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	3 May 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	235,591
Weighted average price paid (p)	117.99
Highest price paid (p)	118.20
Lowest price paid (p)	116.70

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 38,863,455 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 711,766,624. 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 May 2023 is 711,766,624. 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	117.86	170,376
BATE	117.84	22,353
CHIX	117.93	31,622
TRQX	118.20	11,240

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:02:48	2,703	116.90	BATE
08:02:48	2,173	117.40	XLON
08:02:48	104	117.40	XLON
08:06:48	2,575	117.10	XLON
08:06:48	2,565	117.10	XLON
08:06:48	1,968	117.00	XLON
08:06:48	1,737	117.00	XLON
08:06:48	861	117.00	XLON
08:07:27	2,804	117.00	CHIX
08:08:48	2,004	117.10	XLON
08:08:48	319	117.10	XLON
08:09:10	2,952	117.10	BATE
08:10:48	2,418	116.70	XLON
08:16:48	2,474	117.40	XLON
08:17:48	2,233	117.60	XLON
08:18:48	2,176	117.50	XLON
08:19:03	18	117.50	XLON
08:19:20	2,505	117.50	XLON
08:19:20	2,219	117.50	XLON
08:19:23	2,431	117.50	XLON
08:19:37	2,565	117.50	XLON
08:19:37	2,252	117.40	XLON
08:21:07	2,205	117.50	XLON
08:23:49	2,427	117.40	XLON
08:24:25	2,822	117.10	XLON
08:25:25	2,647	117.10	XLON
08:28:25	2,473	117.30	XLON
08:31:25	2,901	117.30	CHIX
08:33:25	2,471	117.30	XLON
08:37:25	2,000	117.40	XLON
08:37:25	170	117.40	XLON
08:41:07	2,328	117.70	XLON
08:48:07	2,441	117.70	XLON
08:58:31	1,729	117.70	XLON
08:58:31	754	117.70	XLON
09:01:37	2,218	118.20	TRQX
09:01:37	674	118.20	TRQX
09:03:19	2,482	117.70	XLON
09:05:40	2,823	117.70	CHIX
09:10:10	2700	117.90	BATE
09:10:10	341	117.90	BATE
09:10:19	2,550	117.90	XLON
09:17:32	1,228	117.70	XLON
09:17:32	1,100	117.70	XLON
09:21:19	467	118.00	XLON
10:46:09	2,631	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	2,625	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	2,572	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	2,564	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	2,561	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	2,500	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	2,450	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	2,419	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	2,392	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	2,373	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	2,324	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	2,247	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	1,816	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	1,457	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	1,432	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	1,344	118.20	CHIX
10:46:09	1,157	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	900	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	900	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	900	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	900	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	900	118.20	CHIX
10:46:09	900	118.20	CHIX
10:46:09	900	118.20	CHIX
10:46:09	877	118.20	CHIX
10:46:09	858	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	827	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	764	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	422	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	290	118.20	CHIX
10:46:09	136	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	42	118.20	XLON
10:46:09	23	118.20	CHIX
10:51:32	900	118.20	XLON
10:51:32	900	118.20	XLON
10:51:32	717	118.20	XLON
10:56:53	900	117.80	XLON
10:56:53	900	117.80	XLON
10:56:53	413	117.80	XLON
11:05:04	900	117.70	XLON
11:05:04	900	117.70	XLON
11:05:04	2	117.70	XLON
11:08:04	40	117.80	XLON
11:10:47	1,806	118.00	XLON
11:10:47	900	118.00	XLON
11:12:50	1,787	118.00	CHIX
11:12:50	900	118.00	CHIX
11:20:00	2,343	118.20	XLON
11:20:00	1,088	118.20	XLON
11:24:04	2,588	118.20	XLON
11:50:07	2,964	118.20	TRQX
11:50:07	2,066	118.20	XLON
11:50:07	213	118.20	XLON
13:16:02	2,114	118.20	CHIX
13:16:02	2,000	118.20	XLON
13:16:02	1,669	118.20	XLON
13:16:02	1,325	118.20	CHIX
13:16:02	900	118.20	XLON
13:16:02	900	118.20	CHIX
13:16:02	364	118.20	CHIX
13:16:02	311	118.20	CHIX
13:16:03	74	118.20	CHIX
13:16:15	936	118.20	BATE
13:16:43	202	118.20	BATE
13:21:20	900	118.20	BATE
13:21:20	832	118.20	BATE
13:22:45	2,700	118.10	CHIX
13:22:45	82	118.10	CHIX
13:22:45	21	118.10	CHIX
13:41:51	4,836	118.20	XLON
13:41:51	2,776	118.20	TRQX
13:41:51	2,698	118.20	XLON
13:41:51	1,049	118.20	XLON
13:41:51	919	118.20	XLON
13:41:51	296	118.20	XLON
13:41:51	258	118.20	XLON
14:05:27	3,972	118.10	XLON
14:05:27	1,709	118.20	BATE
14:05:27	1,669	118.10	BATE
14:05:27	1,178	118.10	BATE
14:05:27	900	118.10	XLON
14:05:27	776	118.20	BATE
14:05:27	542	118.10	XLON
14:45:52	3,518	118.20	XLON
14:45:52	2,822	118.20	XLON
14:45:52	2,772	118.20	CHIX
14:45:52	2,744	118.20	CHIX
14:45:52	2,608	118.20	TRQX
14:45:52	1,738	118.20	XLON
14:45:52	900	118.20	XLON
14:45:52	900	118.20	XLON
14:45:58	2,892	118.20	XLON
14:45:59	1,020	118.20	XLON
14:46:00	3,021	118.20	XLON
14:46:00	531	118.00	CHIX
14:46:16	1,157	118.00	CHIX
14:46:52	1,582	118.20	BATE
14:46:52	900	118.20	BATE
14:46:52	900	118.20	BATE
14:46:52	900	118.20	BATE
14:46:52	900	118.20	BATE
14:46:52	273	118.20	BATE
14:47:04	2,499	118.20	XLON
14:47:04	1,109	118.20	XLON
14:47:26	1,537	118.20	XLON
14:51:59	745	118.20	XLON
15:01:20	78	118.20	CHIX