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	14 July
Number of ordinary shares purchased	205,976
Weighted average price paid (p)	145.21
Highest price paid (p)	149.20
Lowest price paid (p)	144.80

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 59,992,669. Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 690,691,479. 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 14 July 2023 is 690,691,479. 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	145.08	150,934
BATE	145.72	16,014
CHIX	145.57	14,993
TRQX	145.52	24,035

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:09:37	143	146	BATE
08:09:47	103	148	XLON
08:09:47	1	146	CHIX
08:09:48	455	148	XLON
08:09:49	471	148	XLON
08:09:50	471	146	BATE
08:09:52	984	148	XLON
08:09:52	828	146	XLON
08:09:53	564	149	XLON
08:09:53	900	149	BATE
08:13:04	219	147	XLON
08:13:04	564	147	TRQX
08:13:04	565	147	BATE
08:13:04	565	147	CHIX
08:13:27	436	147	XLON
08:15:19	47	148	TRQX
08:23:28	83	149	XLON
08:23:28	83	149	CHIX
08:28:25	71	149	CHIX
08:28:26	100	149	CHIX
08:28:26	71	148	XLON
08:32:14	26	149	XLON
08:32:15	70	148	TRQX
08:32:27	3	147	XLON
08:32:27	122	147	CHIX
08:32:27	71	147	BATE
08:32:27	119	147	TRQX
08:32:44	188	147	TRQX
08:32:44	188	147	XLON
08:32:44	188	147	CHIX
08:32:44	188	147	BATE
08:32:55	162	147	XLON
08:32:56	24	147	XLON
08:35:57	164	148	XLON
08:35:58	163	148	TRQX
08:35:59	76	148	XLON
08:36:01	25	148	XLON
08:36:02	11	148	XLON
08:36:04	4	148	XLON
08:36:05	1	148	XLON
09:00:26	1	147	XLON
09:00:27	111	148	XLON
09:00:27	162	148	CHIX
09:00:30	91	148	TRQX
09:00:30	91	148	XLON
09:04:06	92	147	TRQX
09:04:06	93	147	XLON
09:04:06	93	147	CHIX
09:04:06	93	147	BATE
09:04:07	116	147	XLON
09:04:07	116	147	TRQX
09:04:07	117	147	BATE
09:04:14	42	147	XLON
09:04:15	165	147	XLON
09:51:55	90	146	XLON
09:51:55	19	146	TRQX
09:51:55	23	146	TRQX
09:51:55	42	146	BATE
09:51:55	23	146	CHIX
09:51:55	49	146	BATE
09:51:55	20	146	CHIX
09:52:03	84	146	XLON
09:52:03	84	146	TRQX
09:52:03	84	146	CHIX
09:52:03	85	146	BATE
09:52:03	12	146	CHIX
10:37:52	18	146	XLON
10:37:53	10	146	XLON
10:39:02	87	146	BATE
10:39:03	11	146	CHIX
10:39:03	75	146	CHIX
10:39:07	204	146	XLON
10:39:07	113	146	XLON
10:39:07	86	146	TRQX
10:50:34	97	146	XLON
10:50:34	97	146	TRQX
10:50:34	97	146	CHIX
10:50:34	97	146	BATE
10:50:34	249	146	XLON
10:50:52	121	146	XLON
10:50:55	69	146	TRQX
10:50:55	52	146	TRQX
10:50:58	63	146	CHIX
10:50:58	58	146	CHIX
10:50:59	57	146	XLON
10:51:01	18	146	XLON
10:51:04	47	146	XLON
10:51:07	43	146	XLON
10:51:10	7	146	XLON
10:51:13	7	146	XLON
10:51:16	1	146	XLON
10:52:11	1	146	XLON
10:52:12	104	146	XLON
10:52:14	285	146	XLON
10:52:16	35	146	XLON
10:52:19	103	146	XLON
10:52:22	6	146	XLON
10:52:25	15	146	XLON
10:52:28	1	146	XLON
11:11:12	2	146	XLON
11:11:12	18	146	TRQX
11:11:12	121	146	BATE
11:11:12	18	146	CHIX
11:11:12	156	146	XLON
11:12:43	11	145	TRQX
11:12:43	11	145	XLON
11:12:43	11	145	CHIX
11:12:43	11	145	BATE
11:12:43	2	145	XLON
11:19:20	26	146	XLON
11:19:23	26	146	CHIX
11:19:26	93	146	XLON
