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	22 November 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	250,000
Weighted average price paid (p)	174.89
Highest price paid (p)	175.00
Lowest price paid (p)	173.30

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 90,102,070 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 660,592,945 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 22 November 2023 is 660,592,945. 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	175.00	191,090
BATE	174.80	1,147
CHIX	174.55	57,763

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

8:17:07	174	173.50	CHIX
8:26:53	1055	174.30	CHIX
8:26:53	92	174.30	CHIX
8:41:38	1,147	174.70	CHIX
8:41:49	1147	174.50	CHIX
8:50:55	1,147	174.40	CHIX
9:04:13	342	174.10	CHIX
9:05:56	1,147	174.30	CHIX
9:06:08	366	174.10	CHIX
9:10:12	259	174.10	CHIX
9:10:12	522	174.10	CHIX
9:10:15	789	173.50	CHIX
9:25:21	475	173.60	CHIX
9:27:05	336	173.60	CHIX
9:27:05	336	173.60	CHIX
9:33:08	1,147	173.30	CHIX
9:36:17	1,147	174.00	CHIX
9:38:39	1,147	173.90	CHIX
9:56:14	1,147	173.80	CHIX
10:15:27	1,147	174.50	CHIX
10:15:47	1,147	174.50	CHIX
10:16:48	1,147	174.00	CHIX
10:28:40	1,147	174.90	CHIX
10:30:56	1,147	174.70	CHIX
10:34:57	1,147	174.20	CHIX
10:53:13	1,147	174.50	CHIX
11:04:49	1,147	175.00	XLON
11:30:01	762	174.90	CHIX
11:30:01	385	174.90	CHIX
12:09:42	771	174.90	CHIX
12:09:42	376	174.90	CHIX
12:11:39	182	174.90	CHIX
12:11:56	965	174.90	CHIX
12:28:29	565	174.90	CHIX
12:42:22	582	174.90	CHIX
12:58:36	570	174.80	CHIX
12:58:36	495	174.80	CHIX
13:31:49	240	175.00	CHIX
13:31:49	907	175.00	CHIX
13:32:05	1147	175.00	CHIX
13:32:54	17	174.80	CHIX
13:32:54	1,130	174.80	CHIX
13:39:36	1,147	175.00	CHIX
13:39:50	358	175.00	CHIX
13:39:50	789	175.00	CHIX
13:56:51	1147	174.90	CHIX
14:07:54	237	174.70	CHIX
14:07:54	910	174.70	CHIX
14:20:48	1,147	174.80	XLON
14:20:51	1147	174.80	XLON
14:31:15	1,147	174.90	CHIX
14:33:40	1,084	174.80	CHIX
14:33:40	63	174.80	CHIX
14:52:19	1147	174.80	CHIX
14:56:57	1147	174.60	CHIX
15:00:33	1,147	174.50	CHIX
15:01:26	1,147	174.50	CHIX
15:01:26	376	174.50	CHIX
15:01:26	376	174.50	CHIX
15:01:26	376	174.50	CHIX
15:01:26	19	174.50	CHIX
15:01:28	602	174.50	CHIX
15:01:28	545	174.50	CHIX
15:36:27	1,147	174.70	CHIX
15:38:29	1,147	174.90	CHIX
15:38:50	250	174.90	CHIX
15:39:00	236	174.90	CHIX
15:39:00	337	174.90	CHIX
15:39:00	197	174.90	CHIX
15:39:11	127	174.90	CHIX
15:40:39	264	174.90	CHIX
15:41:18	282	174.90	CHIX
15:41:28	282	174.90	CHIX
15:41:38	282	174.90	CHIX
15:41:38	37	174.90	CHIX
15:41:48	190	174.80	BATE
15:41:48	957	174.80	BATE
15:43:22	76	174.70	CHIX
15:43:22	1,071	174.70	CHIX
15:43:32	762	174.60	CHIX
15:43:37	283	174.60	CHIX
15:43:42	102	174.60	CHIX
15:43:52	282	174.60	CHIX
15:43:57	283	174.60	CHIX
15:44:02	282	174.60	CHIX
15:44:12	283	174.60	CHIX
15:44:17	17	174.60	CHIX
15:44:39	282	174.50	CHIX
15:44:48	226	174.50	CHIX
15:49:52	639	174.50	CHIX
15:54:44	1,147	174.60	CHIX
16:04:41	1,147	174.80	CHIX
16:14:47	221	174.70	CHIX
16:14:59	63	174.70	CHIX
16:14:59	538	174.70	CHIX
16:15:27	100	174.70	XLON
16:15:38	57	174.60	CHIX
16:15:38	23	174.60	CHIX
16:16:13	429	174.60	CHIX
16:16:47	153	174.60	CHIX
16:35:22	44,728	175.00	XLON
16:35:22	57,319	175.00	XLON
16:35:22	3,514	175.00	XLON
16:35:22	14,450	175.00	XLON
16:35:22	3,942	175.00	XLON
16:35:22	2311	175.00	XLON
16:35:22	361	175.00	XLON
16:35:22	1189	175.00	XLON
16:35:22	7,791	175.00	XLON
16:35:22	3,474	175.00	XLON
16:35:22	8,033	175.00	XLON
16:35:22	2,522	175.00	XLON
16:35:22	877	175.00	XLON
16:35:22	37,038	175.00	XLON

 

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