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 Liberum Capital Limited.

Date of Purchase	08 December 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	340,288
Weighted average price paid (p)	167.57
Highest price paid (p)	169.40
Lowest price paid (p)	166.30

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 93,686,059 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 657,008,956 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 08 December 2023 is 657,008,956. 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: Liberum Capital Limited

Intermediary Code: RINFGB21XXX

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	167.50	243,978
BATE	167.90	30,354
CHIX	167.66	45,163
TRQX	167.64	20,793

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:03:05	2554	166.60	XLON
08:03:05	2306	166.60	XLON
08:03:05	772	166.60	XLON
08:03:06	1,094	167.80	BATE
08:03:06	1081	167.80	CHIX
08:04:06	1,229	166.70	CHIX
08:04:08	1,744	167.00	XLON
08:04:13	610	167.20	XLON
08:04:13	558	167.20	XLON
08:04:13	1,341	167.20	XLON
08:05:53	344	166.70	TRQX
08:05:53	888	166.70	TRQX
08:06:02	1210	166.40	XLON
08:09:02	800	166.60	XLON
08:09:02	424	166.60	XLON
08:12:02	1,126	166.90	XLON
08:12:02	213	166.90	XLON
08:12:02	1,345	167.40	XLON
08:12:16	631	167.20	CHIX
08:12:16	482	167.20	CHIX
08:16:48	1,083	168.70	BATE
08:16:48	19	168.10	BATE
08:16:48	1,134	168.10	BATE
08:21:48	1,242	168.10	CHIX
08:32:17	1,218	168.30	TRQX
08:32:44	1,405	168.80	XLON
08:32:44	1,182	168.80	XLON
08:39:48	1190	168.70	CHIX
08:46:44	1,132	168.60	XLON
08:49:44	400	167.90	CHIX
08:49:44	878	167.90	CHIX
08:49:44	1,244	168.00	XLON
09:01:27	374	168.40	BATE
09:01:27	816	168.40	BATE
09:01:27	1,227	168.10	BATE
09:01:44	1,327	168.60	XLON
09:01:44	155	168.60	XLON
09:01:44	1518	168.60	XLON
09:03:44	1,141	168.60	XLON
09:11:08	1042	168.30	TRQX
09:16:02	682	168.10	CHIX
09:16:02	383	168.10	CHIX
09:16:44	1,364	168.20	XLON
09:17:59	1,278	168.00	XLON
09:17:59	800	168.00	XLON
09:17:59	469	168.00	XLON
09:17:59	2,032	167.80	XLON
09:18:00	575	167.40	XLON
09:18:00	800	167.40	XLON
09:18:00	242	167.40	XLON
09:18:00	138	167.60	XLON
09:18:00	360	167.60	XLON
09:18:00	241	167.70	XLON
09:18:00	138	167.70	XLON
09:18:00	599	167.70	XLON
09:18:00	1,072	167.40	XLON
09:18:02	353	167.60	XLON
09:18:02	1632	167.70	XLON
09:18:02	2,000	167.40	XLON
09:18:02	400	167.40	XLON
09:18:02	222	167.40	XLON
09:18:02	405	167.40	XLON
09:18:02	3143	167.40	XLON
09:18:52	2,605	167.20	XLON
09:21:51	1,344	167.10	XLON
