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 RBC Europe Limited.

Date of Purchase	28 February 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	696,000
Weighted average price paid (p)	105.84
Highest price paid (p)	107.80
Lowest price paid (p)	105.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 21,648,026 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 728,910,678. 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 28 February 2023 is 728,910,678. 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: 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	539,766	105.68
BATE	62,417	106.48
CHIX	43,547	106.39
TRQX	50,270	106.30

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
10:18:00	856	106.50	XLON
10:18:00	856	106.50	BATE
10:18:00	856	106.50	CHIX
10:18:00	830	106.55	BATE
10:18:00	1,082	106.55	BATE
10:18:46	1,234	106.85	BATE
10:18:46	560	106.85	BATE
10:18:46	996	107.40	BATE
10:18:46	589	107.40	XLON
10:18:46	406	107.40	XLON
10:25:18	1,327	107.20	TRQX
10:25:18	1,327	107.20	CHIX
10:25:19	1,327	107.20	BATE
10:25:19	1,327	107.20	TRQX
10:25:19	1,327	107.20	XLON
10:37:02	215	107.40	CHIX
10:37:02	1,112	107.40	CHIX
10:37:02	1,181	107.40	TRQX
10:37:02	146	107.40	TRQX
10:37:02	1,327	107.40	XLON
10:37:03	521	107.50	XLON
10:37:03	474	107.50	XLON
10:44:53	995	107.20	TRQX
10:44:53	995	107.20	CHIX
10:44:53	996	107.20	BATE
10:44:53	974	107.35	TRQX
10:44:54	995	107.50	XLON
10:47:28	1,991	107.50	BATE
10:47:28	13,253	107.80	XLON
10:47:28	1,840	107.80	XLON
10:47:28	1,269	107.80	XLON
10:47:28	2,775	107.80	XLON
10:47:28	474	107.80	XLON
10:47:28	2,518	107.80	BATE
10:47:28	2,483	107.80	CHIX
10:47:40	996	107.70	BATE
11:16:02	1,327	107.80	XLON
11:16:02	350	107.80	XLON
11:16:02	1,327	107.80	BATE
11:16:02	1,327	107.80	TRQX
11:16:02	1,400	107.80	XLON
11:16:02	2,040	107.70	CHIX
11:19:03	197	107.60	BATE
11:19:03	257	107.60	BATE
11:19:03	431	107.60	BATE
11:19:03	522	107.60	BATE
11:19:03	885	107.60	CHIX
11:19:03	1,112	107.60	BATE
11:19:03	884	107.60	TRQX
11:22:02	885	107.40	BATE
11:22:02	885	107.40	CHIX
11:22:02	1,106	107.40	XLON
11:22:02	1,105	107.40	TRQX
11:31:02	879	107.30	BATE
11:31:02	995	107.30	XLON
11:31:02	116	107.30	BATE
11:31:02	995	107.30	TRQX
11:31:02	996	107.30	CHIX
11:50:02	996	106.90	BATE
12:00:03	995	106.90	CHIX
12:04:30	995	106.90	CHIX
12:04:30	996	106.90	BATE
12:04:30	995	106.90	XLON
12:04:30	995	106.90	TRQX
12:04:30	314	106.80	TRQX
12:04:30	996	106.70	BATE
12:04:30	995	106.70	CHIX
12:04:30	995	106.70	TRQX
12:04:30	995	106.70	XLON
12:04:31	521	107.10	XLON
12:04:31	474	107.10	XLON
12:04:43	995	107.10	XLON
12:04:56	1,196	107.00	TRQX
12:04:56	129	107.00	TRQX
12:05:17	1,009	107.05	BATE
12:05:19	807	107.20	XLON
12:05:19	84	107.20	XLON
12:05:19	1,327	107.30	XLON
12:26:57	996	107.20	BATE
12:26:57	1,327	107.20	CHIX
12:26:57	1,327	107.20	TRQX
12:26:57	1,075	107.10	CHIX
12:26:57	1,010	107.10	BATE
12:26:57	1,022	107.10	TRQX
12:26:58	1,672	107.20	XLON
12:26:58	36	107.30	XLON
12:26:58	959	107.30	XLON
12:27:37	200	107.10	TRQX
12:27:37	996	107.10	BATE
12:27:37	995	107.10	CHIX
12:27:37	795	107.10	TRQX
12:35:03	730	106.80	CHIX
12:35:03	731	106.80	BATE
12:35:03	390	106.80	XLON
12:35:03	1,400	106.80	XLON
12:35:03	730	106.80	TRQX
12:35:04	811	106.70	BATE
12:35:04	620	106.70	BATE
12:35:04	1,430	106.70	TRQX
12:38:02	850	106.60	CHIX
12:38:02	850	106.60	TRQX
12:38:02	850	106.60	XLON
12:43:41	396	106.30	CHIX
12:43:41	299	106.30	XLON
12:43:41	1,141	106.30	BATE
12:43:41	454	106.30	CHIX
12:43:41	841	106.30	XLON
12:43:41	850	106.30	TRQX
12:43:41	547	106.20	TRQX
13:23:39	242	105.90	CHIX
13:23:39	137	105.90	CHIX
13:23:39	996	105.90	BATE
13:23:39	616	105.90	CHIX
13:23:39	995	105.90	XLON
13:23:39	995	105.90	TRQX
13:23:39	995	105.80	TRQX
13:23:39	995	105.80	XLON
14:02:07	678	105.90	BATE
14:02:07	422	105.90	TRQX
14:02:07	995	105.90	XLON
14:02:07	318	105.90	BATE
14:02:07	995	105.90	CHIX
14:02:07	573	105.90	TRQX
14:11:07	436	105.70	BATE
14:11:07	263	105.70	BATE
14:11:07	1,886	105.70	CHIX
14:11:07	698	105.70	XLON
14:11:07	698	105.70	TRQX
14:27:11	4,175	106.15	BATE
14:27:12	1,094	106.00	CHIX
14:27:12	1,094	106.00	TRQX
14:27:12	1,094	106.00	XLON
14:27:12	2,441	106.20	XLON
14:27:13	429	106.20	TRQX
14:27:13	580	106.20	TRQX
14:27:14	934	106.20	XLON
14:27:26	1,066	106.20	XLON
14:27:26	7,023	106.20	BATE
