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	21 August 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	297,774
Weighted average price paid (p)	143.57
Highest price paid (p)	146.20
Lowest price paid (p)	141.80

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 68,600,673 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 682,094,342. 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 21 August 2023 is 682,094,342. 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	143.53	185,336
BATE	143.75	47,227
CHIX	143.56	44,460
TRQX	143.60	20,751

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:00:28	1,308	145.00	BATE
08:01:00	578	144.60	CHIX
08:01:00	659	144.60	CHIX
08:01:31	659	144.90	XLON
08:01:31	817	144.90	XLON
08:08:12	1,444	146.10	XLON
08:08:12	1542	146.10	XLON
08:08:40	1326	145.90	BATE
08:11:02	162	146.20	TRQX
08:11:02	1,000	146.20	TRQX
08:11:05	781	145.60	CHIX
08:15:20	193	145.70	CHIX
08:15:20	1213	145.70	CHIX
08:16:58	1195	145.50	BATE
08:39:21	116	145.00	TRQX
08:39:21	228	145.30	XLON
08:39:21	941	145.00	XLON
08:39:21	941	145.20	XLON
08:39:21	1084	145.30	XLON
08:39:21	1224	145.00	TRQX
08:39:21	1250	145.50	XLON
08:39:21	1323	145.30	BATE
08:39:21	1,662	145.20	XLON
08:39:21	1,852	145.30	XLON
08:39:21	2,076	145.50	XLON
08:39:21	3,070	145.30	XLON
08:39:21	3,708	145.30	XLON
08:43:30	626	145.20	CHIX
08:43:30	721	145.20	CHIX
08:44:40	516	145.30	BATE
08:44:40	682	145.30	BATE
09:05:02	1495	145.30	XLON
09:13:14	688	144.90	XLON
09:13:14	828	144.90	XLON
09:13:14	1,468	144.90	XLON
09:38:57	32	144.90	CHIX
09:38:57	1,719	144.90	CHIX
09:39:00	163	144.90	BATE
09:39:00	355	144.90	BATE
09:39:01	17	144.90	BATE
09:39:04	63	144.90	BATE
09:39:04	606	144.80	CHIX
09:39:04	715	144.80	CHIX
09:39:04	849	144.90	BATE
09:45:07	514	144.80	XLON
09:45:07	1,786	144.80	XLON
09:59:17	15	144.60	XLON
09:59:17	73	144.60	XLON
09:59:17	1,261	144.60	XLON
10:13:02	11	144.60	XLON
10:13:02	803	144.60	XLON
10:13:02	1,397	144.60	XLON
10:19:52	1,243	144.30	CHIX
10:36:20	1,169	143.90	BATE
11:27:02	1,203	143.60	XLON
11:27:06	263	143.60	XLON
11:27:06	310	143.60	XLON
11:27:10	728	143.50	XLON
11:27:52	198	144.00	BATE
11:27:52	230	144.00	XLON
11:27:52	597	144.00	XLON
11:27:52	755	144.00	XLON
11:27:52	1222	144.00	BATE
11:28:52	64	144.00	CHIX
11:28:52	74	144.00	CHIX
11:28:52	126	144.00	CHIX
11:28:52	500	144.00	CHIX
11:28:52	500	144.00	CHIX
11:28:52	500	144.00	CHIX
11:28:52	922	144.00	CHIX
11:28:52	1,166	144.00	CHIX
11:28:57	474	144.00	BATE
11:28:57	500	144.00	BATE
11:28:57	500	144.00	BATE
11:28:57	1,298	143.90	XLON
11:29:01	41	143.90	XLON
11:38:34	500	144.00	XLON
11:38:34	871	144.00	XLON
11:38:34	1,517	144.00	XLON
11:43:28	363	143.90	BATE
11:43:28	500	143.90	BATE
11:43:28	534	143.90	BATE
11:43:29	166	143.60	CHIX
11:43:29	350	143.60	CHIX
11:43:29	500	143.60	CHIX
11:43:29	500	143.60	CHIX
11:43:29	500	143.60	CHIX
11:43:29	500	143.60	CHIX
11:43:29	1,000	143.60	CHIX
12:01:43	228	143.90	XLON
12:01:43	253	143.90	XLON
12:01:43	1,702	143.90	XLON
12:02:04	215	143.60	TRQX
12:02:04	344	143.60	BATE
12:02:04	970	143.60	BATE
12:02:04	1,156	143.60	TRQX
