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 RBC Europe Limited.

Date of Purchase	03 October 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	431,960
Weighted average price paid (p)	146.78
Highest price paid (p)	149.20
Lowest price paid (p)	145.95

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 80,388,846 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 670,306,169. 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 3 October 2023 is  670,306,169. 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: RBC Europe Limited

Intermediary Code: ROYCGB22

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 RBC Europe 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	146.58	286,091
BATE	147.12	51,657
CHIX	147.21	52,239
TRQX	147.20	38,624
SIGMA-X	147.49	3,349

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:53:38	17	148.90	CHIX
8:53:38	8	148.90	CHIX
8:53:38	37	148.90	CHIX
8:53:40	22	148.90	CHIX
8:53:43	8	148.90	CHIX
8:53:43	62	149.00	XLON
9:05:00	14	148.90	CHIX
9:05:00	99	148.90	CHIX
9:05:00	112	149.20	XLON
9:05:15	102	148.70	XLON
9:05:15	276	148.70	CHIX
9:05:15	113	148.70	BATE
9:05:15	112	148.70	TRQX
9:07:31	691	148.60	XLON
9:07:31	12	148.60	TRQX
9:07:31	13	148.60	CHIX
9:07:31	13	148.60	BATE
9:07:32	556	148.80	XLON
9:07:32	174	148.80	XLON
9:07:32	25	148.80	XLON
9:07:32	192	148.80	XLON
9:07:35	16	148.80	CHIX
9:07:35	176	148.80	CHIX
9:07:35	61	148.40	XLON
9:07:35	453	148.90	XLON
9:08:48	385	148.30	XLON
9:08:48	192	148.30	TRQX
9:08:48	385	148.30	CHIX
9:08:48	192	148.30	BATE
10:03:43	469	148.60	XLON
10:03:43	44	148.60	TRQX
10:03:43	580	148.60	XLON
10:03:43	221	148.60	TRQX
10:03:43	266	148.60	CHIX
10:03:43	266	148.60	BATE
10:03:43	1,044	148.60	XLON
10:03:46	228	148.70	XLON
10:03:46	233	148.70	XLON
10:23:56	461	148.50	TRQX
10:23:56	169	148.50	XLON
10:23:56	462	148.50	CHIX
10:23:56	462	148.50	BATE
10:23:56	651	148.50	BATE
10:24:25	461	148.40	TRQX
10:24:25	462	148.40	BATE
10:24:25	461	148.40	XLON
10:24:25	462	148.40	CHIX
10:25:33	379	148.30	XLON
10:25:33	461	148.30	TRQX
10:25:33	429	148.30	BATE
10:25:33	379	148.30	CHIX
10:25:33	33	148.30	BATE
10:26:06	532	148.10	CHIX
10:26:12	83	148.10	CHIX
10:26:12	130	148.10	BATE
10:26:12	486	148.10	BATE
10:26:13	290	148.30	TRQX
10:26:13	414	148.30	TRQX
10:26:24	405	148.00	CHIX
10:26:40	461	148.00	TRQX
10:26:40	462	148.00	BATE
10:26:40	57	148.00	CHIX
10:26:40	461	148.00	XLON
10:31:12	38	148.30	XLON
10:31:12	627	148.30	CHIX
10:31:12	926	148.30	CHIX
10:31:12	6	148.30	CHIX
10:31:14	390	148.50	XLON
10:31:14	174	148.50	XLON
10:31:14	716	148.50	XLON
10:31:14	326	148.60	XLON
10:31:16	600	148.30	XLON
10:31:18	433	148.20	TRQX
10:31:18	433	148.20	TRQX
10:31:18	167	148.20	BATE
10:31:18	327	148.20	CHIX
10:31:18	160	148.20	BATE
10:31:18	600	148.20	XLON
