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 April 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	143,946
Weighted average price paid (p)	104.01
Highest price paid (p)	104.70
Lowest price paid (p)	102.80

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 32,179,357 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 718,417,405. 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 April 2023 is 718,417,405. 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	97,518	104.10
BATE	15,885	103.78
CHIX	19,235	103.75
TRQX	11,308	104.02

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
09:22:38	166	103.40	XLON
09:22:40	33	103.40	XLON
09:26:24	7	103.30	XLON
09:26:24	5	103.30	TRQX
09:26:24	167	103.30	BATE
09:26:24	1	103.30	TRQX
09:26:24	166	103.30	CHIX
09:26:24	263	103.30	XLON
09:26:25	934	103.20	BATE
09:30:20	284	103.10	TRQX
09:30:20	284	103.10	XLON
09:30:20	284	103.10	BATE
09:30:20	284	103.10	CHIX
09:30:20	56	103.10	XLON
09:51:03	59	103.50	BATE
09:51:05	123	103.50	XLON
09:51:06	887	103.60	BATE
09:51:08	58	103.60	XLON
09:51:09	178	103.60	BATE
09:51:12	24	103.60	XLON
09:51:15	36	103.60	BATE
09:51:18	11	103.60	XLON
09:51:21	7	103.60	BATE
09:51:24	5	103.60	XLON
09:51:27	2	103.60	XLON
09:51:28	1	103.60	BATE
09:58:47	1	103.60	XLON
09:58:47	58	103.30	CHIX
10:10:03	84	103.90	XLON
10:10:03	208	103.70	CHIX
10:23:30	69	103.60	TRQX
10:23:30	134	103.60	XLON
10:23:30	65	103.60	TRQX
10:23:30	51	103.60	BATE
10:23:30	134	103.60	CHIX
10:23:30	84	103.60	BATE
10:25:45	244	103.50	BATE
10:25:45	243	103.50	TRQX
10:25:45	244	103.50	CHIX
10:25:45	244	103.50	XLON
10:35:36	270	103.80	XLON
10:35:37	5	103.80	XLON
10:35:39	9	103.80	XLON
10:35:39	45	103.80	XLON
10:35:42	1	103.80	XLON
10:45:02	11	103.80	XLON
10:45:06	98	103.90	XLON
10:45:07	3	103.90	XLON
10:45:09	19	103.90	XLON
10:45:12	1	103.90	XLON
11:20:02	351	104.20	BATE
11:20:02	125	104.20	BATE
11:20:04	48	104.20	XLON
11:20:06	131	104.30	BATE
11:20:09	9	104.30	XLON
11:20:12	27	104.30	BATE
11:20:15	5	104.30	CHIX
11:20:18	6	104.30	BATE
11:20:21	4	104.30	XLON
11:20:24	1	104.30	BATE
11:41:34	1	104.30	XLON
11:41:34	40	104.10	BATE
11:53:03	174	104.00	BATE
11:53:03	5	104.00	TRQX
11:53:03	1	104.00	CHIX
11:53:03	1	104.00	XLON
11:53:04	867	104.00	BATE
11:53:04	472	104.00	XLON
11:53:04	471	104.00	TRQX
11:53:04	472	104.00	BATE
11:53:04	472	104.00	CHIX
11:55:00	138	104.30	XLON
11:55:02	137	104.30	TRQX
11:55:03	28	104.30	XLON
11:55:06	27	104.30	TRQX
11:55:09	6	104.30	XLON
11:55:12	5	104.30	TRQX
11:55:15	1	104.30	XLON
11:55:18	1	104.30	TRQX
11:57:34	1	104.30	XLON
12:08:00	72	104.00	TRQX
12:08:00	138	104.00	BATE
12:08:00	138	104.00	CHIX
12:08:00	77	104.00	CHIX
12:08:00	444	104.00	XLON
12:21:56	33	104.10	XLON
12:21:56	31	104.00	XLON
12:30:06	154	103.90	XLON
12:30:06	153	103.90	TRQX
12:30:06	154	103.90	BATE
