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	20 June 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	412,989
Weighted average price paid (p)	140.63
Highest price paid (p)	141.10
Lowest price paid (p)	138.70

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 51,244,350 Ordinary Shares in treasury.  The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 699,422,795. 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 20 June 2023 is 699,422,795. 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 / 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	140.68	297,331
BATE	140.44	45,882
CHIX	140.57	34,667
TRQX	140.55	35,109

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Venue
08:03:54	2,726	138.70	BATE
08:03:54	681	138.70	BATE
08:20:15	916	139.70	XLON
08:20:15	916	139.70	TRQX
08:20:15	1,051	139.70	BATE
08:20:15	916	139.70	CHIX
08:20:15	669	139.70	BATE
08:23:58	687	140.00	XLON
08:23:58	687	140.00	TRQX
08:23:58	516	140.00	BATE
08:23:58	687	140.00	CHIX
08:23:58	171	140.00	BATE
08:25:02	687	140.00	XLON
08:25:02	687	140.00	TRQX
08:25:02	687	140.00	BATE
08:25:02	687	140.00	CHIX
08:25:34	687	140.00	TRQX
08:25:34	687	140.00	XLON
08:25:34	429	140.00	BATE
08:25:34	644	140.00	CHIX
08:25:34	258	140.00	BATE
08:25:34	43	140.00	CHIX
08:25:34	624	140.00	XLON
08:40:58	322	140.10	CHIX
08:45:02	1,673	141.10	CHIX
08:45:02	310	141.00	CHIX
08:45:02	63	141.00	XLON
08:45:02	687	141.00	TRQX
08:45:02	632	141.00	BATE
08:46:02	622	141.00	CHIX
08:46:02	687	141.00	BATE
08:46:02	687	141.00	TRQX
08:46:02	687	141.00	XLON
08:46:02	65	141.00	CHIX
08:48:02	1,051	140.70	BATE
08:48:02	480	140.70	CHIX
08:48:02	480	140.70	XLON
08:48:02	479	140.70	TRQX
08:48:02	258	140.70	BATE
09:04:24	345	140.70	BATE
09:04:24	405	140.70	TRQX
09:04:24	1,531	140.70	CHIX
09:04:24	406	140.70	XLON
09:04:24	61	140.70	BATE
09:05:01	1,140	140.50	TRQX
09:05:01	1,141	140.50	CHIX
09:33:18	535	141.00	TRQX
09:33:18	536	141.00	XLON
09:33:18	536	141.00	BATE
09:33:18	855	141.00	CHIX
09:33:18	678	140.90	TRQX
09:33:18	679	140.90	XLON
09:36:15	687	140.90	BATE
09:36:15	687	140.90	XLON
09:36:15	687	140.90	CHIX
09:36:15	687	140.90	TRQX
09:48:02	665	140.80	BATE
09:48:02	687	140.80	TRQX
09:48:02	687	140.80	CHIX
09:48:02	687	140.80	XLON
09:48:02	22	140.80	BATE
09:52:02	687	140.80	XLON
09:52:02	665	140.80	BATE
09:52:02	687	140.80	TRQX
09:52:02	687	140.80	CHIX
09:52:02	22	140.80	BATE
09:54:53	466	140.70	BATE
09:54:53	465	140.70	TRQX
09:54:53	465	140.70	CHIX
09:54:53	180	140.70	XLON
09:54:53	1,172	140.70	XLON
10:11:53	687	140.80	XLON
10:11:53	687	140.80	TRQX
10:11:53	687	140.80	BATE
10:11:53	687	140.80	CHIX
10:14:02	687	140.70	TRQX
10:14:02	687	140.70	XLON
10:14:02	687	140.70	CHIX
10:14:02	687	140.70	BATE
10:31:02	687	140.80	XLON
10:38:01	571	140.80	BATE
10:38:02	116	140.80	BATE
10:39:29	687	140.80	XLON
10:39:29	687	140.80	TRQX
10:39:29	61	140.80	CHIX
10:39:29	626	140.80	CHIX
10:44:48	687	140.80	BATE
10:52:45	564	140.80	BATE
10:58:57	471	140.80	XLON
10:58:57	195	140.80	CHIX
10:58:57	216	140.80	XLON
10:58:57	492	140.80	CHIX
