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 Liberum Capital Limited.

Date of Purchase 13 February 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased 606,786
Weighted average price paid (p) 113.80
Highest price paid (p) 114.50
Lowest price paid (p) 112.30

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 16,598,325 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  Additionally, on 13 February 2023 FirstGroup plc allotted 27,107 shares to satisfy obligations under the Share Incentive Plan (which is an all-employee share plan).

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 733,960,379. 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 13 February 2023 is  733,960,379. 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: Liberum Capital Limited

Intermediary Code: RINFGB21XXX

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 Liberum Capital 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 113.72 355,151
CHIX 113.81 61,287
BATE 113.97 169,812
TRQX 113.65 20,536

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time Volume Price (GBp) Venue
08:03:09 1129 112.3 BATE
08:05:16 1292 112.6 CHIX
08:08:33 3463 112.5 XLON
08:10:09 2903 112.9 XLON
08:13:40 1000 112.9 BATE
08:13:40 380 112.9 BATE
08:13:40 3101 112.9 XLON
08:25:30 2110 113.6 CHIX
08:25:30 1317 113.1 TRQX
08:30:17 776 113.2 XLON
08:30:17 2906 113.2 XLON
08:30:17 1991 113.2 XLON
08:36:40 621 113.1 XLON
08:36:40 1100 113.1 XLON
08:36:40 1100 113.1 XLON
08:36:40 284 113.1 XLON
08:36:40 3194 113.1 XLON
08:36:40 2845 113.1 XLON
08:37:30 1151 113.1 CHIX
08:43:31 3239 112.9 XLON
08:45:03 440 113.1 TRQX
08:45:03 858 113.1 TRQX
08:56:40 3185 113.1 XLON
08:58:19 941 113.4 BATE
08:58:19 339 113.4 BATE
09:02:30 1098 113.6 CHIX
09:02:30 274 113.5 CHIX
09:02:30 1241 113.4 CHIX
09:17:19 153 114.0 BATE
09:17:19 1050 114.0 BATE
09:22:56 970 113.7 XLON
09:22:56 395 113.7 XLON
09:22:56 368 113.7 XLON
09:22:56 758 113.7 XLON
09:22:56 418 113.7 XLON
09:22:56 1672 113.6 XLON
09:22:56 1842 113.6 XLON
09:22:56 3334 113.5 XLON
09:22:56 1116 113.5 XLON
09:22:56 1831 113.5 XLON
09:22:56 1125 113.5 TRQX
09:41:27 1141 113.4 XLON
09:45:02 1088 113.4 XLON
09:45:02 761 113.4 XLON
09:52:02 992 113.2 XLON
09:52:02 1948 113.2 XLON
09:54:17 1147 113.1 CHIX
09:56:40 2734 113.0 XLON
10:00:34 1404 112.8 TRQX
10:00:35 2216 112.7 XLON
10:00:35 1028 112.7 XLON
10:08:54 2809 113.1 CHIX
10:08:54 1442 112.9 CHIX
10:08:54 741 112.7 XLON
10:08:54 2485 112.7 XLON
10:18:08 2735 113.4 XLON
10:18:18 3298 113.5 XLON
10:18:18 2200 113.5 XLON
