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	13 November 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	184,307
Weighted average price paid (p)	165.12
Highest price paid (p)	167.00
Lowest price paid (p)	164.10

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 89,436,956 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 661,258,059. 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 13 November 2023 is 661,258,059. 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	165.09	116,112
BATE	164.57	7,620
CHIX	165.43	48,838
TRQX	164.57	5,637
Aquis	164.55	6,100

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:13:20	898	166.10	CHIX
8:13:20	422	166.10	CHIX
8:15:23	1,320	165.80	CHIX
8:49:40	382	166.50	CHIX
8:49:40	938	166.50	CHIX
9:04:55	1320	166.40	CHIX
9:12:53	500	166.30	CHIX
9:12:53	820	166.30	CHIX
9:12:54	390	166.20	CHIX
9:12:54	390	166.20	CHIX
9:12:54	390	166.20	CHIX
9:41:35	976	167.00	CHIX
9:41:35	344	167.00	CHIX
9:48:33	1,320	166.80	CHIX
9:58:12	1,194	166.60	CHIX
9:58:12	126	166.60	CHIX
10:31:33	684	166.80	CHIX
10:31:33	500	166.80	CHIX
10:31:33	136	166.80	CHIX
10:39:00	310	166.70	CHIX
10:39:00	1,010	166.70	CHIX
11:23:12	1320	166.60	CHIX
11:24:11	250	166.60	CHIX
11:24:11	500	166.60	CHIX
11:24:11	570	166.60	CHIX
11:34:41	820	166.40	CHIX
11:34:41	500	166.40	CHIX
11:58:21	485	166.10	CHIX
11:58:21	781	166.10	CHIX
11:58:21	54	166.10	CHIX
12:32:31	6	166.00	TRQX
12:32:31	34	166.00	TRQX
12:32:55	39	165.70	BATE
12:32:59	1,320	165.10	CHIX
12:33:00	837	164.80	CHIX
12:33:57	1320	165.00	CHIX
12:39:23	389	165.00	CHIX
12:39:23	931	165.00	CHIX
12:44:05	135	164.90	CHIX
12:44:05	500	164.90	CHIX
12:44:05	500	164.90	CHIX
12:44:05	185	164.90	CHIX
12:50:31	1,320	164.80	XLON
13:09:02	566	164.70	CHIX
13:09:02	754	164.70	CHIX
13:10:02	577	164.50	CHIX
13:10:02	743	164.50	CHIX
13:11:02	626	164.40	CHIX
13:12:48	694	164.40	CHIX
13:19:33	572	164.20	CHIX
13:20:02	519	164.30	CHIX
13:20:02	500	164.30	CHIX
13:20:02	301	164.30	CHIX
13:56:27	1,320	164.50	CHIX
14:20:03	905	164.30	XLON
14:20:03	415	164.30	XLON
14:52:10	95	164.10	XLON
15:25:48	1320	164.60	CHIX
15:33:51	2	165.20	CHIX
15:39:03	1,318	165.20	CHIX
15:40:01	1,320	165.20	CHIX
15:41:18	1320	165.00	CHIX
15:44:09	1,320	164.90	CHIX
15:50:12	697	164.40	CHIX
16:01:43	1700	164.55	Aquis
16:01:43	1,700	164.55	BATE
16:01:43	1700	164.55	CHIX
16:01:43	1700	164.55	TRQX
16:01:43	547	164.55	Aquis
16:01:43	728	164.55	CHIX
16:01:43	425	164.55	BATE
16:01:43	3,300	164.55	Aquis
16:01:43	3,300	164.55	BATE
16:01:43	3,300	164.55	CHIX
16:01:43	3,300	164.55	TRQX
16:02:00	547	164.60	Aquis
16:02:00	299	164.60	BATE
16:02:00	597	164.60	TRQX
16:04:13	600	164.60	BATE
16:04:15	657	164.60	BATE
16:04:15	600	164.60	BATE
16:14:08	234	164.50	CHIX
16:15:50	1,320	164.90	CHIX
16:27:59	6	164.80	Aquis
16:28:39	345	164.70	CHIX
16:28:42	853	164.70	CHIX
16:29:50	122	164.70	CHIX
16:35:23	5,984	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	446	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	179	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	7500	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	126	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	160	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	145	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	8172	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	8097	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	32	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	1,983	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	3,093	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	151	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	5929	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	13,025	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	4,830	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	7	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	1,818	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	588	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	1	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	1297	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	611	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	3336	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	10,231	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	6,941	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	3,261	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	786	165.10	XLON
16:35:23	24,648	165.10	XLON

 

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