FirstGroup Plc - Transaction in Own Shares
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 RBC Europe Limited.
| Date of Purchase | 29 April 2024 |
| Number of ordinary shares purchased | 55,307 |
| Weighted average price paid (p) | 165.30 |
| Highest price paid (p) | 167.50 |
| Lowest price paid (p) | 163.10 |
Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 114,333,887 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 636,361,128. 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 29 April 2024 is 636,361,128. 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.
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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 | 165.17 | 3,630 |
| CHIX | 165.33 | 51,412 |
| Aquis | 166.20 | 265 |
Individual transactions:
| Transaction Time | Volume | Price (GBp) | Platform |
| 08:09:57 | 1600 | 163.10 | CHIX |
| 08:11:02 | 200 | 163.10 | CHIX |
| 09:41:31 | 1370 | 164.70 | CHIX |
| 09:41:31 | 430 | 164.70 | CHIX |
| 09:58:56 | 1500 | 164.40 | CHIX |
| 09:58:56 | 300 | 164.40 | CHIX |
| 10:39:16 | 1800 | 164.50 | CHIX |
| 10:39:16 | 100 | 164.50 | XLON |
| 10:39:16 | 100 | 164.50 | XLON |
| 10:39:56 | 1800 | 164.50 | CHIX |
| 10:39:56 | 1 | 164.50 | XLON |
| 10:39:56 | 99 | 164.50 | XLON |
| 10:39:56 | 100 | 164.50 | XLON |
| 10:40:45 | 1800 | 164.50 | CHIX |
| 10:40:45 | 100 | 164.50 | XLON |
| 10:40:45 | 100 | 164.50 | XLON |
| 10:40:45 | 100 | 164.50 | XLON |
| 10:41:33 | 1089 | 164.50 | CHIX |
| 10:43:45 | 711 | 164.50 | CHIX |
| 10:43:45 | 100 | 164.50 | XLON |
| 11:21:08 | 755 | 164.80 | CHIX |
| 11:21:08 | 48 | 164.80 | CHIX |
| 11:21:08 | 500 | 164.80 | CHIX |
| 11:21:08 | 71 | 164.80 | CHIX |
| 11:21:08 | 100 | 164.80 | XLON |
| 11:21:08 | 29 | 164.80 | CHIX |
| 11:21:08 | 4 | 164.80 | CHIX |
| 11:21:08 | 14 | 164.80 | CHIX |
| 11:21:08 | 13 | 164.80 | CHIX |
| 11:21:08 | 100 | 164.80 | XLON |
| 11:21:08 | 100 | 164.80 | XLON |
| 11:21:09 | 100 | 164.80 | XLON |
| 11:21:09 | 100 | 164.80 | XLON |
| 11:21:09 | 100 | 164.80 | XLON |
| 11:21:09 | 100 | 164.80 | XLON |
| 11:21:09 | 100 | 164.80 | XLON |
| 11:21:09 | 100 | 164.80 | XLON |
| 11:21:09 | 28 | 164.80 | XLON |
| 11:27:55 | 1800 | 164.90 | CHIX |
| 11:52:35 | 1800 | 165.00 | CHIX |
| 13:20:13 | 1800 | 165.20 | CHIX |
| 13:20:52 | 1498 | 165.10 | CHIX |
| 13:20:56 | 302 | 165.10 | CHIX |
| 13:31:00 | 648 | 165.00 | CHIX |
| 13:31:00 | 1152 | 165.00 | CHIX |
| 14:02:23 | 100 | 165.30 | XLON |
| 14:02:23 | 100 | 165.30 | XLON |
| 14:02:23 | 100 | 165.30 | XLON |
| 14:02:23 | 100 | 165.30 | XLON |
| 14:02:26 | 937 | 165.30 | CHIX |
| 14:02:26 | 171 | 165.30 | CHIX |
| 14:02:26 | 354 | 165.30 | CHIX |
| 14:02:26 | 100 | 165.30 | XLON |
| 14:10:15 | 338 | 165.30 | CHIX |
| 14:10:15 | 100 | 165.30 | XLON |
| 14:10:15 | 100 | 165.30 | XLON |
| 14:10:15 | 41 | 165.30 | XLON |
| 14:10:15 | 59 | 165.30 | XLON |
| 14:10:16 | 100 | 165.30 | XLON |
| 14:10:16 | 100 | 165.30 | XLON |
| 14:10:17 | 100 | 165.30 | XLON |
| 14:10:18 | 100 | 165.30 | XLON |
| 14:10:21 | 1600 | 165.30 | CHIX |
| 14:10:23 | 200 | 165.30 | CHIX |
| 14:23:31 | 1000 | 165.40 | CHIX |
| 14:23:31 | 800 | 165.40 | CHIX |
| 14:26:57 | 270 | 165.30 | CHIX |
| 14:26:57 | 1530 | 165.30 | CHIX |
| 14:33:30 | 1800 | 165.40 | CHIX |
| 14:40:04 | 1138 | 165.20 | CHIX |
| 14:40:04 | 662 | 165.20 | CHIX |
| 14:42:16 | 1071 | 165.10 | CHIX |
| 14:42:16 | 729 | 165.10 | CHIX |
| 14:49:54 | 1104 | 164.90 | CHIX |
| 14:50:24 | 696 | 164.90 | CHIX |
| 14:59:09 | 1 | 165.00 | CHIX |
| 15:15:06 | 14 | 165.00 | CHIX |
| 15:24:20 | 13 | 165.00 | CHIX |
| 15:26:42 | 1800 | 165.00 | CHIX |
| 15:55:56 | 279 | 166.10 | CHIX |
| 15:55:56 | 300 | 166.10 | CHIX |
| 15:55:56 | 771 | 166.10 | CHIX |
| 16:05:32 | 500 | 166.20 | CHIX |
| 16:05:32 | 149 | 166.20 | Aquis |
| 16:05:32 | 351 | 166.20 | XLON |
| 16:05:32 | 1300 | 166.20 | CHIX |
| 16:05:33 | 351 | 166.20 | XLON |
| 16:05:33 | 116 | 166.20 | Aquis |
| 16:05:47 | 154 | 166.30 | CHIX |
| 16:07:21 | 1646 | 166.30 | CHIX |
| 16:15:09 | 1201 | 167.10 | CHIX |
| 16:15:13 | 1 | 167.10 | CHIX |
| 16:16:21 | 500 | 167.10 | CHIX |
| 16:16:21 | 98 | 167.10 | CHIX |
| 16:18:26 | 1800 | 167.50 | CHIX |
| 16:21:47 | 1800 | 167.20 | CHIX |
| 16:22:45 | 1800 | 167.10 | CHIX |