10:58:57	123	140.80	BATE
10:58:57	687	140.80	TRQX
10:58:57	1,230	140.80	CHIX
10:59:13	687	140.50	XLON
10:59:13	687	140.50	BATE
10:59:13	687	140.50	TRQX
10:59:13	687	140.50	CHIX
10:59:13	687	140.20	XLON
10:59:13	687	140.20	BATE
11:00:02	200	140.10	XLON
11:00:02	213	140.10	TRQX
11:00:02	687	140.10	CHIX
11:00:02	687	140.10	BATE
11:00:02	487	140.10	XLON
11:00:02	474	140.10	TRQX
11:02:35	630	140.00	BATE
11:02:35	630	140.00	CHIX
11:02:35	629	140.00	TRQX
11:02:35	629	140.00	XLON
11:09:53	2	140.20	CHIX
11:09:53	244	140.20	CHIX
11:09:53	428	140.20	CHIX
11:09:55	122	140.20	XLON
11:09:59	73	140.20	XLON
11:10:02	31	140.20	XLON
11:10:05	18	140.20	XLON
11:10:08	8	140.20	XLON
11:10:11	4	140.20	XLON
11:10:14	2	140.20	XLON
11:10:17	1	140.20	XLON
11:10:45	675	140.50	BATE
11:10:45	10	140.30	CHIX
11:10:45	158	140.30	CHIX
11:10:47	447	140.50	XLON
11:10:50	1	140.50	XLON
11:10:53	1	140.50	XLON
11:20:23	105	140.20	CHIX
11:20:23	106	140.20	BATE
11:20:23	73	140.20	TRQX
11:20:23	111	140.20	XLON
11:25:31	334	140.70	XLON
11:25:31	319	140.70	XLON
11:25:31	800	140.60	XLON
11:25:31	475	140.60	XLON
11:26:57	180	140.40	XLON
11:26:57	180	140.40	BATE
11:26:57	180	140.40	TRQX
11:26:57	180	140.40	CHIX
11:27:02	1,375	140.30	XLON
11:27:02	40	140.30	TRQX
11:29:02	172	140.20	XLON
11:29:02	172	140.20	TRQX
11:29:02	173	140.20	BATE
11:29:02	173	140.20	CHIX
11:37:06	122	140.30	XLON
11:37:08	3	140.30	CHIX
11:37:08	119	140.30	CHIX
11:58:02	48	140.30	CHIX
11:58:05	6	140.30	CHIX
11:58:08	12	140.30	CHIX
11:58:11	1	140.30	CHIX
11:58:14	3	140.30	CHIX
11:58:35	105	140.50	XLON
11:58:36	27	140.50	XLON
12:03:00	440	140.50	XLON
12:03:02	97	140.50	XLON
12:03:05	110	140.50	XLON
12:03:08	24	140.50	XLON
12:03:11	27	140.50	XLON
12:03:14	6	140.50	XLON
12:03:17	7	140.50	XLON
12:03:20	2	140.50	XLON
12:03:23	1	140.50	XLON
12:09:18	1	140.50	XLON
12:15:40	183	140.40	XLON
12:15:41	70	140.50	XLON
12:15:43	230	140.50	XLON
12:15:43	101	140.50	XLON
12:15:44	1	140.50	CHIX
12:24:59	83	140.60	XLON
12:25:01	386	140.80	BATE
12:25:01	17	140.60	XLON
12:46:44	278	140.50	CHIX
13:00:09	277	140.80	XLON
13:00:10	2	140.80	CHIX
13:00:10	22	140.80	CHIX
13:00:10	97	140.80	CHIX
13:00:12	70	140.80	XLON
13:00:15	30	140.80	CHIX
13:00:18	2	140.80	BATE
13:00:18	23	140.80	BATE
13:00:18	75	140.80	BATE
13:00:21	8	140.80	CHIX
13:00:22	2	140.80	BATE
13:02:50	149	140.60	CHIX
13:02:50	68	140.60	TRQX
13:02:50	150	140.60	BATE
13:02:50	149	140.60	XLON
13:02:50	81	140.60	TRQX
13:04:32	300	140.50	BATE
13:04:32	120	140.50	TRQX
13:04:32	299	140.50	XLON
13:04:32	300	140.50	CHIX
13:04:32	179	140.50	TRQX
13:26:41	641	140.40	XLON
13:26:41	641	140.40	TRQX
13:26:41	172	140.40	CHIX
13:26:41	642	140.40	BATE
13:26:41	470	140.40	CHIX
14:07:17	673	140.80	BATE
14:07:17	5	140.80	CHIX
14:21:45	668	140.80	CHIX
14:21:45	673	140.80	XLON
14:21:45	672	140.80	TRQX
14:31:15	12	140.70	BATE
14:39:04	690	140.80	BATE
14:44:38	701	140.90	CHIX
14:55:52	131	140.90	XLON
15:06:51	672	140.90	TRQX
15:06:51	702	140.90	BATE
15:06:51	701	140.90	CHIX
15:06:51	542	140.90	XLON
15:06:51	1,657	140.90	BATE
