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	12 December 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	364,598
Weighted average price paid (p)	163.93
Highest price paid (p)	165.40
Lowest price paid (p)	162.40

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 94,290,548 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 656,404,467 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 12 December 2023 is 656,404,467. 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	163.92	248,629
BATE	163.99	49,274
CHIX	163.91	45,495
TRQX	163.89	21,200

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:06:40	1267	162.60	XLON
08:06:41	420	162.50	TRQX
08:06:41	753	162.50	TRQX
08:06:41	1,117	163.90	TRQX
08:06:41	140	163.90	TRQX
08:08:45	2,229	163.50	XLON
08:09:13	927	163.00	XLON
08:09:13	605	163.00	XLON
08:11:45	1133	164.10	BATE
08:11:49	1,151	164.00	CHIX
08:11:49	1,381	163.50	XLON
08:13:49	1,407	163.30	XLON
08:41:51	1066	163.60	CHIX
08:41:51	161	163.60	CHIX
08:41:51	1,286	163.60	CHIX
08:43:10	1,929	163.50	XLON
08:43:10	106	163.50	XLON
08:43:10	2,054	163.50	XLON
08:43:10	800	163.50	XLON
08:43:10	101	163.50	XLON
08:44:09	1,186	163.90	BATE
08:44:09	1,164	164.10	BATE
08:44:09	962	163.90	XLON
08:44:09	81	163.90	XLON
08:44:09	400	163.90	XLON
08:44:09	1,600	163.90	XLON
08:44:09	3,938	164.10	XLON
08:44:09	261	163.90	XLON
08:44:09	1,622	163.90	XLON
08:44:09	247	164.10	XLON
08:44:09	1,076	164.10	XLON
08:44:09	800	164.10	XLON
08:44:09	1,358	163.90	XLON
08:45:09	1263	164.00	CHIX
08:45:09	101	163.90	XLON
08:45:09	1,489	163.90	XLON
08:45:09	50	163.80	XLON
08:45:09	542	163.80	XLON
08:45:09	1,278	163.80	XLON
08:46:35	100	163.80	XLON
08:46:39	504	163.90	XLON
08:46:39	800	163.90	XLON
08:48:39	55	163.80	XLON
08:48:39	6	163.80	XLON
08:52:58	1,369	163.80	XLON
09:01:40	1896	164.10	XLON
09:04:26	1,600	163.90	XLON
09:04:26	200	164.10	XLON
09:04:26	800	164.10	XLON
09:04:26	110	164.10	XLON
09:04:40	1,439	164.20	XLON
09:04:40	1,037	164.30	CHIX
09:04:40	54	164.20	XLON
09:04:40	1250	164.20	XLON
09:13:02	327	163.90	XLON
09:13:02	800	163.90	XLON
09:13:02	305	163.90	XLON
09:13:02	895	163.90	XLON
09:13:02	400	163.90	XLON
09:13:02	1332	163.80	XLON
09:15:26	1078	163.40	CHIX
09:27:38	1,099	163.20	CHIX
09:27:45	1888	163.60	XLON
09:27:45	101	163.60	XLON
09:28:18	1,026	163.40	XLON
09:28:18	400	163.40	XLON
09:28:18	192	163.40	XLON
09:28:18	346	163.40	XLON
09:31:21	400	163.40	XLON
09:31:21	400	163.40	XLON
09:31:21	751	163.40	XLON
09:56:44	192	163.40	CHIX
09:56:44	800	163.40	CHIX
09:56:44	400	163.40	CHIX
10:04:22	925	163.10	XLON
10:04:22	400	163.10	XLON
10:04:22	624	163.20	BATE
10:04:22	1,200	163.20	BATE
10:04:22	841	163.40	BATE
10:04:22	976	163.40	BATE
10:04:33	1,022	162.90	CHIX
10:04:33	253	162.90	CHIX
10:08:16	193	162.40	XLON
10:08:17	1,905	163.10	XLON
