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	15 November 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	69,757
Weighted average price paid (p)	172.74
Highest price paid (p)	173.70
Lowest price paid (p)	171.10

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 89,609,001 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 661,086,014 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 15 November 2023 is 661,086,014. 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	172.94	10,944
BATE	172.87	3,807
CHIX	172.69	55,006

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:07:51	792	171.10	CHIX
8:08:02	68	171.10	CHIX
8:10:00	310	171.20	CHIX
8:11:52	1,219	171.80	CHIX
8:11:52	50	171.80	CHIX
8:19:23	731	172.90	CHIX
8:19:23	534	172.90	CHIX
8:19:23	4	172.90	CHIX
8:21:26	1,269	172.60	XLON
8:24:02	792	172.20	CHIX
8:24:02	477	172.20	CHIX
8:25:31	792	172.00	XLON
8:25:57	500	172.20	CHIX
8:25:57	769	172.20	CHIX
8:31:17	402	172.00	CHIX
8:41:26	1,269	172.50	CHIX
8:47:53	1269	172.40	XLON
8:59:12	792	173.30	CHIX
9:01:09	792	173.50	CHIX
9:02:03	792	173.70	CHIX
9:02:03	477	173.70	CHIX
9:02:58	1,000	173.70	CHIX
9:02:58	269	173.70	CHIX
9:04:02	792	173.20	CHIX
9:13:41	792	173.30	CHIX
9:19:17	1,269	173.50	XLON
9:32:45	1,269	173.40	CHIX
9:34:02	792	173.20	CHIX
9:34:02	13	173.20	CHIX
9:34:02	464	173.20	CHIX
9:48:42	1,269	172.70	CHIX
10:03:13	1001	172.90	CHIX
10:03:13	268	172.90	CHIX
10:04:13	223	173.10	CHIX
10:04:13	1	173.10	CHIX
10:04:13	1,045	173.10	CHIX
10:08:19	792	172.80	CHIX
10:09:02	477	172.80	CHIX
10:10:02	792	172.80	CHIX
10:10:02	477	172.80	CHIX
10:14:35	1,269	172.40	CHIX
10:17:18	1269	172.10	CHIX
10:23:31	1269	171.60	CHIX
10:29:47	1269	171.30	CHIX
10:46:42	77	171.70	CHIX
10:46:42	1,192	171.70	CHIX
11:07:00	1269	171.70	CHIX
11:07:01	1,269	171.60	CHIX
11:17:05	16	171.60	CHIX
11:28:26	1269	172.10	CHIX
11:28:28	5	171.90	CHIX
11:28:28	749	171.90	CHIX
11:28:37	3	171.90	CHIX
11:30:06	751	172.10	CHIX
11:30:06	518	172.10	CHIX
11:36:00	1,269	172.00	CHIX
12:03:02	1269	172.10	BATE
12:03:03	500	172.00	CHIX
12:03:03	500	172.00	CHIX
12:03:03	269	172.00	CHIX
12:03:22	1,269	172.00	CHIX
12:19:24	1	171.80	CHIX
12:19:24	1	171.80	CHIX
12:37:32	1,269	172.90	CHIX
12:37:48	732	172.80	BATE
12:37:48	537	172.80	BATE
12:46:45	1,269	172.50	CHIX
13:05:32	814	173.50	CHIX
13:05:32	455	173.50	CHIX
13:07:32	792	173.70	CHIX
13:07:32	1	173.70	CHIX
13:07:32	476	173.70	CHIX
13:08:14	1269	173.60	CHIX
13:12:02	889	173.20	CHIX
13:12:02	242	173.20	CHIX
13:12:02	138	173.20	CHIX
13:32:15	1,269	173.50	XLON
13:32:32	1,269	173.30	CHIX
13:35:03	1,269	172.80	XLON
14:15:35	1269	172.80	XLON
14:18:19	1,269	172.60	CHIX
14:18:47	138	173.40	CHIX
14:18:47	1,131	173.40	CHIX
14:28:02	500	173.70	BATE
14:28:02	769	173.70	BATE
14:29:53	1,269	173.40	XLON
14:41:24	1,269	173.10	XLON
15:01:55	1,269	173.70	CHIX
15:13:59	1,269	173.70	CHIX
15:14:01	934	173.50	CHIX
15:14:02	335	173.50	CHIX
15:20:00	1,269	173.50	CHIX

 

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