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	26 October 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	337,302
Weighted average price paid (p)	148.66
Highest price paid (p)	148.90
Lowest price paid (p)	145.50

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 86,666,969 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 664,028,046. 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 26 October 2023 is 664,028,046. 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	148.81	300,547
BATE	147.42	12,145
CHIX	147.44	13,185
TRQX	147.38	11,425

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:09:01	64	146.20	BATE
8:09:50	55	146.70	CHIX
8:09:52	55	146.70	BATE
8:09:55	55	146.70	XLON
8:09:57	54	146.70	TRQX
8:09:58	33	146.70	CHIX
8:10:01	14	146.70	XLON
8:10:04	13	146.70	TRQX
8:10:07	9	146.70	CHIX
8:10:10	4	146.70	TRQX
8:10:13	3	146.70	XLON
8:10:35	3	145.60	TRQX
8:10:35	3	145.60	CHIX
8:10:35	14	145.60	BATE
8:10:35	1	145.60	TRQX
8:10:35	494	145.50	XLON
8:12:39	31	145.50	BATE
8:13:00	26	145.70	CHIX
8:13:01	26	145.70	BATE
8:13:03	25	145.60	XLON
8:21:16	19	145.60	BATE
9:42:20	529	146.90	BATE
9:42:20	623	146.80	XLON
9:42:20	25	146.80	TRQX
9:42:20	605	146.80	BATE
9:43:07	122	146.80	CHIX
9:43:07	704	146.80	XLON
9:43:07	583	146.80	CHIX
9:43:13	700	146.80	XLON
9:43:13	28	146.80	XLON
9:43:13	692	146.80	TRQX
9:43:13	36	146.80	TRQX
9:43:15	91	147.00	XLON
10:15:17	294	147.00	XLON
10:15:17	55	147.00	TRQX
10:15:17	294	147.00	BATE
10:15:17	342	147.00	CHIX
10:15:17	36	147.00	TRQX
10:15:17	223	147.00	CHIX
10:15:17	501	146.90	TRQX
10:15:17	495	146.90	CHIX
10:54:13	397	147.30	TRQX
10:54:13	397	147.30	XLON
10:54:13	100	147.30	BATE
10:54:13	397	147.30	CHIX
10:54:13	298	147.30	BATE
11:32:33	294	147.30	TRQX
11:32:33	397	147.30	XLON
11:32:33	553	147.30	TRQX
11:32:33	397	147.30	CHIX
11:32:33	339	147.30	BATE
11:32:33	59	147.30	BATE
11:56:50	8	148.00	CHIX
11:56:50	420	147.70	XLON
12:00:00	391	148.40	CHIX
12:00:01	11	148.40	CHIX
12:00:03	97	148.40	CHIX
12:00:06	3	148.40	CHIX
12:00:09	24	148.40	CHIX
12:00:10	8	148.40	BATE
12:00:12	6	148.40	CHIX
12:00:15	2	148.40	BATE
12:03:05	420	147.90	TRQX
12:03:05	1	147.90	CHIX
12:03:05	390	147.90	XLON
12:03:05	2	147.90	CHIX
12:04:25	111	147.90	XLON
12:04:25	5	147.90	BATE
12:04:25	111	147.90	TRQX
12:04:25	111	147.90	CHIX
12:15:32	256	147.60	XLON
12:15:32	256	147.60	TRQX
12:15:32	256	147.60	BATE
12:15:32	256	147.60	CHIX
12:15:32	134	147.60	CHIX
12:26:41	78	147.40	TRQX
12:26:41	142	147.40	XLON
12:26:41	64	147.40	TRQX
12:26:41	142	147.40	CHIX
12:26:41	142	147.40	BATE
12:38:22	217	147.40	XLON
12:38:24	217	147.40	TRQX
12:38:27	217	147.40	CHIX
12:38:30	74	147.40	TRQX
12:38:31	55	147.10	XLON
12:38:31	217	147.10	BATE
12:38:31	54	147.10	CHIX
12:38:31	183	147.10	BATE