12:07:20	500	143.60	XLON
12:12:47	208	143.60	CHIX
12:12:47	928	143.60	XLON
12:12:47	1,108	143.60	CHIX
12:12:47	1,351	143.60	XLON
12:12:47	1382	143.60	XLON
12:12:47	1,398	143.60	CHIX
12:12:47	1,604	143.60	XLON
12:12:47	2,087	143.60	XLON
12:20:38	545	143.40	XLON
12:20:38	779	143.40	XLON
12:22:49	777	143.20	XLON
12:22:49	828	143.20	XLON
12:39:52	877	142.70	CHIX
12:39:58	678	142.70	XLON
12:44:04	228	143.10	XLON
12:44:04	647	143.10	XLON
12:44:04	683	143.10	XLON
12:44:04	811	143.10	XLON
12:44:04	1,500	143.10	XLON
12:44:07	517	142.70	CHIX
12:53:37	806	142.70	CHIX
12:55:09	627	142.70	CHIX
12:57:51	100	142.90	XLON
12:57:51	175	142.90	XLON
12:57:51	1,259	142.90	XLON
13:01:36	530	143.00	XLON
13:01:36	940	143.00	XLON
13:10:00	341	143.00	XLON
13:10:00	1,050	143.00	XLON
13:18:21	166	142.80	CHIX
13:18:21	676	142.80	CHIX
13:18:39	307	142.80	CHIX
13:19:00	1356	143.00	XLON
13:19:01	79	142.80	CHIX
13:20:58	171	142.90	XLON
13:20:58	1311	142.90	XLON
13:21:42	825	142.80	BATE
13:27:52	125	142.80	BATE
13:27:53	495	142.80	BATE
13:34:04	1,428	142.80	TRQX
13:34:11	634	142.50	CHIX
13:39:09	482	142.60	XLON
13:46:29	217	142.60	XLON
13:46:29	834	142.60	XLON
13:48:20	96	142.50	CHIX
13:54:25	496	142.50	CHIX
14:00:55	834	142.50	BATE
14:01:05	874	142.50	TRQX
14:05:11	48	142.50	TRQX
14:05:11	448	142.50	BATE
14:15:21	62	142.50	TRQX
14:15:30	66	142.50	TRQX
14:16:53	281	142.50	TRQX
14:16:53	425	142.50	XLON
14:16:53	1,174	142.50	BATE
14:16:53	1,824	142.50	XLON
14:22:55	126	142.20	XLON
14:22:55	447	142.20	XLON
14:22:55	827	142.20	XLON
14:25:59	77	142.00	XLON
14:25:59	113	142.00	XLON
14:25:59	563	142.00	XLON
14:25:59	1,050	142.00	XLON
14:25:59	1,423	142.00	XLON
14:25:59	1531	142.00	XLON
14:25:59	4,416	142.00	XLON
14:26:01	1,475	142.00	XLON
14:26:02	758	142.00	XLON
14:32:37	3392	142.00	XLON
14:32:44	8	142.30	XLON
14:32:44	14	142.80	BATE
14:32:44	18	142.80	BATE
14:32:44	23	142.80	BATE
14:32:44	30	142.80	BATE
14:32:44	500	142.80	BATE
14:32:44	500	142.80	BATE
14:32:44	500	142.80	BATE
14:32:44	1,000	142.80	BATE
14:32:44	2048	142.80	BATE
14:32:48	500	142.80	XLON
14:32:48	500	142.80	XLON
14:32:48	10,460	142.80	XLON
14:32:50	1,000	142.80	XLON
14:32:50	1230	142.70	CHIX
14:32:50	1,395	142.70	CHIX
14:32:50	1,852	142.80	XLON
14:32:50	2259	142.80	CHIX
14:32:50	2,814	142.80	XLON
14:32:50	2,853	142.80	XLON
14:32:50	11,273	142.80	XLON
14:33:03	344	142.80	TRQX
14:33:03	954	142.80	TRQX
14:33:03	1,394	142.80	TRQX
14:42:15	431	142.80	CHIX
14:42:15	1,003	142.80	CHIX
14:45:20	1438	142.70	BATE
14:47:46	1,453	142.40	XLON
14:50:10	1,375	141.80	CHIX
14:59:06	30	142.60	XLON
14:59:06	35	142.60	XLON
14:59:06	401	142.50	XLON
14:59:06	445	142.30	XLON
14:59:06	1,314	142.60	XLON
14:59:06	4,416	142.60	XLON
14:59:08	975	142.60	XLON
14:59:08	1,064	142.60	XLON
15:00:41	165	142.80	BATE
15:00:41	190	142.80	BATE
15:00:41	232	142.80	XLON
15:00:41	500	142.80	BATE
15:00:41	500	142.80	BATE
15:00:41	582	142.90	TRQX
15:00:41	704	142.90	TRQX
15:00:41	1,000	142.80	XLON
15:00:41	1,000	142.80	XLON
15:08:13	146	142.50	CHIX
15:08:13	1,060	142.50	CHIX
15:10:28	1,170	142.50	CHIX
15:16:43	382	142.60	XLON
