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	17 August 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	450,632
Weighted average price paid (p)	149.56
Highest price paid (p)	155.00
Lowest price paid (p)	146.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 67,907,335 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 682,787,680. 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 17 August 2023 is 682,787,680. 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 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: 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	149.61	267,948
BATE	149.26	111,975
CHIX	150.26	48,279
TRQX	149.10	22,430

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:07:18	3,802	154.20	XLON
08:07:18	1,562	154.30	XLON
08:07:18	594	154.30	XLON
08:07:49	1,410	154.80	BATE
08:07:55	1363	155.00	BATE
08:08:02	1,257	154.50	XLON
08:08:02	2025	154.50	XLON
08:11:09	5695	154.25	XLON
08:11:10	1,362	154.30	BATE
08:11:10	1,721	154.10	BATE
08:11:10	1,812	154.30	BATE
08:12:02	1,564	153.60	CHIX
08:12:47	418	153.70	XLON
08:12:47	836	153.70	XLON
08:12:47	500	153.90	XLON
08:12:47	956	153.90	XLON
08:22:35	1,935	153.50	XLON
08:24:19	611	153.10	XLON
08:24:19	500	153.20	TRQX
08:24:19	500	153.20	TRQX
08:24:19	348	153.20	TRQX
08:24:19	422	153.10	XLON
08:24:19	244	153.10	XLON
08:26:39	611	153.10	XLON
08:26:39	224	153.10	XLON
08:26:39	611	153.10	XLON
08:27:21	401	153.20	CHIX
08:27:21	1,000	153.20	CHIX
08:29:56	15	153.10	XLON
08:29:56	1,254	153.10	XLON
08:30:57	1,423	152.70	XLON
08:30:57	1244	153.00	XLON
08:33:44	1,287	153.20	XLON
09:06:02	1,955	152.90	CHIX
09:06:02	1,298	153.10	XLON
09:06:02	3,044	152.50	CHIX
09:06:02	656	152.70	XLON
09:06:02	1,675	152.70	XLON
09:06:02	1,879	152.70	XLON
09:06:50	766	152.70	BATE
09:06:50	499	152.70	BATE
09:12:32	1,248	153.00	XLON
09:12:32	1,732	153.10	XLON
09:14:36	10	153.00	CHIX
09:14:36	1,235	153.00	CHIX
09:20:20	1,413	152.50	XLON
09:20:20	500	152.70	XLON
09:20:20	916	152.70	XLON
09:25:02	835	152.50	BATE
09:25:02	575	152.50	BATE
09:33:03	1,124	152.30	XLON
09:33:03	192	152.30	XLON
09:37:11	168	152.30	XLON
09:48:11	1,224	152.30	XLON
09:52:28	1,175	152.00	TRQX
09:53:36	1405	152.10	CHIX
09:54:11	500	151.90	XLON
09:54:11	719	151.90	XLON
09:54:11	1,000	152.00	XLON
09:54:11	415	152.00	XLON
09:54:31	1,274	151.60	CHIX
10:01:50	145	151.50	XLON
10:01:50	500	151.50	XLON
10:01:50	500	151.50	XLON
10:01:50	500	151.50	XLON
10:01:50	500	151.50	XLON
10:01:50	200	151.60	XLON
10:03:54	1,253	151.90	XLON
10:05:54	500	152.00	XLON
10:05:54	500	152.00	XLON
10:05:54	401	152.00	XLON
10:10:00	1118	151.80	CHIX
10:10:00	49	151.80	CHIX
10:23:17	2054	151.60	XLON
10:23:17	1,500	151.60	XLON
