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	03 March 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	352,293
Weighted average price paid (p)	107.54
Highest price paid (p)	109.30
Lowest price paid (p)	106.80

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 22,985,049 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 727,573,655. 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 3 March 2023 is 727,573,655. 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	228,307	107.32
BATE	38,823	107.87
CHIX	44,725	107.95
TRQX	40,438	108.02

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:03:04	124	108.60	BATE
08:03:04	42	108.60	CHIX
08:03:04	41	108.60	XLON
08:03:04	41	108.60	TRQX
08:05:50	96	107.70	XLON
08:05:51	60	107.80	XLON
08:05:53	95	107.70	CHIX
08:05:59	23	106.80	CHIX
08:05:59	59	106.80	TRQX
08:05:59	48	106.80	XLON
08:17:38	81	106.90	BATE
08:17:41	73	106.90	CHIX
08:17:41	8	106.90	CHIX
08:17:45	81	106.90	XLON
08:17:48	53	106.90	CHIX
08:17:51	21	106.90	CHIX
08:17:54	20	106.90	XLON
08:17:57	20	106.90	BATE
08:18:00	13	106.90	CHIX
08:18:03	147	106.90	BATE
08:18:03	128	106.90	BATE
08:23:02	174	106.80	BATE
08:23:02	17	106.80	BATE
08:23:02	1,094	106.80	XLON
08:23:02	190	106.90	XLON
08:26:02	506	106.90	XLON
08:55:03	598	108.00	CHIX
08:55:05	1,615	107.40	TRQX
08:55:05	983	107.40	XLON
08:55:33	983	107.50	TRQX
08:55:33	983	107.50	XLON
08:55:33	983	107.50	CHIX
08:55:33	983	107.50	BATE
09:00:37	983	107.30	BATE
09:00:37	983	107.30	CHIX
09:00:37	983	107.30	XLON
09:00:37	983	107.30	TRQX
09:20:14	169	107.50	BATE
09:20:14	779	107.50	CHIX
09:21:59	779	107.50	CHIX
09:21:59	194	107.50	BATE
09:23:29	948	107.60	XLON
09:23:29	578	107.80	XLON
09:23:29	405	107.80	XLON
09:25:56	657	108.30	XLON
09:25:56	405	108.30	XLON
09:25:56	830	108.40	XLON
09:27:53	563	108.20	CHIX
09:27:53	101	108.20	TRQX
09:27:53	882	108.20	TRQX
09:27:53	114	108.20	BATE
09:27:53	420	108.20	CHIX
09:27:53	869	108.20	BATE
09:27:54	1,076	108.50	XLON
09:32:03	983	108.20	CHIX
09:32:03	983	108.20	XLON
09:32:03	983	108.20	TRQX
09:32:03	983	108.20	BATE
09:38:38	972	108.40	BATE
09:38:39	983	108.50	CHIX
09:41:32	1,147	108.40	CHIX
09:42:51	903	108.30	XLON
09:42:51	983	108.30	BATE
09:42:51	790	108.30	CHIX
09:42:51	80	108.30	XLON
09:42:51	983	108.30	TRQX
09:50:44	1,246	108.25	CHIX
09:50:44	113	108.25	CHIX
09:50:44	1,110	108.25	BATE
09:53:30	868	108.10	BATE
09:53:30	983	108.10	CHIX
09:53:30	983	108.10	XLON
09:53:30	115	108.10	BATE
09:53:30	983	108.10	TRQX
10:18:52	1,041	108.00	XLON
10:18:52	1,040	108.00	TRQX
10:18:52	249	108.00	CHIX
10:18:52	413	108.00	CHIX
10:18:52	263	108.00	CHIX
10:18:52	926	108.00	BATE
10:38:02	912	108.45	BATE
10:38:03	5	108.60	CHIX
