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	18 December 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased	188,442
Weighted average price paid (p)	167.06
Highest price paid (p)	171.70
Lowest price paid (p)	165.40

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 95,494,388 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 655,200,627 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 18 December 2023 is 655,200,627. 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	167.00	107,496
BATE	167.51	23,417
CHIX	166.99	42,085
TRQX	166.97	15,444

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform
08:01:33	1035	171.70	BATE
08:01:33	447	170.30	CHIX
08:01:33	650	170.30	CHIX
08:08:59	800	167.90	XLON
08:08:59	400	167.90	XLON
08:08:59	97	167.90	XLON
08:08:59	1,081	168.00	TRQX
08:08:59	1,363	167.90	XLON
08:20:33	1394	167.90	XLON
08:20:33	4,389	167.90	XLON
08:20:33	2,381	167.90	XLON
08:20:33	1,869	167.90	XLON
08:20:33	56	167.90	XLON
08:21:33	800	167.50	CHIX
08:21:33	408	167.50	CHIX
08:59:58	1,228	168.00	BATE
08:59:58	728	168.00	BATE
08:59:58	271	168.00	BATE
09:00:17	1,274	167.80	CHIX
09:39:32	129	166.70	TRQX
09:39:32	2	166.70	TRQX
09:39:32	941	166.70	TRQX
09:39:32	59	166.70	TRQX
09:39:42	1,106	167.70	CHIX
09:39:42	1,100	167.80	CHIX
09:40:05	1,194	168.10	TRQX
09:40:06	800	167.90	XLON
09:40:06	729	167.90	XLON
09:40:06	103	167.90	XLON
09:40:07	1,185	167.90	XLON
09:40:07	248	167.90	XLON
09:40:07	400	167.90	XLON
09:40:07	800	167.90	XLON
09:40:07	574	167.90	XLON
09:40:10	266	167.90	XLON
09:40:10	567	168.20	CHIX
09:40:10	643	168.20	CHIX
09:40:10	281	168.20	CHIX
09:40:12	56	167.90	XLON
09:40:12	1322	167.90	XLON
09:40:12	10	167.90	XLON
09:40:12	1,705	167.90	XLON
09:42:03	784	168.10	XLON
09:42:03	918	168.10	XLON
09:42:03	1,882	168.10	XLON
09:42:03	442	168.10	XLON
09:42:03	234	168.10	XLON
09:45:10	1,204	168.20	CHIX
09:52:02	178	167.60	XLON
09:53:02	184	167.60	XLON
09:54:02	86	167.60	XLON
09:54:02	858	167.60	XLON
09:54:10	427	167.90	CHIX
09:54:10	687	167.90	CHIX
10:30:19	1266	168.10	CHIX
10:30:19	99	168.40	CHIX
10:30:19	932	168.40	CHIX
10:30:19	186	168.40	CHIX
10:30:22	1,498	167.70	XLON
10:30:22	2152	167.70	XLON
10:30:22	57	167.70	XLON
10:30:22	756	167.70	XLON
10:30:42	1180	168.00	BATE
10:30:42	1,033	167.80	BATE
10:33:26	901	167.40	TRQX
10:42:05	209	167.40	TRQX
10:48:47	917	167.30	CHIX
10:48:47	220	167.30	CHIX
11:09:26	141	167.00	XLON
11:09:26	67	167.00	XLON
11:09:26	949	167.00	XLON
11:09:26	114	167.00	XLON
11:09:26	208	167.00	XLON
11:15:31	800	167.40	TRQX
11:15:31	347	167.40	TRQX
11:15:33	1,493	167.40	XLON
11:15:33	1,212	167.40	XLON
11:44:31	355	167.30	CHIX
11:44:31	686	167.30	CHIX
11:44:31	1,103	167.60	CHIX
11:47:31	1,337	166.60	XLON
