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	13 September 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	260,275
Weighted average price paid (p)	156.42
Highest price paid (p)	158.30
Lowest price paid (p)	154.00

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 74,403,164 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 676,291,851. 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 13 September 2023 is 676,291,851. 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	156.54	135,489
BATE	156.29	44,733
CHIX	156.33	53,282
TRQX	156.25	26,771

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:00:42	1,392	154.00	BATE
08:05:14	3,469	156.60	XLON
08:05:14	1,366	156.50	CHIX
08:07:24	1,037	156.60	XLON
08:07:44	405	156.80	XLON
08:07:44	678	156.80	XLON
08:07:44	600	156.80	XLON
08:08:29	1395	156.70	BATE
08:09:28	58	157.20	XLON
08:09:28	1,800	157.20	XLON
08:09:28	284	157.20	XLON
08:09:28	1,580	157.20	XLON
08:09:28	1061	157.20	XLON
08:09:28	600	157.20	XLON
08:09:40	1369	157.00	CHIX
08:12:12	1,089	156.80	XLON
08:12:12	600	156.80	XLON
08:12:12	155	156.80	XLON
08:19:46	148	157.30	XLON
08:19:46	3,000	157.30	XLON
08:19:46	1,297	157.20	CHIX
08:19:46	83	157.20	CHIX
08:21:46	1,514	158.00	XLON
08:21:46	300	158.00	XLON
08:23:46	1,752	158.30	XLON
08:24:40	2,293	158.00	XLON
08:24:40	751	157.90	CHIX
08:24:40	655	157.90	CHIX
08:27:31	1,853	156.80	XLON
08:27:32	1,200	156.80	XLON
08:27:32	685	156.80	XLON
08:27:32	447	156.90	XLON
08:27:32	1,200	156.90	XLON
08:28:00	1,200	156.90	BATE
08:28:00	2,594	156.90	BATE
08:34:07	547	157.70	XLON
08:34:07	1,200	157.70	XLON
08:39:10	1,707	157.00	XLON
08:39:10	1,244	157.20	CHIX
08:51:10	1,201	157.00	CHIX
08:51:24	1,773	157.00	XLON
08:51:24	1,617	156.90	XLON
08:51:24	1,203	156.90	TRQX
08:53:20	1,200	157.00	BATE
08:53:20	4	157.00	BATE
08:56:40	2,230	156.50	XLON
08:56:40	2,122	156.80	XLON
08:58:00	1,395	156.60	BATE
09:05:00	445	156.40	CHIX
09:05:00	600	156.40	CHIX
09:05:00	309	156.40	CHIX
09:06:37	465	156.40	XLON
09:06:37	1,200	156.40	XLON
09:14:09	1,284	156.20	CHIX
09:14:09	1,379	156.20	TRQX
09:17:30	1,206	156.10	XLON
09:17:30	600	156.10	XLON
09:17:30	1,764	156.00	XLON
09:19:00	1,356	156.40	BATE
09:19:30	526	156.40	XLON
09:19:30	1,200	156.40	XLON
09:19:30	1,099	156.40	XLON
09:19:30	458	156.40	XLON
09:35:30	600	156.20	CHIX
09:35:30	600	156.20	CHIX
09:35:30	194	156.20	CHIX
09:38:09	1,301	156.10	TRQX
09:44:00	1,198	156.10	BATE
09:44:30	1,275	156.10	XLON
09:44:30	600	156.10	XLON
09:50:30	1,566	156.00	XLON
09:50:30	1,672	155.90	XLON
09:50:30	378	156.00	CHIX
09:50:30	951	156.00	CHIX
09:59:38	620	155.90	BATE
