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 06 March 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased 321,337
Weighted average price paid (p) 106.94
Highest price paid (p) 107.80
Lowest price paid (p) 106.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 23,306,386 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 727,252,318. 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 6 March 2023 is 727,252,318. 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
corporate.comms@firstgroup.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354
Contacts at Brunswick PR:

Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959
Contacts at Liberum Capital Limited:

Nicholas How / John Fishley / William Hall 
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000 
Contacts at RBC Europe Limited:

James Agnew / Jonathan Hardy / Jack Wood
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7653 4000

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 205,209 106.98
BATE 46,916 106.90
CHIX 32,161 106.86
TRQX 37,051 106.83

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time Volume Price (GBp) Venue
08:26:02 128   107.40 CHIX
08:26:04 45   107.40 CHIX
08:28:02 71   107.00 XLON
08:28:02 80   107.00 BATE
08:28:02 72   107.00 CHIX
08:28:02 304   107.00 BATE
08:31:42 74   106.80 XLON
08:31:42 1   106.80 XLON
08:31:42 79   106.80 XLON
08:31:42 155   106.80 BATE
08:31:42 154   106.80 TRQX
08:31:42 154   106.80 CHIX
08:32:02 99   107.00 BATE
08:52:02 107   106.70 TRQX
08:52:02 107   106.70 XLON
08:52:02 107   106.70 BATE
08:52:02 107   106.70 CHIX
08:52:02 730   106.70 BATE
08:54:59 85   106.60 XLON
08:55:02 187   106.90 BATE
08:55:04 186   107.10 XLON
08:55:04 190   106.90 XLON
08:55:07 476   107.30 XLON
08:55:07 500   107.30 XLON
08:55:07 187   107.20 CHIX
08:55:08 635   107.70 XLON
08:55:08 460   107.50 CHIX
08:55:08 760   107.50 CHIX
08:55:09 372   107.80 XLON
08:55:09 277   107.80 XLON
08:55:09 242   107.70 CHIX
08:55:09 393   107.70 CHIX
08:55:10 225   107.80 XLON
08:55:38 635   107.30 TRQX
08:55:38 635   107.30 BATE
08:55:38 225   107.30 CHIX
08:55:38 78   107.30 XLON
09:05:21 342   107.20 CHIX
09:05:21 819   107.20 BATE
09:05:21 235   107.10 TRQX
09:05:21 236   107.10 BATE
09:05:21 235   107.10 XLON
09:05:21 236   107.10 CHIX
09:05:21 82   107.10 XLON
09:07:47 704   107.00 TRQX
09:07:47 704   107.00 XLON
09:07:47 595   107.00 CHIX
09:07:47 705   107.00 BATE
09:07:47 109   107.00 CHIX
09:19:55 312   106.60 XLON
09:19:55 313   106.60 BATE
09:19:55 312   106.60 CHIX
09:19:55 312   106.60 TRQX
09:23:32 109   106.60 XLON
09:23:32 109   106.60 TRQX
09:23:32 110   106.60 BATE
09:23:32 109   106.60 CHIX
09:23:32 102   106.60 TRQX
09:28:39 103   106.50 BATE
09:31:02 85   106.40 TRQX
09:31:02 86   106.40 XLON
09:31:02 86   106.40 BATE
09:31:02 86   106.40 CHIX
09:31:02 261   106.40 BATE
09:32:13 61   106.60 CHIX
09:32:15 60   106.60 XLON
09:32:16 28   106.60 CHIX
09:32:19 21   106.60 XLON
09:32:22 9   106.60 CHIX
09:32:25 8   106.60 XLON
09:32:27 3   106.60 CHIX
09:32:28 3   106.60 XLON
09:32:31 1   106.60 CHIX
09:35:03 1   106.60 XLON
09:48:38 345   106.60 CHIX
09:48:40 267   106.60 BATE
09:48:43 120   106.60 CHIX
09:48:46 94   106.60 BATE
09:48:49 61   106.60 BATE
09:48:52 42   106.60 CHIX
09:48:55 33   106.60 BATE
09:48:58 21   106.60 BATE
09:49:01 15   106.60 CHIX
09:49:04 13   106.60 XLON
09:49:07 11   106.60 BATE
09:49:10 8   106.60 BATE
09:49:13 5   106.60 CHIX
09:49:16 4   106.60 XLON
09:49:19 4   106.60 BATE
09:49:22 3   106.60 BATE
09:49:25 2   106.60 BATE
09:53:56 2   106.60 CHIX