10:18:18 507 113.5 XLON
10:18:19 683 113.6 BATE
10:18:19 587 113.6 BATE
10:18:19 14 113.6 BATE
10:20:03 1714 113.7 BATE
10:20:03 1775 113.7 BATE
10:20:18 3277 113.6 XLON
10:24:18 694 113.6 XLON
10:24:18 2251 113.6 XLON
10:29:13 2945 113.5 XLON
10:29:13 2000 113.4 BATE
10:29:13 440 113.4 BATE
10:29:13 4424 113.3 XLON
10:46:40 259 113.3 TRQX
10:46:40 953 113.3 TRQX
10:47:58 1117 113.4 XLON
10:47:58 612 113.4 XLON
10:56:18 3182 113.5 XLON
11:04:18 1100 113.5 XLON
11:04:18 2165 113.5 XLON
11:10:58 2325 113.5 XLON
11:10:58 946 113.5 XLON
11:13:02 1654 113.5 BATE
11:13:02 1000 113.4 BATE
11:13:02 1000 113.4 BATE
11:13:02 678 113.4 BATE
11:13:47 1298 113.4 CHIX
11:13:47 4581 113.3 XLON
11:20:17 572 113.7 CHIX
11:20:17 1301 113.7 CHIX
11:20:17 1306 113.7 CHIX
11:25:40 181 113.4 TRQX
11:25:40 1066 113.4 TRQX
11:31:25 2883 113.2 XLON
11:31:25 2899 113.2 XLON
11:42:04 992 113.2 XLON
12:02:04 416 113.4 XLON
12:02:04 544 113.4 XLON
12:04:02 1072 113.2 XLON
12:04:02 660 113.2 XLON
12:04:02 2828 113.2 XLON
12:05:19 1167 113.9 CHIX
12:11:04 1100 113.6 XLON
12:11:04 305 113.6 XLON
12:11:04 1626 113.6 XLON
12:13:02 1223 113.5 TRQX
12:13:02 907 113.5 XLON
12:13:02 2040 113.5 XLON
12:28:02 878 113.6 XLON
12:28:02 512 113.6 XLON
12:28:02 2 113.6 XLON
12:28:19 768 113.7 CHIX
12:28:19 437 113.7 CHIX
12:28:40 907 113.6 XLON
12:31:09 1083 113.8 XLON
12:31:09 1806 113.8 XLON
12:36:39 2377 113.9 XLON
12:36:39 526 113.9 XLON
12:39:02 1842 113.9 CHIX
12:39:02 684 113.8 XLON
12:39:02 2200 113.8 XLON
12:39:02 204 113.8 XLON
12:52:02 45 114.0 TRQX
12:52:02 1 114.0 TRQX
12:53:19 1151 114.0 TRQX
12:55:19 1131 114.1 XLON
12:55:19 2003 114.1 XLON
12:55:19 3389 114.1 XLON
12:55:20 2214 114.3 CHIX
12:55:20 640 114.3 CHIX
13:02:49 2766 114.0 XLON
13:02:49 2761 114.0 XLON
13:02:50 4397 113.9 XLON
13:02:50 946 113.8 XLON
13:03:20 364 114.2 CHIX
13:03:20 1189 114.2 CHIX
13:03:20 1206 114.2 CHIX
13:04:02 106 114.0 BATE
13:04:02 1877 114.0 BATE
13:04:02 148 114.0 BATE
13:04:02 1100 114.0 BATE
13:04:02 680 114.0 BATE
13:04:51 131 113.7 XLON
13:04:51 732 113.7 XLON
13:13:02 992 113.7 XLON
13:13:02 1522 113.7 XLON
13:13:02 2736 113.7 XLON
13:17:25 1038 113.6 XLON
13:18:03 992 113.6 XLON
13:18:03 768 113.6 XLON
13:36:03 1976 113.9 XLON
13:36:03 590 113.9 XLON
13:36:03 1529 113.9 XLON
13:36:03 1381 113.9 XLON
13:36:03 930 113.9 BATE
13:36:03 6318 113.9 BATE
13:36:03 5894 113.9 CHIX
13:36:03 1368 113.8 XLON
13:36:03 1242 113.7 TRQX
13:36:03 2969 113.6 XLON
13:37:03 3152 113.8 XLON
13:38:19 3326 113.8 XLON
13:39:19 2925 113.8 XLON
13:39:19 203 113.7 XLON