09:59:38	600	155.90	BATE
09:59:38	400	155.90	BATE
10:09:46	1,411	155.90	CHIX
10:09:46	129	155.80	TRQX
10:09:46	182	155.80	TRQX
10:09:46	89	155.80	TRQX
10:09:46	101	155.80	TRQX
10:09:46	763	155.80	TRQX
10:09:46	10	155.90	CHIX
10:13:37	115	156.10	BATE
10:13:37	600	156.10	BATE
10:13:37	600	156.10	BATE
10:13:37	600	156.10	BATE
10:13:37	301	156.10	BATE
10:13:37	1,800	156.10	BATE
10:15:56	1,145	156.10	XLON
10:15:56	600	156.10	XLON
10:29:57	1,339	156.50	CHIX
10:29:57	1,501	156.50	XLON
10:35:00	1,304	156.40	TRQX
10:38:28	1,657	156.20	XLON
10:48:29	1,241	155.90	CHIX
10:59:55	88	155.70	BATE
11:04:29	600	155.80	CHIX
11:04:29	597	155.80	CHIX
11:04:52	600	155.70	BATE
11:04:52	661	155.70	BATE
11:06:43	1,606	156.10	XLON
11:06:52	1,271	156.30	BATE
11:07:43	1,742	156.20	XLON
11:11:22	519	156.10	TRQX
11:11:22	907	156.10	TRQX
11:16:43	1,598	155.80	XLON
11:16:43	492	155.80	XLON
11:16:43	600	155.80	XLON
11:16:43	600	155.80	XLON
11:16:43	1,949	155.90	XLON
11:16:52	1,250	156.00	BATE
11:25:52	838	155.90	CHIX
11:25:52	551	155.90	CHIX
11:42:52	1,325	155.80	CHIX
11:42:52	1,324	155.70	TRQX
11:44:43	1,649	155.60	XLON
11:46:52	1,376	155.90	BATE
12:06:43	1,249	155.50	CHIX
12:24:25	1,645	155.70	BATE
12:24:34	600	155.80	CHIX
12:24:34	708	155.80	CHIX
12:24:43	1,694	155.80	XLON
12:25:42	600	156.00	TRQX
12:25:42	706	156.00	TRQX
12:41:31	1,649	155.80	XLON
12:41:31	1,155	155.90	CHIX
12:41:31	186	155.90	CHIX
12:58:28	37	155.70	CHIX
12:58:56	12	155.70	CHIX
12:59:22	15	155.70	CHIX
12:59:50	4	155.70	CHIX
13:00:29	403	155.80	TRQX
13:00:29	935	155.80	TRQX
13:01:50	600	155.80	CHIX
13:01:50	600	155.80	CHIX
13:01:50	114	155.80	CHIX
13:15:11	107	156.00	XLON
13:15:11	2,340	156.00	XLON
13:15:11	2,179	156.00	XLON
13:18:24	1,307	155.90	CHIX
13:24:52	1,178	155.80	TRQX
13:29:53	11	155.70	CHIX
13:29:53	1,162	155.70	CHIX
13:41:25	100	155.80	TRQX
13:41:48	5	156.50	XLON
13:41:48	1,800	156.50	XLON
13:42:23	1,677	156.50	XLON
13:42:29	1,329	156.90	BATE
13:44:23	1,595	156.50	XLON
13:44:23	1,256	156.50	CHIX
13:54:22	1,298	156.60	TRQX
13:56:49	1,192	156.50	CHIX
13:56:49	150	156.50	CHIX
14:04:18	1,830	156.20	XLON
14:06:22	992	156.20	CHIX
14:06:23	146	156.20	CHIX
14:06:24	97	156.20	CHIX
14:06:32	1,498	156.20	XLON
14:06:32	2,556	156.20	XLON
14:06:32	14	156.20	CHIX
14:06:33	4,696	156.20	XLON
14:06:33	97	156.20	XLON
14:06:37	416	156.20	XLON
14:06:37	1,350	156.20	XLON
14:06:37	1,137	156.20	XLON
14:06:37	577	156.20	XLON
14:06:50	680	155.80	TRQX
14:07:29	2,083	156.10	XLON
14:07:43	4,519	156.40	XLON
14:07:43	600	156.40	XLON
14:07:43	1,651	156.50	XLON
14:07:43	600	156.40	BATE
14:07:43	600	156.40	BATE