10:08:17	19	163.00	XLON
10:08:17	457	163.00	XLON
10:08:17	847	163.10	XLON
10:08:17	387	163.10	XLON
10:08:17	101	163.10	XLON
10:08:17	101	163.10	XLON
10:08:41	1,198	163.60	TRQX
10:08:41	1,210	163.60	TRQX
10:08:42	400	163.40	XLON
10:08:42	3499	163.40	XLON
10:08:42	371	163.40	XLON
10:08:42	8	163.40	XLON
10:08:42	239	163.40	XLON
10:08:42	936	163.60	XLON
10:08:42	337	163.60	XLON
10:08:42	400	163.60	XLON
10:08:42	800	163.60	XLON
10:08:42	400	163.60	XLON
10:08:42	1,500	163.60	XLON
10:09:17	1,274	163.90	BATE
10:09:17	1,161	163.90	BATE
10:09:51	501	163.90	XLON
10:09:51	800	163.90	XLON
10:11:17	101	163.80	XLON
10:11:17	406	163.90	XLON
10:11:17	710	163.90	XLON
10:11:17	101	163.90	XLON
10:14:17	1,102	163.90	XLON
10:14:17	400	163.90	XLON
10:20:17	1,451	164.30	XLON
10:22:02	754	164.10	CHIX
10:22:02	343	164.10	CHIX
10:27:17	780	164.20	XLON
10:27:17	839	164.20	XLON
10:27:17	459	164.20	XLON
10:27:20	1,467	164.00	XLON
10:33:31	55	164.00	XLON
10:33:31	1,367	164.00	XLON
10:33:31	61	164.00	XLON
10:40:02	315	163.80	CHIX
10:40:02	400	163.80	CHIX
10:40:02	400	163.80	CHIX
10:40:31	556	163.80	XLON
10:40:31	800	163.80	XLON
10:45:31	957	163.80	XLON
10:45:31	400	163.80	XLON
10:46:17	623	163.60	BATE
10:46:18	624	163.60	BATE
10:50:31	100	164.20	XLON
10:50:31	160	164.20	XLON
10:50:31	487	164.20	XLON
10:50:31	590	164.20	XLON
10:52:16	1296	163.90	XLON
10:56:16	1088	163.90	XLON
10:56:16	400	163.90	XLON
10:56:59	581	163.80	CHIX
10:56:59	635	163.80	CHIX
10:59:59	729	163.90	XLON
10:59:59	1243	164.30	TRQX
10:59:59	700	163.90	XLON
11:06:59	45	163.90	XLON
11:06:59	1484	163.90	XLON
11:15:59	1047	163.90	XLON
11:15:59	242	164.30	XLON
11:15:59	1,200	164.30	XLON
11:17:59	1,615	164.60	XLON
11:17:59	1,190	164.70	BATE
11:17:59	489	164.20	XLON
11:17:59	72	164.50	BATE
11:17:59	945	164.50	BATE
11:17:59	202	164.50	BATE
11:17:59	1004	164.60	BATE
11:17:59	203	165.20	BATE
11:17:59	808	164.20	XLON
11:17:59	1,037	164.30	TRQX
11:18:00	1,345	164.20	XLON
11:18:55	1,073	164.30	CHIX
11:24:52	1,390	164.60	XLON
11:27:52	1,334	164.60	XLON
11:29:52	102	164.50	XLON
11:29:52	1,200	164.50	XLON
11:33:52	252	164.60	XLON
11:33:52	1200	164.60	XLON
11:38:52	1,171	165.00	BATE
11:39:05	685	164.90	CHIX
11:40:02	368	164.90	CHIX
11:41:53	1,266	164.80	XLON
11:46:21	681	164.80	BATE
11:46:21	400	164.80	BATE
11:46:21	1	164.80	BATE
11:46:21	335	164.80	XLON
11:46:21	1,155	164.80	XLON
11:57:05	400	164.70	TRQX
11:59:00	51	164.70	TRQX
11:59:00	779	164.70	TRQX
12:00:02	220	164.70	CHIX
12:00:02	216	164.70	CHIX
12:00:02	685	164.70	CHIX
12:02:07	115	164.60	XLON
12:02:07	400	164.60	XLON
12:02:07	800	164.60	XLON
12:02:07	34	164.60	XLON
12:02:07	248	164.60	XLON
12:02:07	400	164.60	XLON
12:02:07	282	164.60	XLON
12:02:07	400	164.60	XLON
12:02:07	483	164.60	XLON
12:02:07	820	164.60	XLON