09:25:50	1,006	167.20	XLON
09:25:50	349	167.20	XLON
09:25:50	593	166.90	CHIX
09:25:50	548	166.90	CHIX
09:25:52	1042	167.20	XLON
09:25:52	103	167.20	XLON
09:25:52	281	167.20	XLON
09:25:52	103	167.20	XLON
09:25:52	146	167.20	XLON
09:25:52	51	167.20	XLON
09:25:52	52	167.20	XLON
09:25:52	51	167.20	XLON
09:25:52	62	167.20	XLON
09:25:52	51	167.20	XLON
09:25:52	596	167.20	XLON
09:32:35	1,795	166.90	XLON
09:32:35	400	166.90	XLON
09:32:35	414	166.90	XLON
09:36:14	4,480	167.20	XLON
09:36:14	138	167.20	XLON
09:36:18	237	167.20	XLON
09:36:18	1091	167.20	XLON
09:36:21	1,234	166.90	TRQX
09:38:19	721	166.50	XLON
09:38:19	450	166.50	XLON
09:38:50	138	166.60	XLON
09:38:50	1,133	166.60	XLON
09:44:02	525	166.90	XLON
09:44:02	776	166.90	XLON
09:48:02	1365	166.90	XLON
09:48:03	492	166.90	CHIX
09:48:06	509	166.90	CHIX
09:48:06	94	166.90	CHIX
10:02:55	6	166.90	CHIX
10:03:38	1,144	167.00	CHIX
10:03:38	1,265	167.00	XLON
10:03:38	2,090	167.00	XLON
10:03:38	138	166.80	XLON
10:03:38	941	166.80	XLON
10:03:38	438	166.80	XLON
10:03:38	334	166.70	XLON
10:03:38	483	166.70	XLON
10:03:38	29	166.70	XLON
10:03:38	486	166.70	XLON
10:03:39	6	166.70	XLON
10:09:39	800	166.70	XLON
10:09:39	99	166.70	XLON
10:09:39	256	166.70	XLON
10:14:03	1,386	167.00	XLON
10:21:45	602	166.90	TRQX
10:21:45	660	166.90	TRQX
10:21:46	1,845	167.00	XLON
10:21:46	1,250	166.90	CHIX
10:21:46	1,166	166.90	XLON
10:24:56	800	166.80	XLON
10:24:56	396	166.80	XLON
10:30:56	800	166.90	XLON
10:30:56	489	166.90	XLON
10:33:57	400	166.70	XLON
10:33:58	762	166.70	XLON
10:37:58	170	166.80	CHIX
10:37:58	1,002	166.80	CHIX
10:38:38	1121	166.90	XLON
10:38:38	20	166.90	XLON
10:48:54	1,198	166.70	XLON
10:55:04	486	166.70	XLON
10:55:04	113	166.70	XLON
10:55:05	562	166.70	XLON
10:56:05	800	166.90	XLON
10:56:05	563	166.90	XLON
11:02:13	1200	166.90	XLON
11:02:13	149	166.90	XLON
11:02:13	141	166.90	CHIX
11:02:13	1,049	166.90	CHIX
11:02:14	283	166.80	TRQX
11:02:14	400	166.90	TRQX
11:02:14	848	166.90	TRQX
11:12:15	1266	166.70	XLON
11:12:15	1,312	166.70	XLON
11:14:33	1,302	167.20	BATE
11:15:05	1077	166.90	XLON
11:15:36	107	166.90	XLON
11:15:36	154	166.90	XLON
11:17:36	1,389	166.90	XLON
11:21:34	1,279	166.90	XLON
11:22:56	400	166.90	CHIX
11:22:56	741	166.90	CHIX
11:26:34	400	166.90	XLON
11:26:34	800	166.90	XLON
11:26:34	93	166.90	XLON
11:45:37	1309	166.70	XLON
11:45:37	1,186	166.70	XLON
11:45:37	1259	166.70	XLON
11:45:37	1,058	166.70	CHIX
11:45:37	800	166.50	XLON
11:45:37	500	166.50	XLON
11:45:45	354	166.90	BATE
