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	22 August 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	379,270
Weighted average price paid (p)	143.46
Highest price paid (p)	145.80
Lowest price paid (p)	141.80

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 68,979,943 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 681,715,072. 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 22 August 2023 is 681,715,072. 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	143.50	257,416
BATE	143.19	55,830
CHIX	143.48	44,521
TRQX	143.55	21,503

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:10:03	4,608	144.80	XLON
08:10:03	327	145.00	XLON
08:10:03	870	145.00	XLON
08:10:03	1,721	145.00	XLON
08:10:12	1521	143.90	XLON
08:10:13	1,433	143.90	XLON
08:13:13	356	143.70	XLON
08:13:13	1000	143.70	XLON
08:16:30	1,376	143.20	XLON
08:19:34	1,197	143.50	TRQX
08:21:30	1,462	143.90	XLON
08:21:30	2,087	143.90	XLON
08:21:30	3100	143.90	XLON
08:21:30	1601	143.40	XLON
08:22:14	321	144.50	XLON
08:22:14	1,000	144.50	XLON
08:25:14	468	144.50	XLON
08:26:00	391	144.50	XLON
08:26:00	545	144.50	XLON
08:30:00	1323	144.70	XLON
08:30:54	1452	144.20	XLON
08:31:08	1496	144.80	XLON
08:31:08	1,543	144.70	XLON
08:33:12	1,397	144.80	XLON
08:33:12	77	145.00	BATE
08:33:12	1,066	145.30	BATE
08:33:12	27	145.30	BATE
08:36:53	1,409	145.10	XLON
08:36:53	1	145.10	XLON
08:37:10	1,236	145.20	CHIX
08:43:53	1,441	145.80	TRQX
08:43:53	976	145.10	XLON
08:43:53	500	145.10	XLON
08:44:18	25	144.70	XLON
08:44:18	500	144.70	XLON
08:44:18	317	144.70	XLON
08:44:18	500	144.70	XLON
08:48:17	1,871	145.00	XLON
08:48:43	1,587	145.10	XLON
08:48:43	4,447	145.00	XLON
08:48:43	124	145.00	XLON
08:58:40	373	145.20	CHIX
08:58:40	1,000	145.20	CHIX
08:59:44	1,312	145.10	XLON
08:59:44	7	145.10	XLON
09:07:17	1,491	145.20	XLON
09:08:49	16	145.10	TRQX
09:09:12	500	145.10	TRQX
09:09:12	500	145.10	TRQX
09:09:12	155	145.10	TRQX
09:09:17	1,585	145.20	XLON
09:12:07	77	144.90	CHIX
09:12:07	1,259	144.90	CHIX
09:12:07	158	144.80	XLON
09:12:07	500	144.80	XLON
09:12:07	934	144.80	XLON
09:12:39	804	144.70	BATE
09:12:39	87	144.70	BATE
09:12:40	88	144.70	BATE
09:12:45	262	144.70	BATE
09:20:04	146	144.40	CHIX
09:20:04	1,144	144.40	CHIX
09:20:04	1484	144.40	XLON
09:27:22	131	144.10	XLON
09:27:22	500	144.10	XLON
09:27:22	500	144.10	XLON
09:27:22	500	144.10	XLON
09:27:22	1,432	144.10	XLON
09:39:22	1,357	143.90	XLON
09:39:43	1,194	143.70	TRQX
09:43:30	20	144.00	CHIX
09:43:30	1571	144.10	XLON