10:31:18	98	148.20	XLON
10:42:09	362	148.10	XLON
10:42:09	362	148.10	CHIX
10:42:09	759	148.10	TRQX
10:42:09	209	148.10	BATE
10:42:09	154	148.10	BATE
10:42:09	658	148.00	BATE
10:42:09	1,132	148.00	BATE
10:42:09	272	147.90	XLON
10:42:09	461	147.90	TRQX
10:42:09	189	147.90	XLON
10:42:09	462	147.90	BATE
10:42:09	462	147.90	CHIX
10:50:06	67	147.80	BATE
10:50:06	461	147.80	TRQX
10:50:06	461	147.80	XLON
10:50:06	205	147.80	CHIX
10:50:06	395	147.80	BATE
10:50:06	257	147.80	CHIX
11:12:30	461	147.60	TRQX
11:12:30	240	147.60	XLON
11:12:30	221	147.60	XLON
11:12:30	462	147.60	BATE
11:12:30	462	147.60	CHIX
11:30:19	461	147.70	XLON
11:30:19	172	147.70	TRQX
11:30:19	43	147.70	TRQX
11:30:19	246	147.70	TRQX
11:30:19	461	147.70	XLON
11:30:19	78	147.70	TRQX
11:30:19	462	147.70	CHIX
11:30:19	383	147.70	TRQX
11:30:19	389	147.70	BATE
11:30:19	73	147.70	BATE
11:40:40	461	147.60	XLON
11:40:40	461	147.60	TRQX
11:40:40	462	147.60	BATE
11:40:40	462	147.60	CHIX
11:46:02	462	147.20	BATE
11:46:02	462	147.20	CHIX
11:46:02	461	147.20	XLON
11:46:02	461	147.20	TRQX
12:02:13	63	147.00	TRQX
12:07:14	409	146.80	XLON
12:07:14	410	146.80	CHIX
12:07:14	410	146.80	BATE
12:07:14	1,083	146.80	TRQX
12:07:23	1,026	146.60	XLON
12:07:23	269	146.60	TRQX
12:07:23	44	146.60	BATE
12:07:23	273	146.60	CHIX
12:07:23	4	146.60	TRQX
12:07:23	12	146.60	BATE
12:07:23	218	146.60	BATE
12:10:07	174	147.00	XLON
12:10:07	1,132	147.00	XLON
12:10:07	360	147.00	XLON
12:10:07	448	147.00	XLON
12:10:07	174	147.20	XLON
12:10:07	852	147.20	XLON
12:13:34	1,459	147.15	Sigma-X
12:18:55	6	147.20	XLON
12:18:55	564	147.20	CHIX
12:24:07	1,010	147.00	XLON
12:24:07	169	147.00	BATE
12:24:07	168	147.00	TRQX
12:24:07	330	147.00	XLON
12:24:07	169	147.00	CHIX
12:24:07	1,471	147.10	TRQX
12:24:13	461	147.00	XLON
12:24:13	462	147.00	BATE
12:24:13	461	147.00	TRQX
12:24:13	25	147.00	CHIX
12:24:13	437	147.00	CHIX
12:24:13	461	147.00	XLON
12:24:13	462	147.00	BATE
12:40:37	1,128	147.50	CHIX
12:40:40	265	147.70	XLON
12:40:40	563	147.70	XLON
12:40:40	45	147.70	XLON
12:40:40	15	147.70	CHIX
12:40:40	43	147.70	CHIX
12:44:09	59	147.70	TRQX
12:44:09	461	147.70	XLON
12:44:09	402	147.70	TRQX
12:44:09	462	147.70	BATE
12:44:09	462	147.70	CHIX
12:44:09	811	147.55	TRQX
12:44:09	764	147.55	BATE
12:53:52	462	147.50	CHIX
12:53:52	461	147.50	XLON
12:53:52	462	147.50	BATE
12:53:52	461	147.50	TRQX
12:53:53	109	147.50	BATE
12:53:53	742	147.50	BATE
12:53:53	461	147.60	XLON
13:03:02	461	147.30	XLON
13:03:02	461	147.30	TRQX
13:03:02	462	147.30	BATE
13:03:02	462	147.30	CHIX
13:06:12	461	147.10	XLON
13:06:12	461	147.10	TRQX
13:06:12	462	147.10	CHIX
13:06:12	462	147.10	BATE
13:06:12	461	147.00	XLON
13:06:12	461	147.00	TRQX
13:07:09	461	146.80	TRQX
13:07:09	461	146.80	XLON
13:07:09	462	146.80	BATE
13:07:09	462	146.80	CHIX