11:45:45	2,408	166.90	BATE
11:45:47	1,100	166.60	XLON
11:45:47	205	166.60	XLON
11:48:55	955	166.60	XLON
11:48:55	286	166.60	XLON
11:48:55	841	166.50	XLON
11:54:04	800	166.80	XLON
11:54:04	830	166.80	XLON
11:55:04	1,194	166.70	XLON
12:04:21	1,237	166.60	CHIX
12:14:08	1,319	166.50	XLON
12:14:08	1279	166.50	XLON
12:14:08	1,294	166.50	XLON
12:14:08	1,170	166.50	XLON
12:14:08	1,188	166.50	XLON
12:14:08	1,072	166.50	TRQX
12:14:10	633	166.30	XLON
12:24:10	256	166.50	XLON
12:24:10	33	166.50	XLON
12:24:10	800	166.50	XLON
12:24:10	400	166.50	XLON
12:24:10	400	166.50	XLON
12:24:10	1,231	166.50	XLON
12:24:45	1,238	166.60	BATE
12:24:45	1,274	166.60	BATE
12:35:28	1,070	167.00	CHIX
12:35:38	1,574	167.20	XLON
12:35:38	400	167.20	XLON
12:35:38	400	167.20	XLON
12:35:38	145	167.20	XLON
12:35:39	302	167.00	XLON
12:38:38	1,084	167.00	XLON
12:44:39	400	167.00	XLON
12:44:39	325	167.00	TRQX
12:44:39	138	167.20	XLON
12:44:39	1288	167.20	XLON
12:46:39	400	167.00	TRQX
12:46:39	473	167.00	TRQX
12:48:39	1,371	167.20	XLON
12:48:39	7	167.20	XLON
12:48:39	1,032	167.20	CHIX
12:48:39	53	167.20	CHIX
12:51:23	400	167.00	XLON
12:51:23	400	167.00	XLON
12:51:23	400	167.00	XLON
12:51:23	45	167.00	XLON
12:51:23	138	167.10	XLON
12:51:23	800	167.10	XLON
12:51:23	228	167.10	XLON
12:57:23	400	167.00	XLON
12:57:23	400	167.00	XLON
12:57:23	360	167.00	XLON
13:00:23	800	167.20	XLON
13:00:23	375	167.20	XLON
13:05:28	615	167.00	XLON
13:29:37	1,090	167.10	TRQX
13:29:37	60	167.10	TRQX
13:29:37	1,102	167.20	XLON
13:29:37	1,773	167.20	XLON
13:29:37	919	167.20	XLON
13:29:37	695	167.20	XLON
13:29:37	2745	167.20	XLON
13:29:37	401	167.20	XLON
13:29:39	1,237	167.00	CHIX
13:29:39	1,193	167.00	CHIX
13:30:37	1,495	167.00	XLON
13:30:46	1,178	166.80	XLON
13:33:35	800	166.70	XLON
13:33:35	721	166.70	XLON
13:35:02	1,394	166.40	XLON
13:36:16	800	166.90	BATE
13:36:16	297	166.90	BATE
13:36:17	867	166.80	XLON
13:38:16	1,137	167.60	BATE
13:38:16	248	167.20	XLON
13:38:16	492	167.20	XLON
13:38:16	544	167.20	XLON
13:38:16	1,161	167.60	BATE
13:39:16	1,314	167.10	XLON
13:42:16	1,082	167.20	CHIX
13:44:24	1,215	167.20	XLON
13:47:24	1,154	167.10	XLON
13:49:24	800	167.10	XLON
13:49:24	601	167.10	XLON
13:50:32	301	167.00	XLON
13:52:32	1,200	167.40	XLON
13:52:32	199	167.40	XLON
14:01:19	368	168.00	XLON
14:01:19	500	168.00	XLON
14:01:19	99	168.00	XLON
14:01:19	2,726	168.00	XLON
14:01:19	308	167.80	CHIX
14:01:20	742	167.80	CHIX
14:01:27	1,035	167.60	TRQX
14:02:04	1,160	168.10	BATE
14:02:04	884	168.10	BATE
