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	3 November 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	367,301
Weighted average price paid (p)	162.42
Highest price paid (p)	162.80
Lowest price paid (p)	160.10

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 87,844,348 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 662,850,667 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 November 2023 is 662,850,667. 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	162.55	304,712
BATE	161.94	1,205
CHIX	161.82	61,263
TRQX	161.90	121

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:01:24	624	162.80	CHIX
8:01:26	755	162.80	CHIX
8:19:02	187	162.80	CHIX
8:19:02	600	162.80	CHIX
8:19:02	592	162.80	CHIX
8:22:26	122	162.70	CHIX
8:22:26	600	162.70	CHIX
8:22:26	57	162.70	CHIX
8:22:26	600	162.70	CHIX
8:22:27	1,379	162.60	CHIX
8:34:03	787	162.80	CHIX
8:34:03	592	162.80	CHIX
8:38:02	787	162.70	CHIX
8:38:02	592	162.70	CHIX
9:10:46	161	162.20	CHIX
9:10:46	317	162.20	CHIX
9:11:45	105	162.20	CHIX
9:12:04	124	162.20	CHIX
9:12:15	22	162.10	CHIX
9:12:54	32	162.10	CHIX
9:14:02	69	162.00	CHIX
9:21:44	121	161.90	TRQX
9:24:23	932	161.70	CHIX
9:33:03	45	161.50	CHIX
9:33:03	196	161.50	CHIX
9:33:49	215	161.40	CHIX
10:05:58	1,379	161.50	CHIX
10:07:26	1,188	161.20	CHIX
10:07:26	191	161.20	CHIX
10:09:23	1,379	161.10	CHIX
10:10:02	1379	161.00	CHIX
10:24:05	1,379	161.50	XLON
10:28:53	1,379	161.40	CHIX
10:30:02	592	161.60	CHIX
10:34:09	133	161.60	CHIX
10:39:10	654	161.60	CHIX
10:41:25	1,379	161.40	XLON
10:42:58	359	161.30	CHIX
11:15:36	440	161.30	CHIX
11:15:36	8	161.30	CHIX
11:15:36	572	161.30	CHIX
11:47:33	886	162.00	CHIX
11:47:33	493	162.00	CHIX
11:47:57	1,379	161.80	CHIX
12:02:40	1379	162.10	CHIX
12:02:47	1,379	162.00	XLON
12:02:50	1,261	161.90	CHIX
12:02:50	118	161.90	CHIX
12:04:03	738	162.00	CHIX
12:07:09	8	162.00	CHIX
12:07:09	217	162.00	CHIX
12:07:09	416	162.00	CHIX
12:14:44	1,379	162.20	CHIX
12:15:17	1,379	162.20	CHIX
12:16:05	1,370	162.10	CHIX
12:16:05	9	162.10	CHIX
12:20:57	1,379	162.00	CHIX
12:41:57	287	162.50	CHIX
12:41:57	1,092	162.50	CHIX
12:50:30	1379	162.80	CHIX
12:51:20	1379	162.70	CHIX
12:57:41	1,379	162.60	CHIX
12:57:50	1,379	162.50	CHIX
13:23:56	1,109	162.80	CHIX
13:23:56	12	162.80	CHIX
13:23:56	258	162.80	CHIX
13:28:12	1,379	162.70	CHIX
13:46:19	1,379	162.60	CHIX
13:52:39	621	162.50	CHIX
13:57:06	1379	162.60	CHIX
13:58:37	1,379	162.60	CHIX
14:04:14	1379	162.50	CHIX
14:26:45	74	162.40	CHIX
14:28:32	793	162.10	BATE
14:39:36	130	161.80	BATE
14:43:10	178	161.80	BATE
14:47:22	151	161.40	XLON
14:51:20	900	161.40	XLON
14:51:29	328	161.40	XLON
15:12:48	100	161.20	BATE
15:13:14	1379	161.00	XLON
15:14:19	1,379	160.80	CHIX
15:17:35	1,379	160.30	CHIX
15:20:37	637	160.50	CHIX
15:20:37	551	160.50	CHIX
15:25:28	191	160.50	CHIX
15:29:12	862	160.30	XLON
15:29:12	517	160.30	XLON
15:35:24	616	160.20	CHIX
15:35:24	273	160.20	CHIX
15:35:24	490	160.20	CHIX
15:39:02	779	160.10	CHIX
15:39:02	600	160.10	CHIX
15:57:40	4	160.10	BATE
16:03:34	1379	160.50	XLON
16:04:33	1,379	160.40	CHIX
16:08:33	150	160.60	CHIX
16:08:33	1229	160.60	CHIX
16:10:11	1,379	160.60	CHIX
16:20:10	1,379	160.80	XLON
16:24:46	994	160.40	CHIX
16:24:46	385	160.40	CHIX
16:29:25	34	160.30	CHIX
16:29:40	98	160.30	CHIX
16:29:49	300	160.30	CHIX
16:35:18	3,409	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	4232	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	5078	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	5,451	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	2229	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	7,482	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	2188	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	7482	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	31,599	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	4,245	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	7,857	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	6,548	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	3,191	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	3,877	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	2,975	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	6,100	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	8,510	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	7,186	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	2,138	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	4,361	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	5,206	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	5,207	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	2315	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	2778	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	557	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	4,247	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	3,551	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	4,116	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	5,097	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	3,003	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	3177	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	592	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	2645	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	2,495	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	2,318	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	2782	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	4,457	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	14080	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	1,401	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	591	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	19920	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	2264	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	857	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	1,820	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	6,694	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	4,457	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	17	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	592	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	2,321	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	4,457	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	592	162.60	XLON
16:35:18	52,936	162.60	XLON

 

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