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 8 June 2023, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) through Liberum Capital Limited.

Date of Purchase	04 August 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	290,649
Weighted average price paid (p)	147.95
Highest price paid (p)	150.00
Lowest price paid (p)	146.40

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 64,622,392 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 686,061,756. 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 04 August 2023 is 686,061,756. 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	147.91	155,369
BATE	147.95	68,330
CHIX	147.92	46,161
TRQX	148.35	20,789

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:03:41	764	146.80	XLON
08:03:41	480	146.80	XLON
08:03:43	581	146.50	XLON
08:03:43	900	146.50	XLON
08:05:21	1267	146.40	XLON
08:05:21	1,494	146.40	XLON
08:10:15	1274	146.60	CHIX
08:16:17	1323	146.80	CHIX
08:16:17	1,282	146.70	BATE
08:16:17	1,360	146.60	TRQX
08:17:17	1,314	146.70	BATE
08:17:35	800	146.80	XLON
08:17:35	466	146.80	XLON
08:28:20	1308	146.70	CHIX
08:31:35	1210	147.00	XLON
08:33:56	91	147.40	XLON
08:33:56	5,274	147.40	XLON
08:33:56	2,341	147.40	XLON
08:35:16	1581	147.70	BATE
08:38:04	1252	147.20	CHIX
08:38:05	1135	147.20	XLON
08:38:05	139	147.20	XLON
08:39:12	800	147.40	BATE
08:39:12	683	147.40	BATE
08:39:25	1,229	147.40	XLON
08:40:25	1,383	148.10	XLON
08:42:28	1,439	147.90	TRQX
08:42:39	1,482	148.20	XLON
08:45:31	2,114	148.10	BATE
08:45:31	1,581	148.10	BATE
08:45:39	1,408	147.70	XLON
08:51:34	1209	147.80	CHIX
08:51:34	1,600	148.00	BATE
08:51:34	386	148.00	BATE
08:51:34	253	147.90	XLON
08:51:34	1,858	147.90	XLON
08:56:34	46	147.50	XLON
08:56:34	1,462	147.50	XLON
09:04:28	800	147.90	XLON
09:04:28	628	147.90	XLON
09:05:09	1,600	148.10	XLON
09:05:09	461	148.10	XLON
09:05:34	1,262	148.40	BATE
09:05:51	1,342	148.10	XLON
09:05:51	1,393	148.30	XLON
09:10:09	1,338	148.20	CHIX
09:10:09	1,511	148.10	BATE
09:10:09	1,443	148.10	XLON
09:10:09	1,538	148.10	BATE
09:10:09	1,352	148.30	TRQX
09:17:09	602	147.90	XLON
09:17:09	996	147.90	XLON
09:17:10	121	147.90	XLON
09:17:10	1,709	147.90	XLON
09:22:59	643	147.60	CHIX
09:22:59	1358	147.70	BATE
09:23:00	387	147.60	CHIX
09:23:00	147	147.60	CHIX
09:23:03	2,375	147.60	XLON
09:35:48	1049	147.70	XLON
09:35:48	285	147.70	XLON
09:45:01	1,535	147.90	XLON
09:45:01	800	147.90	XLON
09:45:01	755	147.90	XLON
09:47:57	1,225	147.90	CHIX
09:47:59	1259	148.10	BATE
10:03:59	1,291	147.90	CHIX
10:08:41	533	148.30	XLON
10:08:41	985	148.30	XLON
10:08:41	1,339	148.10	XLON
10:15:03	2,031	147.90	BATE
10:15:03	2081	147.90	BATE
10:27:11	1318	147.50	CHIX