09:45:05	405	144.20	BATE
09:45:05	1000	144.20	BATE
09:50:29	471	144.10	XLON
09:50:29	294	144.10	XLON
09:50:29	144	144.10	XLON
09:50:29	455	144.10	XLON
10:08:13	16	144.20	CHIX
10:08:27	543	144.20	XLON
10:08:27	40	144.20	XLON
10:08:51	543	144.20	CHIX
10:08:51	18	144.20	XLON
10:09:18	16	144.20	XLON
10:09:44	10	144.20	XLON
10:10:11	1,118	144.20	XLON
10:10:11	466	144.20	XLON
10:10:11	171	144.20	XLON
10:10:11	500	144.20	XLON
10:10:11	2,227	144.20	XLON
10:10:11	784	144.20	CHIX
10:10:11	775	144.20	CHIX
10:24:41	1399	144.20	XLON
10:24:41	1,420	144.20	XLON
10:24:41	156	144.20	XLON
10:34:43	543	144.70	XLON
10:34:43	1,340	144.80	TRQX
10:34:43	7	144.40	CHIX
10:34:50	1,772	144.60	XLON
10:34:50	639	144.60	CHIX
10:34:50	234	144.60	CHIX
10:34:50	3537	144.70	XLON
10:34:50	873	144.60	CHIX
10:34:50	79	144.60	CHIX
10:35:05	1,673	144.70	BATE
10:35:12	1,586	144.60	XLON
10:36:50	638	144.50	CHIX
10:36:50	684	144.50	CHIX
10:37:47	1480	144.30	XLON
10:39:21	11	144.20	XLON
10:39:47	1,619	144.20	XLON
10:39:47	6	144.20	XLON
10:47:47	1617	144.10	XLON
10:52:05	280	144.10	XLON
10:52:05	2,819	144.10	XLON
10:55:05	1,609	144.10	XLON
11:00:05	703	144.00	XLON
11:00:05	500	144.00	XLON
11:00:05	5	144.00	XLON
11:00:05	223	144.00	XLON
11:00:05	1,358	144.00	CHIX
11:09:05	1,601	144.00	XLON
11:17:17	6	144.00	CHIX
11:18:09	701	144.00	CHIX
11:18:09	527	144.00	CHIX
11:28:40	1,235	144.40	TRQX
11:28:40	151	144.40	TRQX
11:28:40	3689	144.20	XLON
11:28:40	2,715	144.10	XLON
11:29:40	3025	143.90	XLON
11:30:05	1000	143.90	BATE
11:30:05	214	143.90	BATE
11:31:23	994	143.90	XLON
11:31:23	619	143.90	XLON
11:32:05	1,333	144.20	BATE
11:33:40	500	143.90	CHIX
11:33:40	768	143.90	CHIX
11:36:14	1,626	143.70	XLON
11:40:14	623	143.70	XLON
11:40:14	913	143.70	XLON
11:46:14	45	143.70	XLON
11:46:14	291	143.70	XLON
11:46:14	500	143.70	XLON
11:46:14	157	143.70	XLON
11:46:14	500	143.70	XLON
11:59:13	1,401	144.00	CHIX
11:59:13	532	144.00	BATE
11:59:13	77	144.20	BATE
11:59:13	796	144.20	BATE
11:59:13	1,450	144.10	TRQX
11:59:13	1,291	144.00	BATE
12:02:45	401	144.00	XLON
12:02:45	1,319	144.00	XLON
12:02:45	2,594	144.00	XLON
12:02:45	1,201	144.00	XLON
12:02:45	379	144.00	XLON
12:02:45	500	144.00	XLON
12:11:13	1444	143.80	BATE
12:12:42	1,542	143.40	XLON
12:16:20	373	143.20	XLON
12:16:20	500	143.20	XLON
12:16:20	482	143.20	XLON
12:16:20	169	143.20	CHIX
12:16:20	1,054	143.20	CHIX
12:21:02	1,000	143.20	XLON
12:21:02	104	143.20	XLON
12:21:13	500	143.30	BATE
12:21:13	500	143.30	BATE
12:21:13	165	143.30	BATE
