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	11 December 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	239,891
Weighted average price paid (p)	164.17
Highest price paid (p)	168.90
Lowest price paid (p)	160.90

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 93,925,950 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 656,769,065 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 11 December 2023 is 656,769,065. 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	164.26	139,524
BATE	163.95	34,734
CHIX	164.10	45,949
TRQX	164.10	19,684

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:02:55	1059	167.40	CHIX
08:03:38	800	167.90	BATE
08:03:38	139	167.90	BATE
08:03:38	173	167.90	BATE
08:06:01	1073	168.40	XLON
08:06:01	2,765	168.40	XLON
08:06:02	754	168.40	XLON
08:06:02	400	168.40	XLON
08:06:02	1025	168.40	XLON
08:06:05	1,135	167.50	XLON
08:06:05	1,245	167.90	XLON
08:06:29	1,307	167.30	XLON
08:06:29	1226	167.70	XLON
08:09:24	210	168.90	CHIX
08:09:24	412	168.90	CHIX
08:09:24	627	168.90	CHIX
08:09:53	2,385	168.20	XLON
08:09:53	1,392	168.20	XLON
08:09:53	400	168.20	XLON
08:09:53	400	168.20	XLON
08:09:53	1,697	168.20	XLON
08:13:59	1,287	168.20	CHIX
08:15:53	1,181	167.90	XLON
08:18:12	729	167.50	XLON
08:18:12	400	167.50	XLON
08:20:12	4,770	167.30	XLON
08:20:12	800	167.30	XLON
08:20:12	3225	167.30	XLON
08:23:48	132	167.30	XLON
08:23:48	400	167.30	XLON
08:23:48	400	167.30	XLON
08:23:48	400	167.30	XLON
08:25:26	591	167.30	XLON
08:25:26	800	167.30	XLON
08:28:26	1,388	167.60	XLON
08:28:38	1,206	167.70	BATE
08:29:22	1,094	167.70	TRQX
08:31:32	1062	167.40	CHIX
08:43:32	1,180	167.60	CHIX
08:59:45	1140	167.20	CHIX
09:07:41	1218	167.00	TRQX
09:17:26	863	166.20	XLON
09:17:26	400	166.20	XLON
09:18:26	414	166.40	XLON
09:18:26	400	166.40	XLON
09:18:26	400	166.40	XLON
09:19:15	1,193	166.80	BATE
09:19:16	320	166.40	CHIX
09:19:16	800	166.40	CHIX
09:19:26	556	166.40	XLON
09:19:26	800	166.40	XLON
09:26:14	898	166.20	TRQX
09:26:14	154	166.20	TRQX
09:32:16	242	166.00	CHIX
09:32:16	400	166.00	CHIX
09:32:16	400	166.00	CHIX
09:35:40	1,389	165.60	XLON
09:35:40	45	165.70	XLON
09:36:13	1,364	165.90	XLON
09:36:13	27	165.90	XLON
09:36:13	270	166.20	XLON
09:36:13	400	166.20	XLON
09:36:13	1177	166.20	BATE
09:36:13	800	166.20	BATE
09:36:13	376	166.20	BATE
09:49:13	309	165.80	CHIX
09:49:13	400	165.80	CHIX
09:49:13	163	165.80	CHIX
09:49:13	400	165.80	CHIX
09:49:19	395	166.20	XLON
09:49:19	1,600	166.20	XLON
09:56:19	1,125	165.40	TRQX
10:02:45	654	165.40	CHIX
10:02:45	81	165.40	CHIX
10:02:45	400	165.40	CHIX
10:02:45	578	165.00	XLON
10:02:45	1,200	165.00	XLON
10:02:45	30	165.00	XLON
10:02:45	998	165.00	XLON
10:02:45	800	165.00	XLON
10:18:49	1,075	165.00	CHIX
10:28:21	1,084	164.20	TRQX
10:34:49	302	163.70	CHIX
10:34:49	510	163.70	CHIX
10:34:49	400	163.70	CHIX
10:35:51	400	164.00	BATE
10:35:51	400	164.00	BATE
10:35:51	400	164.00	BATE
10:35:51	139	164.00	BATE
