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	25 July
Number of ordinary shares purchased	261,252
Weighted average price paid (p)	147.31
Highest price paid (p)	148.50
Lowest price paid (p)	146.50

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 62,299,578 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 688,384,570. 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 25 July 2023 is 688,384,570. 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	147.31	184,569
BATE	147.36	25,669
CHIX	147.32	29,813
TRQX	147.32	21,201

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Venue

08:08:00	23	148.00	BATE
08:08:00	561	148.00	BATE
08:13:57	508	148.50	TRQX
08:13:57	509	148.50	XLON
08:13:57	509	148.50	CHIX
08:13:57	451	148.40	BATE
08:13:57	491	148.40	BATE
08:21:12	366	148.30	TRQX
08:21:12	366	148.30	XLON
08:21:12	367	148.30	BATE
08:21:12	367	148.30	CHIX
08:21:12	92	148.30	CHIX
08:21:13	487	147.80	XLON
08:21:13	487	147.80	TRQX
08:21:13	487	147.80	BATE
08:21:13	487	147.80	CHIX
08:21:18	209	147.60	TRQX
08:21:18	210	147.60	CHIX
08:21:18	209	147.60	XLON
08:21:18	210	147.60	BATE
08:21:18	52	147.60	CHIX
08:21:31	163	147.70	XLON
08:21:31	163	147.50	CHIX
08:21:32	123	147.20	CHIX
08:21:32	164	147.20	BATE
08:24:01	534	148.10	XLON
08:24:01	250	147.90	CHIX
08:24:02	501	148.10	TRQX
08:24:02	210	148.10	TRQX
08:24:03	158	148.10	CHIX
08:31:31	852	147.90	CHIX
08:31:31	163	147.80	TRQX
08:31:31	158	147.80	XLON
08:31:31	177	147.80	CHIX
08:31:31	250	147.80	BATE
08:31:31	210	147.80	CHIX
08:31:32	537	147.40	XLON
08:31:32	537	147.40	TRQX
08:31:32	421	147.40	CHIX
08:31:32	546	147.40	BATE
08:31:32	116	147.40	CHIX
08:31:32	429	147.40	BATE
08:31:32	109	147.40	BATE
08:38:36	168	148.00	XLON
08:38:40	169	148.00	CHIX
08:38:43	42	148.00	XLON
08:38:46	42	148.00	CHIX
08:38:49	297	148.00	BATE
08:38:49	218	148.00	BATE
08:38:50	169	147.90	BATE
08:38:50	11	147.50	XLON
08:38:50	168	147.50	TRQX
08:38:50	293	147.50	BATE
08:38:50	10	147.50	CHIX
08:53:59	210	147.70	CHIX
08:54:01	210	147.70	XLON
08:54:04	180	147.70	BATE
08:54:04	30	147.70	BATE
08:54:05	133	147.40	XLON
08:54:05	133	147.40	CHIX
08:54:05	132	147.40	TRQX
08:54:05	133	147.40	BATE
09:09:27	170	147.10	XLON
09:09:27	170	147.10	TRQX
09:09:27	171	147.10	BATE
09:09:27	170	147.10	CHIX
09:09:27	43	147.10	BATE
09:09:29	234	147.00	CHIX
09:09:31	281	147.10	XLON
09:09:32	234	147.50	TRQX
09:09:32	71	147.30	XLON
09:09:32	199	147.10	XLON
09:09:38	214	147.40	CHIX
09:09:38	213	147.10	TRQX
09:28:55	156	147.10	TRQX
09:28:55	156	147.10	XLON
09:28:55	156	147.10	BATE
09:28:55	156	147.10	CHIX
09:28:55	39	147.10	CHIX
09:36:12	98	147.40	CHIX
09:36:12	266	147.40	CHIX
09:36:13	308	147.50	CHIX
09:36:13	356	147.40	XLON
09:36:13	8	147.40	XLON
09:36:16	135	147.10	CHIX
09:56:07	361	147.00	TRQX
09:56:07	361	147.00	XLON
09:56:07	361	147.00	BATE
09:56:07	361	147.00	CHIX
09:56:07	91	147.00	CHIX
09:56:59	81	146.90	XLON
09:56:59	80	146.90	TRQX
09:56:59	81	146.90	BATE
09:56:59	81	146.90	CHIX
09:57:01	42	147.30	XLON
09:57:04	809	147.30	CHIX
09:57:07	42	147.30	CHIX
09:57:10	76	147.30	CHIX
09:57:10	126	147.30	CHIX
09:57:11	10	147.30	XLON
09:57:12	3	147.30	XLON
10:50:32	42	146.90	BATE
10:50:32	31	146.90	XLON
10:50:32	41	146.90	TRQX
10:50:32	31	146.90	CHIX
10:50:32	10	146.90	XLON
11:08:02	440	147.40	XLON
11:08:02	440	147.40	TRQX
11:08:02	441	147.40	BATE
11:08:02	441	147.40	CHIX
11:21:45	677	147.20	CHIX
11:21:45	678	147.20	BATE
11:21:45	181	147.20	XLON
11:21:45	3	147.20	TRQX
11:21:45	496	147.20	XLON