15:07:55	1,553	141.05	BATE
15:07:57	402	141.10	XLON
15:07:57	569	141.10	XLON
15:20:13	27	141.10	TRQX
15:20:13	28	141.10	TRQX
15:20:13	27	141.10	TRQX
15:20:13	26	141.10	TRQX
15:20:13	321	141.10	TRQX
15:20:13	1,324	141.10	TRQX
15:20:13	296	141.10	TRQX
15:20:13	12	141.10	TRQX
15:20:13	402	141.00	BATE
15:20:13	126	141.00	XLON
15:20:13	916	141.00	CHIX
15:20:13	700	141.00	XLON
15:20:13	514	141.00	BATE
15:20:13	90	141.00	XLON
15:20:13	940	141.00	TRQX
15:20:13	877	141.00	BATE
15:22:53	687	141.00	XLON
15:22:53	687	141.00	TRQX
15:22:53	687	141.00	CHIX
15:22:53	687	141.00	BATE
15:22:53	1,355	141.00	BATE
15:28:20	687	140.90	TRQX
15:28:20	687	140.90	XLON
15:28:20	687	140.90	CHIX
15:28:20	687	140.90	BATE
15:28:20	973	140.85	TRQX
15:28:20	908	140.85	BATE
15:28:22	262	140.70	BATE
15:28:23	41	140.80	XLON
15:28:23	138	140.80	XLON
15:28:23	758	140.80	XLON
15:28:23	687	140.70	CHIX
15:28:23	687	140.70	TRQX
15:28:23	687	140.70	XLON
15:28:23	425	140.70	BATE
15:35:14	818	140.70	TRQX
15:35:14	556	140.70	XLON
15:35:14	556	140.70	BATE
15:35:14	590	140.70	CHIX
15:35:14	228	140.70	CHIX
15:35:15	687	140.70	CHIX
15:35:15	687	140.70	BATE
15:42:51	687	140.60	CHIX
15:42:51	687	140.60	TRQX
15:42:51	402	140.60	BATE
15:42:51	687	140.60	XLON
15:42:51	285	140.60	BATE
15:52:27	687	140.50	XLON
15:52:27	687	140.50	TRQX
15:52:27	687	140.50	BATE
15:52:27	687	140.50	CHIX
15:56:02	687	140.40	XLON
15:56:02	427	140.40	TRQX
15:56:02	283	140.40	BATE
15:56:02	687	140.40	CHIX
15:56:02	260	140.40	TRQX
15:56:02	404	140.40	BATE
15:58:26	1,635	140.55	TRQX
15:58:27	662	140.70	XLON
15:58:27	579	140.70	XLON
15:58:27	545	140.60	BATE
16:09:07	311	140.50	CHIX
16:11:06	1,114	140.40	XLON
16:11:06	544	140.40	TRQX
16:11:06	545	140.40	CHIX
16:11:06	3,450	140.40	BATE
16:11:06	210	140.40	BATE
16:11:06	1,239	140.40	TRQX
16:11:06	1,156	140.40	BATE
16:14:28	687	140.40	XLON
16:14:28	687	140.40	TRQX
16:14:28	687	140.40	CHIX
16:14:28	687	140.40	BATE
16:15:23	687	140.30	TRQX
16:15:23	687	140.30	XLON
16:15:23	687	140.30	CHIX
16:15:23	687	140.30	BATE
16:21:05	687	140.20	XLON
16:21:05	687	140.20	TRQX
16:21:05	687	140.20	CHIX
16:21:05	687	140.20	BATE
16:21:13	687	140.10	XLON
16:21:13	687	140.10	TRQX
16:21:13	687	140.10	BATE
16:21:13	687	140.10	CHIX
16:23:11	305	140.00	BATE
16:23:11	687	140.00	XLON
16:23:11	687	140.00	CHIX
16:23:11	687	140.00	TRQX
16:23:11	382	140.00	BATE
16:27:14	128	140.10	TRQX
16:27:17	216	140.00	XLON
16:29:29	333	140.20	XLON
16:29:29	614	140.20	XLON
16:29:29	12	140.10	CHIX
16:29:29	220	140.10	CHIX
16:29:29	21	140.00	CHIX
16:29:29	994	139.90	TRQX
16:29:29	1,001	139.90	XLON
16:29:29	253	139.90	BATE
16:29:45	457	139.80	TRQX
16:35:10	49,754	140.70	XLON
16:35:10	35,256	140.70	XLON
16:35:10	11,785	140.70	XLON
16:35:10	28,159	140.70	XLON
16:35:10	15,060	140.70	XLON
16:35:10	1,832	140.70	XLON
16:35:10	2,479	140.70	XLON
16:35:10	10,376	140.70	XLON
16:35:10	54,636	140.70	XLON
16:35:10	9,566	140.70	XLON
16:35:10	13,413	140.70	XLON
16:35:10	11,531	140.70	XLON
16:35:10	13,129	140.70	XLON

 

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