11:19:27	5	146	XLON
11:19:29	14	146	XLON
11:19:32	4	146	CHIX
11:20:02	2	146	XLON
11:20:05	26	146	CHIX
11:20:08	24	146	XLON
11:20:11	3	146	CHIX
11:20:14	4	146	XLON
11:26:45	13	145	XLON
11:26:45	13	145	TRQX
11:26:45	13	145	CHIX
11:26:45	14	145	BATE
11:26:45	2	145	XLON
11:29:08	10	145	XLON
11:31:35	139	145	XLON
11:31:36	24	145	XLON
11:31:37	21	145	XLON
11:31:41	3	145	XLON
11:32:02	24	146	BATE
11:32:05	23	146	XLON
11:32:08	4	146	XLON
11:40:39	14	146	CHIX
11:40:41	55	146	XLON
11:40:44	14	146	XLON
11:40:47	14	146	BATE
11:40:50	8	146	XLON
11:40:53	2	146	CHIX
11:41:02	2	146	XLON
11:41:05	2	146	XLON
11:42:02	47	146	XLON
11:42:03	33	146	XLON
11:42:05	26	146	XLON
11:42:08	50	146	XLON
11:42:11	3	146	XLON
11:44:02	8	146	XLON
11:44:03	19	146	XLON
11:44:05	30	146	XLON
11:44:08	6	146	CHIX
11:44:09	5	146	XLON
11:45:02	1	146	CHIX
11:45:05	34	146	CHIX
11:51:49	3	146	XLON
11:51:53	1	146	XLON
11:51:56	8	146	XLON
11:52:02	15	146	XLON
11:52:05	109	146	XLON
11:52:08	31	146	XLON
11:52:11	16	146	CHIX
11:52:11	16	146	XLON
12:50:28	6	145	XLON
12:50:28	7	145	CHIX
12:50:28	6	145	TRQX
12:50:28	7	145	BATE
12:50:28	131	145	CHIX
12:51:57	45	145	TRQX
12:51:57	45	145	CHIX
12:51:57	45	145	XLON
12:51:57	46	145	BATE
12:52:04	24	145	TRQX
12:52:04	24	145	XLON
12:52:04	25	145	BATE
12:52:04	24	145	CHIX
12:52:04	44	145	BATE
12:52:21	4	145	TRQX
12:52:21	5	145	BATE
12:52:21	5	145	CHIX
12:52:21	4	145	XLON
12:53:56	26	145	BATE
12:57:02	1	145	CHIX
12:57:02	81	145	CHIX
12:57:02	80	145	BATE
12:57:02	4	145	BATE
12:57:09	81	145	TRQX
12:57:09	81	145	XLON
12:57:09	44	145	BATE
12:57:09	25	145	CHIX
12:57:09	68	145	CHIX
12:58:42	8	145	XLON
12:58:42	8	145	TRQX
12:58:42	9	145	BATE
12:58:42	8	145	CHIX
13:01:03	22	145	CHIX
13:01:03	15	145	CHIX
13:20:29	14	145	XLON
13:20:29	67	145	CHIX
13:20:29	10	145	BATE
13:21:02	44	145	XLON
13:21:05	44	145	BATE
13:21:08	44	145	CHIX
13:21:11	41	145	XLON
13:21:14	7	145	XLON
13:21:16	7	145	CHIX
13:21:17	6	145	XLON
13:21:20	6	145	BATE
13:21:23	1	145	XLON
13:24:41	1	146	CHIX
13:24:44	10	146	XLON
13:24:47	43	146	TRQX
13:24:47	145	146	CHIX
13:24:49	1	146	BATE
13:25:57	55	145	TRQX
13:25:57	1	145	XLON
13:25:57	56	145	CHIX
13:25:57	31	145	BATE
13:43:16	102	145	BATE
13:43:16	102	145	CHIX
13:55:59	49	146	CHIX
13:55:59	84	146	CHIX
13:56:02	56	146	TRQX
13:56:02	45	146	TRQX
13:56:02	21	146	CHIX
13:56:02	17	146	CHIX
13:59:46	48	146	CHIX
13:59:46	116	146	CHIX
13:59:48	60	146	CHIX
14:18:02	59	146	XLON
14:18:02	50	146	TRQX
14:18:02	50	146	CHIX
14:18:02	51	146	BATE
14:23:21	332	146	TRQX
14:23:22	709	146	TRQX
14:23:23	260	146	XLON
14:23:26	78	146	XLON
14:36:08	272	146	XLON
14:36:11	192	146	CHIX
14:36:11	68	146	CHIX
14:36:11	290	146	XLON
14:36:16	94	146	XLON
14:36:16	881	146	CHIX
14:36:16	213	146	TRQX
14:36:16	272	146	BATE
14:38:05	236	145	TRQX
14:38:05	236	145	XLON
14:38:05	236	145	CHIX
14:38:05	236	145	BATE
14:38:05	432	145	BATE
14:38:05	1615	145	BATE
14:38:05	360	145	TRQX
14:38:05	316	145	TRQX
14:44:11	502	145	TRQX
14:44:11	502	145	XLON
14:44:11	503	145	BATE
