220 |
140.10 |
CHIX |
16:29:29 |
21 |
140.00 |
CHIX |
16:29:29 |
994 |
139.90 |
TRQX |
16:29:29 |
1,001 |
139.90 |
XLON |
16:29:29 |
253 |
139.90 |
BATE |
16:29:45 |
457 |
139.80 |
TRQX |
16:35:10 |
49,754 |
140.70 |
XLON |
16:35:10 |
35,256 |
140.70 |
XLON |
16:35:10 |
11,785 |
140.70 |
XLON |
16:35:10 |
28,159 |
140.70 |
XLON |
16:35:10 |
15,060 |
140.70 |
XLON |
16:35:10 |
1,832 |
140.70 |
XLON |
16:35:10 |
2,479 |
140.70 |
XLON |
16:35:10 |
10,376 |
140.70 |
XLON |
16:35:10 |
54,636 |
140.70 |
XLON |
16:35:10 |
9,566 |
140.70 |
XLON |
16:35:10 |
13,413 |
140.70 |
XLON |
16:35:10 |
11,531 |
140.70 |
XLON |
16:35:10 |
13,129 |
140.70 |
XLON |