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 16 December 2022, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) through Liberum Capital Limited.

Date of Purchase	23 December 2022
Number of ordinary shares purchased	304,271
Weighted average price paid (p)	101.35
Highest price paid (p)	101.90
Lowest price paid (p)	99.55

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 1,969,706 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 748,518,414. 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 23 December 2022 is 748,518,414. 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 [e-mail] Tel: [phone]	Contacts at Brunswick PR: Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer Tel: [phone]
Contacts at Liberum Capital Limited: Nicholas How / John Fishley / William Hall  Tel: [phone]	Contacts at RBC Europe Limited: James Agnew / Jonathan Hardy / Jack Wood Tel: [phone]

Transaction details

Issuer name: FirstGroup PLC

LEI: 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

ISIN: GB0003452173

Classification: 2.4. Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares

Intermediary name: Liberum Capital Limited

Intermediary Code: RINFGB21XXX

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 Liberum Capital 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	101.37	217,782
CHIX	101.45	18,821
BATE	101.26	65,061
TRQX	101.28	2,607

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:02:56	1402	99.55	XLON
08:04:59	1248	99.65	BATE
08:08:50	2124	100.5	XLON
08:09:50	1484	100.6	XLON
08:09:50	1941	100.7	XLON
08:09:50	789	100.8	XLON
08:10:16	1365	101.2	XLON
08:10:16	575	101.1	XLON
08:10:16	1365	101.1	XLON
08:10:16	1210	101.1	XLON
08:10:16	500	101.1	XLON
08:10:16	1747	101.1	XLON
08:10:30	1340	101	CHIX
08:15:23	1437	100.9	XLON
08:15:23	1349	100.9	CHIX
08:16:13	1922	100.8	XLON
08:16:13	1494	101.1	XLON
08:19:38	862	101.1	BATE
08:19:38	687	101.1	BATE
08:24:16	1772	100.9	XLON
08:28:16	1380	101.1	XLON
08:34:16	428	101.1	XLON
08:34:16	1393	101.2	XLON
08:42:12	487	101.3	TRQX
08:42:12	901	101.3	TRQX
08:43:08	1472	101.1	XLON
08:51:08	1389	101.2	XLON
08:51:13	396	101.1	CHIX
08:51:13	748	101.1	CHIX
08:52:08	1267	101.2	XLON
08:52:11	1719	101.1	XLON
08:54:11	826	101.2	XLON
08:54:11	439	101.2	XLON
08:54:16	1451	101.1	XLON
09:05:46	759	100.8	BATE
09:05:46	519	100.8	BATE
09:06:01	1066	100.9	XLON
09:06:01	1000	101.1	XLON
09:06:01	610	101.1	XLON
09:07:30	419	101.2	XLON
09:07:30	1173	101.2	XLON
09:07:30	178	101.2	XLON
09:07:31	400	101.2	XLON
09:07:31	791	101.2	XLON
09:07:31	1331	101.2	XLON
09:17:06	1305	101.1	CHIX
09:18:39	12264	101	BATE
09:18:39	1000	101	BATE