10:35:47	1600	147.40	XLON
10:35:47	166	147.40	XLON
10:38:52	273	147.70	XLON
10:38:52	1,000	147.70	XLON
10:38:52	121	147.90	XLON
10:38:52	1,141	147.90	XLON
10:45:46	800	147.70	CHIX
10:45:46	476	147.70	CHIX
11:06:30	213	147.30	CHIX
11:06:30	1,142	147.30	CHIX
11:12:52	1,304	147.20	XLON
11:17:02	1,421	147.10	TRQX
11:17:02	1,197	147.50	TRQX
11:17:02	1,429	147.30	TRQX
11:25:03	731	147.00	CHIX
11:25:03	709	147.00	CHIX
11:27:55	1,340	147.50	XLON
11:27:55	1368	147.50	XLON
11:36:42	1,323	147.10	XLON
11:37:01	1380	147.10	XLON
11:37:03	1,733	147.20	BATE
11:46:35	1,310	146.90	CHIX
11:52:13	1,418	146.80	BATE
11:52:13	800	146.80	XLON
11:52:13	420	146.80	XLON
11:52:13	272	146.80	XLON
11:53:18	209	147.10	XLON
11:53:18	480	147.40	XLON
11:53:18	2569	147.40	XLON
11:53:18	3,229	147.50	XLON
11:55:13	1,511	147.30	BATE
11:55:29	465	147.10	XLON
11:55:29	434	147.10	XLON
11:55:29	381	147.10	XLON
11:55:29	201	147.10	XLON
11:56:21	1117	147.40	XLON
11:56:21	753	147.40	XLON
11:56:21	1,202	147.40	XLON
12:02:00	185	147.30	BATE
12:02:00	1569	147.30	BATE
12:02:00	3200	147.30	BATE
12:02:00	174	147.30	BATE
12:02:30	1,460	147.20	XLON
12:15:02	1,129	147.00	CHIX
12:15:02	155	147.00	CHIX
12:15:02	17	147.10	XLON
12:15:02	800	147.10	XLON
12:15:02	751	147.10	XLON
12:29:02	468	147.00	CHIX
12:29:02	38	147.00	CHIX
12:29:02	815	147.00	CHIX
12:33:00	1189	146.90	BATE
12:41:41	800	146.70	TRQX
12:41:41	406	146.70	TRQX
12:51:03	1198	146.60	CHIX
12:57:44	1,304	146.70	XLON
13:08:08	1236	146.50	CHIX
13:13:48	1334	146.50	XLON
13:15:00	1,374	146.40	BATE
13:26:00	1253	146.70	BATE
13:26:00	1,340	146.70	XLON
13:26:18	1,406	146.70	XLON
13:26:18	289	146.70	XLON
13:27:49	1,212	146.80	CHIX
13:28:40	1,441	146.70	XLON
13:30:15	1,134	147.20	XLON
13:30:15	1,410	147.20	XLON
13:30:15	251	147.20	XLON
13:30:15	800	147.10	XLON
13:30:15	610	147.10	XLON
13:30:15	412	147.10	BATE
13:30:15	1275	147.10	BATE
13:30:15	1,600	147.10	XLON
13:30:15	306	147.10	XLON
13:30:56	1261	147.00	XLON
13:32:44	1,457	147.00	XLON
13:36:46	1,343	146.90	XLON
13:38:48	1,384	146.80	CHIX
13:41:26	125	146.80	BATE
13:41:26	1,223	146.80	BATE
13:57:48	1,000	146.90	CHIX
13:57:48	406	146.90	CHIX
14:09:59	582	147.20	XLON
14:09:59	800	147.20	XLON
14:09:59	280	147.20	XLON
14:11:13	412	147.70	BATE
14:11:13	2,592	147.70	BATE
14:11:13	105	147.90	BATE
14:11:13	3039	147.90	BATE
14:11:13	1,234	147.70	XLON
14:11:13	800	147.70	XLON
14:11:13	513	147.70	XLON
14:13:08	1236	147.90	CHIX
14:13:33	800	148.30	XLON
14:13:33	800	148.30	XLON
14:13:33	800	148.30	XLON
14:13:33	318	148.30	XLON
14:13:33	3,243	148.30	XLON
14:13:33	1,597	148.30	XLON
14:13:33	1,412	148.40	XLON
14:14:33	1696	148.40	XLON
14:17:45	17	148.20	XLON
14:17:45	528	148.20	XLON
