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	18 April 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	424,842
Weighted average price paid (p)	108.78
Highest price paid (p)	109.70
Lowest price paid (p)	107.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 35,110,981 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 715,519,098. 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 18 April 2023 is 715,519,098. 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: 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	108.81	291,075
BATE	108.78	76,071
CHIX	43,914	108.58
TRQX	13,782	108.86

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:01:55	2,010	108.70	XLON
08:01:56	2,046	108.70	XLON
08:02:08	914	108.80	XLON
08:02:08	587	108.80	XLON
08:02:08	1,000	108.80	XLON
08:06:51	493	109.00	CHIX
08:06:51	462	109.10	BATE
08:06:51	2,207	109.10	BATE
08:07:08	1,891	109.20	XLON
08:08:22	1,463	109.00	CHIX
08:08:22	438	109.00	CHIX
08:08:22	371	109.00	CHIX
08:16:36	1,941	109.10	XLON
08:16:36	2,761	109.10	XLON
08:40:36	2,367	108.90	XLON
08:40:51	2,700	109.00	BATE
08:40:51	269	109.00	BATE
08:43:03	1,108	108.90	CHIX
08:46:28	42	109.10	XLON
08:46:28	2,649	109.10	TRQX
08:46:28	42	109.10	TRQX
08:46:29	1,514	109.10	XLON
08:46:29	2,448	109.10	XLON
08:46:32	763	109.10	XLON
08:47:03	107	109.00	CHIX
08:47:03	2,968	109.00	CHIX
09:13:10	2,355	108.80	XLON
09:13:10	410	108.80	XLON
09:19:10	42	108.60	XLON
09:19:10	1,822	108.60	XLON
09:19:10	1,300	108.60	XLON
09:21:26	2,245	108.50	XLON
09:28:02	248	108.50	XLON
09:28:02	268	108.50	XLON
09:28:02	225	108.50	XLON
09:28:02	2,097	108.50	XLON
09:28:02	230	108.50	XLON
09:31:03	3,016	108.70	CHIX
09:34:02	1,715	108.70	XLON
09:34:02	403	108.70	XLON
09:39:51	1,085	108.60	BATE
09:39:51	301	108.60	BATE
09:39:51	586	108.60	BATE
09:39:54	690	108.60	BATE
09:59:35	3,574	108.60	XLON
10:07:28	2,511	108.20	CHIX
10:11:54	1,832	108.50	BATE
10:11:54	505	108.50	BATE
10:11:54	473	108.50	BATE
10:27:10	108	108.50	XLON
10:27:10	1,250	108.50	XLON
10:27:10	250	108.50	XLON
10:27:10	495	108.50	XLON
10:40:22	544	108.20	CHIX
10:41:10	963	108.30	XLON
10:41:10	900	108.30	XLON
10:41:10	51	108.30	XLON
10:41:10	312	108.30	XLON
10:50:28	674	108.00	CHIX
10:50:28	6	108.00	CHIX
11:08:59	213	108.00	CHIX
11:17:31	870	108.00	CHIX
11:20:40	1,112	108.00	CHIX
11:27:44	132	108.00	CHIX
11:27:44	461	108.00	CHIX
11:36:48	2,298	107.90	XLON
11:36:48	1,097	107.90	XLON
11:36:54	3,046	107.90	BATE
11:36:58	1,200	107.90	XLON
11:37:13	1,479	107.90	XLON
11:50:02	2,179	107.90	XLON
11:50:02	230	107.90	XLON
11:50:02	201	107.90	XLON
11:50:54	1,509	107.90	BATE
