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 24 April 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased 386,949
Weighted average price paid (p) 109.49
Highest price paid (p) 111.30
Lowest price paid (p) 108.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 36,610,829 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 714,019,250. 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 24 April 2023 is 714,019,250. 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 109.42 279,879
BATE 109.77 55,247
CHIX 109.57 40,325
TRQX 109.70 11,498

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time Volume Price (GBp) Venue
08:01:52 790 109.30 XLON
08:01:52 289 109.30 XLON
08:01:52 1,328 109.30 XLON
08:01:52 2,468 109.30 XLON
08:04:02 184 109.10 XLON
08:04:02 2,434 109.10 XLON
08:07:50 2,931 109.10 XLON
08:08:53 1,500 108.70 XLON
08:10:53 2,550 109.10 XLON
08:11:53 3,618 108.90 XLON
08:15:54 2,634 108.70 XLON
08:15:54 2,437 108.70 XLON
08:16:10 2,290 108.40 XLON
08:16:10 2,379 108.40 CHIX
08:16:10 657 108.40 CHIX
08:16:10 2,427 108.50 XLON
08:19:11 2,184 108.20 XLON
08:23:43 1,876 108.30 BATE
08:23:43 1,105 108.30 BATE
08:30:11 2,250 108.60 XLON
08:31:38 2,833 108.60 XLON
08:31:38 2,286 108.70 XLON
08:31:38 901 108.70 XLON
08:31:38 2,919 108.60 BATE
08:33:27 2,547 108.50 XLON
08:41:13 2,157 108.60 XLON
08:41:13 2,145 108.60 XLON
08:41:13 144 108.60 XLON
08:41:13 337 108.60 XLON
08:41:13 651 108.60 XLON
08:42:29 2,564 109.10 XLON
08:42:52 9,252 109.60 XLON
08:43:10 2,699 109.80 CHIX
08:43:14 2,485 109.40 XLON
08:44:29 2,500 109.60 BATE
08:45:14 2,567 109.60 XLON
08:45:44 2,489 109.40 TRQX
08:45:48 2,756 109.40 XLON
08:45:59 2,605 109.00 XLON
08:49:33 2504 109.40 XLON
08:50:08 2,617 109.00 XLON
08:51:54 2,674 109.00 XLON
08:53:04 2,055 109.20 BATE
08:53:04 800 109.20 BATE
08:54:04 2,415 109.40 XLON
08:55:08 1,875 109.30 XLON
08:55:08 673 109.30 XLON
09:01:02 2,508 109.30 XLON
09:07:45 2,476 109.10 CHIX
09:11:38 819 109.00 XLON
09:11:38 1,600 109.00 XLON
09:38:17 2,693 109.10 XLON
09:47:17 784 109.00 XLON
09:47:17 1,600 109.00 XLON
09:55:55 1,989 109.00 CHIX
09:55:55 800 109.00 CHIX
09:59:17 2,241 109.00 XLON
10:17:15 1,656 109.00 XLON
10:17:20 764 109.00 XLON
10:36:42 1,828 109.10 TRQX
10:36:42 1,037 109.10 TRQX
10:37:31 763 109.00 XLON
10:37:31 1,546 109.00 XLON
10:44:40 2,768 109.30 CHIX
10:52:00 160 109.10 XLON
10:52:00 378 109.10 XLON
10:52:00 1,899 109.10 XLON
10:52:00 2,303 109.10 XLON
10:52:00 75 109.10 XLON
10:52:00 241 109.10 XLON
10:54:00 149 109.10 XLON
10:56:56 447 109.10 XLON
10:56:56 2,095 109.10 XLON
11:01:56 1,097 109.30 XLON
11:01:56 412 109.30 XLON
11:01:56 800 109.30 XLON
11:02:05 256 109.20 BATE
11:02:05 445 109.20 BATE
11:02:05 2,259 109.20 BATE
11:18:50 2,516 109.20 XLON
11:18:50 1,335 109.30 XLON
11:18:50 4,800 109.30 XLON
11:18:50 424 109.30 XLON
11:21:50 303 109.20 XLON
11:23:50 2,320 109.30 XLON
11:32:49 2,450 109.20 XLON
11:32:54 2,860 109.10 CHIX
11:41:54 2,408 108.90 XLON
11:46:54 2,442 108.90 XLON
11:54:05 2,472 108.90 BATE
11:58:18 2,464 108.90 XLON
11:58:18 877 108.80 XLON
11:58:18 800 108.80 XLON
11:58:18 800 108.80 XLON
12:21:18 2,619 109.10 XLON
12:29:26 2,432 108.80 XLON
12:40:05 379 109.00 BATE
12:40:05 2,453 109.00 BATE
12:40:06 12 108.90 XLON
12:40:06 395 108.90 XLON
12:40:40 4,049 109.00 XLON
12:40:40 2,815 109.00 CHIX
12:43:05 2,925 109.10 BATE
12:45:17 2,271 109.00 XLON
12:46:49 539 108.90 XLON
12:51:21 575 108.90 XLON
12:51:21 1,233 108.90 XLON
13:04:22 1,034 108.80 XLON
13:07:22 718 108.90 XLON