11:47:31	134	166.60	XLON
11:54:31	119	167.00	XLON
11:54:31	728	167.00	XLON
11:54:31	235	167.00	XLON
11:54:31	314	167.00	XLON
11:54:31	301	167.20	XLON
12:00:02	603	167.00	BATE
12:00:02	643	167.00	BATE
12:13:30	1,102	167.00	CHIX
12:14:31	1,047	167.00	TRQX
12:21:15	751	167.20	XLON
12:21:15	730	167.20	XLON
12:39:33	77	166.60	XLON
12:39:33	1417	166.60	XLON
12:51:18	172	166.60	BATE
12:51:18	299	166.60	BATE
12:51:18	413	166.60	BATE
12:51:18	268	166.60	BATE
12:51:18	300	166.50	CHIX
12:51:18	1,028	166.50	CHIX
12:51:18	132	166.50	CHIX
12:51:18	400	166.20	XLON
12:51:18	800	166.20	XLON
12:51:18	400	166.20	XLON
12:51:18	400	166.20	XLON
12:51:18	400	166.20	XLON
12:51:18	162	166.20	XLON
12:51:18	337	166.20	XLON
12:51:20	162	166.20	CHIX
12:51:32	486	166.40	XLON
12:51:32	1,315	166.40	XLON
12:51:33	500	166.40	XLON
12:52:02	667	166.30	CHIX
12:52:02	428	166.30	CHIX
12:52:02	63	166.30	CHIX
12:52:04	1,261	166.40	XLON
12:59:01	449	166.70	BATE
12:59:01	162	166.80	BATE
12:59:01	314	166.80	BATE
12:59:01	314	166.80	BATE
12:59:01	150	166.80	BATE
12:59:01	1,488	166.40	XLON
12:59:01	554	166.70	XLON
12:59:01	2,231	166.70	XLON
12:59:01	2,375	166.70	XLON
12:59:02	1,488	166.70	XLON
12:59:02	879	166.70	XLON
12:59:07	162	166.70	XLON
12:59:07	1,499	166.70	XLON
12:59:12	1,063	166.60	BATE
13:10:02	373	166.70	TRQX
13:10:02	400	166.70	TRQX
13:10:02	470	166.70	TRQX
13:11:02	632	166.50	CHIX
13:11:02	430	166.50	CHIX
13:11:02	1468	166.40	XLON
13:33:05	276	165.70	XLON
13:37:17	1,365	166.60	BATE
13:37:17	210	166.60	BATE
13:37:17	1078	166.30	CHIX
13:38:25	1,100	166.20	XLON
13:38:25	439	166.20	XLON
13:43:17	503	166.20	CHIX
13:43:17	783	166.20	CHIX
14:08:17	499	166.10	TRQX
14:08:17	651	166.10	TRQX
14:08:17	23	166.10	TRQX
14:08:17	44	166.10	TRQX
14:13:33	141	166.20	CHIX
14:13:33	282	166.20	CHIX
14:13:34	727	166.20	CHIX
14:13:34	12	166.00	CHIX
14:13:34	797	166.00	CHIX
14:13:35	240	166.00	CHIX
14:13:51	87	166.00	CHIX
14:14:25	763	166.10	XLON
14:14:25	503	166.10	XLON
14:14:25	140	166.10	XLON
14:24:34	829	165.80	TRQX
14:30:31	284	165.80	TRQX
14:37:21	100	165.60	BATE
14:37:21	412	165.80	XLON
14:37:21	1,472	165.80	XLON
14:37:21	994	165.80	XLON
14:37:21	442	166.10	BATE
14:37:21	61	166.10	BATE
14:37:21	600	166.10	BATE
14:37:21	63	166.00	CHIX
14:37:21	992	166.00	CHIX
14:37:21	42	166.00	CHIX
14:37:32	1,360	165.80	XLON
14:52:47	1,113	165.40	TRQX
14:58:27	962	165.50	CHIX
14:58:27	1,088	165.50	CHIX
14:58:27	228	165.50	CHIX
14:58:27	218	165.70	CHIX
14:58:27	489	165.40	XLON
14:58:27	478	165.70	CHIX
14:58:27	194	165.70	CHIX
14:58:29	777	165.70	XLON
14:58:29	1,094	165.70	XLON
14:58:29	278	165.60	XLON
14:58:29	91	165.60	XLON
14:58:29	540	165.60	XLON
14:58:29	1,268	165.70	XLON
14:58:29	385	165.70	XLON
14:58:29	500	165.70	XLON