14:44:11	503	145	CHIX
14:44:43	51	145	XLON
14:44:47	23	145	XLON
14:44:47	220	145	CHIX
14:44:50	580	145	XLON
15:00:00	580	145	TRQX
15:00:00	174	145	XLON
15:00:00	580	145	CHIX
15:00:00	580	145	BATE
15:00:01	44	146	BATE
15:00:01	468	146	XLON
15:00:01	404	146	XLON
15:14:48	32	146	XLON
15:14:51	11	146	XLON
15:14:52	14	146	XLON
15:23:39	89	146	CHIX
15:23:39	471	146	CHIX
15:23:39	551	146	BATE
15:23:39	14	146	TRQX
15:23:39	18	146	XLON
15:23:39	15	146	BATE
15:23:39	19	146	CHIX
15:23:45	310	145	BATE
15:24:16	195	146	XLON
15:24:16	473	146	XLON
15:24:16	330	145	CHIX
15:24:18	582	146	BATE
15:24:21	234	146	XLON
15:24:24	228	146	CHIX
15:24:24	110	146	CHIX
15:24:25	204	146	XLON
15:29:46	224	145	BATE
15:32:36	268	145	BATE
15:37:16	13	145	CHIX
15:41:59	82	146	XLON
15:41:59	305	146	CHIX
15:41:59	545	146	CHIX
15:41:59	281	145	BATE
15:43:18	116	145	CHIX
15:53:59	625	145	BATE
15:53:59	341	145	CHIX
15:53:59	456	145	XLON
15:53:59	624	145	TRQX
15:59:54	480	145	BATE
15:59:54	577	145	CHIX
15:59:54	476	145	BATE
15:59:54	378	145	CHIX
16:06:03	778	145	XLON
16:06:03	40	145	CHIX
16:06:03	778	145	TRQX
16:06:03	2	145	XLON
16:06:03	40	145	BATE
16:06:03	2	145	TRQX
16:06:03	1	145	BATE
16:06:03	272	145	CHIX
16:08:36	482	145	TRQX
16:08:36	482	145	CHIX
16:08:36	482	145	BATE
16:08:36	482	145	XLON
16:09:07	674	145	TRQX
16:09:07	317	145	TRQX
16:10:24	997	146	XLON
16:10:24	77	146	TRQX
16:10:24	427	146	TRQX
16:10:24	182	146	TRQX
16:10:24	518	146	TRQX
16:15:19	980	145	CHIX
16:15:20	176	146	TRQX
16:15:20	672	146	TRQX
16:15:20	140	146	TRQX
16:15:20	123	146	XLON
16:15:20	140	146	XLON
16:15:20	730	146	XLON
16:15:20	672	146	XLON
16:15:20	317	146	XLON
16:15:20	87	146	BATE
16:15:20	910	146	BATE
16:15:21	731	146	XLON
16:15:21	39	146	XLON
16:15:21	17	146	CHIX
16:16:09	991	146	XLON
16:16:09	990	146	TRQX
16:16:09	645	146	BATE
16:16:09	348	146	BATE
16:17:18	9,218	145	TRQX
16:17:18	666	145	XLON
16:17:18	666	145	CHIX
16:17:18	666	145	TRQX
16:17:18	997	145	TRQX
16:17:18	997	145	XLON
16:17:18	884	145	BATE
16:18:12	378	145	BATE
16:19:06	370	145	BATE
16:19:06	748	145	XLON
16:19:06	747	145	TRQX
16:19:06	253	145	CHIX
16:19:06	495	145	CHIX
16:19:07	132	145	BATE
16:19:07	151	145	BATE
16:19:07	278	145	BATE
16:23:24	748	145	CHIX
16:23:24	187	145	BATE
16:23:24	56	145	TRQX
16:23:24	748	145	XLON
16:23:24	691	145	TRQX
16:26:02	629	145	CHIX
16:29:53	204	146	XLON
16:29:53	357	146	XLON
16:29:53	644	145	CHIX
16:29:53	36	145	CHIX
16:29:53	28	145	CHIX
16:29:53	53	145	CHIX
16:29:53	49	145	CHIX
16:29:53	98	145	CHIX
16:35:27	18,020	145	XLON
16:35:27	7,516	145	XLON
16:35:27	7515	145	XLON
16:35:27	2024	145	XLON
16:35:27	671	145	XLON
16:35:27	6,400	145	XLON
16:35:27	1,765	145	XLON
16:35:27	3,287	145	XLON
16:35:27	4,193	145	XLON
16:35:27	10,926	145	XLON
16:35:27	4,452	145	XLON
16:35:27	987	145	XLON
16:35:27	6,955	145	XLON
16:35:27	4,118	145	XLON
16:35:27	11,332	145	XLON
16:35:27	24,397	145	XLON
16:35:27	132	145	XLON
16:35:27	12,724	145	XLON

 

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