12:30:06	154	103.90	CHIX
12:44:13	36	103.70	XLON
12:44:13	35	103.70	TRQX
12:44:13	36	103.70	BATE
12:44:13	36	103.70	CHIX
12:44:13	148	103.70	CHIX
12:44:21	150	103.40	XLON
12:44:21	149	103.40	TRQX
12:44:21	150	103.40	BATE
12:44:21	150	103.40	CHIX
13:00:21	60	103.30	XLON
13:00:21	60	103.30	BATE
13:00:21	60	103.30	CHIX
13:00:21	59	103.30	TRQX
13:20:40	30	103.20	XLON
13:20:40	4	103.20	TRQX
13:20:40	30	103.20	CHIX
13:20:40	4	103.20	BATE
13:20:40	26	103.20	TRQX
13:20:40	26	103.20	BATE
13:20:40	6	103.20	TRQX
13:42:47	224	103.00	XLON
13:42:47	55	103.00	TRQX
13:42:47	168	103.00	TRQX
13:42:47	121	103.00	CHIX
13:42:47	55	103.00	BATE
13:42:47	103	103.00	CHIX
13:42:47	169	103.00	BATE
14:17:38	201	102.80	XLON
14:17:38	54	102.80	TRQX
14:17:38	195	102.80	CHIX
14:17:38	216	102.80	BATE
14:17:38	162	102.80	TRQX
14:17:38	15	102.80	XLON
14:17:38	21	102.80	CHIX
14:21:28	121	103.00	BATE
14:21:30	120	103.00	XLON
14:23:28	120	102.80	TRQX
14:23:28	1,418	102.80	BATE
14:23:28	606	102.80	CHIX
14:26:38	286	103.20	BATE
14:26:38	285	103.10	XLON
14:26:38	560	103.00	XLON
14:26:38	1,730	103.00	XLON
14:27:40	2,703	103.10	XLON
14:27:40	4,165	103.10	CHIX
14:27:40	103	103.10	XLON
14:27:40	86	103.10	CHIX
14:27:40	271	103.00	TRQX
14:27:40	183	103.00	TRQX
14:27:40	234	103.00	TRQX
14:27:41	64	103.40	CHIX
14:27:41	397	103.40	CHIX
14:27:41	2,092	103.40	CHIX
14:27:41	1,199	103.40	XLON
14:56:38	799	103.70	XLON
14:56:38	1,199	103.40	BATE
14:56:40	999	103.70	XLON
14:56:41	23	103.70	XLON
14:56:41	843	103.70	XLON
15:01:02	932	103.60	TRQX
15:01:02	932	103.60	XLON
15:01:02	866	103.60	BATE
15:01:02	866	103.60	CHIX
15:04:27	932	103.50	TRQX
15:04:27	932	103.50	XLON
15:04:27	866	103.50	BATE
15:04:27	866	103.50	CHIX
15:20:40	999	104.60	XLON
15:20:43	699	104.60	XLON
15:20:43	1,198	104.50	XLON
15:20:43	1,199	104.50	BATE
15:20:43	1,199	104.50	CHIX
15:25:39	1,198	104.50	TRQX
15:25:39	1,013	104.50	BATE
15:25:39	186	104.50	BATE
15:33:31	1,118	104.70	XLON
15:33:31	1,199	104.70	XLON
15:42:43	1,198	104.60	TRQX
15:42:43	1,199	104.60	CHIX
15:42:44	799	104.70	BATE
15:48:39	1,187	104.50	TRQX
15:48:39	600	104.50	XLON
15:48:39	999	104.50	TRQX
15:48:39	199	104.50	XLON
15:48:39	999	104.50	CHIX
15:55:38	899	104.30	TRQX
15:55:38	899	104.30	XLON
15:55:38	645	104.30	BATE
15:55:38	899	104.30	CHIX
15:55:38	254	104.30	BATE
16:29:03	2,093	104.50	CHIX
16:29:40	899	104.30	BATE
16:29:40	899	104.30	TRQX
16:29:40	899	104.30	XLON
16:29:40	899	104.30	CHIX
16:35:20	6,386	104.20	XLON
16:35:20	3,117	104.20	XLON
16:35:20	4,015	104.20	XLON
16:35:20	9,526	104.20	XLON
16:35:20	433	104.20	XLON
16:35:20	14,136	104.20	XLON
16:35:20	6,153	104.20	XLON
16:35:20	8,417	104.20	XLON
16:35:20	937	104.20	XLON
16:35:20	4,130	104.20	XLON
16:35:20	5,270	104.20	XLON
16:35:20	4,530	104.20	XLON
16:35:20	5,414	104.20	XLON
16:35:20	1,972	104.20	XLON