10:38:03	2,315	108.80	CHIX
10:38:03	438	108.80	CHIX
10:38:03	1,284	108.80	CHIX
10:54:23	1,311	108.50	CHIX
10:54:23	1,311	108.50	BATE
10:54:23	1,310	108.50	XLON
10:54:23	687	108.70	XLON
10:54:23	624	108.70	XLON
11:14:41	1,311	108.50	CHIX
11:14:41	13	108.70	BATE
11:14:41	1,495	108.70	BATE
11:14:41	12	108.80	CHIX
11:14:41	862	108.80	CHIX
11:14:41	874	108.90	XLON
11:14:44	7	108.90	CHIX
11:14:44	552	109.00	XLON
11:14:44	322	109.00	XLON
11:14:46	13	109.00	CHIX
11:14:46	945	109.00	CHIX
11:14:46	9	109.00	BATE
11:14:46	687	109.30	XLON
11:14:46	405	109.30	XLON
11:14:47	945	109.20	TRQX
11:14:47	7,392	109.20	TRQX
11:14:47	269	109.30	XLON
11:14:47	778	109.30	XLON
11:14:50	1,311	109.10	CHIX
11:14:50	1,311	109.10	BATE
11:14:50	1,310	109.10	TRQX
11:21:03	1,310	109.00	TRQX
11:21:03	1,311	109.00	BATE
11:21:03	1,102	109.00	XLON
11:23:34	80	108.80	XLON
12:19:31	983	108.80	XLON
12:19:31	983	108.80	TRQX
12:19:31	983	108.80	CHIX
12:19:31	983	108.80	BATE
12:24:29	983	108.60	BATE
12:24:29	983	108.60	XLON
12:24:29	983	108.60	CHIX
12:24:29	148	108.60	TRQX
12:24:29	835	108.60	TRQX
12:44:38	727	108.50	CHIX
12:44:38	7	108.50	BATE
12:44:38	1,091	108.50	CHIX
12:44:38	698	108.50	BATE
12:44:38	312	108.50	TRQX
12:44:38	392	108.50	TRQX
12:44:38	705	108.50	XLON
13:00:22	656	108.50	TRQX
13:00:22	159	108.50	TRQX
13:00:22	757	108.50	XLON
13:00:22	913	108.50	BATE
13:00:22	238	108.50	TRQX
13:00:22	912	108.50	CHIX
13:00:22	297	108.50	XLON
13:00:38	236	108.30	CHIX
13:00:38	236	108.30	BATE
13:00:38	944	108.30	CHIX
13:00:38	944	108.30	BATE
13:08:26	162	108.20	TRQX
13:08:26	50	108.20	TRQX
13:08:53	19	108.20	TRQX
13:09:17	17	108.20	TRQX
13:09:41	14	108.20	TRQX
13:13:44	3	108.20	BATE
13:19:55	100	108.20	BATE
13:23:54	212	108.20	CHIX
13:23:54	771	108.20	CHIX
13:23:54	240	108.20	TRQX
13:23:54	481	108.20	TRQX
13:23:54	983	108.20	XLON
13:23:54	880	108.20	BATE
13:23:55	1,114	108.10	BATE
13:23:55	351	108.10	XLON
13:23:55	763	108.10	XLON
13:32:06	983	107.90	CHIX
13:32:06	983	107.90	BATE
13:32:06	983	107.90	XLON
13:32:06	983	107.90	TRQX
13:36:58	223	107.80	CHIX
13:36:58	760	107.80	CHIX
13:36:58	983	107.80	BATE
13:36:58	543	107.80	XLON
13:36:58	440	107.80	XLON
13:36:58	983	107.80	TRQX
13:38:30	883	107.60	XLON
13:38:30	983	107.60	CHIX
13:38:30	983	107.60	BATE
13:38:30	983	107.60	TRQX
13:45:15	665	107.40	XLON
13:45:15	159	107.40	XLON
13:51:32	109	107.20	XLON
13:51:32	874	107.20	XLON
13:51:32	983	107.20	BATE
14:09:55	294	107.20	XLON
14:09:55	883	107.20	BATE
14:09:55	689	107.20	XLON
14:09:55	983	107.20	CHIX
14:09:55	100	107.20	BATE
14:09:55	696	107.20	TRQX
14:14:38	415	107.10	BATE
14:15:01	983	107.10	CHIX
14:15:01	568	107.10	BATE
14:15:01	178	107.10	TRQX
14:15:20	625	107.10	BATE
14:15:20	328	107.10	CHIX