13:39:19 2200 113.7 XLON
13:39:19 629 113.7 XLON
13:48:37 1607 113.7 XLON
13:58:33 1722 113.7 XLON
14:05:33 1749 113.8 XLON
14:05:33 1443 113.8 XLON
14:06:40 951 113.7 TRQX
14:06:40 374 113.7 TRQX
14:06:40 229 113.7 CHIX
14:06:40 3674 113.7 CHIX
14:07:33 3044 113.7 XLON
14:07:33 226 113.7 XLON
14:08:22 2553 113.7 XLON
14:08:22 1578 113.6 BATE
14:08:22 2011 113.6 BATE
14:08:22 3620 113.6 BATE
14:08:22 1431 113.6 BATE
14:08:22 2885 113.6 XLON
14:08:22 2128 113.6 BATE
14:08:22 2725 113.6 XLON
14:08:22 96 113.6 BATE
14:08:22 626 113.6 BATE
14:08:22 856 113.6 BATE
14:08:22 244 113.6 BATE
14:12:22 237 113.7 CHIX
14:14:02 992 113.7 CHIX
14:14:02 108 113.7 CHIX
14:18:23 258 113.7 XLON
14:18:23 562 113.7 XLON
14:18:41 2252 113.7 XLON
14:25:41 3348 113.8 XLON
14:28:26 1305 113.7 CHIX
14:28:26 1181 113.7 CHIX
14:28:26 1385 113.7 TRQX
14:28:26 3251 113.7 XLON
14:28:26 2650 113.7 XLON
14:28:26 700 113.7 XLON
14:28:26 2745 113.6 XLON
14:28:26 525 113.6 BATE
14:28:26 673 113.6 BATE
14:28:26 2845 113.6 BATE
14:28:26 2712 113.6 XLON
14:28:26 573 113.5 XLON
14:28:27 911 114.0 BATE
14:28:27 5109 114.0 BATE
14:28:27 3161 114.0 BATE
14:28:27 3586 113.8 BATE
14:28:27 515 113.8 BATE
14:28:31 672 114.0 BATE
14:28:31 929 114.0 BATE
14:28:31 373 114.0 BATE
14:28:31 1325 114.0 BATE
14:28:42 3308 113.9 XLON
14:29:02 1350 113.8 BATE
14:29:02 2764 113.7 XLON
14:29:02 3603 113.7 XLON
14:29:49 1478 113.6 XLON
14:31:49 3222 113.7 XLON
14:33:49 2277 113.7 XLON
14:33:49 1031 113.7 XLON
14:33:49 4462 113.7 XLON
14:33:49 174 113.7 XLON
14:34:02 1336 113.9 BATE
14:35:03 798 113.8 CHIX
14:35:51 1337 113.9 BATE
14:35:51 501 113.9 BATE
14:36:53 299 113.8 CHIX
14:36:53 938 113.8 BATE
14:36:53 91 113.8 CHIX
14:36:53 753 113.8 BATE
14:39:56 2200 113.8 XLON
14:39:56 821 113.8 XLON
14:39:56 1718 113.7 XLON
14:42:05 1285 113.7 XLON
14:42:05 2709 113.7 XLON
14:42:05 1951 113.7 BATE
14:42:07 2880 113.6 XLON
14:45:02 1146 113.5 CHIX
14:49:50 782 113.6 TRQX
14:51:38 600 113.6 TRQX
14:54:07 3293 113.7 XLON
14:55:07 8469 114.0 BATE
14:55:07 1100 114.0 BATE
14:55:07 319 114.0 BATE
14:55:07 12483 114.0 BATE
14:55:07 1406 113.9 CHIX
14:55:07 1395 113.9 BATE
14:55:07 3263 113.9 BATE
14:55:07 4236 113.7 XLON
14:55:07 1841 113.7 CHIX
14:55:08 3134 113.7 XLON
15:00:00 2078 113.8 XLON
15:00:00 1064 113.8 XLON
15:00:00 156 113.8 XLON
15:00:52 2979 113.8 XLON
15:00:52 2518 113.8 XLON
15:00:52 254 113.8 XLON
15:01:52 2961 113.8 BATE
15:11:18 1151 113.8 CHIX
15:11:19 489 113.6 XLON
15:11:19 2761 113.6 XLON
15:11:52 285 113.6 BATE
15:11:52 774 113.6 BATE