14:02:04	255	168.10	BATE
14:03:53	537	168.00	XLON
14:03:53	813	168.00	XLON
14:03:53	96	168.00	XLON
14:03:53	1,039	168.00	XLON
14:06:20	400	168.10	XLON
14:06:20	474	168.10	XLON
14:06:43	267	168.10	XLON
14:08:41	779	168.10	CHIX
14:08:41	268	168.10	CHIX
14:09:27	1,339	168.10	XLON
14:11:27	1,314	168.10	XLON
14:16:31	215	168.20	XLON
14:16:31	279	168.20	XLON
14:16:31	400	168.20	XLON
14:16:31	400	168.20	XLON
14:16:31	321	168.20	XLON
14:16:33	660	168.10	CHIX
14:16:33	515	168.10	CHIX
14:19:07	95	168.10	XLON
14:23:07	358	168.20	XLON
14:23:07	392	168.20	XLON
14:23:07	168	168.20	XLON
14:23:07	140	168.20	XLON
14:23:07	647	168.20	XLON
14:23:07	647	168.20	XLON
14:23:07	511	168.20	XLON
14:23:07	129	168.20	XLON
14:23:07	351	168.20	XLON
14:23:07	153	168.10	TRQX
14:23:07	800	168.10	TRQX
14:23:07	101	168.10	TRQX
14:30:33	400	168.10	CHIX
14:30:33	746	168.10	CHIX
14:34:07	235	168.10	XLON
14:34:07	548	168.10	XLON
14:34:07	4,991	168.20	XLON
14:34:09	286	167.90	XLON
14:34:09	224	167.90	XLON
14:34:11	635	167.90	XLON
14:34:15	378	167.90	XLON
14:34:15	881	167.90	CHIX
14:34:15	357	167.90	TRQX
14:35:07	800	168.00	BATE
14:35:07	470	168.00	BATE
14:40:15	507	168.00	CHIX
14:40:15	719	168.10	TRQX
14:40:15	344	168.10	TRQX
14:43:45	1,151	168.10	CHIX
14:43:45	489	168.10	XLON
14:43:45	328	168.10	XLON
14:43:45	512	168.10	XLON
14:43:45	1720	168.10	XLON
14:43:45	1,720	168.10	XLON
14:43:45	1	168.10	XLON
14:43:50	3,455	168.70	BATE
14:43:50	2800	168.70	BATE
14:43:50	400	168.70	BATE
14:43:50	400	168.70	BATE
14:44:14	400	168.80	XLON
14:44:14	763	168.80	XLON
14:46:14	400	168.80	XLON
14:46:14	855	168.80	XLON
14:47:50	800	168.80	XLON
14:47:50	505	168.80	XLON
14:49:11	54	169.00	CHIX
14:50:14	13	169.10	CHIX
14:50:15	488	169.20	XLON
14:50:15	138	169.40	XLON
14:50:15	1,254	169.40	XLON
14:50:15	1,289	169.30	CHIX
14:50:27	1,196	169.30	TRQX
14:55:32	1,494	169.10	XLON
14:55:32	1,254	169.10	XLON
14:55:32	435	169.10	XLON
14:55:32	107	169.10	XLON
14:55:32	400	169.10	XLON
14:55:32	3	169.10	XLON
14:55:32	551	169.10	XLON
14:57:15	102	169.10	CHIX
14:57:15	102	169.10	CHIX
14:57:15	878	169.10	CHIX
14:57:25	1,395	168.90	XLON
15:04:14	800	168.90	XLON
15:04:14	47	168.90	XLON
15:04:14	447	168.90	XLON
15:05:00	1,126	168.50	CHIX
15:09:00	840	168.70	XLON
15:09:00	899	168.70	XLON
15:09:58	300	168.60	TRQX
15:12:21	826	168.60	TRQX
15:18:50	1,076	168.50	XLON
15:18:50	186	168.50	XLON
15:18:50	662	168.50	CHIX
15:18:50	476	168.50	CHIX
15:18:50	1,289	168.50	XLON
15:18:50	1,275	168.50	XLON