12:08:07	343	164.60	XLON
12:08:07	400	164.60	XLON
12:08:07	400	164.60	XLON
12:08:07	400	164.60	XLON
12:15:07	1,034	164.60	XLON
12:15:07	400	164.60	XLON
12:20:05	395	164.60	XLON
12:20:05	400	164.60	XLON
12:20:05	285	164.60	XLON
12:20:05	400	164.60	XLON
12:22:11	1,282	164.60	XLON
12:22:12	1,211	164.50	CHIX
12:25:00	20	164.70	BATE
12:25:00	945	165.00	BATE
12:25:00	273	165.00	BATE
12:26:00	728	164.70	TRQX
12:26:00	245	164.70	TRQX
12:26:00	1086	164.80	TRQX
12:33:22	2,426	164.80	XLON
12:34:00	361	164.80	BATE
12:34:00	800	164.80	BATE
12:34:22	736	164.80	XLON
12:34:22	800	164.80	XLON
12:39:45	1,218	164.90	CHIX
12:39:45	143	164.80	XLON
12:39:45	1,388	164.80	XLON
12:59:36	48	165.00	XLON
12:59:36	3,545	165.00	XLON
12:59:36	101	165.00	XLON
12:59:36	31	165.00	XLON
12:59:36	197	165.00	XLON
12:59:36	460	165.00	XLON
12:59:36	30	165.00	XLON
12:59:36	738	164.80	XLON
12:59:36	645	164.80	XLON
13:04:26	1,452	164.60	XLON
13:04:46	325	164.90	CHIX
13:06:02	240	164.90	CHIX
13:06:02	546	164.90	CHIX
13:06:27	1,230	165.40	BATE
13:06:27	1,067	165.40	BATE
13:07:46	287	165.00	XLON
13:07:46	800	165.00	XLON
13:07:46	400	165.00	XLON
13:11:46	663	165.00	XLON
13:11:46	800	165.00	XLON
13:15:42	1,311	164.80	XLON
13:18:42	1,050	165.00	XLON
13:18:42	400	165.00	XLON
13:20:02	254	164.90	CHIX
13:20:02	908	164.90	CHIX
13:22:42	400	165.00	XLON
13:22:42	555	165.00	XLON
13:22:42	400	165.00	XLON
13:25:42	514	165.00	XLON
13:25:42	800	165.00	XLON
13:27:28	802	164.70	XLON
13:27:28	269	164.70	XLON
13:27:28	484	164.70	XLON
13:31:55	1,249	164.30	CHIX
13:31:55	1,086	164.50	TRQX
13:32:30	110	164.20	XLON
13:32:30	111	164.20	XLON
13:32:31	1,153	164.20	XLON
13:35:31	1,476	163.70	XLON
13:40:26	219	163.70	XLON
13:40:26	800	163.70	XLON
13:40:26	400	163.70	XLON
13:45:07	600	163.70	XLON
13:45:07	777	163.70	XLON
13:45:07	129	163.70	BATE
13:45:07	1,320	163.70	BATE
13:49:07	553	164.20	XLON
13:49:07	1,548	164.20	XLON
13:49:07	101	164.20	XLON
13:50:08	1,356	164.20	XLON
13:51:29	1,071	164.50	CHIX
13:53:02	685	164.30	BATE
13:53:02	530	164.30	BATE
13:56:02	1,408	164.20	XLON
13:56:02	1,255	164.20	XLON
13:56:02	8	164.20	XLON
13:56:02	1,522	164.20	XLON
14:01:02	1488	164.20	XLON
14:04:11	393	164.20	XLON
14:04:11	997	164.20	XLON
14:07:18	1,104	164.30	TRQX
14:07:19	1,188	164.30	CHIX
14:07:46	1,328	164.20	XLON
14:08:02	1,041	164.30	BATE
14:08:02	955	164.30	BATE
14:08:02	259	164.30	BATE
14:11:46	192	164.10	XLON
14:11:46	400	164.10	XLON
14:11:46	666	164.10	XLON
14:12:25	57	164.00	CHIX
14:12:25	1,091	164.00	CHIX
14:16:46	1,515	163.90	XLON
14:19:18	1,106	163.90	TRQX
14:21:05	381	163.70	XLON
14:25:01	1,136	164.00	BATE
14:25:01	400	164.30	XLON
14:25:01	400	164.30	XLON
14:25:01	400	164.30	XLON
14:25:01	1200	164.30	XLON
14:25:01	234	164.30	XLON
14:25:01	1,217	164.30	XLON
14:30:05	74	164.00	BATE
14:30:05	1,343	164.10	XLON