13:07:13	461	146.70	XLON
13:08:08	209	147.20	XLON
13:08:08	132	147.20	XLON
13:08:08	565	147.20	XLON
13:08:08	230	147.20	TRQX
13:08:08	462	147.30	CHIX
13:08:08	565	147.30	XLON
13:08:08	1,055	147.40	XLON
13:09:10	1,193	147.50	TRQX
13:17:07	462	147.30	BATE
13:17:07	461	147.30	TRQX
13:17:07	923	147.30	CHIX
13:17:07	281	147.25	BATE
13:17:08	562	147.40	XLON
13:17:08	287	147.40	XLON
13:17:08	550	147.60	CHIX
13:17:08	66	147.60	CHIX
13:27:26	16	147.55	BATE
13:27:26	222	147.70	CHIX
13:27:26	271	147.70	XLON
13:27:26	339	147.70	CHIX
13:27:26	195	147.70	XLON
13:27:26	144	147.70	XLON
13:27:26	678	147.70	BATE
13:27:26	615	147.90	XLON
13:27:26	109	148.00	CHIX
13:27:26	133	148.00	CHIX
13:27:26	410	147.80	XLON
13:27:27	1,331	147.80	XLON
13:27:29	562	148.00	XLON
13:27:29	914	148.00	XLON
13:27:29	2,248	148.00	XLON
13:28:10	1,890	147.75	Sigma-X
13:30:58	631	147.90	XLON
13:32:41	461	147.60	TRQX
13:32:41	462	147.60	CHIX
13:32:41	462	147.60	BATE
13:32:41	461	147.60	XLON
13:32:41	1251	147.40	BATE
13:36:16	383	147.45	BATE
13:36:56	403	147.60	BATE
13:36:56	252	147.60	BATE
13:37:37	238	147.45	BATE
13:38:13	631	147.60	BATE
13:52:22	461	147.40	TRQX
13:52:22	461	147.40	XLON
13:52:22	462	147.40	CHIX
13:52:22	462	147.40	BATE
13:52:22	230	147.35	BATE
13:52:22	616	147.20	BATE
13:53:29	85	147.30	BATE
13:58:23	1,282	147.50	BATE
13:58:41	190	147.40	XLON
13:58:41	425	147.40	XLON
13:58:41	402	147.40	CHIX
13:58:41	213	147.40	CHIX
13:58:41	288	147.30	BATE
13:58:41	1,203	147.30	BATE
13:58:42	461	147.50	XLON
13:58:43	333	147.60	CHIX
13:58:43	509	147.60	CHIX
13:58:43	2,030	147.60	CHIX
14:20:08	615	147.30	TRQX
14:20:08	616	147.30	CHIX
14:20:08	615	147.30	XLON
14:20:08	465	147.30	BATE
14:20:08	458	147.30	BATE
14:20:12	460	147.50	CHIX
14:20:12	695	147.50	CHIX
14:20:13	36	147.60	TRQX
14:20:13	1	147.60	TRQX
14:20:13	217	147.60	TRQX
14:20:13	1,132	147.60	TRQX
14:20:16	167	147.60	XLON
14:20:16	388	147.60	XLON
14:20:16	615	147.70	XLON
14:20:21	689	147.65	BATE
14:20:21	290	147.80	CHIX
14:20:21	222	147.80	CHIX
14:20:21	4	147.80	CHIX
14:22:42	616	147.50	BATE
14:22:42	615	147.50	CHIX
14:22:42	443	147.40	XLON
14:22:42	614	147.40	XLON
14:22:42	2,137	147.40	XLON
14:22:43	561	147.60	XLON
14:22:43	2,842	147.60	XLON
14:22:43	333	147.70	CHIX
14:22:43	129	147.70	CHIX
14:35:20	2,048	147.60	CHIX
14:36:20	461	147.40	XLON
14:36:20	461	147.40	TRQX
14:36:20	462	147.40	BATE
14:36:20	562	147.50	XLON
14:36:20	53	147.50	XLON
14:36:20	444	147.60	CHIX
14:36:20	811	147.60	CHIX
14:36:20	291	147.60	CHIX
14:47:07	1,223	147.30	TRQX
14:47:07	96	147.30	XLON
14:47:07	615	147.30	CHIX
14:47:07	616	147.30	BATE
14:47:08	615	147.20	XLON
14:47:08	233	147.20	TRQX
14:47:08	228	147.20	BATE
14:47:08	1369	147.20	TRQX
14:47:08	615	147.20	CHIX
14:47:08	388	147.20	BATE
14:51:50	1,287	147.55	BATE