15:16:43	472	142.60	XLON
15:16:43	1,838	142.60	XLON
15:19:28	607	142.40	XLON
15:19:28	856	142.40	XLON
15:19:28	1,238	142.40	XLON
15:25:49	639	142.40	CHIX
15:25:53	672	142.40	CHIX
15:27:59	20	142.40	CHIX
15:27:59	161	142.40	XLON
15:27:59	1,161	142.40	CHIX
15:29:19	20	142.40	XLON
15:29:19	69	142.40	BATE
15:30:34	610	142.40	BATE
15:36:32	48	142.80	TRQX
15:36:32	296	142.80	TRQX
15:36:32	346	142.80	XLON
15:36:32	500	142.80	XLON
15:36:32	500	142.80	XLON
15:36:32	500	142.80	XLON
15:36:32	500	142.80	XLON
15:36:32	500	142.80	XLON
15:36:32	500	142.80	XLON
15:36:32	558	142.80	XLON
15:36:40	206	142.90	XLON
15:36:40	552	142.90	XLON
15:36:40	1,275	142.90	BATE
15:36:40	1,386	142.90	TRQX
15:36:40	1,765	142.90	XLON
15:37:45	35	143.50	BATE
15:37:45	500	143.50	BATE
15:37:45	853	143.40	BATE
15:37:45	1,201	143.40	TRQX
15:37:45	1,500	143.40	TRQX
15:37:45	1,767	143.50	BATE
15:37:45	2,000	143.50	BATE
15:37:45	2,001	143.40	BATE
15:38:03	31	144.00	XLON
15:38:03	43	144.00	XLON
15:38:03	56	144.00	XLON
15:38:03	500	144.00	XLON
15:38:03	500	144.00	XLON
15:38:03	500	144.00	XLON
15:38:03	1,137	144.00	XLON
15:38:03	1,243	144.00	XLON
15:38:03	2,318	144.00	XLON
15:38:03	2,347	144.00	XLON
15:38:03	2,572	144.00	XLON
15:38:03	2,877	144.00	XLON
15:39:03	276	144.00	XLON
15:39:07	336	144.10	CHIX
15:39:07	849	144.10	CHIX
15:39:07	1,503	144.20	XLON
15:39:07	1,977	143.80	XLON
15:40:34	106	143.60	TRQX
15:40:34	241	143.60	TRQX
15:40:34	255	143.60	TRQX
15:40:34	500	143.60	TRQX
15:40:34	500	143.60	TRQX
15:40:34	500	143.60	TRQX
15:40:34	504	143.60	TRQX
15:40:35	194	143.60	BATE
15:40:35	1,485	143.60	BATE
15:40:35	1,852	143.60	BATE
15:46:35	11	143.60	XLON
15:46:35	16	143.50	XLON
15:46:35	38	143.50	XLON
15:46:35	370	143.80	XLON
15:46:35	1,000	143.80	XLON
15:46:35	1,162	143.80	XLON
15:46:35	1,434	143.80	XLON
15:46:35	1,811	143.80	XLON
15:46:35	2,000	143.80	XLON
15:46:35	5,130	143.80	XLON
15:59:52	20	143.60	XLON
15:59:52	49	143.60	XLON
15:59:52	389	143.60	CHIX
15:59:52	871	143.60	CHIX
15:59:52	1,171	143.60	CHIX
15:59:52	1,266	143.60	XLON
16:01:32	13	143.90	XLON
16:01:32	41	144.20	XLON
16:01:32	973	144.20	XLON
16:01:32	1,210	144.20	XLON
16:01:32	1,357	144.20	XLON
16:02:35	481	144.00	BATE
16:02:35	959	144.00	BATE
16:03:35	1,411	144.20	BATE
16:12:39	352	143.90	CHIX
16:12:39	847	143.90	CHIX
16:14:06	1,385	144.00	BATE
16:16:54	115	143.90	CHIX
16:16:54	337	143.90	CHIX
16:17:02	95	143.90	CHIX
16:17:43	337	143.90	CHIX
16:17:43	467	143.90	CHIX
16:18:09	61	143.90	CHIX
16:18:39	250	144.00	XLON
16:18:39	290	144.00	TRQX
16:18:39	386	144.00	BATE
16:18:39	500	144.00	BATE
16:18:39	794	144.00	XLON
16:18:39	1,000	144.00	BATE
16:18:46	56	144.20	XLON
16:18:46	500	144.30	TRQX
16:18:46	500	144.30	TRQX
16:18:46	500	144.30	TRQX
16:18:46	1,314	144.60	TRQX
16:18:46	1,628	144.50	XLON
16:18:46	3,697	144.50	XLON
16:19:39	195	144.20	BATE
16:20:09	1,125	144.20	BATE
16:21:33	1,340	144.30	XLON
16:22:09	32	144.40	BATE
16:22:09	127	144.40	BATE
16:22:09	136	144.40	BATE
16:22:09	951	144.40	BATE
16:29:10	1,223	144.30	CHIX
16:29:54	1,514	144.30	XLON

 

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