12:38:31	19	147.10	TRQX
12:38:36	66	147.20	XLON
12:38:42	16	147.20	XLON
12:38:45	4	147.20	XLON
12:46:16	100	147.10	XLON
12:46:16	4	147.10	XLON
12:46:18	66	147.10	CHIX
12:46:21	26	147.10	XLON
12:46:24	17	147.10	CHIX
12:46:27	6	147.10	XLON
12:46:30	5	147.10	XLON
12:46:33	5	147.10	CHIX
12:46:36	1	147.10	XLON
12:49:36	2	147.10	CHIX
12:51:16	3	147.10	XLON
12:51:18	3	147.10	CHIX
12:51:21	1	147.10	XLON
12:54:44	1	147.20	CHIX
12:54:51	1	147.30	XLON
12:54:51	1	147.20	XLON
13:38:34	454	147.25	BATE
13:38:34	406	147.20	TRQX
13:38:34	406	147.20	XLON
13:38:34	407	147.20	BATE
13:38:34	407	147.20	CHIX
13:38:34	819	147.10	TRQX
14:22:45	568	147.65	CHIX
14:22:45	447	147.60	TRQX
14:22:45	447	147.60	XLON
14:22:45	448	147.60	BATE
14:22:45	448	147.60	CHIX
14:46:51	510	147.80	XLON
14:46:51	509	147.80	TRQX
14:46:51	510	147.80	BATE
14:46:51	510	147.80	CHIX
14:50:08	393	147.80	XLON
14:50:08	509	147.80	TRQX
14:50:08	168	147.80	CHIX
14:50:08	117	147.80	XLON
14:50:08	510	147.80	BATE
14:50:08	342	147.80	CHIX
14:51:20	39	148.00	CHIX
14:51:20	875	147.80	TRQX
14:51:20	1	147.80	BATE
14:51:24	219	148.00	CHIX
14:51:27	27	148.00	TRQX
14:51:30	26	148.00	CHIX
14:51:30	29	148.00	CHIX
14:51:33	9	148.00	CHIX
14:51:36	14	148.00	CHIX
14:51:39	7	148.00	TRQX
14:51:42	3	148.00	CHIX
14:51:45	2	148.00	CHIX
14:52:28	2	148.00	TRQX
14:52:28	3	147.80	BATE
14:52:30	1	148.00	CHIX
15:00:07	38	147.80	XLON
15:00:07	1	147.80	TRQX
15:00:07	35	147.80	BATE
15:00:07	1	147.80	CHIX
15:00:07	296	147.80	CHIX
15:01:38	77	147.70	TRQX
15:01:38	78	147.70	XLON
15:01:38	78	147.70	CHIX
15:01:38	78	147.70	BATE
15:02:46	233	147.50	TRQX
15:02:46	60	147.50	XLON
15:02:46	233	147.50	CHIX
15:02:46	57	147.50	BATE
15:02:46	173	147.50	XLON
15:02:46	176	147.50	BATE
15:02:48	785	147.90	BATE
15:02:48	169	147.90	BATE
15:02:48	47	147.70	XLON
15:03:20	212	147.90	BATE
15:03:24	170	147.90	XLON
15:03:25	170	147.90	CHIX
15:03:27	43	148.00	CHIX
15:03:27	104	147.90	BATE
15:03:27	29	147.90	BATE
15:04:00	1	147.60	CHIX
15:12:09	448	147.90	CHIX
15:12:09	1	147.60	CHIX
15:12:12	53	147.90	BATE
15:12:15	112	147.90	CHIX
15:12:18	46	147.90	TRQX
15:12:21	42	147.90	XLON
15:12:24	28	147.90	CHIX
15:12:27	11	147.90	TRQX
15:12:30	11	147.90	XLON
15:12:33	7	147.90	CHIX
15:12:36	3	147.90	TRQX
15:12:39	2	147.90	XLON
15:15:11	2	147.90	CHIX
15:19:35	13	147.90	BATE
15:19:36	3	148.00	BATE
15:19:36	23	147.90	CHIX
15:22:40	1	147.80	TRQX
15:22:40	1	147.80	XLON
15:22:40	1	147.80	CHIX
15:22:40	871	147.80	BATE
15:22:41	13	147.80	BATE
15:22:44	140	147.90	XLON
15:22:44	158	147.90	XLON
15:24:11	190	147.70	TRQX
15:24:11	108	147.70	TRQX
15:24:11	144	147.70	BATE
15:24:11	299	147.70	CHIX
15:24:11	262	147.70	BATE
15:24:28	623	147.60	XLON
15:24:28	299	147.60	BATE
15:24:30	127	147.50	CHIX
15:24:30	127	147.50	XLON