10:23:17	500	151.60	XLON
10:23:17	336	151.60	XLON
10:24:30	1,251	151.70	BATE
10:32:08	322	151.40	CHIX
10:32:08	883	151.40	CHIX
11:01:30	500	151.70	BATE
11:01:30	500	151.70	BATE
11:01:30	292	151.70	BATE
11:01:30	190	151.90	BATE
11:01:30	8	151.90	BATE
11:01:30	1,002	151.90	BATE
11:02:29	1,250	151.90	XLON
11:04:41	1,217	151.80	CHIX
11:04:41	500	151.80	BATE
11:04:50	183	151.80	BATE
11:04:50	1000	151.80	BATE
11:04:50	262	151.80	BATE
11:05:28	1275	151.70	TRQX
11:30:01	1,275	151.20	XLON
11:55:25	1,288	151.20	XLON
11:55:25	146	151.20	XLON
11:55:27	1,281	151.40	CHIX
12:10:45	1,381	151.20	XLON
12:10:45	238	151.20	XLON
12:30:45	1,000	151.40	XLON
12:30:45	614	151.40	XLON
12:30:45	10	151.40	XLON
12:30:45	51	151.40	XLON
12:30:45	1,288	151.40	XLON
12:30:45	190	151.50	XLON
12:30:45	414	151.50	XLON
12:30:45	704	151.50	XLON
12:31:27	69	151.80	CHIX
12:31:27	500	151.80	BATE
12:31:27	500	151.80	BATE
12:31:27	393	151.80	BATE
12:31:27	1,000	151.80	CHIX
12:31:27	341	151.80	CHIX
12:31:27	394	151.80	BATE
12:31:27	934	151.80	BATE
12:32:03	1,088	151.60	BATE
12:32:03	118	151.60	BATE
12:32:27	1,400	151.60	XLON
12:33:00	1,366	151.80	CHIX
12:33:00	1,048	151.70	XLON
12:33:00	439	151.70	XLON
12:34:00	1,290	151.80	CHIX
12:34:02	824	151.70	TRQX
12:34:02	381	151.70	TRQX
12:34:02	2037	151.60	XLON
12:34:02	1,949	151.60	XLON
12:34:05	500	151.50	BATE
12:34:05	968	151.50	BATE
12:34:05	1,496	151.40	XLON
12:53:26	1500	151.00	XLON
12:53:26	500	151.00	XLON
12:53:26	184	151.00	XLON
12:53:26	177	151.00	XLON
12:53:26	1,109	151.00	XLON
12:54:05	1,323	150.80	BATE
12:56:51	1121	150.90	XLON
12:56:51	528	150.90	XLON
12:56:51	872	150.90	BATE
12:56:51	810	150.90	BATE
13:01:19	302	150.70	BATE
13:01:19	500	150.70	BATE
13:01:19	409	150.70	BATE
13:02:00	321	150.80	CHIX
13:02:00	500	150.80	CHIX
13:02:00	500	150.80	CHIX
13:02:00	99	150.80	CHIX
13:12:02	1,357	150.70	XLON
13:12:02	100	150.70	XLON
13:12:02	835	150.70	BATE
13:12:02	458	150.70	BATE
13:12:02	600	150.70	XLON
13:12:02	2,015	150.70	XLON
13:15:36	69	150.60	BATE
13:15:36	1,307	150.60	BATE
13:15:36	1,000	150.50	XLON
13:15:36	482	150.50	XLON
13:15:36	1,540	150.60	BATE
13:15:36	2823	150.50	XLON
13:21:42	1,000	150.00	XLON
13:21:42	356	150.00	XLON
13:21:42	1,500	150.00	BATE
13:21:42	339	150.00	BATE
13:21:42	2,058	150.00	XLON
13:21:42	1,493	150.10	XLON
13:21:47	500	149.70	BATE
13:21:47	1000	149.70	BATE
13:21:47	500	149.70	BATE
13:21:47	136	149.70	BATE
13:23:51	1,691	149.80	XLON
13:24:31	874	149.80	CHIX
13:24:31	1,000	149.80	CHIX
13:24:47	1,569	149.80	BATE
13:25:49	100	149.80	XLON
13:25:49	1268	149.80	XLON
13:28:04	1,215	150.00	XLON
13:28:04	220	150.10	XLON
13:28:04	1,057	150.10	XLON
13:28:04	2,873	150.10	XLON
