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 09 March 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased 307,806
Weighted average price paid (p) 105.85
Highest price paid (p) 106.90
Lowest price paid (p) 104.10

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 24,495,685 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 726,063,019. 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 9 March 2023 is 726,063,019. 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 254,982 105.97
BATE 19,135 105.24
CHIX 22,113 105.36
TRQX 11,576 105.27

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time Volume Price (GBp) Venue
08:06:47 21   104.70 BATE
08:16:36 7   104.50 CHIX
08:16:36 8   104.50 BATE
08:16:36 7   104.50 XLON
08:16:36 7   104.50 TRQX
08:16:36 117   104.50 TRQX
08:28:34 16   104.90 XLON
08:28:37 17   104.90 CHIX
08:31:11 98   104.90 XLON
08:31:12 231   105.30 CHIX
08:31:14 294   105.30 BATE
08:40:40 169   104.80 CHIX
08:41:43 141   105.20 XLON
08:41:47 361   105.30 XLON
08:48:12 210   105.20 XLON
08:48:14 244   105.20 XLON
09:12:28 204   104.70 TRQX
09:12:28 205   104.70 XLON
09:12:28 205   104.70 CHIX
09:12:28 205   104.70 BATE
09:12:29 232   105.00 XLON
09:26:29 194   104.60 XLON
09:26:29 195   104.60 CHIX
09:26:29 195   104.60 BATE
09:26:29 194   104.60 TRQX
09:26:29 68   104.60 XLON
09:42:03 147   104.40 XLON
09:42:03 147   104.40 BATE
09:42:03 147   104.40 CHIX
09:43:31 109   104.40 XLON
09:43:31 474   104.50 XLON
09:45:30 351   104.60 XLON
09:45:32 363   104.60 XLON
09:45:33 122   104.80 XLON
09:45:35 128   104.80 XLON
09:45:35 110   105.00 BATE
09:45:35 62   104.40 TRQX
09:45:35 47   104.40 TRQX
10:09:54 9   104.10 TRQX
10:09:54 113   104.10 XLON
10:09:54 114   104.10 CHIX
10:09:54 114   104.10 BATE
10:09:54 104   104.10 TRQX
10:09:54 117   104.10 TRQX
10:09:54 367   104.10 TRQX
10:09:54 208   104.10 TRQX
10:11:09 105   104.20 XLON
10:11:11 765   104.50 XLON
10:11:11 494   104.50 XLON
10:11:14 321   104.50 XLON
10:11:15 28   104.70 XLON
10:11:15 658   104.70 XLON
10:11:40 392   104.60 XLON
10:19:35 328   104.50 XLON
10:30:32 329   104.60 BATE
10:30:35 328   104.60 CHIX
10:30:36 115   104.60 XLON
10:30:36 904   104.70 CHIX
10:30:38 115   104.70 CHIX
10:30:41 115   104.70 BATE
10:30:42 40   104.70 CHIX
10:30:44 40   104.70 BATE
10:30:45 14   104.70 CHIX
10:30:46 14   104.70 BATE
10:30:47 5   104.70 CHIX
10:30:50 748   104.70 XLON
10:30:50 494   104.70 XLON
10:30:52 5   104.70 BATE
10:30:56 3   104.70 TRQX
10:30:56 325   104.70 TRQX
10:30:57 434   104.70 XLON
10:30:59 2   104.70 BATE
10:51:31 69   104.50 XLON
11:12:48 385   104.50 XLON
11:22:52 386   104.30 BATE
11:22:52 386   104.30 CHIX
11:22:52 135   104.30 XLON
11:22:52 17   104.30 XLON
11:22:52 132   104.30 XLON
11:23:22 306   104.60 XLON
11:23:22 306   104.70 BATE
11:23:22 366   104.70 CHIX
11:23:22 510   104.70 XLON
11:23:22 42   104.80 XLON
11:30:43 359   104.40 XLON
12:21:32 809   104.60 BATE
12:21:32 648   104.60 BATE
12:21:32 306   104.60 CHIX
12:21:32 619   104.60 XLON
12:21:32 2,280   104.60 XLON
12:21:32 305   104.60 TRQX
12:21:32 143   104.60 BATE
12:24:02 993   104.80 XLON
12:26:40 329   104.90 XLON
12:26:40 563   104.90 XLON
12:26:40 101   104.90 XLON
12:49:16 386   104.60 CHIX
12:49:16 607   104.60 CHIX
12:49:16 993   104.60 XLON
12:49:16 993   104.60 BATE
12:49:16 993   104.60 TRQX
12:49:28 114   104.50 XLON
12:49:28 663   104.70 CHIX
12:49:28 3   104.70 CHIX
12:56:47 300   104.70 XLON
12:56:47 173   104.70 XLON
12:56:50 320   104.90 XLON
12:59:19 129   104.60 TRQX
12:59:19 320   104.60 BATE
12:59:19 125   104.60 TRQX
12:59:19 328   104.60 CHIX
12:59:19 219   104.60 TRQX
12:59:19 327   104.60 XLON
