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	31 October 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	81,907
Weighted average price paid (p)	156.49
Highest price paid (p)	157.00
Lowest price paid (p)	154.50

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 87,201,933 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 663,493,082. 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 31 October 2023 is 663,493,082. 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	156.47	24,509
BATE	156.51	19,357
CHIX	156.44	16,447
TRQX	156.53	21,594

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:04:45	1	154.80	BATE
8:04:45	1	154.80	CHIX
8:08:35	14	154.60	XLON
8:08:35	1	154.60	CHIX
8:08:35	13	154.60	TRQX
8:10:35	32	155.30	XLON
8:10:35	32	155.40	BATE
8:10:36	32	155.40	TRQX
8:10:38	221	155.40	CHIX
8:10:38	94	155.70	XLON
8:10:38	59	155.70	XLON
8:11:00	386	155.90	XLON
8:11:02	135	155.90	XLON
8:11:03	135	155.90	TRQX
8:11:05	58	155.90	XLON
8:11:07	20	155.90	TRQX
8:11:09	19	155.90	XLON
8:12:04	72	155.40	BATE
8:12:04	66	155.40	CHIX
8:12:04	6	155.40	CHIX
8:12:04	72	155.40	XLON
8:12:04	71	155.40	TRQX
8:12:04	1	155.40	XLON
8:13:01	22	155.10	CHIX
8:13:01	22	155.10	BATE
8:13:01	21	155.10	TRQX
8:13:01	21	155.10	XLON
8:13:01	3	155.10	XLON
8:15:05	39	154.90	XLON
8:15:06	40	154.90	BATE
8:15:06	39	154.90	CHIX
8:15:06	39	154.90	TRQX
8:15:06	135	154.90	XLON
8:28:31	12	154.70	CHIX
8:28:31	12	154.70	BATE
8:28:31	12	154.70	TRQX
8:28:31	12	154.70	XLON
8:32:02	8	154.60	BATE
8:32:02	8	154.60	CHIX
8:32:02	8	154.60	XLON
8:32:02	8	154.60	TRQX
8:32:34	84	154.50	CHIX
8:32:34	40	154.50	BATE
8:32:34	39	154.50	TRQX
8:32:34	40	154.50	XLON
8:37:37	10	155.20	XLON
8:37:37	10	155.40	BATE
8:37:43	268	155.80	XLON
8:37:47	80	155.70	BATE
8:37:47	188	155.70	BATE
8:37:48	306	155.70	CHIX
8:37:48	80	155.70	CHIX
8:37:49	58	155.70	BATE
8:37:50	58	155.70	CHIX
8:37:51	40	155.70	XLON
8:37:52	22	155.70	BATE
8:37:52	6	156.00	XLON
8:37:52	18	155.70	BATE
8:42:00	60	155.90	XLON
8:42:02	235	155.90	BATE
8:42:02	80	155.90	BATE
8:42:02	60	156.00	CHIX
9:02:36	124	156.20	TRQX
9:02:36	124	156.20	CHIX
9:02:36	124	156.20	XLON
9:03:08	169	156.20	CHIX
9:03:08	265	156.20	BATE
9:03:08	169	156.20	XLON
9:03:08	168	156.20	TRQX
9:03:10	70	156.30	XLON
9:03:15	50	156.60	XLON
9:03:15	24	156.60	XLON
9:03:18	98	156.40	XLON
9:03:19	258	156.40	XLON
9:03:19	39	156.40	XLON
9:03:19	247	156.50	XLON
9:03:24	99	156.10	CHIX
9:03:24	99	156.10	BATE
9:03:24	163	156.10	XLON
9:03:24	98	156.10	TRQX
9:03:25	278	156.30	XLON
9:04:24	387	156.20	XLON
9:04:25	634	156.10	TRQX
9:04:26	196	156.10	XLON
9:04:26	604	156.10	BATE
9:04:26	476	156.10	CHIX
9:04:26	280	156.10	XLON
9:04:26	476	156.10	TRQX
9:06:34	61	156.00	TRQX
9:06:34	61	156.00	XLON
9:06:34	102	156.00	TRQX
9:06:34	102	156.00	XLON
9:06:34	163	156.00	CHIX
9:06:34	164	156.00	BATE
9:06:34	31	156.00	XLON
9:06:34	528	155.80	BATE
9:06:34	369	155.80	BATE
9:14:00	113	156.30	XLON
9:14:00	527	156.30	XLON
9:28:02	640	156.10	CHIX
9:28:02	640	156.10	TRQX
9:28:03	560	156.10	BATE
9:28:03	640	156.10	TRQX