15:15:35 576 113.7 XLON
15:16:07 366 113.8 TRQX
15:16:07 846 113.8 TRQX
15:17:35 3269 113.9 XLON
15:18:39 84 113.8 CHIX
15:18:39 1150 113.8 CHIX
15:18:39 2776 113.8 XLON
15:19:42 299 113.8 CHIX
15:20:49 2929 113.9 XLON
15:21:39 3328 113.9 XLON
15:21:39 1832 113.9 XLON
15:21:43 1394 114.0 BATE
15:21:43 707 114.0 BATE
15:21:43 6000 114.0 BATE
15:21:43 1000 114.0 BATE
15:21:43 3443 114.0 BATE
15:21:43 9071 114.0 BATE
15:21:43 1296 113.9 CHIX
15:23:19 1792 113.8 XLON
15:23:19 1100 113.8 XLON
15:23:19 299 113.8 XLON
15:28:28 1292 114.3 BATE
15:28:28 595 114.3 BATE
15:28:28 40 114.3 BATE
15:28:28 40 114.3 BATE
15:28:28 22 114.3 BATE
15:28:28 31 114.3 BATE
15:28:28 34 114.3 BATE
15:28:28 54 114.3 BATE
15:28:28 28 114.3 BATE
15:28:28 24 114.3 BATE
15:28:28 8800 114.3 BATE
15:28:28 197 114.3 BATE
15:28:28 306 114.3 BATE
15:30:08 5548 114.2 BATE
15:30:08 1247 114.2 CHIX
15:30:08 1169 114.2 BATE
15:30:08 3311 114.2 XLON
15:31:08 4689 114.2 XLON
15:31:08 335 114.2 XLON
15:32:08 1000 114.2 BATE
15:32:08 401 114.2 BATE
15:37:08 3270 114.3 XLON
15:39:08 2030 114.3 XLON
15:39:08 38 114.3 XLON
15:39:08 1002 114.3 XLON
15:39:09 641 114.3 TRQX
15:39:09 1439 114.3 CHIX
15:39:09 3095 114.3 BATE
15:39:09 579 114.3 TRQX
15:40:08 3321 114.3 XLON
15:40:40 1259 114.3 BATE
15:40:40 3839 114.3 XLON
15:48:45 2974 114.4 XLON
15:49:33 1557 114.4 CHIX
15:49:33 17 114.4 CHIX
15:50:45 1100 114.4 XLON
15:50:45 171 114.4 XLON
15:50:45 1100 114.4 XLON
15:50:45 750 114.4 XLON
15:55:45 925 114.5 TRQX
15:55:45 424 114.5 TRQX
15:55:45 1100 114.4 XLON
15:55:45 1751 114.4 XLON
15:55:45 1000 114.4 CHIX
15:55:45 361 114.4 CHIX
15:56:47 6224 114.4 BATE
15:57:52 1337 114.4 BATE
15:59:52 2839 114.5 XLON
16:01:03 2651 114.5 XLON
16:01:03 2914 114.5 XLON
16:08:03 3094 114.5 XLON
16:10:03 2429 114.5 XLON
16:10:03 822 114.5 XLON
16:11:53 842 114.5 BATE
16:11:53 347 114.5 BATE
16:11:53 4884 114.5 BATE
16:11:53 1013 114.5 CHIX
16:11:53 1100 114.5 CHIX
16:11:53 505 114.5 CHIX
16:11:57 3144 114.4 XLON
16:11:57 2652 114.4 XLON
16:15:45 775 114.4 TRQX
16:15:45 623 114.4 TRQX
16:17:52 3542 114.4 XLON
16:18:07 167 114.3 BATE
16:20:52 4159 114.4 XLON
16:21:30 4914 114.4 BATE
16:21:30 992 114.4 CHIX
16:21:30 995 114.4 CHIX
16:22:52 3205 114.4 XLON
16:24:52 3188 114.4 XLON
16:25:56 911 114.4 CHIX
16:25:56 24 114.4 CHIX
16:25:56 37 114.4 CHIX
16:25:56 40 114.4 CHIX
16:25:56 2890 114.4 BATE
16:26:18 282 114.3 XLON
16:26:18 1000 114.3 XLON
16:26:18 1741 114.3 XLON
16:28:49 621 114.3 BATE
16:28:49 1911 114.3 BATE

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