09:54:14 60   106.40 TRQX
09:54:14 1   106.40 BATE
09:54:14 1   106.40 XLON
09:54:14 16   106.40 BATE
09:54:14 12   106.40 CHIX
10:05:13 257   106.40 BATE
10:05:17 257   106.40 CHIX
10:05:18 171   106.60 CHIX
10:05:18 257   106.40 XLON
10:05:18 6   106.40 BATE
10:05:19 90   106.70 CHIX
10:05:19 650   106.60 XLON
10:05:19 110   106.60 XLON
10:05:19 137   106.60 BATE
10:05:19 616   106.60 XLON
10:05:19 577   106.60 CHIX
10:05:19 613   106.60 BATE
10:05:19 616   106.60 CHIX
10:05:20 333   106.70 CHIX
10:05:20 292   106.70 CHIX
10:05:20 568   106.70 CHIX
10:08:43 256   106.50 TRQX
10:08:43 1,234   106.50 XLON
10:08:43 2,332   106.50 XLON
10:37:41 865   106.90 CHIX
10:37:41 439   106.90 CHIX
10:37:41 723   106.80 BATE
10:37:41 172   106.80 BATE
10:57:32 869   107.50 XLON
10:57:32 1,304   107.40 BATE
10:57:32 1,304   107.40 XLON
10:57:32 43   107.20 TRQX
10:57:36 158   107.20 TRQX
10:57:36 604   107.20 BATE
10:57:36 929   107.20 TRQX
10:57:36 266   107.20 BATE
10:57:36 869   107.20 CHIX
10:57:36 1,304   107.20 TRQX
10:57:36 624   107.20 XLON
10:57:36 293   107.20 XLON
10:57:37 1,739   107.20 BATE
10:57:37 23   107.20 XLON
11:03:13 181   107.10 TRQX
11:03:13 476   107.10 BATE
11:03:13 94   107.10 XLON
11:03:13 205   107.10 CHIX
11:03:13 714   107.10 TRQX
11:03:13 241   107.10 BATE
11:03:13 884   107.10 XLON
11:03:13 83   107.10 TRQX
11:03:13 773   107.10 CHIX
11:03:13 261   107.10 BATE
11:47:31 326   106.90 TRQX
11:47:31 972   106.90 CHIX
11:47:31 326   106.90 BATE
11:47:31 596   106.90 XLON
11:47:31 652   106.90 TRQX
11:47:31 6   106.90 CHIX
11:47:31 382   106.90 XLON
11:47:31 652   106.90 BATE
11:47:31 6   106.80 BATE
11:47:31 2   106.80 BATE
11:51:02 308   106.70 XLON
11:59:54 485   106.60 CHIX
11:59:54 493   106.60 CHIX
12:52:08 589   106.95 BATE
12:54:21 372   107.20 XLON
12:54:21 448   107.20 XLON
12:54:21 165   107.20 XLON
12:54:26 912   107.20 CHIX
13:01:23 98   107.05 BATE
13:01:23 978   107.00 XLON
13:01:23 978   107.00 TRQX
13:01:23 978   107.00 BATE
13:01:24 49   107.20 XLON
13:01:24 929   107.20 XLON
13:01:24 32   107.20 CHIX
13:01:24 390   107.20 CHIX
13:01:24 556   107.20 CHIX
13:01:24 1,013   107.05 BATE
13:01:25 514   107.00 TRQX
13:01:27 92   107.20 BATE
13:01:27 3,475   107.20 BATE
13:01:27 978   107.20 XLON
13:04:41 978   106.90 TRQX
13:04:41 64   106.90 CHIX
13:04:41 978   106.90 BATE
13:04:41 978   106.90 CHIX
13:04:41 508   106.80 XLON
13:04:41 303   106.80 TRQX
13:05:23 265   106.70 XLON
13:25:02 440   106.60 TRQX
13:25:02 978   106.60 XLON
13:25:02 978   106.60 BATE
13:25:02 978   106.60 CHIX
13:25:02 322   106.60 TRQX
13:25:02 216   106.60 TRQX
13:38:52 20   106.40 XLON
13:39:18 18   106.40 XLON
13:39:42 13   106.40 XLON
13:39:44 328   106.40 CHIX
13:41:57 136   106.40 CHIX
13:41:57 254   106.40 CHIX
13:42:50 978   106.30 XLON
13:42:50 978   106.30 TRQX
13:42:50 978   106.30 BATE
13:42:50 508   106.30 CHIX
13:42:50 470   106.30 CHIX
13:42:50 559   106.20 XLON
13:42:53 537   106.20 XLON
13:43:00 1,721   106.20 BATE
13:43:00 10   106.20 TRQX
13:43:00 354   106.20 XLON
13:43:02 376   106.20 XLON
13:44:15 95   106.70 XLON
13:44:15 883   106.70 XLON
13:44:15 659   106.55 TRQX
13:44:19 1,602   106.80 TRQX
13:44:19 9,049   106.80 TRQX
13:44:19 14   106.70 XLON
13:44:19 2,171   106.70 XLON
13:44:19 978   106.50 TRQX
13:44:19 978   106.50 BATE
13:44:19 978   106.50 CHIX
13:44:23 279   106.70 XLON
13:44:23 627   106.70 XLON
13:44:27 225   106.80 BATE
13:44:27 1,079   106.80 BATE
13:44:27 473   106.70 XLON
13:44:27 1,165   106.70 XLON
13:44:57 372   107.00 XLON
13:44:57 2,725   107.00 XLON
13:45:00 1,084   107.00 XLON