15:24:30	127	147.50	TRQX
15:24:30	127	147.50	BATE
15:24:44	184	147.30	TRQX
15:24:44	196	147.30	XLON
15:24:44	118	147.30	CHIX
15:24:44	251	147.30	BATE
15:24:44	54	147.30	XLON
15:24:44	133	147.30	CHIX
15:24:44	34	147.30	TRQX
15:24:44	32	147.30	TRQX
15:24:46	9	147.20	BATE
15:24:46	9	147.20	BATE
15:24:48	128	147.60	TRQX
15:24:51	128	147.60	CHIX
15:24:54	128	147.60	XLON
15:24:57	32	147.60	CHIX
15:25:00	8	147.60	CHIX
15:25:09	19	147.70	TRQX
15:25:10	162	147.70	TRQX
15:25:12	5	147.70	TRQX
15:25:15	40	147.70	TRQX
15:25:17	110	147.80	BATE
15:25:21	32	147.80	XLON
15:25:23	28	147.80	BATE
15:25:24	19	147.80	CHIX
15:25:27	8	147.80	XLON
15:25:30	7	147.80	BATE
15:25:33	5	147.80	CHIX
15:25:36	2	147.80	XLON
16:00:09	1	147.30	BATE
16:00:12	16	147.70	XLON
16:00:12	18	147.70	XLON
16:00:15	72	147.70	BATE
16:00:17	9	147.60	XLON
16:00:18	182	147.30	BATE
16:00:18	2	147.30	CHIX
16:00:18	1	147.30	TRQX
16:00:18	10	147.30	TRQX
16:02:00	115	147.50	CHIX
16:02:00	23	147.20	CHIX
16:02:00	138	147.20	XLON
16:02:03	9	147.50	BATE
16:02:03	78	147.50	BATE
16:02:03	51	147.50	BATE
16:02:06	150	147.50	CHIX
16:02:09	150	147.50	XLON
16:02:12	38	147.50	CHIX
16:02:15	37	147.50	XLON
16:02:18	34	147.50	BATE
16:02:19	10	147.50	CHIX
16:02:21	137	147.50	TRQX
16:02:24	9	147.50	XLON
16:02:25	34	147.50	TRQX
16:02:27	8	147.50	BATE
16:02:30	9	147.50	TRQX
16:02:33	3	147.50	CHIX
16:02:36	2	147.50	XLON
16:04:38	2	147.50	BATE
16:04:38	65	147.30	XLON
16:04:38	1	147.30	CHIX
16:04:38	2	147.30	TRQX
16:04:43	49	147.50	BATE
16:04:43	49	147.30	XLON
16:04:45	49	147.50	CHIX
16:04:48	6	147.50	XLON
16:04:51	12	147.50	CHIX
16:04:52	12	147.50	TRQX
16:04:53	6	147.50	BATE
16:04:57	3	147.50	TRQX
16:04:58	3	147.50	CHIX
16:05:00	2	147.50	TRQX
16:05:20	2	147.30	XLON
16:05:20	1	147.30	TRQX
16:05:20	1	147.30	BATE
16:05:20	1	147.30	TRQX
16:05:20	1	147.30	CHIX
16:06:02	180	147.40	CHIX
16:06:03	180	147.40	XLON
16:06:04	180	147.40	BATE
16:06:06	113	147.40	CHIX
16:06:07	45	147.40	CHIX
16:06:09	45	147.40	XLON
16:06:12	45	147.40	BATE
16:06:15	28	147.40	CHIX
16:06:18	12	147.40	BATE
16:06:21	11	147.40	CHIX
16:06:22	80	147.40	TRQX
16:06:22	99	147.40	TRQX
16:06:24	7	147.40	CHIX
16:06:25	2	147.40	CHIX
16:10:26	931	147.20	TRQX
16:10:26	11	147.20	XLON
16:10:26	3	147.20	BATE
16:10:26	2	147.20	CHIX
16:10:28	707	147.20	CHIX
16:10:28	385	147.20	CHIX
16:10:28	316	147.20	XLON
16:10:28	315	147.20	TRQX
16:10:28	316	147.20	BATE
16:12:02	260	147.30	XLON
16:12:06	1	147.30	CHIX
16:12:06	207	147.30	CHIX
16:12:06	52	147.30	CHIX
16:12:09	65	147.30	XLON
16:12:12	65	147.30	CHIX
16:12:15	32	147.30	BATE
16:12:15	145	147.30	BATE
16:12:18	16	147.30	CHIX
16:12:21	16	147.30	XLON
16:12:24	4	147.30	CHIX
16:12:27	4	147.30	XLON
16:12:30	1	147.30	TRQX
16:12:30	167	147.30	TRQX
16:12:30	91	147.30	TRQX