15:04:50	422	147.50	XLON
15:04:50	421	147.50	TRQX
15:04:50	502	147.50	BATE
15:04:50	501	147.50	CHIX
15:04:50	712	147.40	TRQX
15:05:01	377	147.40	XLON
15:05:01	238	147.40	XLON
15:05:07	82	147.40	TRQX
15:05:07	616	147.40	BATE
15:05:07	615	147.40	CHIX
15:05:07	450	147.40	XLON
15:05:07	600	147.40	XLON
15:05:07	10	147.40	XLON
15:17:00	396	147.30	TRQX
15:17:00	219	147.30	TRQX
15:17:00	467	147.30	BATE
15:17:00	149	147.30	BATE
15:17:00	1,898	147.20	XLON
15:17:00	433	147.20	TRQX
15:17:05	615	147.00	TRQX
15:17:05	126	147.00	XLON
15:17:05	489	147.00	XLON
15:17:05	227	147.00	BATE
15:17:06	109	147.20	CHIX
15:17:06	333	147.20	CHIX
15:17:06	1,386	147.20	CHIX
15:17:26	461	146.90	XLON
15:17:26	461	146.90	TRQX
15:20:30	498	147.10	CHIX
15:20:30	834	147.10	CHIX
15:20:30	180	147.10	CHIX
15:20:30	449	147.20	CHIX
15:20:30	13	147.20	CHIX
15:22:37	461	147.00	TRQX
15:22:37	461	147.00	XLON
15:22:37	462	147.00	BATE
15:22:37	686	147.00	CHIX
15:22:37	368	147.00	CHIX
15:22:37	600	147.00	CHIX
15:22:37	20	147.00	CHIX
15:22:37	160	146.90	TRQX
15:22:37	558	147.00	BATE
15:36:25	373	146.80	BATE
15:39:58	615	146.80	XLON
15:39:58	2,630	146.80	TRQX
15:39:58	243	146.80	BATE
15:39:58	615	146.80	CHIX
15:39:58	564	146.65	BATE
15:39:59	481	146.80	XLON
15:39:59	461	146.80	XLON
15:39:59	706	146.80	XLON
15:40:00	25	146.80	XLON
15:40:00	246	146.80	XLON
15:40:00	388	146.80	XLON
15:40:18	646	146.90	TRQX
15:40:18	539	146.90	CHIX
15:40:25	461	146.70	XLON
15:40:29	1,116	146.70	XLON
15:40:29	564	146.90	XLON
15:40:29	75	147.00	XLON
15:44:06	656	147.00	XLON
15:44:06	314	147.00	XLON
15:44:06	43	147.00	XLON
15:44:07	113	147.00	XLON
15:44:07	111	147.00	XLON
15:44:07	276	147.00	XLON
15:44:07	38	147.00	XLON
15:50:49	615	146.70	XLON
15:50:49	1790	146.70	TRQX
15:50:49	616	146.70	BATE
15:50:49	615	146.70	CHIX
15:50:49	461	146.60	TRQX
15:50:49	167	146.60	XLON
15:50:49	294	146.60	XLON
15:50:49	600	146.55	CHIX
15:50:49	462	146.60	BATE
15:50:49	462	146.60	CHIX
15:50:49	667	146.50	XLON
15:50:49	28	146.50	XLON
15:50:49	776	146.60	BATE
15:50:50	486	146.50	XLON
15:51:13	461	146.50	XLON
15:51:13	461	146.50	TRQX
15:51:13	462	146.50	CHIX
15:51:13	462	146.50	BATE
15:51:47	7	146.50	BATE
15:55:04	182	146.50	BATE
15:56:27	461	146.40	TRQX
15:56:27	461	146.40	XLON
15:56:27	462	146.40	CHIX
15:56:27	462	146.40	BATE
15:56:27	590	146.40	BATE
15:56:28	550	146.50	CHIX
15:56:28	6	146.50	CHIX
15:57:04	462	146.30	CHIX
15:57:04	461	146.30	XLON
15:57:04	381	146.30	BATE
15:57:04	354	146.30	TRQX
15:57:04	81	146.30	BATE
15:57:04	107	146.30	TRQX
16:01:54	295	146.00	BATE
16:05:04	120	146.00	BATE
16:05:04	580	146.00	CHIX
16:05:04	165	146.00	BATE
16:05:04	579	146.00	XLON
16:05:04	380	146.00	TRQX
16:05:04	227	146.00	TRQX
16:05:04	811	145.95	BATE
16:05:04	432	145.95	BATE
16:05:04	277	145.95	BATE
16:06:25	616	145.95	BATE