11:50:54	479	107.90	BATE
11:50:54	250	107.90	BATE
11:50:54	250	107.90	BATE
11:50:54	250	107.90	BATE
11:50:54	99	107.90	BATE
11:51:04	2,394	107.80	CHIX
11:51:06	296	107.80	CHIX
11:52:02	944	107.90	XLON
11:53:22	794	107.90	XLON
11:53:54	1,010	107.90	XLON
12:00:28	1,153	107.80	TRQX
12:00:28	1,768	107.80	TRQX
12:00:54	2,047	107.70	XLON
12:15:48	250	107.60	XLON
12:15:48	651	107.60	XLON
12:22:51	2,378	107.60	XLON
12:22:51	1,163	107.60	XLON
12:36:07	529	107.60	BATE
12:36:11	1,358	107.60	BATE
12:36:51	2,339	107.70	XLON
12:39:11	534	107.60	CHIX
12:50:38	864	107.60	CHIX
13:01:17	1,080	107.60	CHIX
13:10:19	1,165	107.60	BATE
13:10:19	326	107.60	CHIX
13:10:51	900	107.60	XLON
13:10:51	900	107.60	XLON
13:11:42	151	107.60	XLON
13:12:42	557	107.50	XLON
13:12:42	1,500	107.50	XLON
13:15:54	1,985	107.40	XLON
13:25:41	1,547	107.20	CHIX
13:26:11	2,053	107.40	XLON
13:26:41	2,640	107.40	BATE
13:26:43	1,225	107.40	XLON
13:26:43	500	107.40	XLON
13:26:43	500	107.40	XLON
13:37:15	1,892	107.30	XLON
13:37:15	327	107.30	XLON
13:37:15	3,086	107.30	XLON
13:37:15	500	107.30	XLON
13:37:15	928	107.20	CHIX
13:38:15	2,041	107.30	XLON
14:01:53	114	107.20	CHIX
14:02:17	4,867	107.30	XLON
14:02:17	278	107.30	XLON
14:02:17	100	107.30	CHIX
14:03:17	133	107.60	XLON
14:03:17	601	107.60	XLON
14:03:17	2,684	107.80	BATE
14:03:39	2,329	107.90	XLON
14:03:39	1,005	107.90	XLON
14:03:39	175	107.90	XLON
14:03:39	219	107.90	XLON
14:03:39	3,491	107.90	XLON
14:03:39	2,179	107.90	XLON
14:05:17	2,845	108.10	BATE
14:06:29	2,250	107.90	CHIX
14:06:29	576	107.90	CHIX
14:18:02	3,377	108.00	XLON
14:18:02	207	108.00	XLON
14:18:03	8,515	108.30	XLON
14:18:03	900	108.30	XLON
14:18:03	900	108.30	XLON
14:18:03	900	108.30	XLON
14:18:03	2,700	108.30	XLON
14:18:03	5,400	108.30	XLON
14:18:03	432	108.30	XLON
14:18:03	386	108.30	XLON
14:18:03	750	108.30	XLON
14:18:03	2,750	108.30	XLON
14:18:03	4,143	108.30	XLON
14:18:29	294	108.50	BATE
14:18:29	1,500	108.50	BATE
14:18:29	750	108.50	BATE
14:18:29	510	108.50	BATE
14:18:29	2,290	108.60	TRQX
14:18:29	547	108.60	TRQX
14:19:03	2,155	108.50	XLON
14:24:28	429	108.40	XLON
14:24:28	1,910	108.40	XLON
14:24:28	2,813	108.40	XLON
14:32:37	241	108.90	XLON
14:32:37	917	108.90	BATE
14:32:37	1,791	109.00	CHIX
14:32:37	626	109.00	CHIX
14:32:37	519	109.00	CHIX
14:32:37	8,098	108.90	XLON
14:32:37	1,800	108.90	BATE
14:32:37	327	108.90	BATE
14:32:37	2,429	108.90	BATE
14:32:47	4,688	109.10	XLON
14:32:47	4,300	109.10	XLON
14:46:10	519	109.30	XLON
14:46:10	146	109.30	XLON
14:46:10	6	109.30	XLON
14:46:10	1,986	109.20	BATE
14:46:10	3,111	109.20	BATE
14:46:10	38	109.00	BATE
14:46:10	11	109.10	BATE