10:35:51	2,569	164.60	BATE
10:35:51	1,568	164.70	BATE
10:35:51	2,541	164.00	XLON
10:35:51	2039	164.00	XLON
10:35:51	1665	164.00	XLON
10:35:51	45	164.00	XLON
10:35:51	1,066	164.00	XLON
10:57:11	1,249	163.90	CHIX
11:02:21	651	163.90	TRQX
11:02:21	400	163.90	TRQX
11:07:32	592	163.60	XLON
11:07:32	800	163.60	XLON
11:07:32	320	163.60	XLON
11:07:32	400	163.60	XLON
11:07:32	400	163.60	XLON
11:07:32	400	163.60	XLON
11:07:32	63	163.60	XLON
11:07:32	72	163.60	XLON
11:07:39	4278	163.60	XLON
11:07:39	800	163.60	XLON
11:07:43	930	163.60	XLON
11:07:43	400	163.60	XLON
11:07:43	1,241	163.60	XLON
11:19:11	400	163.50	CHIX
11:19:11	400	163.50	CHIX
11:19:11	400	163.50	CHIX
11:19:11	77	163.50	CHIX
11:40:52	1,220	163.70	TRQX
11:41:29	1,339	163.80	XLON
11:48:01	1,173	163.90	CHIX
11:48:01	88	163.90	CHIX
12:06:01	119	163.50	CHIX
12:06:01	655	163.50	CHIX
12:06:01	400	163.50	CHIX
12:28:11	87	163.60	CHIX
12:28:11	1,200	163.60	CHIX
12:31:53	993	163.70	TRQX
12:31:53	106	163.70	TRQX
12:58:22	1165	163.60	CHIX
12:58:29	400	163.60	XLON
12:58:29	467	163.60	XLON
12:58:29	319	163.60	XLON
13:10:22	1,273	163.60	CHIX
13:12:14	238	163.30	TRQX
13:12:14	94	163.30	TRQX
13:12:14	400	163.30	TRQX
13:12:14	526	163.30	TRQX
13:20:06	492	163.20	XLON
13:27:14	298	163.30	CHIX
13:29:30	948	163.30	CHIX
13:39:02	303	163.20	XLON
13:39:02	394	163.20	XLON
13:39:09	2,752	163.20	XLON
13:42:10	374	163.60	BATE
13:42:10	878	163.60	BATE
13:42:10	421	163.30	XLON
13:42:10	1289	163.30	XLON
13:42:10	3570	163.40	XLON
13:42:10	320	163.40	XLON
14:00:43	344	163.60	XLON
14:00:43	800	163.60	XLON
14:00:43	212	163.60	XLON
14:00:43	400	163.60	XLON
14:00:43	99	163.60	XLON
14:00:43	1,697	163.60	CHIX
14:00:43	400	163.80	XLON
14:00:43	999	163.80	XLON
14:18:00	1,432	163.90	CHIX
14:22:00	274	163.80	CHIX
14:22:00	400	163.80	CHIX
14:22:00	400	163.80	CHIX
14:32:00	353	163.80	CHIX
14:32:00	868	163.80	CHIX
14:35:02	470	163.60	CHIX
14:35:02	679	163.60	CHIX
14:40:43	1,020	163.50	XLON
14:40:43	1,118	163.90	TRQX
14:40:43	1994	163.80	BATE
14:40:43	2,369	164.20	BATE
14:40:43	599	164.20	BATE
14:40:43	1195	164.20	TRQX
14:41:24	345	163.50	XLON
14:41:24	881	163.50	CHIX
14:41:24	398	163.50	CHIX
14:41:24	1255	163.50	XLON
14:48:26	371	162.60	CHIX
14:52:26	1,077	163.00	CHIX
14:59:17	378	162.60	CHIX
15:00:25	1,159	162.90	CHIX
15:01:24	1,225	162.80	XLON
15:01:24	140	162.80	XLON
15:04:17	495	162.60	XLON
15:04:17	21	162.60	XLON
15:04:20	2,159	163.10	BATE
15:04:20	551	162.80	XLON
15:04:20	400	162.80	XLON
15:04:20	2,533	162.80	XLON
15:04:20	487	162.80	XLON
15:04:20	1,188	163.10	BATE
15:04:20	975	163.00	BATE
15:04:20	188	163.10	BATE
15:07:56	403	162.60	CHIX
15:09:36	482	162.60	CHIX
15:09:36	380	162.60	CHIX
15:13:20	583	162.50	XLON
15:13:20	400	162.50	XLON
15:13:20	400	162.50	XLON
15:17:56	179	162.30	CHIX
15:19:36	452	162.30	CHIX
15:21:56	175	162.30	CHIX
15:21:56	400	162.30	CHIX
15:24:05	404	162.30	XLON
15:24:05	800	162.30	XLON
15:24:05	438	162.30	XLON