12:59:22 536   104.50 XLON
13:14:35 179   104.40 CHIX
13:14:35 179   104.40 BATE
13:14:35 178   104.40 TRQX
13:14:35 178   104.40 XLON
13:14:35 140   104.40 XLON
13:40:09 1,709   104.60 XLON
13:40:09 408   104.60 XLON
13:40:09 592   104.60 XLON
13:40:11 168   104.60 CHIX
13:40:12 59   104.60 CHIX
13:40:18 569   104.70 CHIX
13:40:20 568   104.70 XLON
13:40:23 271   104.70 CHIX
13:40:25 202   104.70 CHIX
13:40:26 199   104.70 XLON
13:40:29 169   104.70 BATE
13:40:32 95   104.70 CHIX
13:40:35 70   104.70 XLON
13:40:38 70   104.70 CHIX
13:40:41 59   104.70 BATE
13:40:44 33   104.70 CHIX
13:40:47 25   104.70 XLON
13:40:50 24   104.70 CHIX
13:40:53 21   104.70 BATE
13:40:56 12   104.70 CHIX
13:40:59 9   104.70 CHIX
13:41:02 8   104.70 XLON
13:41:05 7   104.70 BATE
13:41:08 4   104.70 CHIX
13:41:11 3   104.70 CHIX
13:41:14 3   104.70 BATE
13:41:17 3   104.70 XLON
13:41:20 1   104.70 CHIX
13:41:23 1   104.70 CHIX
13:46:43 1   104.50 CHIX
13:46:43 1   104.50 BATE
13:46:43 1   104.50 XLON
13:46:43 168   104.50 TRQX
13:53:02 392   104.40 CHIX
13:53:02 441   104.40 CHIX
14:13:17 166   104.60 BATE
14:13:23 186   104.70 BATE
14:13:26 476   104.70 BATE
14:13:29 804   104.70 BATE
14:13:29 446   104.70 BATE
14:13:32 165   104.70 XLON
14:13:35 226   104.70 TRQX
14:13:35 104   104.70 TRQX
14:13:38 58   104.70 XLON
14:13:41 50   104.70 CHIX
14:13:44 21   104.70 XLON
14:13:47 17   104.70 CHIX
14:13:50 8   104.70 XLON
14:13:53 6   104.70 CHIX
14:13:56 2   104.70 XLON
14:13:59 2   104.70 CHIX
14:14:02 1   104.70 XLON
14:16:13 1   104.70 CHIX
14:18:12 167   104.60 BATE
14:18:12 437   104.60 BATE
14:18:12 48   104.60 XLON
14:18:12 115   104.60 TRQX
14:19:52 161   104.70 XLON
14:19:53 161   104.70 CHIX
14:19:56 56   104.70 XLON
14:19:59 56   104.70 CHIX
14:20:02 20   104.70 XLON
14:20:05 20   104.70 CHIX
14:20:07 7   104.70 XLON
14:20:11 7   104.70 CHIX
14:20:14 2   104.70 XLON
14:28:04 3   104.60 CHIX
14:28:05 172   104.60 XLON
14:28:08 60   104.60 XLON
14:35:11 81   104.40 XLON
14:35:11 81   104.40 CHIX
14:35:11 161   104.40 BATE
14:35:11 160   104.40 TRQX
14:44:14 176   104.50 XLON
14:44:16 202   104.50 XLON
14:44:17 24   104.50 XLON
14:44:17 23   104.60 XLON
14:44:17 48   104.60 XLON
14:52:59 150   104.60 BATE
14:52:59 150   104.70 XLON
14:54:16 369   104.70 BATE
14:54:17 150   104.70 CHIX
14:54:20 129   104.70 BATE
14:54:23 52   104.70 CHIX
14:54:26 46   104.70 BATE
14:54:29 18   104.70 CHIX
14:54:32 16   104.70 BATE
15:04:17 45   104.80 XLON
15:04:18 3   104.70 XLON
15:04:22 452   104.80 BATE
15:04:31 2   105.00 XLON
15:11:49 445   104.90 CHIX
15:11:50 271   104.90 CHIX
15:17:12 445   104.80 XLON
15:17:13 348   104.80 CHIX
15:17:14 354   104.80 BATE
15:17:14 91   104.80 BATE
15:17:14 155   104.90 XLON
15:17:17 87   104.80 CHIX
15:17:17 105   104.90 XLON
15:19:22 147   104.90 XLON
15:19:23 283   104.90 XLON
15:19:26 21   104.90 CHIX
15:19:26 126   104.90 CHIX
15:19:28 99   104.90 XLON
15:19:29 52   104.90 CHIX
15:19:32 51   104.90 XLON
15:19:35 34   104.90 XLON
15:19:38 12   104.90 XLON
15:19:40 18   104.90 XLON
15:19:41 4   104.90 XLON
15:19:44 7   104.90 XLON
15:19:47 1   104.90 XLON
15:19:50 2   104.90 XLON
15:19:53 1   104.90 XLON
15:26:10 147   104.70 TRQX
15:26:10 1   104.70 XLON
15:26:10 18   104.70 CHIX
15:26:10 148   104.70 BATE
15:26:10 51   104.70 XLON
15:30:01 3   104.70 CHIX
15:30:01 110   104.70 CHIX
15:30:01 261   104.70 CHIX
15:30:01 374   104.80 XLON
15:31:57 36   104.80 XLON
15:31:59 353   104.80 XLON
15:32:02 146   104.80 XLON
15:32:05 124   104.80 XLON
15:32:08 51   104.80 XLON
15:32:11 43   104.80 XLON
15:32:14 408   104.80 XLON
15:32:17 15   104.80 XLON
15:32:20 143   104.80 XLON
15:32:23 5   104.80 XLON
15:32:26 51   104.80 XLON