14:30:05	1,445	164.10	XLON
14:30:05	1,146	164.10	CHIX
14:33:43	1	164.10	CHIX
14:35:03	1,148	164.20	CHIX
14:35:18	1097	164.30	TRQX
14:35:26	612	164.10	XLON
14:35:26	337	164.10	XLON
14:35:26	400	164.10	XLON
14:36:26	948	164.10	XLON
14:36:26	400	164.10	XLON
14:38:03	818	164.20	CHIX
14:38:03	400	164.20	CHIX
14:38:26	197	164.00	XLON
14:38:26	400	164.00	XLON
14:38:26	800	164.00	XLON
14:40:26	800	164.00	XLON
14:40:26	604	164.00	XLON
14:42:26	1,375	163.80	XLON
14:45:03	1,213	163.70	CHIX
14:45:03	45	163.70	CHIX
14:46:26	180	163.50	XLON
14:46:26	800	163.50	XLON
14:46:26	400	163.50	XLON
14:48:12	1,192	163.20	TRQX
14:48:17	1437	163.30	XLON
14:48:42	21	163.60	BATE
14:48:44	1,288	163.60	BATE
14:48:44	1,186	163.50	XLON
14:48:44	289	163.50	XLON
14:50:36	573	163.50	XLON
14:50:36	400	163.50	XLON
14:50:36	400	163.50	XLON
14:51:36	400	163.50	XLON
14:51:36	400	163.50	XLON
14:52:44	356	163.70	BATE
14:52:44	712	163.70	BATE
14:52:44	1,260	163.70	CHIX
14:53:05	1,481	163.70	XLON
14:57:01	512	163.50	XLON
14:58:01	2	163.40	XLON
14:58:01	110	163.60	XLON
14:58:01	1,200	163.60	XLON
15:00:01	1,111	163.50	XLON
15:00:01	400	163.50	XLON
15:00:02	1,281	163.50	CHIX
15:01:26	926	163.50	XLON
15:01:26	400	163.50	XLON
15:02:44	1,044	163.40	BATE
15:02:44	633	163.40	BATE
15:02:44	411	163.40	BATE
15:05:26	161	163.40	XLON
15:05:26	1,639	163.40	XLON
15:06:26	437	163.40	XLON
15:06:26	400	163.40	XLON
15:06:26	415	163.40	XLON
15:08:28	979	163.40	TRQX
15:08:28	298	163.40	TRQX
15:08:28	1,193	163.40	CHIX
15:08:54	623	163.40	XLON
15:08:54	800	163.40	XLON
15:10:54	550	163.40	XLON
15:10:54	800	163.40	XLON
15:16:12	1,273	163.20	CHIX
15:22:37	800	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	1,600	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	1,007	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	154	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	77	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	480	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	400	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	1638	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	400	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	417	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	1,628	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	393	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	400	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	393	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	135	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	258	163.40	XLON
15:22:37	101	163.40	XLON
15:22:41	1,383	163.30	BATE
15:22:41	990	163.30	BATE
15:22:46	1264	163.30	XLON
15:24:37	94	163.30	XLON
15:24:37	1,200	163.30	XLON
15:25:37	1431	163.30	XLON
15:27:07	1,272	163.30	CHIX
15:30:11	393	163.20	TRQX
15:30:11	873	163.20	TRQX