09:18:39	1024	101	BATE
09:18:39	81	101.1	XLON
09:18:39	1368	101.1	XLON
09:18:40	433	101.2	XLON
09:18:40	500	101.2	XLON
09:18:40	773	101.2	XLON
09:18:40	400	101.2	XLON
09:21:31	1572	101.5	XLON
09:21:43	700	101.4	CHIX
09:21:43	385	101.4	CHIX
09:21:43	264	101.4	CHIX
09:22:33	2131	101.4	XLON
09:22:39	222	101.4	BATE
09:22:39	500	101.4	BATE
09:22:39	500	101.4	BATE
09:22:39	131	101.4	BATE
09:30:39	548	101.2	BATE
09:30:39	846	101.2	BATE
09:39:39	485	101.2	BATE
09:39:39	846	101.2	BATE
09:39:39	26	101.2	BATE
09:39:39	2853	101.2	XLON
09:48:39	234	101.6	BATE
09:48:39	1000	101.6	BATE
09:48:39	76	101.6	BATE
09:49:05	1948	101.4	XLON
09:52:45	1129	101.1	BATE
10:02:00	4	101.4	XLON
10:02:00	1503	101.4	XLON
10:03:45	51	101.4	BATE
10:03:45	453	101.4	BATE
10:03:45	479	101.4	BATE
10:03:45	334	101.4	BATE
10:11:48	997	101.5	BATE
10:11:48	350	101.5	BATE
10:11:48	1238	101.7	CHIX
10:11:48	1301	101.8	CHIX
10:11:48	33	101.8	CHIX
10:12:00	413	101.6	XLON
10:12:00	551	101.6	XLON
10:12:00	294	101.6	XLON
10:12:00	116	101.6	XLON
10:12:12	384	101.6	XLON
10:12:12	1511	101.6	XLON
10:20:21	220	101.5	BATE
10:27:35	910	101.8	BATE
10:27:35	751	101.8	BATE
10:27:35	349	101.9	BATE
10:27:35	1247	101.9	BATE
10:27:35	5073	101.9	XLON
10:27:41	375	101.8	CHIX
10:27:41	800	101.8	CHIX
10:37:02	1100	101.8	XLON
10:37:02	233	101.8	XLON
10:37:02	928	101.8	XLON
10:37:02	571	101.8	XLON
10:38:41	1361	101.9	CHIX
10:39:02	207	101.8	XLON
10:41:41	1134	101.8	XLON
10:42:35	1202	101.7	BATE
10:43:38	256	101.6	XLON
10:44:43	319	101.6	XLON
10:44:43	768	101.6	XLON
10:44:47	329	101.5	XLON
10:44:57	400	101.7	XLON
10:44:57	400	101.7	XLON
10:44:57	611	101.7	XLON
10:48:26	1354	101.8	XLON
10:49:53	600	101.8	BATE
10:49:53	400	101.8	BATE
10:49:53	261	101.8	BATE
10:49:53	741	101.8	CHIX
10:49:53	592	101.8	CHIX
10:51:37	1596	101.7	XLON
10:51:37	11896	101.6	XLON
10:51:37	5943	101.6	XLON
10:51:37	7539	101.6	XLON
10:51:37	4353	101.6	XLON
11:04:16	992	101.4	XLON
11:06:02	928	101.4	XLON
11:06:02	830	101.4	XLON
11:06:02	7250	101.4	XLON
11:06:02	6810	101.4	XLON
11:06:02	2267	101.4	XLON
11:21:01	3583	101.1	XLON
11:21:01	909	101.1	XLON
11:21:01	359	101.1	XLON
11:21:01	1110	101.1	XLON
11:21:01	517	101.1	XLON
11:21:01	273	101.1	CHIX
11:21:01	338	101.1	CHIX
11:21:01	337	101.1	XLON
11:21:01	1209	101.3	XLON
11:21:01	900	101.3	XLON
11:21:01	30	101.3	XLON
11:21:01	433	101.3	XLON
11:21:01	1997	101.3	XLON
11:21:01	341	101.3	XLON
11:21:01	2474	101.3	XLON
11:21:01	1167	101.3	CHIX
11:21:01	1144	101.3	XLON
11:21:01	400	101.3	XLON
11:21:01	206	101.3	XLON
11:21:01	800	101.3	XLON
11:21:01	336	101.1	XLON
11:21:02	644	101.1	XLON
11:21:02	2205	101.1	XLON
11:21:03	513	101.1	XLON