12:21:13	83	143.50	BATE
12:21:13	1,166	143.50	BATE
12:21:18	284	143.20	XLON
12:21:18	423	143.20	XLON
12:21:18	808	143.20	XLON
12:21:18	49	143.20	XLON
12:21:18	423	143.20	XLON
12:23:15	11	143.30	XLON
12:23:15	500	143.30	XLON
12:23:15	1,000	143.30	XLON
12:28:22	155	143.30	XLON
12:28:22	923	143.30	XLON
12:28:22	447	143.30	XLON
12:35:22	287	143.30	XLON
12:35:22	500	143.30	XLON
12:35:22	500	143.30	XLON
12:35:22	279	143.30	XLON
12:38:15	1,199	143.20	CHIX
12:41:20	227	143.20	TRQX
12:41:20	880	143.20	TRQX
12:42:27	100	143.20	TRQX
12:42:30	47	143.10	XLON
12:42:30	1,456	143.10	XLON
12:59:51	1	143.00	CHIX
13:08:54	682	143.00	BATE
13:08:54	1,455	143.00	BATE
13:08:54	206	143.00	CHIX
13:08:54	873	143.00	XLON
13:08:54	338	143.00	XLON
13:08:54	500	143.00	CHIX
13:08:54	500	143.00	CHIX
13:08:54	211	143.00	XLON
13:08:54	294	143.00	XLON
13:08:54	1,059	143.00	XLON
13:08:54	623	143.00	XLON
13:08:54	314	143.00	XLON
13:08:54	500	143.00	XLON
13:08:54	150	143.00	XLON
13:08:54	350	143.00	XLON
13:08:54	1,365	143.00	XLON
13:08:54	3,349	143.00	XLON
13:08:54	247	143.00	BATE
13:08:54	1,087	143.00	BATE
13:08:54	925	143.00	CHIX
13:08:54	356	143.00	CHIX
13:08:54	73	143.00	CHIX
13:19:45	9	143.00	BATE
13:19:45	2,160	143.00	XLON
13:19:45	1,003	143.00	BATE
13:29:55	436	143.00	XLON
13:29:55	500	143.00	XLON
13:29:55	500	143.00	XLON
13:29:55	1,436	143.00	XLON
13:29:55	56	143.00	XLON
13:29:55	1,372	143.00	XLON
13:29:55	5	143.00	XLON
13:29:55	222	143.00	XLON
13:29:55	1,500	143.00	XLON
13:29:55	497	143.00	XLON
13:29:55	216	143.00	XLON
13:29:55	79	143.00	BATE
13:29:55	1,004	143.00	BATE
13:29:55	952	143.00	CHIX
13:29:55	284	143.00	CHIX
13:32:05	1,571	143.00	XLON
13:32:05	310	143.00	BATE
13:32:05	2,000	143.00	BATE
13:32:05	2,246	143.00	BATE
13:32:15	1,487	142.80	XLON
13:32:15	1,342	142.80	TRQX
13:43:34	1,500	142.80	XLON
13:43:34	1,511	142.80	XLON
13:43:34	1,449	142.80	CHIX
13:48:34	109	142.80	XLON
13:48:34	500	142.80	XLON
13:48:34	1,000	142.80	XLON
13:50:44	1,598	142.70	XLON
13:55:24	236	142.60	XLON
13:57:23	26	142.80	XLON
13:57:23	8	142.80	XLON
13:58:31	1,173	143.00	CHIX
14:02:45	1,000	143.00	TRQX
14:02:45	193	143.00	TRQX
14:05:06	1,329	143.00	XLON
14:05:06	2,255	143.00	XLON
14:05:06	3,194	143.00	XLON
14:05:06	500	143.00	XLON
14:05:06	647	143.00	XLON
14:05:06	500	143.00	XLON
14:05:06	500	143.00	XLON
14:17:35	1,099	143.10	XLON
14:17:35	228	143.10	XLON
14:17:35	400	143.10	XLON
14:17:35	458	143.10	XLON
14:17:35	467	143.10	XLON
14:17:35	37	143.10	XLON