15:24:05	101	162.30	XLON
15:24:05	624	162.30	XLON
15:24:05	400	162.30	XLON
15:24:05	995	162.30	XLON
15:31:16	983	162.10	CHIX
15:31:16	201	162.10	CHIX
15:37:20	400	161.90	CHIX
15:37:20	376	161.90	CHIX
15:37:20	376	161.90	CHIX
15:37:20	77	161.90	CHIX
15:44:14	1,196	161.80	CHIX
15:47:05	897	161.50	XLON
15:47:05	321	161.50	XLON
15:48:05	400	161.50	XLON
15:48:05	487	161.50	XLON
15:48:05	400	161.50	XLON
15:49:06	1,118	161.90	TRQX
15:49:06	400	161.60	XLON
15:49:06	800	161.60	XLON
15:49:06	627	161.60	XLON
15:49:08	1192	161.60	BATE
15:49:08	1087	161.60	BATE
15:53:06	314	161.30	CHIX
15:53:06	400	161.30	CHIX
15:53:06	400	161.30	CHIX
15:58:51	121	160.90	XLON
15:59:14	1,553	160.90	XLON
15:59:14	166	161.20	XLON
15:59:14	166	161.20	XLON
15:59:14	998	161.20	XLON
15:59:14	17	161.20	XLON
15:59:14	189	161.20	XLON
15:59:14	411	161.20	XLON
15:59:14	62	161.20	XLON
15:59:14	400	161.20	XLON
15:59:14	551	161.20	XLON
15:59:14	665	161.20	XLON
16:01:16	1,207	162.00	BATE
16:01:16	406	161.50	XLON
16:01:16	800	161.50	XLON
16:01:16	242	161.50	BATE
16:01:16	947	162.00	BATE
16:01:36	207	161.50	XLON
16:01:36	1,039	161.50	XLON
16:02:58	1,058	161.60	CHIX
16:03:41	25	161.60	XLON
16:04:44	1,325	161.60	XLON
16:04:44	381	161.60	XLON
16:04:44	400	161.60	XLON
16:04:44	289	161.60	XLON
16:04:44	206	161.60	XLON
16:10:54	796	161.60	CHIX
16:10:54	379	161.60	CHIX
16:14:40	1,119	161.70	XLON
16:14:40	238	161.70	XLON
16:14:40	101	161.70	XLON
16:14:40	400	161.70	BATE
16:14:40	548	161.70	XLON
16:14:40	814	161.70	XLON
16:14:40	829	161.70	BATE
16:14:40	28	161.70	XLON
16:14:40	289	161.70	XLON
16:14:40	390	161.70	XLON
16:14:40	80	161.70	XLON
16:14:40	41	161.70	XLON
16:14:43	400	161.70	XLON
16:14:43	400	161.70	XLON
16:14:43	616	161.70	XLON
16:15:43	1,265	162.20	TRQX
16:15:43	1,091	162.20	TRQX
16:15:43	118	162.20	TRQX
16:15:43	4,458	162.00	XLON
16:15:43	66	162.00	XLON
16:15:43	1,501	162.30	XLON
16:15:43	1,354	162.30	XLON
16:15:43	107	162.30	XLON
16:15:43	1,458	162.30	XLON
16:16:50	400	162.60	XLON
16:16:50	730	162.60	XLON
16:16:51	1,165	162.50	CHIX
16:18:29	800	162.60	BATE
16:18:29	143	162.60	BATE
16:18:29	291	162.60	BATE
16:19:50	800	162.80	XLON
16:19:50	427	162.80	XLON
16:22:36	166	163.30	TRQX
16:22:36	800	163.30	TRQX
16:22:36	117	163.30	TRQX
16:22:36	800	163.30	TRQX
16:22:36	1,707	163.40	BATE
16:22:36	1,695	163.90	TRQX
16:22:36	1,598	163.80	BATE
16:22:50	404	163.50	XLON
16:22:50	1291	163.50	XLON
16:23:50	1,189	163.50	XLON
16:24:50	1,063	163.50	XLON
16:24:50	2,799	163.50	XLON
16:24:50	540	163.70	XLON
16:24:50	734	163.70	XLON
16:24:50	539	163.70	XLON
16:24:50	1,727	163.70	XLON
16:24:50	233	163.70	XLON
16:24:58	755	163.30	CHIX
16:28:38	1,121	163.50	BATE
16:28:38	1,106	163.50	BATE
16:28:38	1,998	163.00	XLON
16:28:38	441	163.00	XLON
16:28:38	800	163.00	XLON
16:28:38	376	163.00	XLON
16:28:38	750	163.00	XLON
16:28:53	1,228	163.00	XLON

 

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