13:28:31	69	150.50	CHIX
13:28:31	1,222	150.70	CHIX
13:28:45	1530	149.80	BATE
13:33:47	1,112	150.10	XLON
13:33:47	234	150.10	XLON
13:34:20	500	150.20	BATE
13:34:20	721	150.20	BATE
13:34:26	121	150.00	CHIX
13:36:53	168	150.00	CHIX
13:38:53	1,349	150.10	CHIX
13:52:09	1,382	149.80	CHIX
13:54:51	1,264	149.40	XLON
13:55:02	1,522	149.50	TRQX
13:57:41	1,300	149.70	XLON
13:57:41	263	149.70	XLON
13:57:41	155	149.80	XLON
13:57:41	500	149.80	XLON
13:57:41	1,787	149.80	XLON
13:57:41	500	149.80	XLON
13:57:41	453	149.80	XLON
13:57:41	120	149.80	XLON
13:57:41	148	149.80	XLON
13:57:41	1,787	149.80	XLON
13:57:41	191	149.80	XLON
13:57:46	1,575	149.50	BATE
13:57:46	1,577	149.50	BATE
13:58:41	10	149.80	XLON
13:58:41	1,277	149.80	XLON
13:58:41	117	149.80	XLON
13:58:41	1,238	149.80	XLON
13:58:41	6	149.80	XLON
14:08:41	625	149.70	CHIX
14:08:41	595	149.70	CHIX
14:22:02	1,298	149.50	CHIX
14:22:02	270	149.50	TRQX
14:22:02	956	149.50	TRQX
14:22:03	430	149.40	TRQX
14:22:03	69	149.50	TRQX
14:22:03	34	149.50	TRQX
14:22:03	1,165	149.50	TRQX
14:22:28	524	149.50	XLON
14:22:40	500	149.60	BATE
14:22:40	12	149.60	BATE
14:22:40	1,476	149.60	XLON
14:22:40	1,117	149.60	XLON
14:22:40	3,350	149.60	XLON
14:22:40	200	149.60	BATE
14:22:40	1,000	149.60	BATE
14:22:40	500	149.60	BATE
14:22:40	1	149.60	BATE
14:22:40	1,175	149.60	BATE
14:22:40	835	149.60	XLON
14:22:40	484	149.60	XLON
14:32:28	1,326	149.10	CHIX
14:41:28	1,249	148.90	CHIX
14:42:39	108	148.90	CHIX
14:42:39	1,923	149.10	XLON
14:42:39	1,000	149.10	XLON
14:42:39	1,013	149.10	XLON
14:49:39	500	148.80	CHIX
14:49:39	500	148.80	CHIX
14:49:39	419	148.80	CHIX
14:51:03	2,451	148.80	BATE
14:51:03	2,606	148.80	BATE
14:59:01	1,609	148.10	XLON
14:59:01	2,666	148.10	XLON
14:59:01	1,863	148.10	XLON
14:59:01	1,549	148.10	XLON
14:59:01	1,189	148.10	XLON
14:59:32	2,449	147.80	BATE
14:59:50	1,400	148.20	TRQX
14:59:50	1	148.00	TRQX
14:59:50	321	148.20	TRQX
14:59:50	2,135	148.20	TRQX
14:59:50	75	148.00	TRQX
14:59:50	471	148.20	TRQX
14:59:50	945	148.20	TRQX
15:00:04	1,738	147.50	XLON
15:00:07	2,889	147.50	XLON
15:00:07	2,991	147.60	XLON
15:00:30	2,500	147.90	XLON
15:00:30	1,000	147.90	XLON
15:00:30	500	147.90	XLON
15:00:30	2,500	147.90	XLON
15:00:30	500	147.90	XLON
15:00:30	270	147.90	XLON
15:00:30	433	147.90	XLON
15:00:35	3,533	148.00	XLON
15:01:07	500	148.30	BATE
15:01:07	500	148.30	BATE
15:01:20	1,602	148.40	XLON
15:01:20	3,420	148.40	XLON
15:01:20	45	148.40	XLON
15:01:20	1,500	148.40	XLON
15:01:20	500	148.40	XLON
15:01:20	1,952	148.40	XLON
15:01:20	531	148.40	XLON
15:01:40	500	148.70	XLON
15:01:40	2,167	148.70	XLON
15:01:40	500	148.70	XLON
15:01:40	3,698	148.70	XLON
15:01:40	4,614	148.70	XLON
15:01:40	1,766	148.70	XLON