14:46:10	6,300	109.20	BATE
14:46:10	449	109.20	BATE
14:46:11	1,741	109.30	XLON
14:46:29	918	109.70	TRQX
14:46:29	1,740	109.70	TRQX
14:47:14	5	109.40	XLON
14:47:25	28,300	109.50	XLON
14:47:25	1,463	109.50	XLON
14:47:25	8,000	109.50	XLON
14:47:25	1,971	109.50	XLON
14:47:25	814	109.50	XLON
14:47:30	396	109.50	XLON
14:47:30	10	109.50	XLON
14:49:51	5,226	109.50	XLON
14:49:51	2,742	109.50	XLON
14:49:51	388	109.50	XLON
14:49:51	2,640	109.30	CHIX
14:49:51	4,730	109.50	XLON
14:49:51	16,964	109.50	XLON
15:03:10	1,642	109.40	XLON
15:03:10	250	109.40	XLON
15:03:10	250	109.40	XLON
15:03:10	250	109.40	XLON
15:03:10	250	109.40	XLON
15:03:10	250	109.40	XLON
15:03:10	1,431	109.40	XLON
15:03:10	750	109.40	XLON
15:03:10	1,750	109.40	XLON
15:03:10	2,084	109.40	XLON
15:03:35	2,901	109.30	XLON
15:04:10	2,638	109.20	BATE
15:05:35	2,125	109.20	XLON
15:11:10	1,225	109.20	CHIX
15:11:10	1,508	109.20	CHIX
15:22:06	2,418	109.20	XLON
15:38:23	100	109.20	XLON
15:38:23	1,064	109.20	XLON
15:38:23	4,720	109.20	XLON
15:38:23	2,735	109.20	CHIX
15:39:12	330	109.10	BATE
15:39:12	900	109.10	BATE
15:39:15	319	109.10	BATE
15:39:15	1,479	109.10	BATE
15:43:12	943	109.00	XLON
15:51:44	815	109.00	XLON
15:53:39	126	109.00	XLON
15:54:29	900	109.20	TRQX
15:54:29	422	109.20	TRQX
15:54:29	1,353	109.20	TRQX
15:54:56	8,012	109.40	XLON
15:54:56	7,977	109.40	XLON
15:54:56	37	109.20	XLON
15:54:56	263	109.20	XLON
15:54:56	97	109.20	XLON
15:54:56	70	109.20	XLON
15:54:56	70	109.20	XLON
15:54:56	72	109.20	XLON
15:54:56	2,159	109.20	XLON
15:54:56	301	109.20	XLON
15:55:53	392	109.30	CHIX
16:04:19	215	109.40	CHIX
16:04:19	1,636	109.40	CHIX
16:04:19	1,223	109.40	CHIX
16:06:22	2,714	109.30	BATE
16:14:48	1,256	109.30	XLON
16:14:48	3,108	109.30	XLON
16:14:48	3,465	109.30	XLON
16:15:06	828	109.20	BATE
16:15:22	338	109.20	BATE
16:15:42	592	109.20	BATE
16:20:06	401	109.20	BATE
16:20:42	370	109.20	CHIX
16:21:32	3,105	109.20	XLON
16:21:32	539	109.20	CHIX
16:21:42	337	109.30	CHIX
16:23:01	689	109.30	BATE
16:24:34	689	109.30	BATE
16:24:34	250	109.30	BATE
16:24:34	152	109.30	BATE
16:24:34	662	109.30	CHIX
16:24:34	3,820	109.30	XLON
16:24:34	1799	109.30	BATE
16:24:34	442	109.30	BATE
16:24:42	39	109.30	BATE
16:24:43	1,648	109.30	BATE
16:25:34	2,071	109.20	XLON
16:26:40	2,996	109.20	BATE
16:26:43	2330	109.10	XLON
16:27:42	360	109.00	XLON
16:27:42	214	109.00	XLON
16:27:42	382	109.00	XLON
16:27:42	4096	109.10	BATE
16:27:42	4,096	109.20	BATE
16:29:12	393	109.00	XLON
16:29:30	84	109.00	XLON
16:29:30	1,561	109.00	XLON
16:29:52	340	109.00	XLON
16:29:52	219	109.00	XLON
16:29:52	387	109.00	XLON
16:29:52	187	109.00	XLON