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One more push !!!!!!

Been up to £1.17 now it needs to have 1 more go before close. Question is ??? Will people but before the close or, will a few take daily profits. Who is going to guess that one ???

That there may just be a lttle push before the end. Weekend once it is in the press and people see closing price I think it will bring a bit more attention to this and push it to new highs since rights issue, but of course a mile away from where its been. Of course I feel it is asking too much to get near the previous highs because there are more shares in issue after rights issue, but I feel there is lot of mileage from here.

Interesting to see closing price and volumes !!

Keep on going attract more follower please.

As marketmakers will need to trigger some stops, My prediction. We will see, Will be back later,

Knew it would do it !!!!

You can get above £116.40 today. I know you can do it,

FirstGroup plc (LSE: FGP.L) is the leading transport operator in the UK and North America. With revenues of more than £6.5 billion and around 120,000 employees, we transport more than 2.5 billion passengers every year. Each of our five divisions is a leader in its field: First Student is the largest provider of student transportation in North America with a fleet of around 50,000 yellow school buses, First Transit is one of the largest providers of outsourced transit management and contracting services in the US, while Greyhound is the only national operator of scheduled intercity coach services across North America. In the UK, FirstGroup is one of Britain's largest bus operators running a fleet of some 6,500 buses, and we operate approximately a quarter of the UK passenger rail network, carrying over 310 million passengers a year. Our vision is to provide solutions for an increasingly congested world, keeping people moving and communities prospering. Further information can be found at www.firstgroup.com.

Net debt reduced to £1,446.8m from £2,081.8m (30.5)% Trading in line with management's expectations, despite continued headwinds in some markets. Strengthened balance sheet following the rights issue completed in June, seasonally higher mid-year net debt: EBITDA ratio reduced to 2.4 times from 3.2 times last year. - £1.6bn investment plan over four years underway, with capital expenditure increasing in the period progress in transformation plans, though much remains to be done. - Remain confident in achieving our medium term financial targets set out in May 2013. over the past six months, we have worked hard to ensure we are positioned to deliver on our potential. We have strengthened our balance sheet through the rights issue, while continuing to improve the services we deliver for our customers. "We have a fundamentally attractive portfolio of market-leading transport businesses, and our unrivalled scale and breadth gives us significant potential for growth.

aviva slumping to near £1 over £4 now would like to see some positiveity in this share (for me obviously) but also for the long suffering employees and pensioners who will have seen shares drop dramatically. Couple of announcements about winning franchises then profits in May re-instatement of dividends in 2014 and then this can start heading towards re-emergence as a major player.

Yes I like to sniff these out. I do post before I dive in or just after I have bought in here after the rights (watched before but didnt purchase before ) then as you know have bought (and sold) a number of times always holding a core holding. Just had a feeling (which I posted on here and other boards) that there was something afoot. This share price has massive potential ( in my opinion) and at the prices yesterday I had to sell elsewhere for another punt to add to my already relatively high holding. Think this has been done at a good time. Friday to give a leg up. Then weekend for journalists to publish. I also posted about needed new ceo to give leg up. Just need share price to get back to 120s again then onwards and upwards. I hope.

As he was CEO at AVIVA a much bigger company than First Group. He must realise the potential. Smelt something yesterday when I posted had topped up with large buy. Unlike some I post straight after the event as I did before results announcements as well.

Told you all yesterday something was afoot !!!!! Come on !!!!

FirstGroup appoints John McFarlane as Chairman FirstGroup plc announces that John McFarlane will join the board with immediate effect, and succeed Martin Gilbert as Chairman effective 1 January 2014, at which time Martin will retire from the board. John is chairman of Aviva plc, the UK's largest insurance group by assets, having joined the board in September 2011, during which period he spent eight months in an executive capacity pending the appointment of a new CEO. Considerable progress has been made at Aviva under his leadership. John is also non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Ltd, the world's largest retail mall operator headquartered in Sydney, with flagship developments in London, and of Old Oak Holdings Ltd, a London-based privately-owned financial holding company. John spent over 38 years in the international financial institutions sector, including ten years as CEO of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited. ANZ is now one of the top 20 banks in the world by market capitalisation. Prior to that, he was an executive director at Standard Chartered, and head of Citibank in the UK. His early career was with Ford in Dagenham in manufacturing. More recently, in October 2008, he joined the board of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group as a non-executive director to assist in its recovery post the global financial crisis. John Sievwright, Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, said: "On behalf of the Board, I am pleased to announce the appointment of John McFarlane as Chairman of FirstGroup. John is an outstanding leader with extensive international experience and a track record of leading strategic change and value creation that speaks for itself. I am delighted to welcome him to the Group where his experience will be invaluable as we drive forward our plans to improve our returns, resilience and growth prospects. "I would also like to pay tribute to Martin Gilbert who has been involved with the Group since its formation and has been instrumental in establishing its position as the leading transport operator in the UK and North America. On behalf of the Board and everyone at FirstGroup I would like to thank him for his enormous contribution to the Group over many years", he said. Commenting, John McFarlane said: "I am pleased to be joining FirstGroup at an important stage of its evolution. The Group has short-term challenges which we will naturally need to overcome, but I am convinced it has significant opportunity to benefit from its market-leading positions and to deliver sustainable long-term value for shareholders. I look forward to playing a pivotal role in its future."

For months so its not people selling pushing the price down. Something is definitely happening in the background. The results were good so this is bargain basement. If its not see you in the workhouse.

Just like my spelling. Something is going on here either a big seller or big buyer in background. ????? Definitely didnt expect this. !!!! And Mr Bobs sleeping through this.

And stupidly, I have bought more. Hopefully a quick turnaround or bankruptcy court whichever comes first ( lol )

Yeah thats a good idea. Whos going first lol.

Never gonna give you up !!! Good entertainment for a bit of a boring share at moment. Thanks for participation. Nice to see new posters.