15:18:50	1224	168.50	XLON
15:20:13	560	168.30	CHIX
15:20:13	722	168.30	CHIX
15:21:13	260	168.30	XLON
15:21:13	921	168.30	XLON
15:24:13	400	168.30	XLON
15:24:13	400	168.30	XLON
15:24:13	400	168.30	XLON
15:24:13	166	168.30	XLON
15:28:13	800	168.10	XLON
15:28:13	290	168.10	XLON
15:28:13	176	168.10	XLON
15:28:18	400	168.10	TRQX
15:28:18	684	168.10	TRQX
15:28:18	28	168.10	TRQX
15:29:13	800	168.10	XLON
15:29:13	284	168.10	XLON
15:29:13	76	168.10	XLON
15:30:13	400	168.00	CHIX
15:30:13	400	168.00	CHIX
15:30:13	466	168.00	CHIX
15:38:20	1,000	167.90	XLON
15:38:20	330	167.90	XLON
15:38:20	1260	167.90	XLON
15:38:20	1,160	167.90	XLON
15:38:20	1,205	167.90	XLON
15:38:20	1,163	167.90	XLON
15:39:31	800	167.80	XLON
15:39:31	339	167.80	XLON
15:41:31	190	167.90	XLON
15:41:31	1,019	167.90	XLON
15:41:57	1095	168.10	CHIX
15:47:02	1,269	168.00	XLON
15:47:02	1,334	168.00	XLON
15:47:31	978	168.00	TRQX
15:47:31	165	168.00	TRQX
15:50:02	1,348	168.10	XLON
15:52:02	1,200	168.10	XLON
15:52:07	53	168.10	XLON
15:53:02	682	168.00	CHIX
15:53:02	400	168.00	CHIX
15:53:02	147	168.00	CHIX
15:55:54	667	168.10	XLON
15:56:02	682	168.10	XLON
15:56:02	483	168.10	XLON
15:56:02	1,367	168.10	XLON
15:59:48	400	168.10	CHIX
15:59:48	686	168.10	CHIX
16:00:02	400	168.10	XLON
16:00:02	400	168.10	XLON
16:00:02	400	168.10	XLON
16:00:02	175	168.10	XLON
16:00:06	440	168.10	BATE
16:00:06	1,093	168.10	BATE
16:01:06	400	168.00	BATE
16:01:06	400	168.00	BATE
16:01:06	324	168.00	BATE
16:03:15	3005	168.00	XLON
16:03:15	1,033	168.00	TRQX
16:04:15	800	168.00	XLON
16:04:15	460	168.00	XLON
16:04:39	1,355	168.00	BATE
16:06:25	139	167.80	XLON
16:06:25	1,113	167.80	XLON
16:07:51	1174	167.80	XLON
16:08:21	971	167.80	CHIX
16:08:21	171	167.80	CHIX
16:09:21	1157	167.80	XLON
16:11:02	682	167.70	XLON
16:11:02	400	167.70	XLON
16:11:02	73	167.70	XLON
16:12:32	1201	167.80	XLON
16:13:42	1274	167.70	XLON
16:14:35	1,209	167.60	CHIX
16:16:58	58	167.40	TRQX
16:20:18	677	167.60	TRQX
16:20:22	400	167.60	XLON
16:20:22	3,974	167.60	XLON
16:21:22	979	167.40	XLON
16:21:47	1,399	167.60	XLON
16:23:06	400	167.60	XLON
16:23:14	286	167.60	XLON
16:23:14	708	167.60	XLON
16:24:18	826	167.60	XLON
16:24:32	259	167.60	CHIX
16:25:00	637	167.60	CHIX
16:25:16	493	167.60	XLON
16:26:16	800	167.80	XLON
16:26:16	273	167.80	XLON
16:26:16	400	167.80	XLON
16:27:02	2	167.70	XLON
16:27:20	1,347	167.80	XLON
16:28:00	349	168.00	XLON
16:28:00	400	168.00	XLON
16:28:00	561	168.00	XLON

 

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