14:27:26	271	106.20	BATE
14:27:26	220	106.20	BATE
14:27:29	1,343	106.20	XLON
14:27:29	1,660	106.20	XLON
14:27:32	181	106.20	XLON
14:27:32	870	106.20	XLON
14:29:58	264	105.90	CHIX
14:29:58	996	105.90	BATE
14:29:58	731	105.90	CHIX
14:29:58	792	105.90	XLON
14:29:58	264	105.90	TRQX
14:29:58	203	105.90	XLON
14:29:58	731	105.90	TRQX
14:29:59	666	105.90	BATE
14:30:11	313	105.80	XLON
14:33:20	1,581	105.80	TRQX
14:33:20	386	105.80	TRQX
14:33:20	1,014	105.80	XLON
14:33:20	1,327	105.80	BATE
14:33:20	1,327	105.80	CHIX
14:43:44	884	105.70	CHIX
14:43:44	1	105.70	CHIX
14:43:44	883	105.70	TRQX
14:43:44	1	105.70	TRQX
14:43:44	885	105.70	XLON
14:43:44	94	105.60	BATE
14:43:44	394	105.60	XLON
14:44:34	440	105.60	TRQX
14:44:34	688	105.60	TRQX
14:44:34	1,012	105.60	BATE
14:44:34	1,129	105.60	CHIX
14:44:34	712	105.60	XLON
14:44:55	365	105.50	XLON
14:48:47	1,070	105.50	TRQX
14:48:47	555	105.50	XLON
14:48:47	1,070	105.50	BATE
14:48:47	921	105.50	CHIX
14:52:16	6	105.30	XLON
15:10:21	728	105.40	TRQX
15:10:21	267	105.40	TRQX
15:10:21	989	105.40	XLON
15:10:21	996	105.40	BATE
15:10:21	995	105.40	CHIX
15:21:15	2,847	106.05	TRQX
15:21:16	1,631	106.30	XLON
15:21:17	999	106.00	BATE
15:21:17	998	106.00	CHIX
15:21:17	992	106.00	TRQX
15:21:17	992	106.00	XLON
15:21:18	992	106.10	XLON
15:23:31	999	105.90	BATE
15:23:31	1,547	105.90	BATE
15:23:31	998	105.90	CHIX
15:23:31	581	105.90	BATE
15:23:31	536	105.90	TRQX
15:23:31	456	105.90	TRQX
15:23:35	995	105.80	CHIX
15:23:35	996	105.80	BATE
15:23:35	995	105.80	TRQX
15:23:35	995	105.80	XLON
16:12:20	996	105.70	BATE
16:12:20	995	105.70	CHIX
16:12:20	995	105.70	TRQX
16:12:20	995	105.70	XLON
16:12:20	1,169	105.70	CHIX
16:12:20	1,100	105.70	BATE
16:12:20	1,113	105.70	TRQX
16:19:30	996	105.60	BATE
16:19:30	995	105.60	XLON
16:19:30	995	105.60	CHIX
16:19:30	995	105.60	TRQX
16:19:31	995	105.50	CHIX
16:19:31	325	105.50	TRQX
16:19:31	479	105.50	TRQX
16:19:31	191	105.50	TRQX
16:19:31	995	105.50	XLON
16:22:46	370	105.40	BATE
16:22:46	626	105.40	BATE
16:22:46	995	105.40	CHIX
16:22:46	995	105.40	XLON
16:22:46	995	105.40	TRQX
16:22:46	954	105.45	CHIX
16:22:46	898	105.45	BATE
16:22:46	272	105.50	CHIX
16:23:52	77	105.40	TRQX
16:23:52	59	105.40	TRQX
16:23:52	334	105.40	TRQX
16:23:52	848	105.40	BATE
16:23:52	229	105.40	TRQX
16:23:52	244	105.40	XLON
16:23:52	78	105.50	XLON
16:23:52	100	105.50	XLON
16:23:52	573	105.50	XLON
16:26:57	893	105.40	XLON
16:26:57	148	105.40	BATE
16:26:57	995	105.40	CHIX
16:26:57	898	105.40	XLON
16:26:57	296	105.40	TRQX
16:27:16	679	105.30	BATE
16:27:16	679	105.30	CHIX
16:27:16	678	105.30	XLON
16:27:16	1,945	105.30	TRQX
16:28:29	111	105.20	TRQX
16:28:41	679	105.20	BATE
16:28:41	679	105.20	CHIX
16:28:41	1,834	105.20	TRQX
16:28:41	678	105.20	XLON
16:29:55	68	105.20	XLON
16:35:29	25,443	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	28,253	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	120,803	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	51,753	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	5,827	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	67,731	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	3,890	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	9,912	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	892	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	960	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	1,122	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	1,207	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	1,142	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	998	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	2,487	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	895	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	1,990	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	18,973	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	12,109	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	7,392	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	6,625	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	8,430	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	2,197	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	4,430	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	4,489	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	9,743	105.50	XLON
16:35:29	63,844	105.50	XLON