9:28:03	595	156.10	XLON
9:28:03	80	156.10	BATE
9:28:03	427	156.10	XLON
9:28:03	427	156.10	CHIX
9:28:03	426	156.10	TRQX
9:54:42	273	157.00	BATE
9:54:42	480	157.00	CHIX
9:54:42	123	157.00	XLON
9:54:42	480	157.00	TRQX
9:54:42	157	157.00	TRQX
9:54:42	357	157.00	XLON
9:54:42	845	157.00	TRQX
9:54:42	207	157.00	BATE
9:54:42	837	157.00	XLON
9:54:43	1,009	157.00	TRQX
9:54:43	480	157.00	XLON
9:59:26	480	156.90	TRQX
9:59:26	480	156.90	BATE
9:59:26	480	156.90	CHIX
9:59:26	480	156.90	XLON
9:59:26	1,332	156.90	TRQX
9:59:29	453	156.80	XLON
9:59:29	17	156.80	XLON
9:59:29	480	156.80	CHIX
9:59:29	480	156.80	TRQX
9:59:29	480	156.80	BATE
9:59:29	10	156.80	XLON
9:59:37	21	156.70	CHIX
9:59:37	263	156.70	CHIX
9:59:37	10	156.70	BATE
9:59:37	10	156.70	TRQX
9:59:37	475	156.70	XLON
10:01:37	191	156.70	CHIX
10:05:37	779	156.70	XLON
10:05:37	475	156.70	TRQX
10:05:37	475	156.70	BATE
10:06:06	482	156.70	XLON
10:32:59	482	156.70	CHIX
10:49:55	479	157.00	BATE
10:49:55	478	157.00	XLON
10:49:55	481	157.00	TRQX
10:49:55	349	156.80	CHIX
10:56:08	479	157.00	BATE
10:56:08	955	157.00	BATE
10:56:08	482	157.00	CHIX
10:56:08	478	157.00	XLON
10:56:08	481	157.00	TRQX
10:57:06	480	156.80	XLON
10:57:06	1	156.80	CHIX
10:57:06	482	156.80	CHIX
11:08:02	481	156.80	BATE
11:08:02	480	156.80	CHIX
11:08:02	479	156.80	TRQX
11:08:02	332	156.80	CHIX
11:08:02	551	156.80	TRQX
11:15:13	27	156.60	CHIX
11:15:13	481	156.60	BATE
11:15:13	453	156.60	CHIX
11:15:13	479	156.60	TRQX
11:15:13	480	156.60	XLON
11:16:02	411	156.50	CHIX
11:16:02	481	156.50	BATE
11:16:02	69	156.50	CHIX
11:16:02	316	156.50	XLON
11:16:02	45	156.50	TRQX
11:16:02	164	156.50	XLON
11:16:02	164	156.50	TRQX
11:16:37	71	156.50	XLON
11:16:37	548	156.50	XLON
11:16:37	620	156.50	BATE
11:16:37	270	156.50	TRQX
11:17:02	434	156.40	BATE
11:17:02	434	156.40	CHIX
11:17:02	112	156.40	TRQX
11:17:02	90	156.40	TRQX
11:17:02	184	156.40	TRQX
11:17:02	47	156.40	TRQX
11:20:02	434	156.30	BATE
11:20:02	19	156.30	CHIX
11:20:02	227	156.30	CHIX
11:20:02	13	156.30	XLON
11:20:02	11	156.30	TRQX
11:20:02	281	156.30	CHIX
11:20:02	513	156.30	XLON
11:20:02	422	156.30	TRQX
11:40:16	373	156.20	BATE
11:48:04	228	156.20	CHIX
11:48:04	107	156.20	BATE
11:48:04	3	156.20	CHIX
11:48:04	32	156.20	XLON
11:48:04	111	156.20	CHIX
11:48:04	448	156.20	XLON
12:02:37	138	156.30	CHIX
12:02:37	821	156.30	XLON
12:02:37	238	156.30	TRQX
12:02:37	242	156.30	TRQX
12:02:37	770	156.30	XLON
12:03:37	184	156.20	BATE
12:03:37	478	156.20	CHIX
12:03:37	2	156.20	CHIX
12:03:37	236	156.20	TRQX
12:03:37	296	156.20	BATE
12:03:37	480	156.20	XLON
12:05:02	160	156.10	BATE
12:05:02	1	156.10	BATE
12:05:02	480	156.10	CHIX
12:05:02	319	156.10	BATE
12:05:02	480	156.10	TRQX
12:05:02	480	156.10	XLON
12:05:02	480	155.80	XLON
12:05:18	480	155.80	XLON
12:19:02	51	155.80	BATE
12:20:20	59	155.80	BATE
12:20:20	370	155.80	BATE
12:20:20	480	155.80	CHIX
12:20:20	480	155.80	TRQX
12:20:46	345	155.80	CHIX
12:22:24	180	155.80	TRQX
12:22:24	455	155.80	BATE
12:22:24	109	155.80	CHIX
12:22:24	506	155.80	XLON
12:22:24	43	155.80	TRQX
12:22:24	282	155.80	TRQX
12:37:39	480	156.00	CHIX