14:59:15	966	165.70	XLON
14:59:15	282	165.70	XLON
15:00:15	300	165.60	XLON
15:00:15	1194	165.60	XLON
15:19:14	7	165.80	XLON
15:19:14	400	165.80	XLON
15:19:14	474	165.80	XLON
15:19:14	215	165.70	CHIX
15:19:14	228	165.80	XLON
15:19:14	1700	165.80	XLON
15:19:14	1162	165.80	CHIX
15:19:41	223	165.40	CHIX
15:19:41	207	165.40	CHIX
15:19:41	198	165.40	CHIX
15:19:41	16	165.40	CHIX
15:19:44	859	165.40	CHIX
15:20:14	1,342	165.60	XLON
15:21:14	800	165.60	XLON
15:21:14	593	165.60	XLON
15:21:44	883	165.70	CHIX
15:45:01	730	166.80	CHIX
15:45:01	100	166.80	CHIX
15:45:01	100	166.80	CHIX
15:45:01	138	166.80	CHIX
15:45:01	219	166.80	CHIX
15:45:01	230	166.70	TRQX
15:45:01	133	166.70	TRQX
15:45:01	357	166.70	TRQX
15:45:01	622	166.70	TRQX
15:45:01	236	167.10	CHIX
15:45:01	236	167.10	CHIX
15:45:01	1,535	166.40	XLON
15:45:21	45	166.30	BATE
15:45:21	88	166.30	BATE
15:45:21	952	166.30	BATE
15:45:21	228	166.60	BATE
15:45:21	228	166.60	BATE
15:45:21	388	166.60	BATE
15:45:21	1,682	166.80	CHIX
15:46:01	162	166.70	XLON
15:46:01	807	166.70	XLON
15:46:01	516	166.70	XLON
15:47:22	1127	166.50	CHIX
15:48:01	3	166.70	XLON
15:48:02	275	166.90	XLON
15:48:02	1,023	166.90	XLON
15:48:25	1,725	166.70	XLON
15:49:21	400	167.20	BATE
15:49:21	350	167.20	BATE
15:49:21	287	167.20	BATE
15:49:23	663	167.00	BATE
15:49:23	529	167.00	BATE
15:50:02	1,349	167.00	XLON
15:52:02	1,489	166.80	XLON
15:55:01	400	167.30	TRQX
15:55:01	400	167.30	TRQX
15:55:01	241	167.30	TRQX
15:55:01	1,210	167.80	TRQX
15:55:01	1,320	167.40	XLON
15:55:01	40	167.30	XLON
15:55:01	655	167.70	XLON
15:55:01	1,549	167.70	XLON
15:55:01	365	167.60	XLON
15:55:01	908	167.60	XLON
15:55:05	632	167.00	CHIX
15:56:01	1,269	167.20	XLON
15:56:01	1,574	167.20	XLON
15:58:34	617	167.00	CHIX
16:00:01	162	167.50	XLON
16:00:01	354	167.50	XLON
16:00:01	796	167.50	XLON
16:00:23	228	168.20	BATE
16:00:23	952	168.20	BATE
16:00:23	1,242	168.20	BATE
16:05:23	744	167.60	CHIX
16:05:23	373	167.60	CHIX
16:06:01	800	167.50	XLON
16:06:01	618	167.50	XLON
16:13:29	327	166.90	CHIX
16:13:48	400	167.50	XLON
16:13:48	800	167.50	XLON
16:13:48	338	167.50	XLON
16:16:29	228	167.60	CHIX
16:16:29	800	167.60	CHIX
16:16:29	22	167.60	CHIX
16:17:15	1,442	167.60	XLON
16:23:15	550	167.50	BATE
16:23:16	47	167.70	BATE
16:23:16	314	167.70	BATE
16:23:16	816	167.70	BATE
16:23:16	400	167.60	XLON
16:23:16	400	167.60	XLON
16:23:16	400	167.60	XLON
16:23:16	754	167.70	XLON
16:23:16	162	167.70	XLON
16:23:16	617	167.70	XLON
16:24:15	228	167.70	CHIX
16:24:15	183	167.70	CHIX
16:24:16	455	167.60	TRQX
16:26:21	746	168.00	BATE
16:26:21	338	168.50	BATE
16:26:21	658	168.50	BATE
16:26:21	265	168.50	BATE
16:26:30	383	168.00	CHIX
16:27:16	1,414	167.90	XLON

 

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