15:32:29 1   104.80 XLON
15:34:16 18   104.90 XLON
15:34:16 679   105.00 XLON
15:49:21 415   105.10 XLON
15:49:21 203   105.30 XLON
15:49:22 1,813   105.40 XLON
15:49:22 658   105.40 XLON
15:49:24 675   105.40 XLON
15:49:24 937   105.40 XLON
15:50:00 374   105.40 BATE
15:50:00 1,613   105.40 CHIX
15:50:00 856   105.40 XLON
15:50:00 992   105.40 TRQX
15:50:00 137   105.40 XLON
15:50:53 993   105.60 BATE
15:50:53 993   105.60 CHIX
15:50:53 993   105.60 TRQX
15:50:53 993   105.60 XLON
15:54:04 993   105.60 XLON
15:54:04 993   105.60 TRQX
15:54:04 993   105.60 BATE
15:54:04 993   105.60 CHIX
16:01:25 236   105.50 BATE
16:16:42 917   106.00 XLON
16:16:44 236   105.80 CHIX
16:16:44 963   105.80 BATE
16:16:44 993   105.80 TRQX
16:16:44 993   105.80 XLON
16:16:44 593   105.90 TRQX
16:16:44 591   105.90 XLON
16:16:44 62   105.90 TRQX
16:16:44 3,129   105.90 XLON
16:16:50 1,626   106.30 XLON
16:16:50 637   106.30 XLON
16:16:50 158   106.30 XLON
16:16:50 176   106.30 XLON
16:16:50 940   106.30 XLON
16:16:50 3,550   106.40 XLON
16:16:50 934   106.40 XLON
16:16:50 7,277   106.40 XLON
16:17:02 1,986   106.10 CHIX
16:17:02 1,986   106.10 BATE
16:17:02 5,354   106.10 XLON
16:17:03 1,320   106.20 XLON
16:17:03 1,730   106.20 XLON
16:17:03 945   106.20 XLON
16:17:03 1,324   106.30 XLON
16:22:03 1,324   106.10 BATE
16:22:03 1,324   106.10 TRQX
16:22:03 840   106.15 BATE
16:22:04 638   106.30 CHIX
16:22:04 1,791   106.30 CHIX
16:22:04 1,884   106.30 CHIX
16:22:04 550   106.30 CHIX
16:22:04 29   106.00 CHIX
16:22:04 993   106.00 XLON
16:22:04 883   106.00 CHIX
16:22:04 637   106.00 XLON
16:22:04 993   106.00 TRQX
16:22:04 993   106.00 BATE
16:22:04 1,224   106.00 XLON
16:22:04 81   106.00 CHIX
16:22:04 1,047   106.20 XLON
16:22:06 921   106.20 XLON
16:24:06 671   106.20 XLON
16:24:06 450   106.20 XLON
16:27:18 811   106.30 XLON
16:27:18 724   106.30 XLON
16:27:18 993   106.40 XLON
16:28:18 866   106.60 XLON
16:28:18 1,928   106.60 XLON
16:28:18 2,218   106.70 XLON
16:28:18 658   106.70 XLON
16:29:05 192   106.65 BATE
16:29:05 1,404   106.80 XLON
16:29:05 2,612   106.90 XLON
16:35:15 19,254   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 6,636   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 15,726   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 994   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 8,962   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 1,736   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 430   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 4,229   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 8,342   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 125   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 1,066   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 25,500   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 14,452   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 939   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 2,370   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 1,611   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 1   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 630   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 236   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 9,618   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 5,657   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 10,932   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 282   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 13,335   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 6,849   106.10 XLON
16:35:15 10,265   106.10 XLON

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