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	21 November 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	243,069
Weighted average price paid (p)	173.40
Highest price paid (p)	175.00
Lowest price paid (p)	173.20

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 89,852,070 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 660,842,945 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 21 November 2023 is 660,842,945. 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	173.20	194,820
CHIX	174.22	48,249

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

9:15:16	1168	175.00	CHIX
9:48:51	1,168	174.90	CHIX
9:50:05	200	174.40	CHIX
10:23:40	1168	174.80	CHIX
10:34:15	1,168	174.60	CHIX
10:39:33	546	174.30	CHIX
10:39:33	156	174.30	CHIX
10:39:33	466	174.30	CHIX
10:42:40	1,168	174.20	CHIX
10:44:12	1,168	174.20	CHIX
10:46:15	1135	174.10	CHIX
10:46:15	33	174.10	CHIX
10:46:29	1,168	174.40	CHIX
10:50:01	1,168	174.20	CHIX
10:58:12	1168	174.30	CHIX
11:21:31	446	174.20	CHIX
11:21:31	722	174.20	CHIX
11:25:37	327	174.30	CHIX
11:25:37	735	174.30	CHIX
11:25:37	106	174.30	CHIX
11:48:13	1,168	174.80	CHIX
11:48:20	1,168	174.80	CHIX
11:48:30	1,168	174.80	CHIX
12:05:23	1,168	175.00	CHIX
12:06:31	1,168	174.90	CHIX
12:36:27	1,168	174.90	CHIX
12:55:57	1,135	174.70	CHIX
13:11:06	33	174.70	CHIX
13:22:45	692	174.20	CHIX
13:22:45	199	174.20	CHIX
13:38:28	277	174.20	CHIX
13:51:45	277	173.90	CHIX
13:51:45	891	173.90	CHIX
13:59:34	944	174.10	CHIX
13:59:34	224	174.10	CHIX
14:12:57	356	173.90	CHIX
14:14:25	160	173.90	CHIX
14:25:39	1,168	174.20	CHIX
14:29:27	1,168	174.40	CHIX
14:38:19	1161	174.30	CHIX
14:53:15	665	174.00	CHIX
14:53:15	503	174.00	CHIX
14:59:41	937	173.80	CHIX
14:59:41	231	173.80	CHIX
15:00:03	393	173.70	CHIX
15:00:03	400	173.70	CHIX
15:00:03	307	173.70	CHIX
15:00:46	774	173.50	CHIX
15:00:55	181	173.40	CHIX
15:25:05	456	174.30	CHIX
15:25:05	712	174.30	CHIX
15:27:02	23	174.10	CHIX
15:27:02	50	174.10	CHIX
15:27:02	400	174.10	CHIX
15:27:02	12	174.10	CHIX
15:27:02	2	174.10	CHIX
15:27:45	400	174.10	CHIX
15:27:45	281	174.10	CHIX
15:28:42	269	173.80	CHIX
15:31:22	243	173.80	CHIX
15:36:52	269	173.80	CHIX
15:41:14	387	173.80	CHIX
15:45:18	6	173.70	CHIX
15:45:18	71	173.70	CHIX
15:45:18	72	173.70	CHIX
15:45:18	309	173.70	CHIX
15:45:18	400	173.70	CHIX
15:45:19	256	173.70	CHIX
15:45:24	54	173.70	CHIX
15:45:49	205	173.60	CHIX
15:45:49	270	173.60	CHIX
15:45:49	335	173.60	CHIX
15:45:49	270	173.60	CHIX
15:45:49	88	173.60	CHIX
15:54:18	1,153	173.80	CHIX
15:57:50	15	173.80	CHIX
16:00:47	1,168	173.70	CHIX
16:03:48	603	173.50	CHIX
16:03:48	565	173.50	CHIX
16:08:47	209	173.40	CHIX
16:15:31	719	173.50	XLON
16:15:31	449	173.50	XLON
16:20:31	1,168	173.60	CHIX
16:25:39	201	173.60	CHIX
16:25:39	899	173.60	CHIX
16:25:54	68	173.60	CHIX
16:29:34	314	173.60	CHIX
16:29:34	191	173.60	CHIX
16:29:34	271	173.60	CHIX
16:29:34	108	173.60	CHIX
16:29:41	8	173.60	CHIX
16:35:22	9,685	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	436	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	30,248	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	355	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	76	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	14638	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	3,000	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	1,228	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	20	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	27768	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	6,763	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	2,200	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	4	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	1,405	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	3,445	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	262	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	151	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	658	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	27624	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	20,467	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	10,786	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	16,061	173.20	XLON
16:35:22	16,372	173.20	XLON

 

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