14:17:35	1,920	143.10	XLON
14:17:35	510	143.10	XLON
14:22:36	1,830	143.40	CHIX
14:22:40	672	143.40	XLON
14:22:40	124	143.40	XLON
14:22:40	548	143.40	XLON
14:22:40	9	143.20	XLON
14:22:40	1,000	143.20	XLON
14:25:40	1,116	144.00	XLON
14:25:40	398	144.00	XLON
14:26:45	1,289	143.90	TRQX
14:27:17	1,557	143.80	XLON
14:27:44	1	143.70	CHIX
14:28:20	848	143.90	CHIX
14:28:20	550	143.90	CHIX
14:30:58	1,535	144.10	XLON
14:31:43	1,224	144.20	BATE
14:34:58	1,377	144.10	XLON
14:36:58	478	144.10	XLON
14:36:58	1,000	144.10	XLON
14:38:20	1,400	144.10	CHIX
14:38:27	1,393	143.90	XLON
14:40:41	1,576	143.80	BATE
14:40:41	1,517	143.80	BATE
14:40:41	1,549	143.90	XLON
14:43:06	425	143.40	XLON
14:43:06	423	143.40	XLON
14:43:06	500	143.40	XLON
14:45:33	1,404	143.60	BATE
14:45:33	12	143.30	BATE
14:46:01	1,406	143.40	XLON
14:46:45	1,000	143.30	TRQX
14:46:45	238	143.30	TRQX
14:48:01	573	143.40	XLON
14:48:01	1,000	143.40	XLON
14:48:19	1,201	143.20	CHIX
14:54:15	1,398	143.20	XLON
14:54:15	1,272	143.20	XLON
14:54:15	290	143.20	XLON
14:54:15	1,316	143.20	XLON
14:56:51	1,574	143.10	XLON
14:56:51	710	143.20	CHIX
14:56:51	96	143.20	CHIX
14:56:51	500	143.20	CHIX
14:59:15	1,376	143.10	XLON
15:01:15	1,576	143.10	XLON
15:03:45	1,561	143.10	XLON
15:06:05	770	143.10	CHIX
15:06:05	1,537	143.10	XLON
15:08:29	1,513	143.20	XLON
15:08:29	2,214	143.20	BATE
15:08:29	286	143.20	BATE
15:08:29	1,327	143.20	BATE
15:08:29	521	143.10	CHIX
15:10:29	1,458	143.00	XLON
15:10:29	1,328	143.00	TRQX
15:14:26	1,100	143.00	XLON
15:17:25	1,506	142.90	BATE
15:17:25	770	142.90	BATE
15:17:25	1,265	142.90	CHIX
15:17:25	1,469	143.00	XLON
15:17:25	228	143.00	XLON
15:17:25	1,534	143.00	XLON
15:19:04	1,771	142.90	XLON
15:19:05	3	142.90	XLON
15:21:05	703	142.90	XLON
15:22:04	1,425	143.20	BATE
15:22:15	250	143.00	XLON
15:22:37	535	143.10	XLON
15:22:37	887	143.10	XLON
15:23:05	1,441	143.00	CHIX
15:24:09	1,581	142.90	XLON
15:27:59	713	143.00	XLON
15:28:40	64	143.00	XLON
15:28:40	1,513	143.00	XLON
15:28:40	801	143.00	XLON
15:28:40	24	143.00	XLON
15:29:38	546	142.90	BATE
15:29:40	155	143.00	XLON
15:29:40	500	143.00	XLON
15:29:43	316	143.00	XLON
15:29:43	645	143.00	XLON
15:30:13	782	142.90	BATE
15:30:13	500	142.90	BATE
15:30:13	73	142.90	BATE
15:30:13	581	142.90	BATE
15:30:13	284	142.90	BATE
15:32:25	500	142.90	TRQX
15:32:25	930	142.90	TRQX
15:32:53	136	142.80	CHIX
15:33:20	16	142.90	BATE
15:33:20	1	142.90	BATE
15:33:55	779	142.90	BATE
15:34:38	486	142.90	CHIX
15:34:38	469	142.90	BATE
15:34:38	159	142.90	CHIX