11:21:03	1198	101.4	XLON
11:21:03	107	101.4	XLON
11:22:33	281	101.1	BATE
11:22:33	400	101.1	BATE
11:22:40	383	101.1	BATE
11:23:14	1128	101.3	XLON
11:23:14	758	101.3	XLON
11:23:14	1851	101.4	XLON
11:23:14	240	101.3	XLON
11:23:14	46	101.3	XLON
11:25:50	1356	101.4	CHIX
11:35:33	188	101.1	BATE
11:35:33	282	101.1	XLON
11:35:33	1388	101.1	XLON
11:35:33	953	101.1	XLON
11:35:36	1402	101.1	XLON
11:35:37	438	101.1	XLON
11:35:37	1000	101.3	XLON
11:35:37	14234	101.3	XLON
11:35:38	419	101	TRQX
11:46:47	1168	101.1	BATE
11:46:48	136	101.1	BATE
11:46:52	492	101.1	XLON
11:47:21	10755	101.4	XLON
11:47:21	1048	101.4	XLON
11:47:21	1000	101.4	XLON
11:47:21	765	101.4	XLON
11:47:21	1371	101.4	XLON
11:48:22	1299	101.4	XLON
11:50:15	221	101.3	BATE
11:50:15	400	101.3	BATE
11:52:40	746	101.4	CHIX
11:52:40	639	101.4	CHIX
11:53:31	400	101.4	TRQX
11:53:31	400	101.4	TRQX
11:53:31	462	101.3	BATE
11:55:22	122	101.3	BATE
11:55:22	200	101.3	BATE
11:55:22	400	101.3	BATE
11:55:22	400	101.3	BATE
11:55:22	400	101.3	BATE
11:55:22	400	101.3	BATE
11:55:22	58	101.3	BATE
11:55:22	1820	101.3	BATE
11:55:22	521	101.3	BATE
11:55:22	700	101.3	BATE
11:59:41	607	101.3	BATE
12:00:53	1200	101.5	BATE
12:00:53	71	101.5	BATE
12:00:53	41	101.5	BATE
12:03:53	408	101.5	BATE
12:03:53	94	101.5	BATE
12:03:53	412	101.5	BATE
12:03:56	408	101.5	BATE
12:05:04	928	101.4	BATE
12:06:03	233	101.4	XLON
12:06:03	606	101.4	XLON
12:06:03	928	101.4	BATE
12:06:03	3122	101.4	BATE
12:06:03	1382	101.4	XLON
12:06:03	1329	101.4	XLON
12:06:03	8976	101.4	BATE
12:06:03	455	101.4	BATE
12:06:03	3880	101.4	BATE
12:07:35	300	101.4	XLON
12:07:35	600	101.4	XLON
12:07:35	534	101.4	XLON
12:11:15	363	101.1	XLON
12:11:16	483	101.1	XLON
12:13:03	543	101.1	XLON
12:16:03	1341	101.1	XLON
12:16:12	524	101	BATE
12:17:39	655	101	BATE
12:17:49	7	101	BATE
12:22:50	26	101.4	XLON
12:22:50	719	101.5	XLON
12:22:55	649	101.5	XLON
12:22:55	1300	101.5	XLON
12:22:55	1200	101.5	XLON
12:22:55	400	101.5	XLON
12:22:55	400	101.5	XLON
12:23:36	259	101.5	XLON
12:24:49	1100	101.8	XLON
12:24:49	900	101.8	XLON
12:24:49	730	101.8	XLON
12:24:49	797	101.8	CHIX
12:24:49	577	101.8	CHIX
12:25:03	2455	101.8	XLON
12:25:03	3711	101.8	XLON
12:25:03	332	101.8	XLON
12:25:03	1537	101.8	XLON
12:25:21	800	101.8	XLON
12:25:21	400	101.8	XLON
12:25:21	4	101.8	XLON
12:25:21	92	101.8	XLON
12:26:31	40	101.7	XLON
12:26:32	2846	101.7	XLON
12:26:32	2324	101.8	XLON
12:26:32	992	101.8	XLON
12:26:34	662	101.7	XLON
12:26:51	308	101.7	XLON
12:28:24	928	101.8	XLON
12:28:24	500	101.8	XLON
12:28:24	12	101.8	XLON
12:28:24	1200	101.8	XLON
12:28:24	259	101.8	XLON
12:29:40	80	101.7	BATE
12:29:47	95	101.7	BATE