16:06:26	1,089	146.00	XLON
16:06:26	201	146.10	BATE
16:06:26	261	146.10	BATE
16:06:39	557	146.15	BATE
16:06:39	1,312	146.20	CHIX
16:06:39	1,354	146.20	CHIX
16:06:39	55	146.20	CHIX
16:06:39	1,137	146.20	CHIX
16:06:39	461	146.30	XLON
16:06:39	201	146.40	BATE
16:06:39	972	146.40	BATE
16:06:39	475	146.40	BATE
16:06:40	1,060	146.50	XLON
16:06:40	174	146.50	XLON
16:06:40	230	146.50	XLON
16:06:41	586	147.00	XLON
16:06:43	564	147.00	XLON
16:06:43	1,032	147.00	XLON
16:06:45	638	146.70	BATE
16:06:46	247	146.50	BATE
16:06:46	461	146.50	XLON
16:06:46	461	146.50	TRQX
16:06:46	215	146.50	BATE
16:06:46	164	146.70	BATE
16:06:46	109	146.70	BATE
16:06:46	1,202	146.70	BATE
16:09:02	584	146.50	TRQX
16:09:02	462	146.50	CHIX
16:09:02	585	146.50	XLON
16:09:03	799	146.60	TRQX
16:09:04	349	146.60	XLON
16:11:02	799	146.40	TRQX
16:11:02	349	146.40	CHIX
16:11:02	176	146.40	BATE
16:11:02	548	146.40	BATE
16:11:02	248	146.40	BATE
16:11:02	258	146.40	BATE
16:11:02	349	146.40	BATE
16:11:02	551	146.40	CHIX
16:11:18	499	146.30	XLON
16:11:18	499	146.30	CHIX
16:11:19	461	146.30	XLON
16:11:19	852	146.30	CHIX
16:11:19	462	146.30	CHIX
16:17:54	78	146.10	BATE
16:20:32	461	146.20	TRQX
16:20:32	226	146.20	XLON
16:22:44	384	146.20	BATE
16:23:59	77	146.20	TRQX
16:24:14	276	146.20	TRQX
16:25:04	235	146.20	XLON
16:25:04	412	146.20	TRQX
16:26:23	208	146.20	BATE
16:27:11	972	146.20	XLON
16:27:11	691	146.20	BATE
16:27:11	462	146.20	CHIX
16:27:54	692	146.10	BATE
16:27:54	338	146.30	XLON
16:27:54	354	146.30	XLON
16:29:33	246	146.20	BATE
16:29:33	385	146.30	CHIX
16:29:33	931	146.40	XLON
16:29:33	7	146.40	XLON
16:29:35	661	146.40	XLON
16:29:38	662	146.50	CHIX
16:29:38	567	146.50	XLON
16:29:38	273	146.60	XLON
16:29:38	645	146.60	XLON
16:29:39	29	146.60	CHIX
16:29:39	1,793	146.70	BATE
16:29:41	26	146.70	TRQX
16:29:41	567	146.70	XLON
16:29:41	69	146.70	TRQX
16:29:41	67	146.70	XLON
16:29:41	395	146.80	XLON
16:29:41	1	146.60	BATE
16:29:41	13	146.60	TRQX
16:29:41	17	146.80	CHIX
16:29:41	548	146.80	CHIX
16:29:43	649	146.80	XLON
16:29:44	2,364	146.80	XLON
16:29:44	567	146.80	XLON
16:29:44	1,196	146.80	XLON
16:29:44	1,024	146.80	CHIX
16:29:44	620	146.80	XLON
16:29:44	620	146.80	CHIX
16:29:44	36	146.80	BATE
16:29:44	726	146.80	BATE
16:29:44	528	146.90	XLON
16:30:00	468	146.80	XLON
16:35:20	17,633	146.30	XLON
16:35:20	15	146.30	XLON
16:35:20	3,042	146.30	XLON
16:35:20	7,006	146.30	XLON
16:35:20	8,347	146.30	XLON
16:35:20	1432	146.30	XLON
16:35:20	20,315	146.30	XLON
16:35:20	76,404	146.30	XLON
16:35:20	14,296	146.30	XLON
16:35:20	2210	146.30	XLON
16:35:20	6	146.30	XLON
16:35:20	7921	146.30	XLON
16:35:20	173	146.30	XLON
16:35:20	12,120	146.30	XLON
16:35:20	13,726	146.30	XLON
16:35:20	17189	146.30	XLON

 

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