15:34:38	228	142.90	CHIX
15:34:38	500	142.90	CHIX
15:35:37	475	142.80	XLON
15:35:37	500	142.80	XLON
15:35:37	249	142.80	XLON
15:35:37	250	142.80	XLON
15:35:37	1,389	142.80	XLON
15:35:37	1,392	142.80	XLON
15:35:37	1,202	142.80	XLON
15:35:37	410	142.80	XLON
15:37:37	703	142.70	XLON
15:38:20	300	142.70	XLON
15:38:20	500	142.70	XLON
15:40:20	1,369	142.70	XLON
15:40:20	51	142.70	XLON
15:41:51	885	142.50	XLON
15:41:51	34	142.50	XLON
15:47:15	5	142.50	CHIX
15:50:48	500	142.50	XLON
15:53:48	707	142.60	BATE
15:53:48	68	142.60	XLON
15:53:48	2,752	142.60	XLON
15:53:48	500	142.60	XLON
15:53:48	2,000	142.60	XLON
15:53:48	500	142.60	BATE
15:53:48	500	142.60	BATE
15:53:48	576	142.60	BATE
15:53:48	1,000	142.60	CHIX
15:53:48	500	142.60	CHIX
15:53:48	482	142.60	CHIX
15:53:50	254	142.60	XLON
15:53:50	1,684	142.60	XLON
15:53:50	246	142.60	BATE
15:55:01	1,467	142.60	XLON
15:55:01	360	142.60	BATE
15:55:01	510	142.60	BATE
15:57:39	1,336	142.50	XLON
15:59:48	713	142.40	XLON
15:59:48	846	142.40	XLON
16:00:08	528	142.40	CHIX
16:00:08	662	142.40	CHIX
16:00:58	1,486	142.30	XLON
16:02:53	1,816	142.20	BATE
16:02:53	745	142.20	BATE
16:02:53	2	142.20	BATE
16:09:03	1,291	142.20	BATE
16:09:07	351	142.20	XLON
16:09:07	500	142.20	XLON
16:09:07	500	142.20	XLON
16:09:07	500	142.20	XLON
16:10:00	439	142.20	XLON
16:10:00	500	142.20	XLON
16:10:00	500	142.20	XLON
16:10:00	2,430	142.20	XLON
16:10:00	500	142.20	XLON
16:14:28	528	142.20	XLON
16:14:31	407	142.20	XLON
16:15:02	1,445	142.20	XLON
16:15:02	286	142.20	XLON
16:15:02	236	142.20	XLON
16:15:02	1,206	142.20	XLON
16:15:02	549	142.20	XLON
16:15:09	444	142.10	CHIX
16:17:02	1,560	142.20	XLON
16:18:02	421	142.20	XLON
16:18:02	500	142.20	XLON
16:18:02	500	142.20	XLON
16:20:02	1,527	142.20	XLON
16:21:02	1,343	142.20	XLON
16:21:49	446	142.10	CHIX
16:22:05	13	142.10	CHIX
16:22:30	492	142.10	CHIX
16:22:30	1,173	142.10	CHIX
16:22:30	726	142.10	CHIX
16:23:31	1,370	141.90	XLON
16:23:32	1,629	141.90	BATE
16:23:33	194	141.90	BATE
16:23:33	1,166	141.90	BATE
16:26:30	779	141.90	CHIX
16:26:30	635	142.00	XLON
16:26:30	561	142.00	XLON
16:26:30	2,461	142.00	XLON
16:27:52	1,391	141.80	XLON
16:28:07	1,198	142.00	BATE
16:28:10	2,415	142.00	TRQX
16:28:22	882	141.80	TRQX
16:28:22	133	142.00	XLON
16:28:22	1,000	142.00	XLON
16:28:22	500	142.00	XLON
16:28:57	125	142.00	BATE
16:28:57	500	142.00	BATE
16:28:57	500	142.00	BATE
16:28:57	77	142.00	BATE
16:29:42	1,184	141.80	BATE

 

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