11:21:45	674	147.20	TRQX
12:02:32	903	147.20	TRQX
12:02:32	903	147.20	CHIX
12:02:32	297	147.20	XLON
12:02:32	606	147.20	XLON
12:46:00	204	147.50	BATE
12:46:00	602	147.40	TRQX
12:46:00	437	147.40	CHIX
12:46:00	700	147.40	BATE
12:46:00	165	147.40	CHIX
12:46:00	700	147.40	BATE
12:46:00	23	147.40	BATE
12:46:00	302	147.40	BATE
12:46:00	300	147.40	BATE
12:46:01	753	147.40	XLON
12:46:02	622	147.60	XLON
12:46:02	55	147.60	XLON
13:13:05	383	147.30	TRQX
13:13:05	499	147.30	BATE
13:13:05	677	147.30	CHIX
13:13:05	294	147.30	TRQX
13:13:05	179	147.30	BATE
13:13:08	63	147.10	CHIX
13:20:04	512	147.10	XLON
13:20:04	903	147.10	TRQX
13:20:04	53	147.10	XLON
13:20:04	392	147.10	BATE
13:20:04	359	147.10	CHIX
13:20:04	510	147.10	BATE
13:20:04	158	147.10	CHIX
13:20:04	1	147.10	BATE
13:20:04	323	147.10	CHIX
13:20:08	677	146.80	XLON
13:30:21	677	146.80	TRQX
13:30:21	678	146.80	BATE
13:30:21	677	146.80	CHIX
13:30:22	443	146.50	XLON
13:30:22	42	146.50	TRQX
13:30:22	141	146.50	TRQX
13:30:22	50	146.50	BATE
13:30:22	172	146.50	BATE
13:30:31	459	146.50	CHIX
13:30:31	161	146.50	TRQX
13:30:31	444	146.50	CHIX
13:45:58	195	146.50	CHIX
13:47:47	734	146.50	XLON
13:47:47	118	146.50	TRQX
13:47:47	323	146.50	TRQX
13:47:47	474	146.50	CHIX
13:47:47	141	146.50	BATE
13:47:47	118	146.50	TRQX
13:47:47	66	146.50	CHIX
13:47:47	540	146.50	BATE
13:57:46	446	147.40	CHIX
13:57:48	1,370	147.40	XLON
13:57:48	446	147.40	TRQX
13:57:48	447	147.40	BATE
13:57:48	308	147.40	CHIX
13:57:48	298	147.40	CHIX
14:20:16	367	147.30	XLON
14:20:16	700	147.30	XLON
14:20:16	749	147.30	XLON
14:22:27	393	147.50	XLON
14:22:27	485	147.50	XLON
14:22:27	25	147.50	XLON
14:22:27	834	147.20	CHIX
14:22:27	903	147.20	BATE
14:37:38	677	147.80	XLON
14:44:36	677	147.70	TRQX
14:44:36	678	147.70	BATE
14:44:36	677	147.70	CHIX
14:44:38	677	147.60	XLON
14:44:38	677	147.60	TRQX
14:44:38	677	147.60	CHIX
14:44:38	678	147.60	BATE
14:52:06	232	147.70	XLON
14:52:06	677	147.70	TRQX
14:52:06	401	147.70	XLON
14:52:06	677	147.70	CHIX
14:52:06	232	147.70	BATE
14:52:06	44	147.70	XLON
14:52:06	446	147.70	BATE
14:53:16	466	147.60	CHIX
14:57:04	612	147.50	TRQX
14:57:04	612	147.50	XLON
14:57:04	613	147.50	BATE
14:57:04	612	147.50	CHIX
15:00:05	393	147.40	XLON
15:00:05	392	147.40	TRQX
15:00:05	54	147.40	BATE
15:00:05	53	147.40	CHIX
15:00:08	250	147.80	XLON
15:00:11	678	147.80	CHIX
15:00:14	98	147.80	CHIX
15:00:17	170	147.80	CHIX
15:00:19	25	147.80	XLON
15:00:19	37	147.80	XLON
15:00:20	43	147.80	CHIX
15:00:22	24	147.80	CHIX
15:00:23	15	147.80	XLON
15:00:25	11	147.80	CHIX
15:00:26	6	147.80	CHIX
15:00:29	4	147.80	XLON
15:00:30	3	147.80	CHIX
15:00:32	1	147.80	XLON
15:21:54	59	147.80	XLON
15:23:53	221	147.80	XLON
15:23:53	52	147.70	XLON
15:25:45	273	148.00	XLON
15:25:45	20	148.00	XLON
15:25:45	129	147.90	BATE
15:25:47	129	148.00	XLON
15:25:49	34	148.00	XLON
15:25:50	32	148.00	XLON
15:25:50	8	147.80	XLON
15:25:50	129	147.80	TRQX
15:25:50	300	147.80	BATE
15:25:50	129	147.80	CHIX
15:30:22	235	148.00	BATE
15:30:23	7	148.00	BATE
15:30:23	52	148.00	BATE
15:30:54	180	148.00	CHIX
15:30:54	63	147.90	CHIX
15:30:54	162	147.80	BATE
15:30:54	234	147.70	XLON
15:30:54	234	147.70	TRQX
15:30:54	243	147.70	BATE
15:31:18	1	147.50	XLON
15:46:14	676	147.50	XLON
15:46:14	677	147.50	TRQX
15:46:14	678	147.50	BATE
15:46:14	677	147.50	CHIX
15:48:38	140	147.40	XLON
15:48:38	350	147.40	CHIX
15:50:02	317	147.40	XLON
15:50:02	677	147.40	TRQX
15:50:02	432	147.40	CHIX
15:50:02	220	147.40	XLON
15:50:02	351	147.40	BATE