14:17:45	121	148.30	XLON
14:17:45	1,975	148.30	XLON
14:17:45	2,780	148.10	XLON
14:17:45	1,423	148.00	BATE
14:18:47	800	147.60	XLON
14:18:47	665	147.60	XLON
14:19:17	1,833	147.60	BATE
14:19:17	1532	147.60	BATE
14:19:17	383	147.60	BATE
14:19:30	1,372	147.20	XLON
14:20:16	1,384	147.50	BATE
14:20:36	500	147.70	XLON
14:20:36	870	147.70	XLON
14:20:38	2,104	147.70	XLON
14:21:36	1,165	147.90	BATE
14:21:54	1,209	147.70	TRQX
14:23:50	720	147.70	CHIX
14:24:38	800	148.00	XLON
14:24:38	607	148.00	XLON
14:26:38	1,268	148.10	XLON
14:30:10	800	148.40	XLON
14:30:10	685	148.40	XLON
14:30:36	1,387	148.90	BATE
14:31:18	728	148.60	CHIX
14:31:18	596	148.60	CHIX
14:31:36	1,442	148.60	BATE
14:41:10	200	149.00	XLON
14:41:10	766	149.00	XLON
14:42:10	1288	149.30	CHIX
14:42:10	415	149.00	XLON
14:42:10	1,392	149.30	XLON
14:42:10	725	149.40	BATE
14:42:10	1,727	149.40	BATE
14:42:10	1540	149.40	BATE
14:42:10	1106	149.40	BATE
14:43:10	525	149.30	XLON
14:43:10	60	149.30	XLON
14:43:10	679	149.30	XLON
14:48:10	1,261	149.00	XLON
14:51:42	1,322	149.00	CHIX
14:51:42	1,423	149.30	XLON
14:51:54	1,411	149.30	TRQX
15:02:07	100	149.10	CHIX
15:02:07	1,322	149.10	CHIX
15:02:55	789	149.00	TRQX
15:02:55	393	149.00	TRQX
15:02:55	1600	149.00	XLON
15:02:55	973	149.00	XLON
15:03:10	800	149.10	BATE
15:03:10	764	149.10	BATE
15:03:10	339	149.10	BATE
15:03:10	1,235	149.10	BATE
15:12:12	825	148.90	CHIX
15:12:27	368	148.90	CHIX
15:13:55	1,503	149.00	XLON
15:17:27	700	148.90	XLON
15:17:27	121	149.00	XLON
15:17:27	1,600	149.00	XLON
15:17:27	225	149.00	XLON
15:17:27	1,428	149.00	XLON
15:21:27	1,160	149.10	CHIX
15:21:27	67	149.10	CHIX
15:28:15	967	149.20	CHIX
15:28:15	413	149.20	CHIX
15:28:27	284	149.10	XLON
15:28:27	925	149.10	XLON
15:35:23	2,118	149.30	TRQX
15:35:23	547	149.30	TRQX
15:35:23	1,847	149.30	TRQX
15:35:23	121	149.20	XLON
15:35:23	2,089	149.20	XLON
15:35:23	2,142	149.20	XLON
15:36:55	1,176	149.00	CHIX
15:47:56	1224	149.30	XLON
15:48:15	1,119	149.30	CHIX
15:48:15	65	149.30	CHIX
15:55:23	1,381	149.20	CHIX
15:55:23	1,722	149.20	XLON
15:55:23	1,463	149.20	XLON
15:55:23	467	149.20	XLON
16:04:30	1,299	149.60	TRQX
16:04:30	1772	149.60	TRQX
16:06:23	1297	149.20	CHIX
16:11:23	216	149.30	XLON
16:11:23	1,159	149.30	XLON
16:13:28	1,431	149.30	CHIX
16:14:23	800	149.30	XLON
16:14:23	476	149.30	XLON
16:18:23	800	149.40	XLON
16:18:23	402	149.40	XLON
16:21:30	1,443	149.30	CHIX
16:22:23	1,208	149.40	XLON
16:24:10	1,572	149.40	BATE
16:29:40	1,064	149.80	BATE
16:29:40	148	150.00	BATE
16:29:40	1,591	150.00	BATE
16:29:53	129	149.60	XLON
16:29:53	148	149.60	XLON
16:29:53	1,640	149.60	XLON
16:29:53	1,640	149.70	XLON

 

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