16:12:33	1	147.30	CHIX
16:13:02	260	147.10	BATE
16:14:02	145	147.30	CHIX
16:14:02	32	147.30	CHIX
16:14:06	1	147.30	XLON
16:15:02	48	147.10	TRQX
16:15:02	44	147.10	CHIX
16:15:02	44	147.10	BATE
16:15:02	6	147.10	BATE
16:17:21	32	147.30	CHIX
16:17:21	236	147.30	CHIX
16:17:24	57	147.30	BATE
16:17:24	51	147.30	BATE
16:17:24	71	147.30	BATE
16:17:24	116	147.10	BATE
16:17:24	67	147.10	CHIX
16:17:24	42	147.10	XLON
16:17:35	179	147.30	CHIX
16:17:36	110	147.30	XLON
16:17:36	68	147.30	XLON
16:17:38	45	147.30	CHIX
16:17:39	44	147.30	XLON
16:17:42	17	147.30	TRQX
16:17:45	11	147.30	XLON
16:17:48	11	147.30	CHIX
16:17:51	8	147.30	XLON
16:17:53	179	147.30	BATE
16:17:57	5	147.30	TRQX
16:18:00	45	147.30	BATE
16:18:03	3	147.30	CHIX
16:18:04	11	147.30	BATE
16:18:05	2	147.30	XLON
16:18:09	78	147.30	BATE
16:18:12	2	147.30	XLON
16:18:15	19	147.30	BATE
16:18:18	1	147.30	XLON
16:18:21	4	147.30	BATE
16:18:22	1	147.30	CHIX
16:20:00	1	147.10	XLON
16:20:00	1	147.10	XLON
16:20:01	5	147.10	CHIX
16:21:44	265	147.30	XLON
16:21:44	82	147.10	CHIX
16:23:48	66	147.10	XLON
16:23:48	182	147.10	CHIX
16:23:48	1	147.10	BATE
16:23:48	1	147.10	TRQX
16:23:48	172	147.10	XLON
16:24:04	149	147.30	XLON
16:24:05	170	147.40	XLON
16:27:59	1,032	147.30	XLON
16:27:59	149	147.30	TRQX
16:27:59	149	147.30	CHIX
16:27:59	149	147.30	BATE
16:27:59	14	147.20	XLON
16:27:59	269	147.20	XLON
16:28:29	484	147.20	XLON
16:29:07	825	147.20	XLON
16:29:07	36	147.20	BATE
16:29:07	405	147.20	CHIX
16:29:43	145	147.20	XLON
16:29:43	96	147.20	TRQX
16:29:43	71	147.20	TRQX
16:29:43	680	147.20	XLON
16:29:43	237	147.20	TRQX
16:29:43	369	147.20	BATE
16:29:43	716	147.20	XLON
16:29:58	45	147.20	XLON
16:35:28	8794	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	1,259	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	10,594	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	4184	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	1,098	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	8,282	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	6089	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	7,939	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	4,621	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	12,489	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	17,347	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	11,785	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	39,860	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	74,230	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	10828	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	9,195	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	7,662	148.90	XLON
16:35:28	47,957	148.90	XLON

 

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