14:07:43	373	156.40	BATE
14:07:43	234	156.40	BATE
14:07:43	618	156.40	BATE
14:07:43	1,789	156.40	BATE
14:07:56	340	155.80	TRQX
14:20:43	1,368	156.00	CHIX
14:25:56	652	156.00	TRQX
14:25:56	788	156.00	TRQX
14:28:00	2,905	156.20	XLON
14:28:00	1,352	156.30	BATE
14:28:09	680	156.00	BATE
14:28:13	340	156.00	BATE
14:31:05	1,513	156.30	XLON
14:31:05	245	156.30	XLON
14:31:24	1,387	156.30	CHIX
14:36:11	340	156.20	XLON
14:36:16	571	156.20	XLON
14:36:16	1,200	156.20	XLON
14:36:16	1,462	156.20	XLON
14:36:16	340	156.20	XLON
14:37:53	275	156.10	CHIX
14:43:53	1,276	156.30	CHIX
14:45:56	1,350	156.40	TRQX
14:49:53	975	156.30	CHIX
14:49:53	361	156.30	CHIX
15:00:53	600	156.30	CHIX
15:00:53	589	156.30	CHIX
15:01:01	284	156.20	TRQX
15:01:01	1,059	156.20	TRQX
15:08:26	69	156.10	BATE
15:08:26	1,180	156.10	BATE
15:08:26	1,285	156.10	CHIX
15:14:56	215	156.00	BATE
15:15:41	1,315	156.00	CHIX
15:16:56	92	156.00	CHIX
15:23:56	1,356	156.00	CHIX
15:26:55	2,750	156.10	BATE
15:26:55	600	156.00	TRQX
15:26:55	600	156.00	TRQX
15:26:55	579	156.00	TRQX
15:26:55	24	156.10	BATE
15:26:55	2,724	156.10	BATE
15:31:58	3	156.20	XLON
15:34:43	110	156.40	CHIX
15:34:43	2,155	156.50	XLON
15:34:43	1,566	156.50	XLON
15:35:43	31	156.50	CHIX
15:35:43	71	156.50	CHIX
15:35:43	136	156.50	CHIX
15:35:43	232	156.50	CHIX
15:35:43	746	156.50	CHIX
15:36:34	617	156.60	TRQX
15:36:34	694	156.60	TRQX
15:36:34	509	156.50	XLON
15:36:34	600	156.50	XLON
15:36:34	600	156.50	XLON
15:36:34	62	156.50	XLON
15:47:03	550	156.50	CHIX
15:47:03	550	156.50	CHIX
15:47:03	221	156.50	CHIX
15:50:14	1,846	157.00	XLON
15:50:14	1,200	157.00	XLON
15:50:14	600	157.00	XLON
15:51:40	1,174	157.00	CHIX
15:51:40	1,373	156.90	TRQX
16:00:28	1,426	156.80	CHIX
16:00:33	397	156.90	XLON
16:00:33	600	156.90	XLON
16:00:33	1,162	156.90	XLON
16:00:33	27	157.00	BATE
16:00:33	24	157.00	BATE
16:00:33	23	157.00	BATE
16:00:33	17	157.00	BATE
16:00:33	923	157.00	BATE
16:00:33	433	157.00	BATE
16:00:33	2,016	156.90	XLON
16:00:33	1,580	156.90	XLON
16:02:33	1,723	156.80	XLON
16:02:33	1,422	156.80	BATE
16:02:33	512	156.80	BATE
16:02:33	527	156.80	BATE
16:02:33	288	156.80	BATE
16:06:01	892	156.70	TRQX
16:06:01	453	156.70	TRQX
16:07:59	2,440	156.60	XLON
16:07:59	1,119	156.50	CHIX
16:07:59	187	156.50	CHIX
16:08:00	1,637	156.60	XLON
16:08:00	813	156.60	XLON
16:14:08	1,197	156.50	CHIX
16:14:08	84	156.50	CHIX
16:14:16	1,399	156.90	BATE
16:20:01	789	156.90	TRQX
16:20:01	600	156.90	TRQX
16:20:20	509	156.80	CHIX
16:21:32	8	156.80	CHIX
16:21:32	286	156.80	CHIX
16:22:29	1,574	156.90	XLON
16:26:04	920	156.70	CHIX

 

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