15:01:50	530	148.70	XLON
15:01:50	1,000	148.80	BATE
15:01:50	431	148.80	BATE
15:01:50	1,000	148.80	BATE
15:01:50	306	148.80	BATE
15:01:50	7	148.80	BATE
15:01:50	500	148.80	BATE
15:01:50	500	148.80	BATE
15:01:50	430	148.80	BATE
15:01:50	1,247	148.80	BATE
15:01:50	1,000	148.80	BATE
15:01:50	239	148.80	BATE
15:01:50	1,084	148.70	XLON
15:01:50	530	148.70	XLON
15:01:51	1,245	148.70	XLON
15:01:51	1,045	148.70	XLON
15:01:51	4,047	148.70	XLON
15:01:51	3,830	148.70	XLON
15:01:51	3,000	148.70	XLON
15:01:51	1,612	148.70	XLON
15:01:51	1,239	148.60	BATE
15:01:56	714	148.20	TRQX
15:01:57	536	148.20	TRQX
15:02:36	220	148.40	XLON
15:02:36	3,310	148.40	XLON
15:02:36	1,305	148.30	XLON
15:03:15	1,407	148.10	XLON
15:04:17	1,459	148.10	XLON
15:04:21	1,425	148.00	XLON
15:05:20	1,500	148.10	BATE
15:05:20	84	148.10	BATE
15:06:03	1,298	148.30	XLON
15:06:04	57	148.20	CHIX
15:06:04	113	148.20	CHIX
15:06:08	1,189	148.20	CHIX
15:06:11	1,784	148.20	BATE
15:07:00	1,291	148.30	XLON
15:07:11	1,807	148.60	BATE
15:07:11	955	148.60	BATE
15:07:11	1,049	148.60	BATE
15:07:16	1,212	148.10	XLON
15:10:18	1,221	148.20	XLON
15:13:11	1,371	148.40	XLON
15:13:11	1,332	148.30	CHIX
15:13:11	500	148.40	XLON
15:13:11	990	148.40	XLON
15:13:30	1,228	148.60	BATE
15:15:11	1,376	148.40	XLON
15:17:11	1,232	148.30	XLON
15:18:17	58	148.30	XLON
15:20:40	1,219	147.90	XLON
15:23:11	1,230	148.00	CHIX
15:25:51	1,287	147.90	XLON
15:25:51	220	147.90	XLON
15:25:51	500	147.90	XLON
15:25:51	520	147.90	XLON
15:25:51	193	147.90	BATE
15:25:51	1,000	147.90	BATE
15:25:51	374	147.90	BATE
15:25:51	555	147.90	BATE
15:25:51	437	147.90	BATE
15:25:51	1,277	147.90	XLON
15:25:51	598	147.90	BATE
15:25:56	829	147.80	BATE
15:25:56	1,206	147.80	BATE
15:25:56	69	147.80	BATE
15:25:56	357	147.80	BATE
15:25:56	1,708	147.80	BATE
15:28:06	500	147.60	XLON
15:28:06	500	147.60	XLON
15:28:23	407	147.60	XLON
15:28:23	1,326	147.60	TRQX
15:28:23	1,375	147.50	XLON
15:30:24	792	147.50	XLON
15:31:06	720	147.50	XLON
15:31:06	1,412	147.50	BATE
15:31:06	1,431	147.50	CHIX
15:32:11	586	147.50	XLON
15:32:11	909	147.50	XLON
15:34:11	1,000	147.40	XLON
15:34:11	351	147.40	XLON
15:35:12	1,107	147.30	XLON
15:35:12	133	147.30	XLON
15:37:12	1,240	147.30	XLON
15:40:47	1,702	147.40	BATE
15:40:47	1	147.40	BATE
15:40:47	1	147.40	BATE
15:40:47	115	147.40	BATE
15:40:47	605	147.40	BATE
15:40:47	15	147.40	BATE
15:40:47	18	147.40	BATE
15:40:47	1,233	147.40	BATE
15:40:47	259	147.50	TRQX
15:40:47	500	147.50	TRQX
15:40:47	550	147.50	TRQX
15:40:47	500	147.50	CHIX
15:40:47	80	147.50	CHIX
15:40:47	618	147.50	CHIX
15:42:01	81	147.70	BATE
15:42:01	1,372	147.70	BATE
15:42:01	64	147.50	BATE
15:42:01	69	147.60	BATE
15:42:01	830	147.70	BATE