15:55:19	50	147.70	BATE
15:55:19	1,038	147.30	TRQX
15:55:19	49	147.30	XLON
15:55:19	4	147.30	BATE
15:55:19	50	147.30	CHIX
16:15:39	677	147.30	XLON
16:15:39	678	147.30	BATE
16:15:39	273	147.30	TRQX
16:15:39	181	147.30	CHIX
16:15:39	404	147.30	TRQX
16:15:39	496	147.30	CHIX
16:15:42	677	147.20	XLON
16:15:42	573	147.20	BATE
16:15:42	677	147.20	CHIX
16:17:31	23	147.20	BATE
16:17:31	372	147.20	XLON
16:17:31	372	147.20	TRQX
16:17:31	373	147.20	CHIX
16:17:31	373	147.20	BATE
16:17:34	37	147.40	BATE
16:17:34	113	147.10	XLON
16:17:34	113	147.10	TRQX
16:17:34	77	147.10	BATE
16:20:03	148	147.30	TRQX
16:20:03	486	147.30	XLON
16:20:03	23	147.30	XLON
16:20:03	34	147.10	BATE
16:20:03	114	147.10	CHIX
16:20:03	172	147.10	XLON
16:20:03	40	147.10	TRQX
16:20:03	131	147.10	TRQX
16:20:03	12	147.10	BATE
16:20:07	220	147.30	CHIX
16:20:08	220	147.30	XLON
16:20:10	256	147.30	BATE
16:20:10	79	147.30	BATE
16:20:13	221	147.40	BATE
16:20:15	136	147.40	XLON
16:20:18	573	147.40	CHIX
16:23:42	834	147.10	XLON
16:23:42	835	147.10	BATE
16:23:42	246	147.10	TRQX
16:23:42	588	147.10	TRQX
16:23:44	765	147.00	XLON
16:23:48	138	147.00	XLON
16:23:48	860	147.00	CHIX
16:23:48	903	147.00	BATE
16:23:48	903	147.00	TRQX
16:23:48	1,316	147.00	CHIX
16:23:49	602	146.90	XLON
16:23:49	602	146.90	CHIX
16:23:49	602	146.90	BATE
16:25:50	602	146.80	BATE
16:25:50	752	146.80	TRQX
16:25:50	753	146.80	XLON
16:25:50	602	146.80	CHIX
16:25:54	677	146.70	BATE
16:25:54	96	146.70	CHIX
16:26:00	582	146.70	CHIX
16:29:35	677	146.70	TRQX
16:29:35	677	146.70	XLON
16:29:35	653	146.70	BATE
16:29:35	653	146.70	CHIX
16:35:22	9168	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	282	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	37	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	20	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	2,338	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	584	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	3,483	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	2	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	7,739	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	474	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	8,937	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	9,403	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	82	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	1,908	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	6,382	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	6,224	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	14,033	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	18,195	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	200	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	1,558	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	661	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	13,734	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	8,737	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	1,260	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	1,355	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	7,850	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	3635	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	1355	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	6575	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	11051	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	8,168	147.30	XLON
16:35:22	1,397	147.30	XLON

 

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