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	7 November 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	216,709
Weighted average price paid (p)	158.26
Highest price paid (p)	158.80
Lowest price paid (p)	156.90

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 88,255,361 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 662,439,654 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 7 November 2023 is 662,439,654. 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	158.40	160,338
BATE	157.56	1,583
CHIX	157.87	54,644
Aquis	158.60	144

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:05:56	3	158.20	CHIX
8:23:56	1367	158.60	CHIX
8:41:29	1,096	158.60	CHIX
8:41:29	271	158.60	CHIX
8:41:31	1111	158.20	CHIX
9:04:05	256	158.20	CHIX
9:25:37	1,367	158.10	CHIX
9:39:57	144	158.60	Aquis
9:40:01	1,367	158.00	CHIX
10:05:36	1,367	158.40	CHIX
10:08:17	1,367	158.30	CHIX
10:32:18	270	158.80	XLON
10:32:18	1,097	158.80	XLON
10:32:18	812	158.80	CHIX
10:32:18	500	158.80	CHIX
10:32:18	55	158.80	CHIX
10:32:22	1,367	158.80	CHIX
10:34:19	973	158.60	CHIX
10:34:19	394	158.60	CHIX
10:39:43	1,367	158.60	CHIX
10:40:08	1367	158.40	CHIX
10:42:24	180	158.30	CHIX
10:51:50	694	158.30	CHIX
10:51:50	493	158.30	CHIX
11:05:44	261	157.90	CHIX
11:05:44	1000	157.90	CHIX
11:05:44	106	157.90	CHIX
11:26:59	1,357	157.40	CHIX
11:26:59	10	157.40	CHIX
11:30:18	1,367	157.80	CHIX
12:45:25	1,367	157.60	CHIX
13:14:46	1367	157.60	CHIX
13:24:42	1367	157.70	CHIX
13:46:06	1,367	157.80	CHIX
13:47:07	1367	157.70	CHIX
14:01:16	1367	157.80	CHIX
14:15:36	1,367	157.60	CHIX
14:30:48	1,367	157.80	CHIX
14:32:25	1,367	157.70	CHIX
14:41:34	882	157.60	BATE
14:41:34	485	157.60	BATE
14:42:42	1,367	157.60	CHIX
14:45:41	1367	157.40	CHIX
14:54:44	1367	157.40	CHIX
14:58:03	1,367	157.40	CHIX
15:00:47	1,367	156.90	CHIX
15:51:14	322	158.00	CHIX
15:51:14	1,006	158.00	CHIX
15:52:16	1,367	158.10	CHIX
15:55:56	1,367	158.00	CHIX
15:57:06	1,315	157.70	CHIX
16:00:32	52	157.70	CHIX
16:02:19	1367	157.60	CHIX
16:06:50	1367	157.40	CHIX
16:10:16	908	157.30	CHIX
16:14:02	459	157.30	CHIX
16:16:09	903	157.30	CHIX
16:16:09	427	157.30	CHIX
16:16:09	37	157.30	CHIX
16:16:13	1,103	157.20	CHIX
16:16:13	264	157.20	CHIX
16:23:17	615	157.30	CHIX
16:24:34	614	157.30	CHIX
16:26:28	138	157.30	CHIX
16:29:45	158	157.30	BATE
16:29:46	58	157.30	BATE
16:35:10	12212	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	10,691	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	293	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	3739	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	2,245	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	3,364	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	2,398	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	1907	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	1,326	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	21,470	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	831	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	3,572	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	2,452	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	53	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	1,231	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	695	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	2,631	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	1,445	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	3,169	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	2722	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	2817	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	6039	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	3,207	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	2,452	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	695	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	4,684	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	695	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	21,937	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	125	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	4,684	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	7938	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	9,525	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	3695	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	2,795	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	694	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	5,891	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	695	158.40	XLON
16:35:10	1,957	158.40	XLON

 

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