13:50:07 1,367   107.00 XLON
13:50:07 390   106.90 XLON
13:50:07 588   106.90 XLON
13:50:07 591   106.80 TRQX
13:50:07 394   106.80 TRQX
13:50:07 1,304   106.80 CHIX
13:50:07 319   106.80 TRQX
13:50:07 1,585   106.80 BATE
13:50:07 33   106.80 CHIX
13:50:07 391   106.80 CHIX
13:56:42 978   106.80 TRQX
13:56:42 978   106.80 BATE
13:56:42 978   106.80 CHIX
13:56:42 404   106.70 XLON
13:56:42 1,072   106.70 BATE
13:56:42 232   106.70 BATE
14:08:53 25   106.70 XLON
14:09:37 25   106.70 XLON
14:09:51 2   106.70 XLON
14:18:27 50   106.70 TRQX
14:18:53 19   106.70 TRQX
14:19:18 20   106.70 TRQX
14:38:29 108   106.80 TRQX
14:38:56 37   106.80 TRQX
14:39:21 1,304   107.00 CHIX
14:39:21 36   106.80 TRQX
14:39:46 19   106.80 TRQX
14:52:49 2,658   107.00 BATE
15:15:19 1,537   107.10 BATE
15:18:12 290   107.10 TRQX
15:18:12 787   107.10 XLON
15:18:12 259   107.10 TRQX
15:18:12 406   107.10 BATE
15:18:12 466   107.10 TRQX
15:18:12 381   107.10 BATE
15:18:14 342   107.20 XLON
15:18:14 64   107.20 XLON
15:18:14 90   107.20 XLON
15:18:15 1,708   107.30 BATE
15:18:15 759   107.20 XLON
15:18:15 545   107.20 XLON
15:25:20 1,304   107.10 TRQX
15:25:20 1,304   107.10 BATE
15:25:54 854   107.00 TRQX
15:25:54 869   107.00 XLON
15:25:54 15   107.00 TRQX
15:25:54 1,613   107.00 CHIX
15:25:54 820   107.00 CHIX
15:25:54 50   107.00 CHIX
15:25:55 585   107.00 XLON
15:25:55 584   107.00 TRQX
15:25:55 1,456   107.00 BATE
15:25:55 585   107.00 CHIX
15:25:55 702   107.00 BATE
15:29:46 18   106.90 TRQX
15:29:46 978   106.90 XLON
15:29:46 480   106.90 TRQX
15:29:46 480   106.90 TRQX
15:29:46 978   106.90 BATE
15:29:46 570   106.90 CHIX
15:29:46 408   106.90 CHIX
15:33:59 882   106.80 XLON
15:33:59 717   106.80 TRQX
15:33:59 96   106.80 XLON
15:33:59 261   106.80 TRQX
15:33:59 561   106.80 BATE
15:33:59 561   106.80 CHIX
15:33:59 417   106.80 BATE
15:33:59 417   106.80 CHIX
15:49:55 200   106.70 CHIX
15:59:55 200   106.70 CHIX
16:09:58 1,599   106.70 TRQX
16:09:58 771   106.70 XLON
16:09:58 371   106.70 CHIX
16:09:58 752   106.70 BATE
16:09:58 19   106.70 BATE
16:09:59 1,299   106.60 TRQX
16:09:59 700   106.60 TRQX
16:10:30 371   106.60 BATE
16:12:55 168   106.60 XLON
16:14:35 651   106.60 XLON
16:17:22 607   106.70 BATE
16:17:22 388   106.60 CHIX
16:18:15 361   106.60 CHIX
16:19:02 229   106.60 CHIX
16:19:02 1,577   106.60 CHIX
16:19:02 976   106.60 BATE
16:19:57 978   106.60 TRQX
16:19:57 159   106.60 XLON
16:19:57 1   106.60 CHIX
16:19:57 1,798   106.60 BATE
16:35:21 3,037   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 30,513   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 29,487   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 503   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 1,325   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 59   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 2,176   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 480   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 25,725   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 25,321   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 7,516   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 7,750   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 2,228   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 75   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 7,845   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 4,774   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 431   107.00 XLON
16:35:21 11,433   107.00 XLON

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