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	10 November 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	209,051
Weighted average price paid (p)	164.81
Highest price paid (p)	165.00
Lowest price paid (p)	163.30

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 89,252,649 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 661,442,366. 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 10 November 2023 is 661,442,366. 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	164.98	177,705
BATE	163.56	281
CHIX	163.82	31,065

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

9:11:00	818	164.20	CHIX
9:11:00	522	164.20	CHIX
9:11:03	1,340	164.00	CHIX
9:16:04	926	163.80	CHIX
9:16:04	151	163.80	CHIX
9:21:01	156	163.80	CHIX
9:51:15	12	164.50	CHIX
9:51:15	1,328	164.50	CHIX
9:51:22	1,340	164.10	CHIX
10:00:12	562	164.10	CHIX
10:00:12	500	164.10	CHIX
10:00:12	278	164.10	CHIX
10:01:37	1,211	164.00	XLON
10:01:37	129	164.00	XLON
10:07:33	1340	164.00	CHIX
10:08:34	1,340	163.80	XLON
10:38:19	1340	163.80	CHIX
10:58:15	15	163.90	CHIX
10:58:15	1,000	163.90	CHIX
10:58:15	325	163.90	CHIX
11:34:59	947	163.90	CHIX
11:35:44	373	163.70	CHIX
11:35:44	117	163.70	CHIX
11:36:24	155	163.60	BATE
12:03:34	126	163.50	BATE
13:01:47	49	163.30	CHIX
13:01:47	791	163.30	CHIX
13:01:47	500	163.30	CHIX
14:14:28	200	163.30	CHIX
14:14:28	90	163.30	CHIX
14:14:28	1,050	163.30	CHIX
14:26:07	1	163.60	CHIX
14:36:16	1,340	163.70	CHIX
15:00:19	255	163.40	CHIX
15:00:19	1,085	163.40	CHIX
15:01:29	252	163.30	CHIX
15:02:08	1,340	163.80	CHIX
15:04:22	1,340	163.80	CHIX
15:11:30	460	163.80	CHIX
15:11:30	780	163.80	CHIX
15:11:30	100	163.80	CHIX
15:15:18	1,340	163.80	CHIX
15:25:04	1,340	163.80	CHIX
15:30:36	461	163.70	CHIX
15:30:36	808	163.70	CHIX
15:30:36	71	163.70	CHIX
15:37:35	217	163.50	CHIX
15:37:35	1,123	163.50	CHIX
16:11:25	1,340	163.80	CHIX
16:17:17	718	164.00	CHIX
16:17:17	622	164.00	CHIX
16:29:56	2	164.00	CHIX
16:35:09	7,876	165.00	XLON
16:35:09	1,540	165.00	XLON
16:35:09	12,580	165.00	XLON
16:35:09	21,262	165.00	XLON
16:35:09	16,044	165.00	XLON
16:35:09	17544	165.00	XLON
16:35:09	10757	165.00	XLON
16:35:09	16536	165.00	XLON
16:35:09	14,721	165.00	XLON
16:35:09	7,575	165.00	XLON
16:35:09	4,912	165.00	XLON
16:35:09	4,808	165.00	XLON
16:35:09	16,112	165.00	XLON
16:35:09	1989	165.00	XLON
16:35:09	1,303	165.00	XLON
16:35:09	19,466	165.00	XLON

 

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