12:37:39	480	156.00	BATE
12:37:39	56	156.00	TRQX
12:37:39	62	156.00	TRQX
12:37:39	362	156.00	TRQX
12:37:39	480	156.00	XLON
12:51:32	480	155.90	CHIX
12:51:32	334	155.90	BATE
12:51:32	146	155.90	BATE
12:51:32	480	155.90	XLON
12:51:32	480	155.90	TRQX
13:09:15	130	155.80	XLON
13:09:15	160	155.90	TRQX
13:09:15	135	155.90	TRQX
13:09:15	97	155.90	TRQX
13:09:17	131	156.10	BATE
13:09:18	131	156.10	CHIX
14:22:27	540	156.60	XLON
14:22:27	540	156.60	CHIX
14:22:27	539	156.60	TRQX
14:22:30	345	156.90	XLON
14:22:30	59	156.90	XLON
14:22:33	287	156.90	XLON
14:22:33	59	156.90	XLON
14:26:36	347	156.70	CHIX
14:26:36	347	156.70	BATE
14:26:36	34	156.70	TRQX
14:26:36	146	156.70	TRQX
14:26:36	121	156.70	XLON
14:26:36	166	156.70	TRQX
14:26:36	588	156.65	TRQX
14:26:36	622	156.70	TRQX
14:30:55	73	156.60	CHIX
14:30:55	172	156.60	BATE
14:30:55	171	156.60	TRQX
14:30:55	114	156.60	XLON
14:30:55	230	156.60	CHIX
14:30:55	131	156.60	BATE
14:30:55	188	156.60	XLON
14:30:55	131	156.60	TRQX
14:30:56	9	156.60	BATE
14:31:54	8	156.60	CHIX
14:33:34	115	156.60	BATE
14:33:34	79	156.60	BATE
14:33:34	8	156.60	XLON
14:33:34	635	156.60	TRQX
14:43:02	131	156.70	CHIX
14:43:03	59	156.70	XLON
14:43:04	109	156.60	BATE
14:43:04	109	156.60	CHIX
14:43:04	108	156.60	TRQX
14:48:58	81	157.00	XLON
14:48:58	518	157.00	CHIX
14:48:59	188	157.00	XLON
14:48:59	137	157.00	BATE
14:48:59	314	157.00	XLON
14:48:59	137	157.00	BATE
14:48:59	188	157.00	CHIX
14:48:59	437	157.00	XLON
14:48:59	156	157.00	CHIX
14:48:59	59	157.00	XLON
14:48:59	156	157.00	CHIX
14:49:10	1,495	157.00	BATE
14:49:10	81	157.00	CHIX
14:49:10	185	157.00	BATE
14:49:10	71	157.00	TRQX
14:49:10	10	157.00	TRQX
14:49:10	620	157.00	XLON
14:49:10	1,115	157.00	BATE
14:49:45	480	157.00	CHIX
14:49:45	307	157.00	BATE
14:49:45	173	157.00	BATE
14:49:45	480	157.00	XLON
14:49:45	480	157.00	TRQX
16:16:05	33	156.80	BATE
16:16:05	33	156.80	CHIX
16:16:05	53	156.80	TRQX
16:16:05	18	156.80	XLON
16:16:05	16	156.80	TRQX
16:16:05	15	156.80	XLON
16:16:05	30	156.80	TRQX
16:16:07	956	156.80	TRQX
16:16:07	1	156.80	XLON
16:16:07	2	156.80	BATE
16:16:07	1	156.80	CHIX
16:16:10	128	156.90	BATE
16:16:12	129	156.80	BATE
16:16:12	129	156.80	XLON
16:16:15	129	156.80	CHIX
16:16:15	128	156.80	TRQX
16:16:19	55	156.80	CHIX
16:16:19	45	156.80	XLON
16:16:19	46	156.80	BATE
16:16:19	55	156.80	TRQX
16:16:25	19	156.80	CHIX
16:16:25	19	156.80	XLON
16:16:25	20	156.80	BATE
16:16:25	19	156.80	TRQX
16:16:29	9	156.90	BATE
16:16:34	8	156.90	CHIX
16:17:18	8	156.70	BATE
16:17:18	7	156.70	XLON
16:17:18	8	156.70	CHIX
16:17:18	7	156.70	TRQX
16:17:18	64	156.70	CHIX
16:18:20	80	156.60	CHIX
16:18:22	80	156.80	BATE
16:18:22	59	156.90	XLON
16:18:22	20	157.00	XLON
16:18:23	84	157.00	XLON
16:18:23	318	157.00	XLON
16:18:23	39	157.00	XLON
16:23:45	127	157.00	TRQX
16:23:45	127	157.00	XLON
16:23:45	10	157.00	CHIX
16:23:45	442	157.00	BATE
16:23:53	126	156.90	XLON
16:28:33	52	157.00	CHIX
16:28:33	127	157.00	BATE
16:28:33	161	157.00	XLON
16:28:33	126	157.00	TRQX
16:28:33	10	157.00	XLON

 

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