15:42:01	442	147.70	BATE
15:42:01	1,274	147.70	BATE
15:42:01	1,121	147.60	XLON
15:42:01	311	147.60	XLON
15:42:01	713	147.60	XLON
15:43:50	500	147.80	BATE
15:43:50	500	147.80	BATE
15:43:50	288	147.80	BATE
15:44:48	1,000	147.70	XLON
15:44:48	487	147.70	XLON
15:44:48	500	147.80	BATE
15:44:48	967	147.80	BATE
15:44:52	47	147.80	BATE
15:45:22	1,213	147.80	BATE
15:45:26	1,334	147.70	XLON
15:46:40	1,251	147.70	XLON
15:49:47	1,318	147.80	CHIX
15:49:49	1,396	147.70	XLON
15:49:50	500	147.60	BATE
15:49:50	910	147.60	BATE
15:49:55	1,320	147.50	XLON
15:52:25	1,616	147.20	BATE
15:54:30	632	147.30	XLON
15:54:30	46	147.30	XLON
15:54:30	1,240	147.30	XLON
15:54:31	1,699	147.20	BATE
15:54:31	500	147.20	BATE
15:54:31	1,228	147.20	BATE
15:57:52	1,794	147.20	XLON
15:57:55	1,000	147.20	XLON
15:57:55	464	147.20	XLON
15:57:55	89	147.20	XLON
15:57:57	1,237	147.20	XLON
15:58:47	1,231	147.20	CHIX
15:59:57	1,000	147.20	XLON
15:59:57	304	147.20	XLON
16:02:02	1,480	147.00	XLON
16:06:02	64	147.00	XLON
16:06:02	1,964	147.00	XLON
16:06:28	1,500	146.80	BATE
16:06:28	578	146.80	BATE
16:06:59	2,315	146.20	BATE
16:07:59	500	146.80	BATE
16:07:59	1,000	146.80	BATE
16:07:59	299	146.80	BATE
16:08:47	1,138	147.40	TRQX
16:08:47	58	147.40	TRQX
16:09:25	2,332	147.60	BATE
16:09:25	69	147.40	BATE
16:09:25	69	147.40	CHIX
16:09:25	1,167	147.50	CHIX
16:09:25	2,311	147.40	BATE
16:09:25	112	147.30	XLON
16:09:25	1,788	147.30	XLON
16:10:37	200	147.50	XLON
16:10:37	1,249	147.50	XLON
16:12:37	1,000	147.50	XLON
16:12:37	719	147.50	XLON
16:14:26	1,223	147.60	XLON
16:14:26	1,203	147.70	CHIX
16:14:40	1,201	147.60	XLON
16:15:40	1,000	147.60	XLON
16:15:40	292	147.60	XLON
16:16:40	1,353	147.50	XLON
16:17:25	500	147.30	BATE
16:17:25	735	147.30	BATE
16:18:40	1,519	147.30	XLON
16:18:40	200	147.30	XLON
16:18:43	13	147.30	XLON
16:19:43	1,486	147.30	XLON
16:20:43	800	147.10	XLON
16:20:45	4	147.10	XLON
16:21:45	1,000	147.20	XLON
16:21:45	203	147.20	CHIX
16:21:45	500	147.20	CHIX
16:22:50	1,000	147.40	BATE
16:22:50	762	147.40	BATE
16:24:01	500	147.40	BATE
16:24:01	500	147.40	BATE
16:24:01	500	147.40	BATE
16:24:01	48	147.40	BATE
16:24:25	162	147.30	XLON
16:24:25	1,535	147.30	TRQX
16:24:25	500	147.30	XLON
16:24:25	500	147.30	XLON
16:25:29	1,354	147.30	XLON
16:25:29	114	147.30	XLON
16:25:29	38	147.30	XLON
16:25:29	1,151	147.30	XLON
16:25:29	146	147.30	XLON
16:25:39	293	147.20	XLON
16:26:13	82	147.20	XLON
16:26:13	27	147.20	CHIX
16:27:20	1,227	147.10	XLON
16:27:20	178	147.10	XLON
16:28:13	500	147.10	XLON
16:28:13	933	147.10	XLON
16:28:16	159	147.00	CHIX
16:28:24	803	147.00	CHIX
16:29:33	795	147.00	XLON
16:29:33	1,017	146.90	TRQX

 

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