14:15:20	78	107.10	BATE
14:15:20	744	107.10	CHIX
14:15:20	369	107.10	BATE
14:15:20	805	107.10	TRQX
14:15:20	983	107.10	XLON
14:30:27	40	107.00	BATE
14:38:53	254	107.00	CHIX
14:38:53	233	107.00	XLON
14:38:53	995	107.00	BATE
14:38:53	591	107.00	TRQX
14:38:53	818	107.00	CHIX
14:38:53	661	107.00	XLON
14:38:53	37	107.00	BATE
14:38:53	303	107.00	TRQX
14:49:00	80	106.80	CHIX
14:59:42	26	106.80	TRQX
15:02:41	80	106.80	XLON
15:02:41	450	106.80	BATE
15:02:41	903	106.80	XLON
15:02:41	806	106.80	CHIX
15:02:41	91	106.80	BATE
15:02:41	30	106.80	CHIX
15:02:41	182	106.80	TRQX
15:02:44	50	106.80	XLON
15:06:03	334	106.90	XLON
15:06:03	178	106.90	XLON
15:06:03	147	106.90	CHIX
15:06:03	775	106.90	TRQX
15:06:03	1,253	106.90	XLON
15:06:03	442	106.90	BATE
15:14:03	983	107.20	TRQX
15:14:03	983	107.20	XLON
15:14:03	474	107.20	BATE
15:14:03	509	107.20	BATE
15:14:03	983	107.20	CHIX
15:14:03	865	107.20	TRQX
15:14:03	762	107.20	XLON
15:14:03	118	107.20	TRQX
15:14:03	221	107.20	XLON
15:14:06	1,360	107.40	TRQX
15:14:06	6	107.40	TRQX
15:16:03	198	107.20	TRQX
15:16:03	459	107.20	TRQX
15:16:03	86	107.20	TRQX
15:16:03	566	107.20	CHIX
15:16:03	151	107.20	TRQX
15:16:03	479	107.20	XLON
15:16:03	417	107.20	CHIX
15:16:03	983	107.20	BATE
15:16:03	504	107.20	XLON
15:16:03	89	107.20	TRQX
15:16:04	1,400	107.10	BATE
15:16:04	50	107.10	BATE
15:16:04	126	107.10	BATE
15:18:56	51	107.00	TRQX
15:19:20	3	107.00	TRQX
15:19:44	983	107.00	BATE
15:19:44	983	107.00	CHIX
15:19:44	983	107.00	XLON
15:19:44	927	107.00	TRQX
15:19:44	2	107.00	TRQX
15:32:05	127	107.00	TRQX
15:32:05	983	107.00	BATE
15:32:05	983	107.00	XLON
15:32:05	983	107.00	CHIX
15:32:05	856	107.00	TRQX
15:32:06	412	106.90	CHIX
15:32:06	697	106.90	TRQX
15:32:06	942	106.90	CHIX
15:32:06	698	106.90	XLON
15:32:06	384	106.90	CHIX
15:32:06	124	106.90	BATE
15:58:28	141	107.00	CHIX
15:58:28	464	107.00	XLON
15:58:28	617	107.00	CHIX
15:58:28	750	107.00	BATE
15:58:28	366	107.00	XLON
15:58:28	761	107.00	TRQX
15:58:28	225	107.00	CHIX
15:58:28	233	107.00	BATE
15:58:28	111	107.00	TRQX
15:58:28	153	107.00	XLON
15:58:28	111	107.00	TRQX
15:58:57	37	106.90	TRQX
15:59:22	38	106.90	TRQX
15:59:47	17	106.90	TRQX
16:07:42	674	106.90	CHIX
16:07:42	1,400	106.90	TRQX
16:07:42	779	106.90	XLON
16:09:19	861	106.90	XLON
16:29:45	102	106.90	TRQX
16:29:50	62	106.90	TRQX
16:35:27	15,117	107.20	XLON
16:35:27	2,091	107.20	XLON
16:35:27	3,101	107.20	XLON
16:35:27	14,018	107.20	XLON
16:35:27	13,082	107.20	XLON
16:35:27	41,425	107.20	XLON
16:35:27	1,874	107.20	XLON
16:35:27	6,676	107.20	XLON
16:35:27	45,000	107.20	XLON
16:35:27	1,075	107.20	XLON
16:35:27	12,333	107.20	XLON
16:35:27	559	107.20	XLON
16:35:27	3,118	107.20	XLON
16:35:27	22,802	107.20	XLON