15:34:57	400	163.00	BATE
15:34:57	77	163.00	BATE
15:34:58	237	163.00	BATE
15:34:58	1,174	163.00	BATE
15:35:37	585	162.90	XLON
15:35:37	735	162.90	XLON
15:39:22	828	163.10	XLON
15:39:22	400	163.10	XLON
15:39:22	400	163.10	XLON
15:39:22	800	163.10	XLON
15:39:22	172	163.10	CHIX
15:39:22	343	163.10	CHIX
15:39:22	743	163.10	CHIX
15:39:22	673	163.10	XLON
15:39:22	743	163.10	XLON
15:40:01	998	163.00	BATE
15:40:01	162	163.00	BATE
15:46:45	891	163.50	BATE
15:46:45	309	163.50	BATE
15:46:45	1114	163.30	BATE
15:46:45	440	163.20	CHIX
15:46:45	215	163.20	CHIX
15:46:45	400	163.20	CHIX
15:46:45	343	163.30	XLON
15:46:45	1,646	163.30	XLON
15:46:45	79	163.30	XLON
15:46:45	400	163.30	XLON
15:46:45	400	163.30	XLON
15:46:45	800	163.30	XLON
15:46:45	400	163.30	XLON
15:46:45	400	163.30	XLON
15:46:45	569	163.30	XLON
15:46:45	400	163.30	XLON
15:46:45	400	163.30	XLON
15:48:45	1,050	163.30	XLON
15:49:00	1,821	163.50	XLON
15:49:00	1571	163.50	XLON
15:49:00	1200	163.50	XLON
15:50:30	1,084	163.40	TRQX
15:52:36	1,171	163.80	XLON
15:52:36	1,330	164.00	XLON
15:53:56	1,298	164.10	XLON
15:54:44	103	164.00	CHIX
15:54:44	1142	164.00	CHIX
15:55:30	1,046	164.30	BATE
15:55:30	1,286	164.30	BATE
15:55:45	1409	164.10	XLON
15:58:12	1,360	164.00	XLON
16:00:12	1,313	163.80	XLON
16:01:12	1,280	163.60	XLON
16:02:31	1085	163.60	CHIX
16:03:12	1307	163.60	XLON
16:03:41	693	163.60	TRQX
16:05:46	1,540	163.80	BATE
16:05:46	800	163.80	BATE
16:05:46	1184	163.80	BATE
16:05:53	660	164.00	XLON
16:05:53	800	164.00	XLON
16:09:38	193	163.80	XLON
16:09:38	1,260	163.80	XLON
16:09:38	1,265	163.80	XLON
16:11:17	278	163.90	CHIX
16:11:17	278	163.90	CHIX
16:11:17	342	163.90	CHIX
16:11:18	1,547	163.80	XLON
16:11:18	240	163.90	CHIX
16:12:31	1342	163.80	XLON
16:14:46	278	163.90	TRQX
16:14:46	610	163.90	TRQX
16:14:51	1453	163.80	XLON
16:17:01	141	163.90	XLON
16:17:01	800	163.90	XLON
16:17:01	1,758	163.90	XLON
16:18:03	549	163.90	XLON
16:18:03	348	163.90	XLON
16:18:06	389	163.90	XLON
16:18:58	1,133	163.80	CHIX
16:18:58	141	163.80	CHIX
16:19:06	458	163.80	XLON
16:19:06	516	163.80	XLON
16:19:06	400	163.80	XLON
16:21:07	49	163.90	XLON
16:21:07	1,200	163.90	XLON
16:22:07	398	164.10	BATE
16:22:07	800	164.10	BATE
16:22:07	65	164.10	XLON
16:22:07	400	164.10	XLON
16:22:07	800	164.10	XLON
16:22:07	293	164.10	BATE
16:22:07	1013	164.10	BATE
16:23:07	485	164.10	XLON
16:23:07	400	164.10	XLON
16:23:07	400	164.10	XLON
16:24:07	400	164.10	XLON
16:24:07	400	164.10	XLON
16:24:07	400	164.10	XLON
16:25:10	37	164.10	XLON
16:25:33	78	164.10	XLON
16:25:33	1273	164.10	XLON
16:26:11	549	164.10	CHIX
16:26:33	268	164.10	XLON
16:26:33	743	164.10	XLON
16:26:33	549	164.10	XLON
16:27:33	1,534	164.10	XLON
16:29:24	1,214	164.20	BATE
16:29:40	837	163.90	XLON

 

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