13:07:22 1,600 108.90 XLON
13:07:22 372 108.90 XLON
13:12:22 23 108.90 XLON
13:12:22 1,600 108.90 XLON
13:12:22 800 108.90 XLON
13:18:22 1,918 108.90 XLON
13:18:22 251 108.90 XLON
13:30:13 1,633 108.90 XLON
13:30:13 826 108.90 XLON
13:30:13 398 108.90 XLON
13:30:13 800 108.90 XLON
13:30:13 800 108.90 XLON
13:30:13 528 108.90 XLON
13:30:42 2,127 108.90 TRQX
13:30:42 948 108.90 TRQX
13:34:13 243 108.90 XLON
13:34:13 2,400 108.90 XLON
13:39:13 967 108.90 XLON
13:39:13 1,600 108.90 XLON
13:47:59 2,680 109.10 XLON
13:53:02 1,974 109.10 XLON
13:53:02 440 109.10 XLON
13:53:02 188 109.10 XLON
13:53:02 157 109.10 XLON
13:53:02 240 109.10 XLON
13:54:05 2,952 109.20 BATE
13:55:14 452 109.10 XLON
13:56:01 2,523 109.00 XLON
13:56:23 2,407 109.10 XLON
13:56:40 2,548 109.30 CHIX
13:59:00 2,306 110.10 XLON
14:00:00 2,820 110.30 CHIX
14:00:13 2,632 110.10 XLON
14:01:05 2,757 110.10 BATE
14:04:06 152 109.80 XLON
14:04:06 2,191 109.80 XLON
14:12:03 2,674 109.80 XLON
14:19:17 1,268 109.60 XLON
14:19:17 1,415 109.60 XLON
14:24:02 2,406 109.80 XLON
14:24:34 2,833 109.90 BATE
14:30:00 1,600 109.80 CHIX
14:30:00 1,248 109.80 CHIX
14:32:26 1,608 109.80 XLON
14:32:26 882 109.80 XLON
14:33:26 2,227 109.80 XLON
14:35:26 2,643 109.80 XLON
14:38:26 2,263 109.80 XLON
14:38:26 323 109.80 XLON
14:42:26 481 109.70 XLON
14:47:00 2,161 109.80 XLON
14:47:00 1,001 109.80 XLON
14:47:00 823 109.80 CHIX
14:47:00 2,087 109.80 CHIX
14:57:53 389 109.70 XLON
15:00:08 2,401 109.90 XLON
15:00:08 402 109.80 XLON
15:03:08 2,269 109.90 XLON
15:11:00 3,349 109.90 XLON
15:11:00 670 110.00 CHIX
15:11:00 800 110.00 CHIX
15:11:00 800 110.00 CHIX
15:11:00 800 110.00 CHIX
15:12:00 2,608 109.90 XLON
15:18:49 2,890 109.90 XLON
15:18:49 528 109.90 XLON
15:20:31 1,575 109.90 XLON
15:20:31 800 109.90 XLON
15:20:31 825 109.90 BATE
15:20:31 547 109.90 BATE
15:20:31 800 109.90 BATE
15:20:31 687 109.90 BATE
15:23:47 743 110.00 BATE
15:23:47 2,384 110.00 BATE
15:29:19 2,183 109.90 XLON
15:37:08 383 109.90 XLON
15:37:30 2,326 109.90 XLON
15:37:30 2,176 109.90 XLON
15:37:30 2,257 109.90 XLON
15:37:30 2,434 109.90 XLON
15:37:30 2,439 109.90 XLON
15:37:30 1,868 109.90 XLON
15:37:49 596 109.90 XLON
15:37:49 800 109.90 XLON
15:37:49 800 109.90 XLON
15:40:17 442 109.90 CHIX
15:40:17 275 109.90 CHIX
15:40:17 304 109.90 CHIX
15:40:17 800 109.90 CHIX
15:40:17 2,096 109.90 BATE
15:40:17 800 109.90 BATE
15:40:17 990 109.90 CHIX
15:40:17 800 109.90 XLON
15:40:17 1,437 109.90 XLON
15:41:49 532 109.90 XLON
15:43:17 967 109.90 XLON
15:44:17 555 109.90 XLON
15:45:17 409 109.90 XLON
15:46:46 2,513 109.90 XLON
15:49:49 565 109.90 XLON
15:54:20 1,220 110.10 XLON
15:54:20 664 110.10 XLON
15:54:20 800 110.10 XLON
15:54:20 2,400 110.10 XLON
15:54:20 2,964 110.00 XLON
16:00:43 2,595 110.20 XLON
16:05:00 2,506 110.10 XLON
16:06:17 2,672 110.60 BATE
16:07:17 2,906 110.60 CHIX
16:07:56 2,464 110.50 XLON
16:09:57 2,357 110.90 XLON
16:11:57 2,275 110.90 XLON
16:13:57 2,231 110.90 XLON
16:16:57 1,566 110.90 XLON
16:17:03 613 110.90 XLON
16:20:12 1,877 110.90 BATE
16:20:12 374 110.90 BATE
16:20:12 916 110.90 BATE
16:20:12 2,384 110.90 BATE
16:20:12 1,278 110.90 BATE
16:20:12 2,667 110.90 BATE
16:20:12 3,200 110.90 BATE
16:20:12 11 110.90 BATE
16:20:43 2,512 110.90 XLON
16:21:41 475 110.90 CHIX
16:21:41 494 110.90 CHIX
16:21:42 1,576 111.30 TRQX
16:21:42 1,493 111.30 TRQX
16:24:02 877 110.90 XLON
16:24:04 690 110.90 XLON
16:24:05 567 110.90 XLON
16:24:25 45 110.90 XLON
16:27:25 1,911 110.80 XLON
16:27:25 770 110.80 XLON

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